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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1909
Page
4
Within a year Luzerne County Pennsylvania reports 22 murders with 20 attributed to foreigners. Wilkes Barre sits within Luzerne County as the area contends with rising homicide figures and questions of perpetrator origins.
An old advertisement touts CaRPADINE as the best remedy for aching and feverishness, claiming immediate relief and restoration of normal conditions. It notes availability at drug stores and a price of two cents.
The piece relays a Maximilian Foster story via Outing about Wilbur Wright’s shy nature. Flint recalls asking Wilbur for a reticent stance and receives the parrot as the funniest reply, underscoring modesty amid aviation fame.
A small girl delights in saying to a boy that he will face consequences. Reporters note the refrain of men boasting about hard work and feeling driven to labor. Each man believes his workload is endless.
Letters from Louisville and Adrian claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured irregularities dizziness and other female troubles avoiding surgery. A Texas newspaper summary notes decades of testimonials asserting the remedy restores health and prevents operations for many women.
A reader quips about Mr Tee as golf obsessed, saying he is chained to the game link by link. The column then cites various facts: watch has 98 pieces, German army 5 million, Sicily earthquake 1693, Australia gender balance, Colorado wire tampering law, champagne production 14 million bottles, imports from France 1.5 million, Leblanc soda invention 1791, light planes for Brazil by mule, Simmons College Boston claims unique lunchroom training for women.
Remedy claims quick relief from headaches, stomach and nervous troubles with Capudine a liquid medicine marketed as pleasant to take. Available locally at 10c, 85c, and 5c sizes at druggists.
Many large Spanish olive growers own mills to extract oil. Perry Davis' Painkiller is claimed unique for rheumatism lumbago and colds. The world annual coffee sales total about 2.3 billion pounds. De Fierce's Sonar candy coats treats stomach liver and bowels and relieves constipation.
Japan dispatches commercial agents abroad to boost exports and trade relations with England and the United States. A list notes limited success from Canadian railway charters, with only 28 of 206 granted in twenty years yielding construction.
A parent reports a boy’s body rash and eczema cleared after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. Despite many physicians failing, the child improved within two months and was fully well. The note cites George F. Lambert Mahanoy City Pa and dates Sept 26 and Nov 4 1907. Also mentions Prince Edward Island lobster catches totaling twenty millions.
The fragment references London pioneering gas street lighting in 1814 and advertises Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claiming quick relief for teething pain and wind colic. It also mentions Mrs Winslow's soothing preparation and generic druggist availability. The text is an OCR fragment with promotional claims and no cohesive narrative.
Edward Smith, colored, arraigned for disorderly conduct and breaking up a camp meeting, told Judge Aukam he was arrested three months earlier for weeping in his sleep. A policeman confirmed the claim, saying neighbors kicked him due to the loud crying. He had about two beans and was told to leave it with the clerk.
Mrs Sherman Youngs of Schoharie New York credits Dean's Kidney Pills with curing years of weakness dizziness insomnia backache rheumatism and kidney problems. She reports the pills cleared kidney secretions restored strength and allowed her to resume daily chores three years of good health follow.
The ashes of Mrs. Margaret Howell Jefferson Davis Hayes arrive in Richmond on the Chesapeake and Ohio line. She is buried at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church after cremation. Included are her husband J Addison Hayes and children Mrs. Gerald B Webb and Lucy Hayes, with Jefferson Hayes Davis to join later.
Eugene Peebles, charged with murdering his wife with an ax at an East Main Street lodging house, was found insane by a jury in Corporation Court. The trial now hinges on whether he is mentally fit to stand trial for his life, with the defense required to prove current insanity. Mrs Woodward of Aiken, mother of the prisoner, attended, as did attorney Claude E Sawyer. Testimony from C W Hardiman of Augusta established a long history of mental derangement.
Newport News reports Captain Hunter of the oyster police schooner Viola indicates that York County oystermen John Turner and William Hogge found a flour barrel sealed at both ends on White Shoals in James River. Inside lay a badly decomposed body unidentifiable by sex or race. The body was turned over to Nansmond County authorities for investigation.
Coroner's jury reports Blaine Wyckline shot by Nellie Reynolds who then killed herself with carbolic acid in a Jackson Street room. Nellie Reynolds, daughter of a West Virginia man, had reportedly been involved in prior tragedies.
