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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1906
Page
4
From Antonio Texas Dir Chas L Saver Grand Scribe of Texas notes lingering health issues from high altitudes caused catarrh and debility. After trying Peruna for several bottles he reports full restoration to normal and recommends Peruna to others in the organization.
A farmer visiting a Buffalo wholesale firm asked about a speaking tube seen during packing. The proprietor invites him to speak into it and the upstairs worker quips the goods are ready while noting the farmer may be “shaky” as they search for an old skinflint.
A Philadelphia Record note suggests a memory and hearing test evening using paper and pencil to prompt friends. Participants imitate piano pieces with pauses, share famous tunes from hymns to rag time, and end with a well known piece like Wedding March. The activity emphasizes prompt writing and quick recognition.
A four year old girl Edith pleads to see her father, a minister, as her mother prepares to leave. Edith insists she is a sick child and must see her minister, while her mother negotiates delaying the meeting and keeping the father undisturbed.
A physician reports relief from indigestion after switching to Grape-Nuts for breakfast last fall. He claims better nourishment from the product, no meat need, and weight gain, and prescribes Grape-Nuts for patients with digestion issues or during recovery, though he asks his name be omitted.
The article argues separated milk from the machine makes good calf food, with substitutions like line meal or corn meal for butterfat loss. It warns soil exhaustion from repeated crops and urges summer moisture retention, cover crops, and soil humus in spring. It recommends wood ashes and selective fertilizers to sustain orchards and the farm’s fruit production.
The observer notes farmers should diversify beyond regular crops and cultivate a small fruit area. Such specialty crops offer yearly profit potential and can yield handsome sums in favorable years, helping balance lean seasons.
The article urges farmers to adopt improved poultry breeds and adequate poultry houses. It notes rising demand for fresh eggs and table poultry outpacing supply and asserts farm poultry can be profitable with range, minimal commercial inputs, and integrated farm and orchard benefits including insect and weed control.
Guidance outlines three Bordeaux spray applications timed to leaf unfold blossoms fall and two weeks after. Uses diluted mix for second and third sprays due to tender foliage. pears may receive full strength each time. Also covers pear blight control by pruning diseased branches and sterilizing knives. disease targets include leafspot mildew leaf curl scab brown rot and plum pockets. The same treatment applies to apples and quince.
An Indianapolis News note explains the hen’s gizzard requires grit and suggests a varied mix. A local florist donates broken pots and shells are added with gravel and broken china to a clean, accessible box for hens to nibble as needed.
The Ohio experiment station provides a bulletin on selecting corn for seed during field growth. Dent corn is scored for vigor ear position ear weight ear length plant and ear uniformity and kernel shape. Disqualifications include poor stand groundly or diseased plants and maturing timing.
A writer argues tree deaths result from starvation and exhaustion. The land has sustained trees, foliage, and fruit for decades, often followed by cereal crops, with years of open production. The piece emphasizes soil depletion and prolonged cultivation effects on orchard health.
Stella foaled April 4, 1905, a well bred Percheron sire and a good road horse dam produced a gentle colt. The author describes careful rising, feeding, and socialization with work horses and cows, noting risks of colt raising and the profit of disciplined breeding for work horses.
A fragmented guide discusses animal care and farming practices. It covers sheep, cattle, hogs, horses and poultry husbandry, fruit tree culture, cleanliness, breeding, exhibition training, and general stock upbuilding for a prosperous farm.
A recent report from Tokyo notes 1786 wholesale 9 Ss in tobacco trade figures. The release highlights specific market activity and price movements affecting distributors and retailers.
R G Dun and Co weekly review reports seasonably quiet conditions in many departments as July begins, with activity dipping in some trades but expecting stronger Fall and Winter trade as crops mature, strikes small, coal miners on holiday, textiles resuming pay, and overall idle time near record lows for the season. Bradstreet's adds exports data for wheat and corn, with June railway earnings up 9.7 percent from 1905.
