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Newspaper

Mathews Journal

Location

Mathews, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1906

Page

4

Seven Years of Suffering From Kidney Pain Ends

Selina Jones of Main Street Comn says Doan s Kidney Pills cured seven years of back pain and weakness. She recalls bed rest, then relief within a week as kidney weakness improved, headaches and dizziness disappeared, and she recommends the remedy. Sold by all dealers for 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY

Selina Jones Main &T Comn Dean Doan Townes Foster-Milburn Co Buffalo, N. Y

Panama Canal Dreams and Daily Urgencies

A street car observer recalls the Panama canal’s vast scope and cost as a humorous contrast to a lady’s practical query about price changes. The snippet, labeled with faded ads and notices, ends with varied promotional lines for medicines and services.

Washington Post

Cuticura Remedies Cure Veteran of Severe Eczema

A 60 year old former soldier, after fifteen Government Board exams found no cure, reports full recovery from widespread eczema using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent in two treatments. He praises the remedies and notes his gratitude in Richmondale, Ross County, Ohio, July 17, 1905. The article closes with a remark about a brave man navigating crowds early to avoid rush.

Government John T. Reach Richmondale Ross Co Ohio

Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial Claims Wide Teething Cure

An 19th century ad touts Dr Biggers Huckleberry Cordial as a remedy for teething diarrhoea dysentery cholera morbus and flux in children. It promotes prices of 25 and 50 cents per bottle and quips that if a man cannot stand prosperity he should sit and give his wife a chance.

Biggers Huckleberry

Optimistic Outlook After Earthquake Aid Boosts U S Trade

R G Dun and Co notes strong national response to earthquake sufferers, with San Francisco set to rebound. manufacturing at full capacity in iron, steel, footwear, and textiles. railways report April earnings up 8.2 percent. Praised wheat and corn exports from US and Canada, with year‑to‑year comparisons across several years.

R. G. Dun & Co Review of Trade San Francisco Pradstreet’s United States Canada

Wholesale markets report steady grain prices across regions

Baltimore and New York markets show mixed receipts of Wheat, Corn, and Oats with firm to quiet tones. Southern and Western stock levels listed alongside export cargoes. various wheat and rye quotations, strong hay prices, and mixed poultry, cheese, and egg prices. Chicago cattle and hogs higher, New York beef steady, with lambs and sheep modest gains and unsettled dressed mutton.

Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania New York Minnesota Chicago Ovic

Labor unions and wage figures across early 20th century notes

The record notes movement of the Patternmakers' League headquarters from New York to Cincinnati, rising membership to 2009 figures, and larger growth in employed women 1890 1900. It cites Troy streetcar wages 16 23 cents then 22, plus broad census findings on women in 303 occupations and low early New York and Baltimore wages. It also mentions British Army Council wage clauses, Marine Drivers and Tenders Union forming at Cleveland with port city branches, Washington DC workers earning minimal pay, diggers and choppers earning 70 a year, and Omaha eight hour day wins for bill posters.

Patternmakers’ League of North America New York Cincinnati Troy N. Y Baltimore Army Council of Great Britain Marine Drivers and Tenders Cleveland Lakes Seaboard Washington, D. C Omaha

Household Remedies for Hands and Rubber Plant Care

Advice on softening hands after hot soapy water by rubbing with vinegar and camphor solution. Tips for rubber plant care include daily watering, weekly leaf milk sponging, and monthly root oil treatment with castor oil.

Fried Potato Nutrition and Home Planting Tips

A digest on frying potatoes versus other cooking methods, noting baking preserves nutrition and flavor. It also describes growing greenhouse plants from seed in living rooms, detailing germination times for gloxinias, cyclamen, and carnation varieties and tips for scarifying seeds.

How to Use a Chafing Dish

Mrs Rover notes the chafing dish is a key household utensil for quick service at home or during small gatherings. It should be a labor saving device not just for special occasions, able to warm cold meats, reheat soups, and finish eggs or vegetables at the table. Plan ahead, keep one dark and one light dish, and pair simple preparations like creamed fish with chicken Bordelaise or lobster Newburg with salt of duck. Potatoes can be warmed in cream sauce and peas simply heated and seasoned.

Mrs. Rover

Rousehomed Recipes Ginger Snaps and Puddings

A fragmented recipe list features Ginger Snaps with molasses sugar butter and flour, Poor Man's Tartlets with jelly and meringue, Bakewell Pudding with dates bread crumbs eggs milk and pecans, Omelette Souffle with eggs lemon, and Prune Souffle with stewed prunes and sugar, showing method steps and bake times.

The Curse of the Malignant Mummy Tale

A vintage tale recounts three amateur Egyptologists who join for the curse of a priest’s mummy. Disaster befalls each possessor, culminating in a fatal will, a drowned owner, and a bride driven to flee. A supposed photos reveal a satanic face. the London photographer, after warning, later commits suicide.

London T. P. O'Connor

Tomb of Egyptian Queen Reveals Ancient Treasure Stash

From M de Guerville set, interior of Queen Tia tomb shows brick walls sealed for centuries. A pink coffin cushion, a mix of modern and Egyptian chairs, a gilded armchair, a Louis XVI style piece, and a fully gold chariot sit beside chests, jars, and offerings including venison bread wine and honey with a stray bee on the honey. An enormous bunch of onions and rich metal objects complete the scene.

M. de Guerville Tia Amenhotep Til BR. C

Kentucky Colonel Footnote Sparks Southern Chivalry Tale

A former Kentucky governor recounts a crowded street car incident where a colonel steps on a woman's foot and refuses to apologize. He salutes the lady with a witty line about beauty and small feet, prompting smiles and a graceful reception from onlookers.

Kentucky

Nurse Endorses Postum Over Coffee for Health Benefits

A Wilkes Barre nurse reports personal relief from headaches and indigestion after replacing coffee with Postum for two weeks. She notes improved patient outcomes when mothers use Postum, and that milk production remains steadier. The nurse cautions servants to boil Postum 15 to 20 minutes for best strength.

Wilkes Barre Pas

Lydia Pinkham's Remedy for Women's Ailments

Advertises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for backache, blues, and various female troubles. Includes testimonials from Mrs. Holmes and Mrs. Cottely praising relief from backaches, headaches, and painful periods, and urges readers to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice for irregular or debilitating symptoms.

Lydia Pinkham Holmes Cottely J.C. Holmes Larimore North Dakota Mrs. Pinkham Lydian E. Pinkham Emma Cottely East 12Th Street New York City Lydia E. Pinkham

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