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Newspaper

Mathews Journal

Location

Mathews, Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 28, 1908

Page

4

Peruna Tablets Help Evanston Woman With Catarrh

Sophia Kittlesen of Evanston writes that a twenty five year catarrh ailment and bad cough improved after using Peruna tablets. She praises the remedy and recommends it to friends. Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company of Columbus Ohio markets the tablets and promotes Manalin as the laxative.

Sophia Kittlesen Evanston U.S. A Ey Otmesther Pertina Peruna Drug Manufacturing Company Columbus

Capuchine Cures Indigestion Pains

A short, witty editorial style note mocks frugal debt paying and prosperity while promoting Capuchine as a remedy for indigestion belching sour stomach and heartburn with claimed quick effects. Available in 10c 25c and 50c at drug stores.

Bbc

Wise Words From Brain Links

Collects pithy maxims on virtue aging and character from Brain Links in The Com moner. Notes about conscience reputation flattery aging and home life with examples of how wishes and perceptions shape behavior.

Re Employment DayAims Return of Prosperity in St Louis

St Louis firms including Simmons Hardware Ferguson McKinney Dry Goods and Ely Walker Dry Goods plan to re employ 4000 to 5000 idle workers on June 1 as part of the National Prosperity Association drive. National Enameling and Helmholz Furnace join the effort with plants already bringing back workers. Pittsburgh also signals revival as Carnegie Steel mills restart and rail orders for 2000 all steel cars bolster activity.

National Prosperity Association St. Louis Pittsburg Carnegie Steel Company Carnegies Homestead Singer Nimick Mills Carter Iron Works National Tube Company McKeesport Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad Standard Steel Car Company

Massillon Doctor Claims Discovery Of Paresis Germ

Dr John D OBrien of Massillon State Hospital says paresis is a germ disease and curable He cites treated patients including a Washington civil engineer and a Nashville engineer as proof He has not performed postmortem studies but has germ cultures from serum and has tested on animals and humans to show recovery potential.

Massillon Ohio Massillon State Hospital John D. O’brien American Medico-Psychological Association Cincinnati O'Brien Washington, D. C Nashville Mansillon State Hospital O’brien

Baseball Nine Adopts A Baby Mascot In Texas League

Houston Professional Baseball Club members adopted a nineteen month old boy found aboard a train near Galveston. W. E. Hester held the child as the mother departed. The club established the child as mascot, raising a growing fund beyond two thousand dollars. The mother, under eighteen, had a troubled past and gave up the baby to prevent starvation.

Houston Club Galveston Texas Houston W. E. Hester Edmund Wintere Dallas and Fort Worth Hillsboro

Caillaux Reports 1929 Budget Deficit in Paris

Paris minister of finance Caillaux announces the 1929 budget with an estimated deficit of 8.8 million dollars. Revenue is projected at 785.8 million and expenditures at 794.6 million. To cover the shortfall, the government will avoid short term bonds and tighten collection of duties on stock and bond transfers.

Paris Caillaux

Jottings About Sports Offer Early Race Meet Plan

Stewards of the Pennsylvania Breeders and Racing Association announced an attractive program for the first race meet. Melvin W. Sheppard, the American distance runner, is eager to become a New York policeman and may not accompany the Olympic team to England.

Pennsylvania Breeders’ and Racing Association Melvin W. Sheppard New York England W. B. Burroughs Sminoly University

National Stock Yards Declared Not a Common Carrier

Judge Francis H. Wright of the United States Circuit Court ruled that the National Stock Yards in East St. Louis, with miles of tracks, engines, cars, and equipment, is not a common carrier and not subject to Federal railroad laws. The stockyards attorneys argued they ran a hotel for hogs and livestock, a claim the court sustained.

East St. Louie Francis H. Wright United States National Stock Yards Stock Yards

Sperry Heads Atlantic Battleship Fleet In Staunch Move

Rear Admiral Sperry assumed command of the Atlantic battleship fleet as Secretary Taft returned to Washington from Panama. Congress passed a bill to create an Appalachian forest reserve while the fleet sailed from San Francisco toward Puget Sound.

