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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1906
Page
4
An advertisement touts Mull's Anti Belch Wafers as a cure for stomach trouble and related symptoms like indigestion and heart pains. It claims absorption at the site and promises a free coupon and sample by sending name, address, and druggist details to Mull's Gonto Co in Rock Island Illinois.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt depicts a tense proposal scene where a woman questions giving up her life for the man and he vows to sacrifice even smoking. She asks about what she would give up, and he replies with a firm intention to learn to smoke to demonstrate sacrifice, while both feel a charged, almost joyful moment.
The piece discusses pronunciation of Haakon and Olaf, noting Haakon sounds like aw in awful and Olaf like laugh. It claims the Hawkins lineage descends from Northmen raiders, who sailed in flat bottomed boats, bearing the hawk flag rather than ravens.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm CB as a cure for blood poison and cancer related symptoms. It promises to heal eruptions, ulcers, skin rashes, swollen glands, hair loss, bone pains, and chronic rheumatism with a botanic formula. The notice offers a sample and medical advice from Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga.
A mother reports her one month old son suffered crusted sores from head to foot due to Hirozema and found complete cure after using six cakes of Cuticura Soap and similar amounts of Cuticura Ointment. Seventeen years later the skin remains scar free and notes further benefits. The letter ends with a moral about excuses.
R G Dun reports spring merchandise distribution slowed by severe winter storms yet shipments remain active. Confidence in the outlook is high if fuel stability improves, with steel rail demand steady and textile mills showing reduced activity. Bradstreet exports show wheat and corn totals for the week versus prior years.
Baltimore markets report firm futures for wheat and corn with steady receipts of 3,783 barrels and 14,976 bushels. Butter eggs and cheese hold steady while sugar and flour show unchanged firming. New York prices mark No. 2 red wheat at 86 to 89 and corn at 51 to 54 with steady oats and cottonseed oil at 26 14.
Receipts show steady to slow demand with edges of decline for some classes. Cattle and calves mix with steers at 4.95 to 5.67, fat cows strong, bulls 3.25 to 4.60, veal 4.00 to 9.00. hogs steady at 7.00. sheep and lambs in light inquiry with lambs around 7.00 to 7.40, natives 7.50 or higher not present. Chicago prices indicate steady tone with steers 3.85 to 6.40, cows 3.65 to 4.60, calves 3.00 to 7.00, stockers 2.75 to 4.75, and S Market 5c higher with heavy classes at 6.10 to 6.52.
Bath England rejected Carnegie's $65,000 public library offer via postal card ballot. Queen Wichelman of Holland funds concerts for slum The Hague residents, with limited access for the poor. Westacott notes London Underground future schemes will add over 100 miles of trackage for passengers. A London pawning agent creatures loans for neighbors. Mexico cave dwellers can travel 170 miles by trot, and long-letter carriers cover over 600 miles in five days on pinole. Consul Johnston reports olive oil adulteration.
A jumble of antiquarian anecdotes and curiosities crosses centuries. Notes on embalming misdeeds in Japan, a buried foundation wood in Manhattan, Schuyler Van Ness’s arrest for begging, Thomas Paine relics in New Rochelle, a Ringgold lightning strike, and a French aristocrat struck by lightning leaving a chair impression on her dress.
A biographical sketch details Jean Ingelow as a small gentle woman who favored black dress and lace accessories. It recalls a 1873 gathering of noted women writers in the Isle of Wight where Ingelow was teased for appearing the most frumpy among Miss Yonge Miss Parr Sewell and others.
A compact aphoristic piece with witty maxims on yesterday, tomorrow, conscience and prudence. It notes cynicism's roots in gendered traits and cautions that most progress cannot replace the ladder of fame with an elevator, citing Warwick James Price.
An Ottawa dispatch notes Dominion Government bounties to iron and steel makers totaled 1 000 206 dollars in the past year far surpassing Ontario wheat and barley values and consuming two thirds the province’s sheep sales. The piece questions how long farmers will tolerate such leakage.
Nt. Timothy L. Woodruff defends betting as moral if one benefits. He recounts a past trip to New Haven when he bet heavily on an election and his grandmother reproved him, calling gambling wicked. He notes her change once he explains the outcome.
E C Scott of Vergennes Vermont a former G A R Ethan Allen Post commander recounts severe typhoid related kidney weakness. After a month on Deans Kidney Pills he reports full recovery, gaining strength and weight and credits the remedy. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The article contrasts male and female curiosity as evolved traits. It argues men pursue distant, useful causes while women focus on near, immediate threats to offspring. Originating in early race struggle, these curiosities shaped human development, per National Magazine.
A long touring man reveals to Mrs Jillup that her son, living behind a stone wall and iron gates in a grand house, is indeed in prison. The mother weeps as she learns the truth despite the son's outward success in life.
Old New York papers mock regional customs while Col Mann’s libel trial reveals prominent city leaders were easy marks for schemes offering favorable or adverse press for cash. Loans and stock certificates allegedly lacked real value, exposing society leaders’ gullibility and the society journal’s emptiness.
A railroad worker cites seven years of indigestion from fatty meals and irregular hours. After switching to Grape-Nuts, he reports no stomach distress, clearer thinking, and restored energy, noting it suits meals in car booses and keeps him alert like an engineer.
Senator Beveridge advised newly elected congressmen to appear green to keep calm and think before speaking. He recounted a rookie who asked for his likeness, then boosted his status by asking the photographer for a plain everyday congressman rather than a cabinet portrait.
A Kansas lawyer relates an encounter with an elderly farmer seeking damages from a railroad after his brindle cow was killed at night. Lacking legal grounds, the lawyer notes no case could be made, the farmer suggesting a missing warning sign as a possible basis.
An OCR fragment advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials and a notary oath from 1886, plus other patent medicine pitches. It mentions Dr Kline's Graat Nerve Restorer trial bottles, Dr R. H. Kis, and F J. Cunxex firm claims. Also cites Taylor's Cherokee Remedy and a quip about perseverance.
The article warns the change of life is the most critical period for women and urges Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to strengthen the nervous system and ease symptoms. It includes testimonials from Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Hinkle praising relief and invites readers to seek free advice from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn, Massachusetts.
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