DanvilleMary EB Putney wife of S J Putney a cotton mill operator who moved here last summer from Greensboro NC died of pellagra First reported pellagra case in this state She fell ill after a sore in her mouth and eruptions on hands and arms peeling skin She was 27 but emaciated appearing over 40 Monotype Machine Company Alexandria At its annual meeting Lanston Monotype Machine Company voted to raise capital from 5 million to 10 million and stock par value from 20 to 100 per share Officers named J Maury Dove president William MM Laffan vice president W Arthur Summers secretary J Sellers Bancroft treasurer Joel G Clemmer assistant treasurer
George L. Swift, 55, a mill worker in Norfolk, died after a quarrel over work at the mill. Waverly Wilder, involved in the dispute, was assaulted by Swift during the altercation. Police report the incident as a fatal result of the quarrel at the factory.
Charges filed against Magistrate James T. Lewis in Circuit Court of Henrico County allege he acted in dual roles as attorney for Sidney Hutzler and as justice of the peace. A deputy sheriff and a county constable claim Lewis sought a compromise to allow Hutzler to leave the state after an assault on Mrs. Allen Herr.
Mrs Elizabeth Boaz of Richmond who tended curtains for the State Capitol and Governor's Mansion finds her son Frank Boaz of Wichita Kansas after years told she was dead He travels to Richmond and persuades his mother to join him in Kansas where he has prospered in recent years The story makes Mrs Boaz a well known figure in Richmond
Big Stone Gap voters approve an extra bond of 30000 dollars by 146 to 45, repayable in 30 years. The funds allocate 4000 for sewers 4000 for a jail and 22000 for street sidewalk and road improvements.
Culpepper near farmer J D Yowell died of blood poisoning from a bruise on his right hand. He was the youngest son of W M Yowell and is survived by three brothers. News of Col Charles E Thorburn former Navy and Confederates Navy half-brother to local families, died in New York at 78, survived by widow, one son, three daughters. Burial will be in Norfolk. Winchester reports Mrs Henry T Johnson of Shenandoah County died in Woodstock after long illness age advanced. formerly Miss Fry, married twice to Kibler and then Johnson, leaving several sons and daughters.
Suffolk mourns Miss Martha Murdaugh 82 daughter of War of 1812 surgeon Dr. John Murdaugh as nieces and nephews including Dr. Joseph P. Hall survive. Richmond reports death of Levi Hexter 77, father to Rosa Hexter Mary Hexter and Mrs Phillip Peyster of New York. Fredericksburg notes a Spottsylvania Courthouse tournament where R O Gordon crowned Delde Dp Durrett queen of love and beauty with Thomas Humphries M Heckman and Chancellor Blackley as knights and Mary Andrews Frankie McLean Louisa Harris named maid of honor.
United States Judge Wad dill appointed commissioners to sell the Norfolk and Southern Railway under foreclosure. The sale will be December 7 at the railway Park Avenue station in Norfolk. Fergus Reid holds $100,000 in securities and will appeal Judge Waddill's sale order. In Lynchburg, a meeting of the Lynchburg Alumni Association of the Virginia Military Institute will discuss cadet reception and Who, Thanks, Day plans for the Davidson College game.
The Fredericksburg Firemen's Relief Association has applied for a charter and states it has obtained the necessary approvals to organize as a formal body. The filing outlines the association's intent to support firefighters and assist them in times of need.
At a diplomatic reception Mrs. Taft praised her French and recounted a senator who learned French in twelve phonographic lessons. After a recital he addressed a French under secretary with a mock gloss, only to be interrupted as the secretary said his French was so good it made him homesick.
Munyons eminent doctors offer a free medical diagnosis service. Send a postal request and a medical examination blank to 53d and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Doctors will diagnose, advise on cure feasibility, and disclose if cure is possible with no obligation or cost to the reader.
A Sea Cliff hotel gathering ends with a show of accusing passion as a rude stranger claims a bank crime. A janitor confesses no guilt while admitting the cashier stole forty five thousand dollars before police close in. The crowd disperses as the accuser exits toward the Sound.
A testimonial asserts coffee caused indigestion and sleepless nights, while switching to Postum improved health. The speaker credits Postum with lasting well being, easier preparation, and steady quality. Look for the pamphlet The Road to Wellville on packages.
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