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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1909
Page
4
Mr J N Smith of Chicago Street Buchannan Michigan reports severe back pain headaches eye trouble nerves and kidney irregularity after lifting caused illness. After using Doan’s Kidney Pills he improved and fully recovered within a few boxes praising the remedy. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y
In Glasgow a slater fell from a roof ladder and lay unconscious on the pavement. A passerby with spirits tried to revive him, and the man urged bystanders to pour the liquor down the slater’s throat. The slater revived and urged, “Pour awa’, mon, pour awa’, ye’re doin’ fine.”
An ad for Carverse from Nould-effects immediately, Inc. lists COLDS and GRIP relief products, promising to cure the cold and restore normal conditions at drug stores priced 2c and BC.
A collection of wry maxims reflecting skepticism about self faith work ethics and social behavior. The sayings challenge effort, popularity, talkers, time, and gender dynamics with concise witticisms from Pointed Paragraphs in the Chicago News.
Champ Clark recalls a heated exchange where Congressman Johnson of Indiana called an Illinois representative a jackass. Johnson withdraws the word noting the Illinois man is out of order while a veterinary remark about a surgeon preserves the record.
A long-time maid resigns from a Pottsville family amid strained relations. The mistress laments losing a trusted servant as Mary declares she has echoed their treatment long enough. The scene captures household discord and loyal service in a domestic setting.
The world records 2,000,000 matches struck each minute and about 60,000 per second, illustrating the staggering scale of ignition activity observed in daily life.
A minister's wife recalls a struggle with coffee during nurse training. She drank heavily at night to stay awake, became nervous and weak from withdrawal, and eventually switched to Postum. She describes initial fatigue easing and improved clarity after changing beverages.
A poem attributed to Wilbur S. Nesbit printed in the Chicago Record Herald extols a child’s prayer over adult piety. It contrasts childlike faith with worldly grandeur, praising the pure heart and trust of a child that reaches toward the divine and blesses the speaker with renewed purpose. The verse reflects on spiritual innocence and divine grace.
Cassy, now 40, recalls a vanished spring wedding and her lover Gordon who disappeared on the wedding night. A white bulldog guards the steps as a shadowy figure approaches. the dog identifies Gordon, and Cassy faces his unexpected return in the fading light.
Cassy and Gordon confront past betrayals as Gordon reveals a twenty year secret marriage. They reconcile on a moonlit night, Cassy offering forgiveness and both expressing a hope to be happy together again. Zack watches as the couple finds closure.
A National Magazine tribute lauds VMI graduates for distinguished service in Civil War, Spanish American War and Philippine War. It notes VMI alumni in the Regular Army Navy and Marine Corps, honors New Market cadets, and describes the cadet cemetery and New Market Day ceremonies in the Shenandoah valley.
A Pall Mall Gazette observation notes French students rise early and study late. Schoolboys head to class before 7 am, finish by 9 pm with much effort. Pensioned tutors and high ambition shape a strenuous academic and artistic life across disciplines.
Mrs. Anna Wolf of Woodbury, widow of Joseph Wolf, age 86, claims the gold band ring found by Theodora Geissel while digging in his garden is her wedding ring lost forty two years ago during cow milking.
A house painter recounts a dispute with Smith over his new house. The painter claims Smith insisted on applying most of the paint himself and indeed did so, resulting in a self-applied paint job. The exchange is noted by a friend.
The text touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a constitutional remedy that cures catarrh by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. It claims a $1000 reward for any case not cured and notes availability through Druggists for 75 cents plus a recommendation to use Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An exchange shows a household search for green apples left in a pan and a reference to Jamaica ginger stored with medicine, captured in a Lippincott's style fragment. The dialogue hints at a domestic scene common to period newspapers.
The article touts epilepticide as a cure against fire and nervousness, claiming vast cures and intense nationwide interest. It offers free trial battles literature history of epilepsy and testimonials by mail from the Dr May laboratory at 548 Pearl Street New York City.
A clipped Washington Herald line describes a man hugging a girl so tightly that her rib was broken, followed by a remark about breaking expensive cigars. The fragment reflects a tense, vivid quote without broader context.
Mrs. Charles Baker of Albion Mc states her two daughters suffered severe eczema over limbs head and arms. After using Cullenra Remedies the skin softened and improved. Massachusetts sources reference Potter Drug and Chemical Corp Boston. The passage also notes a fact about underground water equaling one third of ocean water.
Former Congressman J A Belder discusses a curious chain of fathers as ministers with broker W S Hayden in Cleveland. Others including H E Prindle Doctor G R Ehret and salesman Jay Gaines reveal their fathers were ministers, prompting Beidler to depart for Willoughby.
A veteran laments a denied pension and sends a cartoon of a boy praising a sea captain. The boy asks if the sailor ever caught whales or wrecked on desert islands, cannibals eating him, and the response is no. The veteran quips that this is his case.
The largest cargo of creosote ever brought to this country, 1,250,000 gallons, has arrived in Philadelphia for the Pennsylvania Railroad to use in preserving ties.
For 30 years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has been the standard remedy for female ills. Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice at no charge. Made exclusively from roots and herbs, it has thousands of cures to its credit and addresses to Lynn, Massachusetts.
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