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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
4
A brakeman recalls a string of near misses on a trip linked to the number thirteen. He explains he forgot his watch, encountered a black cat twice, and found the engine numbered thirteen with thirteen cars as the crew member. He ends relieved to reach home safely.
A Chicago News tale describes Captain a white Cotswold sheep of about 200 pounds who guides sheep to cars at stockyards. After guiding a drove, Captain leaves the flock and blends with them, then departs, leaving handlers and partners Andy and Tim to continue the loading and unloading task.
James R. Keeler of Fenner Street Cazenovia New York reports long lasting back and kidney pain relief after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. He says the first box brought relief and two boxes fully restored him. He endorses the product to his wife and friends. sold by dealers at 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Work on the Capitol interior restoration has begun with statues in Statuary Hall boxed and scaffolding over the entire area. Visitors have been disappointed by the changes as crews proceed with the project following the original plan.
A dairy industry notice explains how borax cleanses and preserves milk and dairy utensils, reducing taint from residue. It advocates a mixture of borax to water for udder washing and utensil cleaning, citing 20 Mule Team Borax as a reliable brand and offering a pamphlet from Pacific Coast Borax Company.
A witty remark questions a married woman's social currency by noting her husband’s cleverness as the true measure of propriety. The line hints at status and reputation in domestic life with a playful tone.
A miscellany of medical claims and patent remedies fills the page. Advertisements promise cures for deafness and nerves, catarrh, constipation, and fits, with names like Hall's Catarrh Cure and Dr Kline's Nervre Restorer. Bold prices and sensational appeals dominate a scattered read.
R G Dun & Co reports unseasonable weather slows retail trade and agriculture but Spring offers bright prospects. May brings cold conditions and slow mercantile collections, yet freight congestion eases and coal and wheat momentum rise. Iron and steel show record optimism while cotton prices stay high and mills refrain from concessions.
Baltimore markets show flour steady with receipts 5 511 barrels and exports 108. Wheat firmer with May 88 and July 65%, corn firmer with No 2 white 58 and various May July prices, oats mostly lower, rye firmer at No 2 Western. Butter firm with creamery at 27 28, eggs steady at 17 17, cheese active and unchanged with large, medium, small categories. New York reports wheat receipts 127 000 bushels, corn 27 950, oats 100 500, poultry prices mixed, Philadelphia notes wheat strong May 84 0, corn firm May 5 55, oats dull No 2 white 48 49, butter 27, cheese 14%–13%.
New York reports dressed beef at 8 9 per pound with some at 7%. City dressed veals firm at 8% and country dress at 11 TM% per pound. Sheep and lambs steady with spring lambs around 5.00 per head and unshorn yearlings at 7.00 per 100 pounds. Chicago cattle steady with steers 4.00 6.50, cows 3.25 5.00, calves 2.75 6.00. hogs steady with heavy weights 6.42 6.50 and packing 6.20 6.40.
Tokio bank clearings reached 1.75 billion dollars, up 500 million from a decade prior. Japanese life insurers pay 16 percent dividends while a director fee of 8 100 dollars is noted in one company. A Lockport thief scales an electric pole and attempts to cut wire with a saw. The claim about Mark Twain building an indestructible house stands alongside notes on Falkland Island whaling. Leather from aged shoes is blended with rubber to form a substitute. The late Dr James Gale is rumored to have paid a 50 000 pounds fee.
Argo Red Salmon marketing highlights a value packed product available at grocers. State Fish and Game Warden Del Travis reports Hungarian partridges stocked in Kansas, promising hardier game birds than English pheasants and similar in size to quail. A Minneapolis letter-carrier recalls delivering a wreath to the grave of James Love at Woodlawn Cemetery, noting it as a strange moment from his 14 years of service.
A testimonial asserts Grape-Nuts cereal cured years of dyspepsia after a doctor’s recommendation. The narrator credits predigested nutrition for easing stomach strain and supporting nervous energy, alongside family use.
A girl compares falling in love with a married man to being engaged to two others at once. The text oddly adds a question about salmon brands, culminating in a quirky suggestion that Argo Red 6Sal mon is the best possible answer.
French investigators C. Dhere and G. L. Grimme studied calcium content in dog and rabbit blood. In dogs the calcium proportion declined with age, while rabbits showed no consistent pattern as calcium varied greatly among same aged individuals.
In a bold stand, women showcase restraint and wit to challenge four men's assertions, highlighting gender dynamics, intelligence, and equal voice in public discourse.
A family reports eczema appearing at three months and lasting until using Cuticura products. After a friend’s recommendation, a single cake of Cuticura Soap and two boxes of Cuticura Ointment cost $1.25 and cured the baby by six months. C. F. Kara, New York, March 30, 1906.
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