Sperry Taft Washington Panama Congress Feet San Fracciso Puget Und

Trade shows broad improvement across departments

R G Dun and Co weekly review reports encouraging general improvement after six months with gains in many divisions. While weather slowed retail at times and year over year figures remain down, activity rises in leading manufacturing with larger output and new orders. Lower pig iron prices spurred tonnage, and foundry iron buying remains strong.

R. G. Dun & Co

Grain and dairy market rounds across New York to Baltimore

New York markets show wheat exports at 111,904 bushels with firm No 2 red and afloat bids. corn receipts 65,575 bushels with steady spot prices. oats vary by grade. Philadelphia and Baltimore report firm wheat and corn contracts, steady oats, and mixed butter and eggs prices with regional variations in creamery, dairy, and cheese offerings.

New York Duluth Philadelphia Pennsylvania Baltimore

Live stock markets show steady tone across regions

New York receipts total beef and calves with steady to slow movement. Dressed beef and veal prices range from 4.00 to 10 cents per pound. Sheep and lambs receipts around 3,674 head with Buffalo lambs at 6.00 and Kentucky spring lambs at 7.25. Hogs receipts about 2,616 with prime New York hogs at 6.10. Chicago cattle receipts near 3,500 with steady market. steers 5.00 to 7.25, cows 3.75 to 5.75, calves 2.50 to 6.50, stockers 3.25 to 5.40. Hogs in Chicago about 14,000 head with higher tone. choic e heavy 5.65 to 7.72, butchers 5.65 to 5.72, light 6.65 to 6.70, packing 5.00 to 5.65, pigs 4.15 to 5.50.

New York Buffalo Kentucky New York State Chicago

Odds and Ends From a Distant Era

A collection of brief, quirky facts noting price variations in Arizona, eye color linked aiming skill, a Dover strait bridge cost estimate of 34 million dollars, and mortality and production stats. Also mentions New York interest payments, 1907 growth in cars and locomotives, tasteless medicines from a German process, wheat yield of 11 percent per acre in India, and electricity powering modern plant machines.

Arizona Straits of Dover New York India

Hall's Catarrh Cure Promoted By Toledo Firm

Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. It is a blood or constitutional disease, cured by internal remedies like Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally. The product acts on blood and mucous surfaces. described as a best tonic and purifier. Testimonials offered, free, by F J Creney & Co Toledo. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Pills for constipation.

Hali F. J. Creney & Co Toledo Hall

Erosion in Cape Colony Widens Ongers River Rapidly

Rapid water erosion blamed on burning vegetation and cattle trail creation. Ongers or Brak River, absent six decades ago, now runs about 300 feet wide and 15 feet deep, reflecting accelerated erosion and landscape change.

Cape Colony

Terrible eczema survivor credits Cuticura remedies

Six months after birth the child broke out with eczema leaving skin gone and blood oozing. After doctors gave up, Cuticura Soap and Ointment were used, and by age nearly three she had no signs of the ailment. James Z. Smith of Dumid, Virginia, reports this recovery from 1906.

James Z. Smith Dumid

Guards at Bank of France Flooded Vaults with Water

Bank of France guards now protect bullion by walling vault doors with hydraulic mortar each day the water flooded the cellar. Burglar would need a diving suit to breach cement walls before plunder could start. Officials then drain water and reopen vaults next morning.

Bank of France Bank of England Strand Magazine

Red-Eyed Chicken Captures Dover News Attention

A Dover Kentucky news note describes a chicken with crystal red eyes and red pupils. The eyes appear sunlit when the head is held to light, yet the chick remains healthy and fully sighted within the brood.

George Ladenburger Dover

Confession of a Modern Writer About Domestic Quarrels

A famed writer tells the New York Press he lets his wife interrupt his thoughts. He says quarrels anger her to tears and destruction, then they reconcile at day’s end, and he can finish his work with her in good humor.

