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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
4
CULD s and GRIP news item presents Tuck's Carpcupine as the best remedy for aching feverishness. It claims to cure the cold and restore normal conditions. Nguid ejects immediately. 10c and 2c price at drug stores.
Frank J Cheney agency swears firm will pay one hundred dollars for each cataract cured by Hart's Catarrh Cure. Notary public A. Gleason notes the December date. Cure marketed by F J Cheney Co Toledo and sold by druggists. pill supplement suggested for constipation.
Innsbruck reports that as Tyrol prepares centenary celebrations of a famed war of freedom, veterans and rifle clubs create relics. Peasants craft improvised artifacts from faked flags and grease to mimic historic emblems, while blacksmiths forge mock cannons. The result is a vivid, if improvised, display of war memorabilia.
A Kansas country fair tale features a man who desires to enter an elk exhibit with his 17 children and wife. The keeper, puzzled, asks if all the children are his, and the man confirms. The keeper then plans to bring the elk out to see the large brood.
A humorous exchange appears in the Louisville Courier-Journal with a husband insisting his love while wearing fringed pants and tramp make up to appear eccentric. The quip centers on vanity and marital affection in a light cabinet of humor.
A Fond du Lac Wisconsin woman recounts years of indigestion and heart palpitations improved by replacing coffee with Grape Nuts and Postum. Within a week sour stomach faded and after a month she could climb stairs walk distances and gained ten pounds. Her health fully returned and she credits the cereals with her recovery.
A Salem Massachusetts state senator James F Shaw files for absolute divorce from Nettie E Shaw naming former chauffeur H Reno Marble as corespondent and seeks custody of their son Eldredge Shaw. The report lists other legal cases and notable events from across the country.
A Caracas court dismissed the charge against former President Castro for involvement in a plot to assassinate acting Venezuelan President Juan Vicente Gomez. The report notes other world events including a Turkish sultan transferring $5,000,000, rising French battleship plans, and unrest across multiple regions.
Danville police seek J. E Tilton and Mrs Martha Walker after they eloped with Mrs Walker's one year old child aboard. The pair headed toward North Carolina, wife of Hilton mills foreman vows to pursue them to justice. Details of the husband and Mr Will Walker remain unknown.
William Metzger, 74, a prosperous Manassas farmer and large landowner near Wooldridge, committed suicide by stepping in front of a Washington Southern Railway train shortly after telling his wife he would not be seen alive again. His mind was described as unbalanced.
Lexington reports Howard H. Brage aged 24 found guilty of murder in the first degree for killing Thomas E. Drawbond a Norfolk and Western night watchman on March 19 1999. Drawbond shot on duty and left on the track before two trains passed. Prosecutor D E Moore and defense attorneys G D Letcher and B E Shields are noted.
Fredericksburg observed Decoration Day with broader participation than before as nearly all stores and schools closed to honor Confederate dead, reflecting local ritual and collective remembrance.
S B Zeigler of Newville Pennsylvania, a Civil War veteran, claims possession of glasses once worn by Jefferson Davis when captured after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. He bought them after a broken partnership dissolved, paying twenty dollars for the glasses and an affidavit. The jeweler who inspected them notes they are foreign in origin with heavy gold frames and old ear pieces.
Mrs Bruce White of Danville recovers her two young sons who were kidnapped by their father during church services. Bruce White took the children to Lynchburg to his father Samuel White. The mother pursued, obtained a warrant for assault, and Bruce White was brought back as the children remained in Lynchburg.
In Princess Anne Courthouse jurors convict Joseph Spence of the 1903 killing of William Hughes and impose a fifteen year penitentiary term. Hughes, later killed at the exact site of Hale's 1991 Princess Anne murder, was among three men charged in that case. Hale was a white man.
Memorial exercises at the Hebrew Cemetery honored Confederate dead. Judge John H. Ingram led ceremonies with speakers Jeon Nelson and Dr. BE Calisch. Lee Camp Confederate Veterans and Richmond Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy attended in uniform. Two military companies participated and flowers were placed on graves.
Richmond capitalists plan a large cotton manufacturing industry in the city. Business Manager Dabney of the Chamber of Commerce said the project is now a practical certainty. Details on investors and capitalization were not disclosed.
The William Frank lin Harwood scholarship for girls is created at the High School of Richmond. It is the first gift scholarship for girls in the city though the state offers others from various schools. Col. John S. Harwood and his brother Harry S. Harwood established the fund in memory of their father.
A new telephone line being built in the Alps aims to set a height record. The report notes other global trivia from 1908 1952R and economic figures, including India coffee production, imports, and Moroccan river navigability.
Bradstreet's notes irregular weather with a hopeful shift in staple crop conditions and slight retail improvement though mood remains low. Reorder activity from jobbers is quiet while optimism grows for next fall and winter trade. Dun's Weekly: tariff debate aside, most indicators favorable with rising farm product prices and expanding iron and steel activity. Wages restored for dependent producers.
Spot and futures quotes for wheat corn oats and prices for eggs butter and poultry across New York Philadelphia and Baltimore reflect firm to steady trends. Notable items include No 2 red wheat around 1.45 dollars fob, corn No 2 around 84 percent, oats steady, eggs firm with Pennsylvania and nearby firsts at 23 cents per dozen, and butter near 27 cents per pound.
Cattle prices steady to weak with Choice cattle at 0.85 per pound in Pittsburgh market and prime at 6.60 to 6.85. Sheep and veal calves show softer bids, hogs lower with prime heavies 7.65 to 7.70 and midrange 7.60 to 7.65. Kansas City notes steady to weak cattle with top at 7.00 and western steers 5.00 to 6.75, cows 2.75 to 4.50, calves 4.00.
Weston discusses walking to lift spirits and promote health. An Allen’s Foot-Ease advertisement touts antiseptic powder for tired feet with 30 000 testimonials and a 25 cent trial package offered by Allen E. Olmsted of Le Roy New York. European methods for preserving railroad ties and telephone poles are noted.
An advertorial claim presents Marine Eye Remedy as easing red weak weary watery eyes through physician guidance. It touts a lawn safe formula and soothing effects. A separate note mentions a cutter that divides a pound of butter into 24 equal pieces in one operation.
A Milwaukee woman reports relief from severe female troubles and back pain after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter claims doctors advised surgery for a tumor but the remedy cured the condition, prompting the writer to urge other women to seek advice from Ms. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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