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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
4
Letters from Mt Sterling Kentucky and Grant Ontario Canada praise Peruna for kidney and bladder trouble. One writer says three months of use led to full recovery and high recommendation. A Canadian user credits Peruna and Manalin with restoring health and calls it life changing.
Mrs Martin laments Nora’s exploding breakfast sausages after an incorrect cooking fix. The tale recalls Nellie the Irish helper being told to prick each sausage with a fork, but forks and corkscrews misfire leaving one sausage unpoked. The anecdote ends with a humorous note from Good Housekeeping.
There is scarcely a gem known to the lapidary which has not been found in America. Several gems are peculiar to the country and deserve wider recognition for their beauty. The golden berg of Connecticut shines yellow with life and sparkle, while chlorastrolites and thomsonites from Lake Superior offer a green mottled background prized in designs.
About ten species of vegetable sponges are cultivated in warm regions of Africa and Asia, especially Algeria. The fruit can be eaten before maturity, but when ripe the pulp separates from the fibrous material forming a sponge substitute for toilet and bathroom use. Algerian sponges are in large demand in Paris.
A lecturer laments that many people cannot say no. A man on a pass quips that life insurance sales have not occurred since graft exposures began, reflecting a skeptical social moment in Chicago.
The Dictionary of Medicine defines hebephrenia as adolescent insanity marked by low mood deterioration of mental powers and self-centred delusions often ending in dementia.
A newly invented acetylene blowpipe uses oxygen with acetylene to reach very high flame temperatures due to the absence of inert gas. It is claimed to solder pure iron and convert iron to mild steel in the flame. The device could be used for sea repairs, potentially welding a ship’s frame.
The French science journal La Nature weighs in on the vast total of gold mined from the earth through history, estimating about 27 000 tons extracted. The estimate places the value around 12 000 dollars, reflecting long term mining scale.
The article advises farmers to learn from others mistakes to improve their own farms. It suggests lining avenues with locust trees ten feet apart for an even, attractive row. Locusts shed little litter, provide ornamental bloom, and offer shade for stock, making them a superior choice for pasture trees.
The Indianapolis News notes that salt is essential for poultry like humans but should not be fed alone. It recommends using salt to season warm winter mash fed to birds, whether in the morning or night, to provide condiments not easily given otherwise.
It is estimated that yearly losses of butter fat for twenty cows vary by method. The shallow pan system loses about 120 dollars, the deep setting about 60 dollars, and centrifugal separator about 15 dollars, based on butter priced at twenty cents per pound.
The text argues farmers should keep buildings well painted to withstand weather. It claims two identical farms, differing only by paint, would see the unpainted one sell for 10 to 15 percent less than the painted one.
Geneva Experiment Station reports results from thirty growers showing a net $10,000 profit from spraying. Average yield increase 6.24 bushels per acre at $4.95 per acre, with spraying cost 93 cents per acre and net $24.80 per acre. Spraying lengthens growth, improves quality and starch content, and is widely used in Aroostook with four row power sprayers and 3 to 8 applications per season.
A large poultry-house for fifty or more birds is costly and usually contains many fixtures of little use. The article argues smaller houses are preferable, noting that two smaller buildings cost more initially but save on sewer mortality among the fowls in the long run.
The Indianapolis News outlines an efficient poultry shed design with six by eight foot posts, tarred paper roofing, and multiple windows. It features two nest rows six feet from the end, an alley for egg gathering, drop boards, and roosts above with a catching board to manage droppings.
The black locust is praised as durable post timber and ornamental shade, favored for farm plantings to supply posts and beautify hills. Yet its susceptibility to the locust borer has led the Forest Service to ban it in Nebraska and Dakota and restrict planting in several states, with leaf miner damage in Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
A farm icehouse guide describes a two foot underground wall of loose stones, a one foot high top wall, a floor of stones with a twelve inch layer of sawdust, a drain pipe, and a lumber air chamber with paper layer and clap boards. The illustration promises a plain, dimension adaptable construction method suitable for poultry milk and fruit operations near freezing water.
A discussion from the Horseshoers Journal urges humane, informed hoof care to prevent lameness. It cites high fault rates from heavy, improper shoes that damage the frog and wall and stresses better farriery and eventual higher certification to advance the practice.
