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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1907
Page
4
A World War era note describes a crude poste on the Patagonia coast where a beam marked Postoffice stands on shore, chained to a barrel with a lid. Shipping crews leave letters for conveyance to the next port, exchanging mail with their own, a system echoed on Torres Strait islands in Australia.
A New York businessman recalls a new office boy who faced two telephones. The first call required the boy to announce a caller, claiming it might be the wife, prompting a humorous moment about the two lines in his office.
The Department of Agriculture distributed camphor-tree seed for five years, now thriving across the South and Pacific Coast. A two year effort to commercialize camphor from these trees culminates in a major firm cultivating a 2000 acre camphor grove in Florida. The company uses over $500,000 worth of camphor annually.
An old farmer offers to pay for a boy’s education with practical goods. He proposes starting with three bushels of corn and progressions including ham, a home-raised cow, and later higher lessons such as writing and arithmetic. The exchange frames learning as a barter of tangible commodities and time.
A Paris Academy of Sciences report describes transforming very young radishes into potatoes. The process involves pasterizing the radish in glass, using Pasteur’s method in glucose solution, stimulating starch growth in cells so the radish swells and gains potato like texture flavor and nutrition.
A flirtatious exchange unfolds as a persistent suitor vows not to take no for an answer and Miss Bright counters with a conditional yes. She reveals the condition: she will marry only if asked whether she would not marry under any circumstances.
The snippet notes men discard the frock coat in London fashion, while women in trade and marriage earn fortunes before and after marriage. It hints at perceptions of female work, income, and social expectations, with remarks on romance and social behavior.
A fragment speaks of comfort and belief tied to closeness, hinting at the tension between a man’s need for assurance and a wife’s longing for reassurance through intimate proximity. The terse lines evoke home life and the subtle power of presence.
A concise note on the value of bills as teaching tools, emphasizing practicality and clear lessons. It underlines that bills aid understanding and are useful in education, with a light, period-appropriate tone.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as a ready to serve nourishing cereal. It claims children love it, and that it requires no preparation beyond adding milk or water. It touts science and factory cooking, noting versatility with hot or cold service.
Oyster Bay reports Rear Admiral Brownson joined President Roosevelt to press a two ocean naval demonstration. The aim is to show how quickly the American Navy can move fighting strength from Atlantic to Pacific and back, reinforcing peace through a powerful fleet. Ambassador O'Brien will not meet the President before leaving for Tokyo.
St Paul Minn special reports a tornado sweeping Western Wisconsin leaves at least seventeen dead and many injured. Oakdale near Camp Douglas on the railroad is said wiped out with four killed. Grand Rapids Wisconsin reports five dead though lines are down. Damage to farms and homes widespread.
Former San Francisco mayor Eugene E. Schmitz appeared before Judge Dunne to answer indictments accusing him of accepting 55,000 dollars from United Railroads and 3,275 dollars from a gas company. With grand jury transcripts not ready, the case was continued to next week and Schmitz returned to jail.
Notices posted by Macbeth-Evans Glass Company of Pittsburg announce a 25 percent wage increase in all company plants starting next month. The raise restores Flint glass workers to their pre January 1 1907 levels after a 25 percent cut earlier that year.
Special reporting from Littleton North Carolina describes a deliberate act by a black brakeman on a freight crew who jumped off as Sea Board Air Line passenger train No 38 from Atlanta to Portsmouth departed. He opened a switch causing the train to derail injuring crew and passengers.
A compilation of ship collisions, deaths, and crimes. Notable items include the schooner incident off the coast injuring fishermen, Rockefeller facing rebate-case scrutiny, Judge Swayne’s death, bank embezzlement sentences, Alaska violence, a 15-year-old starved in a box car, and a North Lawrence fire destroying 23 houses. Additional notes cover a San Francisco employment-license probe, Emma Sansom memorial unveiling, a NY broker’s suicide, a hung jury in a shooting case, a husband shot by a Larksville man, a deadly Wisconsin tornado, a freight train robbery, a Kan mill fire, a Providence car collision death, Joe Legs Lindeburger’s wheat profits, a coal mine 525-foot fall, and various legal and civic items. Also subway plans in Chicago, and the City of Lawrence excursion wreck with 100 aboard.