Baltimore market notes show flour receipts 4 221 barrels exports 15 344 barrels and mixed prices across wheat corn oats rye butter eggs cheese sugar lard potatoes and oils. New York butter eggs poultry flour lard potatoes cottonseed oil and grain futures with receipts and spot figures indicate cautious activity and steady or dull prices overall.
The report covers New York Breeves and Liverpool London markets with mixed demand for dressed beef and calves. Sheep and lambs show slow activity with modest gains in hogs, while Chicago cattle prices reflect strong top values and softer general demand for steers and cows.
The Pattern makers' League adopts four districts and higher per capita benefits plus death coverage. A 10 percent wage increase is granted to cotton mill workers in Windham and New London Counties Connecticut. Delegates from about 2000 members in 35 locals attend the International Union of Pavers and Rammersmen convention, aligned with the AFL.
The Hon. A G Jewett clashed with a Belfast judge over reading law to a jury. Jewett persisted, asking what the court is for, prompting the judge to insist they keep order with the sheriff’s aid. The exchange underscores courtroom conduct and authority in a historic case.
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, derides an antiquated farming notion in a humorous exchange about a frog predicting weather. He recalls a Connecticut farm hand who claimed frog croaks foretell twenty four hours of sun, then rain proved the misreading and the farmer blamed the frog.
A Philadelphia Public Ledger quip features a dentist declaring intent to run for Congress. The response notes the joke about future laws having teeth. The exchange highlights political humor reflecting ambitions and skepticism of legislative fitness.
St Clair Me Vic ar of San Antonio Texas reports years of recurring eczema on limbs and wrists. After using Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent Pills for five weeks in 1904 the blotches disappeared. He continues annual spring use as a preventive tonic and now uses Cuticura Soap.
A garbled page blends political quip with patent medicine ads. It cites a Yonkers statesman on truthfulness and touts Dr Kines Great Nerve Restorer and Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial with prices. It notes the New York mayoral salary and mentions Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for Teething.
A coroner's court in East London heard that only twenty one city barbers held certificates in 1905, rising to forty by May last year. The inquest followed a man who died of blood poisoning after a barber cut his chin, illustrating concerns over barber hygiene amid a broader claim that many London shops lack licenses. A New York physician cites about ten annual deaths in New York from razor poisoning.
Mrs Elizabeth Maxwell of 415 West Fourth St Olympia Washington says she suffered three years with dropsy due to kidney trouble. Backache swelling and breathlessness followed with a fluttering heart. After using four boxes of Deans Kidney Pills she reports the swelling and discomfort have disappeared. Buffalo readers 50 cents a box.
The W L Douglas Shoe Co dedicates a modern 260 by 60 foot two story wholesale jobbing house and office building in Brockton near Spark street and the Montello station. The atrium and mahogany offices showcase a carefully planned, highly detailed facility to speed orders and serve 11 000 dealers nationwide.
A reflective note on hair loss attributes baldness to imagination and mental focus. It contrasts artists and scholars with business men and professionals, suggesting intense study and specialization contribute to baldness, while many journalists retain hair with age.
A customer demands an inscription on a silver handglass reading From J. J. B. to Phyllis. The salesman agrees to place the engraving on the back, but the exchange hints at a flawed or humorous misunderstanding in this fragment from HER MIRROR.
A physician urges avoiding surgery when possible and promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy for female troubles. Letters from women describe relief from ulceration and pelvic pain after trying the remedy, with a general warning that painful monthly periods and bearing down pains merit consideration of the product as advised by Mrs. Pinkham of Lynn Mass.
An agent touts a book as a standout with a dramatic scene of blazing fire, ominous lightning, a determined gaze on a daughter, and a hero’s thunderous deeds. The farmer, amused and wary, asks for umbrellas as he prepares to cover his chickens, joking at the stormy mood.
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