18 Mar 1909
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1909
Page
1
A fraternal insurance agent derides a woman asking about Ready Workers, prompting a sharp exchange. A judge notes France allocates three-fifths of a forest per inhabitant, with annual wood imports of $30 million, state forests yielding $1.75 per acre and costing 6 cents annually.
An impression in political theater has a President ordering new shoes while a Western senator quips he believed that style was already in use. The moment, observed by no one, leads to a small, almost comic, aside as the senator subtly touches unseen bruises.
A brief comic exchange set in a Boston hotel where a guest asks for a private bath and a clerk responds with a wary, humorous reply. The scene captures a light moment between guest and staff amid travel bustle.
A humorous exchange from Puck features the Man From Mars questioning a Leading Citizen about Socialists. The citizen dismisses the movement as impractical dreamers while the Martian notes their plausible yet flawed claims. The dialogue ends with polite, evasive refusals to engage.
A note claims a sincere letter from the right person surpasses all literature for stirring the heart, suggesting personal words carry unique emotional weight beyond any printed page.
A child narrates home as not merely a roof and walls but a feeling found in a mother’s eyes. The poem contrasts worn steps and everyday meals with a deeper sense of belonging shaped by love and memory.
A woodland squirrel named Squirrel Gray discovers a distant world at the end of a road on Long Island. Warned by his mother of danger he ventures forth and returns home with adventures among a bungalow family. After misadventures with Roy and siblings he longs for home. A crow guides him back to his mother as north wind signals the way home.
In a woodland tale adapted from the Christian Register a curious squirrel named Skidoo is captured by children on a bay and kept in a cage. After hunger and longing he is freed and ultimately guided home by the Wind brothers to reunite with his worried mother in the oak-tree woodland. The story ends with mutual acknowledgment that danger lies beyond the World at the End of the Road.
The verse urges timely affection and steady farewell lest fate or distance sever bond. It counsels to press a loved one’s hand firmly and speak earnest goodbyes to avoid regret as time and fate move on. It emphasizes that parting brings tears and the risk of losing sight of each other.
A collection of wry maxims on love time money and marriage from Dyspeptic Philosophy. The excerpt frames witty social observations on gender money and happiness with dry humor. It cites a New York Times source and blends aphoristic lines about couples money church life and optimism.
Bradstreet notes improved trade tone in several lines and larger spring demand from robbery and retailers. Weather and early Easter trade lift shipments of iron and steel and building activity resumes in many cities. Jobbing demand grows slowly. retail buying remains tentative. some unsettled and soft spots persist. Wheat and corn export figures for the week show declines from last year and prior week.
New York spot wheat firm with No 2 red at 122% 1234c and f o b afloat. Corn and oats mixed with varied spot and futures prices across New York and Philadelphia. Butter and eggs steady with creamery prices high and regional variations.Baltimore closing news shows mixed grain quotes, with oats and corn futures linked to spot inquiries and near term contracts.
Chicago markets show steadiness for cattle with steers at 5 to 7.40, cows 3.60 to 5.50, heifers 3.25 to 6, and bulls 3.75 to 5.25, while hogs run steady with choice heavy 6.80 to 6.90 and packing 6.60 to 6.75. New York trends dull for dressed beef, calves weak, and veals 34 to 14 per city dressed. Pittsburg reports light cattle, steady prime to 6.50, and hogs tight with heavies around 7.20.
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