A farmer spends time grading with two horses pulling a scoop. The bigger horse forges ahead while the smaller one stalls, forcing the farmer to adjust whiffletrees and lines repeatedly. The piece notes the horses’ struggle and questions how the farmer keeps his temper.
Senator Piles of Washington consistently appears in the Senate wearing a white waistcoat and is nicknamed the "white coated Senator" for his distinctive attire.
R G Dun and Bradstreets Weekly Review of Trade reports that May results show gains over last year, prices for commodities rise to a twenty year peak, and May exports of wheat, corn, and rye show changes. Iron and steel operate with little idle capacity and no near term shutdowns. Cotton export demand is weak with China out of the market and Shanghai stockpiles rising.
Baltimore markets show quiet receipts with flour steady at 13 280 barrels. Wheat weak with July and August bids around 82. Corn firmer, oats mostly steady, rye dull, butter and eggs steady, cheese firm, sugar steady, poultry values mixed, lard easy, potatoes irregular with regional price ranges. New York reports varied rye, wheat, corn and oats with similar float prices and direct figures.
New York prices show steers steady to firm with mixed grades. Cattle and calves varied from high quality to lighter offerings, while hogs and sheep show mild softening and steady ranges amid mixed regional demand. Chicago data mirrors steady to dull cattle, weak hogs, and steady sheep markets with notable price spreads.
Facts from unions and labor reports show child labor limits in Russia, high value fish in British markets, reduced dockyard manpower in Britain, strikes in Amsterdam New York spinners, rising female blacksmith numbers in several states, and big sick and death benefit payouts by AFL unions. Canadian farmers sold butter and cheese worth $30,000, with Chicago discussions on open ad manufacturing plans following a national convention.
William A Franklin of Franklin Palmer Chem Co Rochester New York describes chronic kidney troubles and back pain relief after using Deans Kidney Pills. He states after three boxes all irregularities ceased and claims cure. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A nervous woman in the Toledo area hurries to board the Elmore train at the union depot. Amid farewell shop talk, a last call from the Norwalk division east ends with the locomotive pulling away as she runs to catch it.
A reporter describes German girls leaving school around age fifteen learning sewing and house skills while pursuing social polish in pension homes. The experience centers on Frau von H and a bustling year of concerts, balls, and receptions as youths from good families seek refined etiquette and society in Hanover.
A Colorado mother reports her infant improved after feeding Grape-Nuts and milk then Grape-Nuts itself. She credits the food with strengthening a weak child who suffered pneumonia brain fever and convulsions. The ad claims Grape-Nuts provides essential elements for brain and nerve health and invites readers to see the cereal’s booklet inside the package.
The essay argues that mothers speak of ideals but a boy's life is formed by his father. The father’s actions define what is learned, the means of work, and the sphere of the boy's efforts. What the father does marks both the start and end of the boy's achievements.
A poetic piece extols cheerful labor and singing at work as a source of greater productivity. It argues that joy sustains effort, minimizes fatigue, and makes actions more enduring and useful, comparing human cheerfulness to harmonious celestial movement.
An advertisement claims Mull's Anti-Belch Wafers cure belching and bad taste by stomach purification and absorption. It asserts instant relief from seasickness indigestion headache and tobacco or onion breath and promises no drugs. The offer warns the ad may not appear again.
Drugstores advertise five cent boxes for immediate purchase and mail service upon receipt of price. The ad notes that insurance is accepted.
The Mississippi River floods frame a Bingtown Bazoo scene as the editor contemplates an editorial about drifting aimlessly. A devil character remarks it would be fitting to publish the piece amid the flood’s miles of troubled waters.
Instructions describe washing feathers by bagging, using Ivory Soap dissolved in warm water, soaking for thirty minutes, then rinsing and drying. A separate list recalls notable historical figures such as Newton Descartes Spinoza and Kant along with artists and writers.
A testimonial from Mrs Alice Berryhill of Chattanooga Tennessee declares Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her ulceration and inflammation of female organs after doctors warned of possible operation. She credits the remedy with restoring health and reports helping friends in the same way. The letter emphasizes strict confidentiality and free advice from Lydia E Pinkham's business.
The Bacon Ridge Beacon editor celebrates a cyclone and improved circulation as his office is carried away. He predicts the paper may reach four states and twenty counties, perhaps even Europe, contrasting twenty years of limited circulation with this unlikely windfall.
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