Foreign, Carlos Waddington is acquitted in Brussels. Carnegie and Vanderbuilt visit East Prussia porcelain and farms. Leopold plans a religious ceremony for his marriage. Pichon touts France Germany good relations. Curran elected MP for Jarrow. Moroccan rebels clash with imperial troops. Berlin police recover jewels. Croatian deputies quit Hungarian Parliament. Strauss receives Legion of Honor. Petroff sentenced to death. Central American union bloc forms against Zelaya. Cabrera arrests 160 Guatemalans over assassination plot. Tokyo press condemns US and Japan action. Gruber sued for calumny over cruelty charges.
R G Dun & Co Weekly Review reports satisfactory midyear dry goods clearance. Local jobbers selling freely to interior, deliveries from mills limited. Fireworks sales up 20 percent from last year. Cotton goods markets quiet due to manufacturer indifference. Inventories satisfactory with no overhang from producers or jobbers. Woolens steady in core lines, little activity beyond men’s staple wear. Few heavyweight orders. Shoe inventories dampen new-business push. Six month shipments exceed prior years except 1906. Prospects improve as factories cut for large orders already appearing.
A condensed discussion by Albert S. Ashmead on interpreting Japanese emotion and expression. It contrasts Western assumptions of calm with detailed signs of astonishment, disdain, and other feelings observed in Japanese sailors and citizens, noting gestures, facial cues, and social etiquette from bowing to avoiding nods and the meaning of smiles, laughs, and head movements.
Chicago markets show steady cattle with steers at 4.60 to 4.75 and heifers 3.40 to 4.75 while hogs range 5.95 to 6.25 and sheep reach 6.00 to 7.75 for lambs. New York notes steady beef with weaker calves and mixed veals, while Pittsburgh records steady cattle with choice at 6.30 to 6.50 and prime 6.10 to 6.90.
Government daily expenditures in New York City reach 1,016,000 while railroads consume 84 million ties annually. The Malva Castella pine fiber plant may rival the Twine Trust. A glass ruler and a charting rod aid draftsmen and river measurements. Maine lumber output drops to 76,850,000 feet from 1905-06. Chess and draughts games for travelers are being offered by the Midland Railway.
The piece contrasts folly with wisdom citing Seneca and ancient sages. It notes Maxi milian's practice of deeming his dullest counselors as kings of fools and tells of a witty retort about ruling a fools kingdom and avoiding the emperor's subjects.
A pigeon post has been organized between the West Indian Islands of Antigua and Montserrat to supply the deficiencies of the existing mail and telegraph service.
A late eccentric physician who died prescribed odd routines to steady minds. He ordered daily walks on alternate street sides, specific rise times with cheese and ginger beer, midnight suppers with apples, and exact salt on eggs, plus changing hair part. His goal was shifting focus from illness, a method often effective for melancholia.
F A Sutton of Salem Oregon says kidney disease and rheumatism plagued him for ten years. After using Deans Kidney Pills he walked with two canes, then improved quickly after three boxes and felt better than in 15 years. Effects lasting. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
An essay notes prodigious memory during sleepwalking, recounting a basket-maker who preached sermons he heard in childhood. It cites Dr Abercrombie on a sleepwalking girl imitating violin sounds, inspired by a fiddler heard in infancy, per the periodical.
A Cornish bee keeper mourns a family death and, fearing his bees would die, drapes each hive with black crepe in a striking example of local superstition. The clipping also markets Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer and offers a stale coffee joke along with a borax water tip for keeping milk fresh.
A Burlington North Carolina reader shares a cousin's chronic birth skin disease story. Old Dr G suggested Cutieura Remedies, two months of use transformed a nearly golden scaly condition into soft skin with no scars. The writer notes the cousin has stayed well for seventeen years since.
The prisoner pleads poverty while asked for bond. The judge inquires about assets and the man replies he has nothing except sparse land, a large family, a hope for the afterlife, and lingering war rheumatism amid spring chills. This excerpt captures a stark, dialect rich exchange from the Atlanta Constitution.
A vivid zoo anecdote from the New York World describes three-month-old leopard cubs Alice Teddy and Nicholas at the Central Park Zoo. Keeper reports claim Alice licked a sparrow offered with shinbones to teach chewing while the sparrow perched on her back for an hour.
A reflective remark notes that the average man spends excessive effort on money and too little on seeking happiness, highlighting a common misprioritization in pursuit of fulfillment.
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