W N. Y. Press

Wedding Reunion Dialog Between Hugson and Wagson

A brief exchange recalls a past wedding where Hugson, the groom, mentions his sister was present while Wagson notes no memory of her mentioning seeing Hugson. The snippet centers on unclear prior contact and wedding roles.

Hiugson Wagson Hugson

Severed ties over maid recommendation sparks feud

Pass ed H er A Alo a s Mrs. Jeysed confesses disliking the maid yet provided a favorable reference. Mrs. Hersod questions the motive. Mrs. Jeysed explains the maid was hired because Mrs. Hanson had engaged her, ending in a contentious exchange.

Royal coronation costs and dental bill humor

Mrs Wise reads a magazine about coronations being expensive. Mr Wise jokes a dentist charged 12 dollars for crowning a tooth last month. The exchange highlights the contrast between grand events and ordinary costs.

Diet For Sleeplessness Dr Stevens Says Insomnia Is A Symptom

Dr William Stevens states insomnia is not a disease but a result of unhealthy bodily or mental condition. Removing causes can end it, with digestion often at fault. While diets vary, lettuce and celery are two items that may almost always help, though individual tolerances differ.

William Stevens

Proverbs and Mirth From an Old Irish Almanac

A collection of folk sayings and moral maxims touching poverty, fortune, justice, women, luck, trade, foreigners, and drunkenness. Each line offers a blunt rule or observation about life, wealth, mischief, and social judgment from a historical source.

The Parting Blow and a Medical Patent Ad

A quirky exchange hints at withheld character as Lady Fair taunts a mum. An advertised cure for nervous diseases promises Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a $3 trial bottle and free treatise. A report notes European financiers eyeing Japanese railway control and financial reorganization aid.

St. Vitus Kline H. R. Kline Arch St Phila

Old Time Patent Medicine Claims and Teasers

A fragmented advertisement page touts malaria prevention products and tonics, citing Grove’s Taste and Allen’s Foot Powder for shoe fit, with claims about teething remedies and women’s marriage advice. The copy mixes dosage notes, pricing, and mail order offers from Sears-like catalogs.

Mistake in Bill Sends Man Spirited Rebuttal

Chicago Tribune quotes a heated exchange over a billing error. A caller insists the bill name is wrong and that no debt is owed, sparking a sharp dispute about accountability and misaddressed charges.

Chicago Tribune

Dr Talks of Food Dr Says Grape Nuts Benefits

A health board president advocates Grape-Nuts as a prime food. He recounts personal recovery from malnutrition and sleep loss after using the cereal with milk. He praises the diet as part of a rational feeding system and urges readers to learn the facts behind its work.

Board of Health Wellville Ryer

Saved From Being Cripple For Life

Mrs Louis McKey of Oakland recounts sudden rheumatic paralysis that left her bedridden. After using Sloan's Liniment she recovered within days, able to walk and free from pain, crediting the liniment as the only medicine used. Her remark highlights rapid improvement and endorsements to friends.

Sloan

Rogers Goes Broke Not The Auto Joke

The column notes a pun about Rogers and an auto. It mentions Metropolitan Magazine and Hicks Capuchine claimed to cure nervousness. It touts a brain refresh via a liquid tonic sold in 10c 25c and 50c sizes at drug stores. New York City milk draws from up to 400 miles and from 86 000 farms to meet daily needs.

New York City

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Man-a-lin Miss. Sophia Kottlesen Peruna Senna Wales W. A. Rogers New York Herald John DR. O'Brien Baseball Nine City Odds and Wezema Lady Fair Tadies Allen Olmsted LeRoy, N.Y Aah Ied Aitaa Dr. May W. H. Mat Peart Strool Atl Louis McKey Seventh Street Oakland Cal Rogers Metropolian Magazine Lydia E. Pinkham A. Williams Gardiner Maine Alvina Dperling Claybourne Ave Mtrs Pinkham Lynn Mass Jos Ise Aovsers Washington S.E Fred. F. Field CO Brockton Borax Pacific Coast Borax CO
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