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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1909
Page
4
A Cleveland Leader excerpt recounts Colonel Moore of Kentucky owning many slaves and punishing negligences by labors in the fields. Jupe, to split a hard black gum tree, faced a thunderstorm and hid under a brush heap when lightning struck a nearby poplar, prompting his quip about lightening and the black gum task.
A Columbia State excerpt argues that educated women marry not due to abnormalities but because their strength makes home life hard. It claims educated women should offer counsel yet lack the love and charm to lure men for happiness from daily toil and market arenas.
A New Yorker hosting a Philadelphian tries to impress with seasonal delicacies. One dish thrills the guest who quips about snails. The Philadelphian replies that they have snails but cannot catch them.
During his first city visit a farmer rode an electric car past a monument company yard with gravestones on display. He remarked in awe that they bury people close in the city, a remark reflecting the era's urban monument trade.
A humorous line contrasts a husband’s failed allowance idea with his wife spending the money, as printed in the Louisville Courier Journal. The quip reflects domestic humor common in the era.
An advertisement promotes Spohn Distemper Cure for horses and dogs, claiming protection against distemper in all forms with guaranteed bottles. It notes 500000 bottles sold last year, prices 50 cents and one dollar, and invites druggists or agents to contact the manufacturer. It also mentions a free book and Goshen health notices.
An old notice touts Hick's Carcerxs as the best remedy for fever and cold with quick relief, alongside Allen's Long Balsam for coughs. It also mentions experiment notes on hot springs distribution and a lobster catch figure for Prince Edward Island at 20,600,000.
Indictments and arrests surface as James F. Bendernagel faces conspiracy charges over sugar weighing. Accomplice suspect Arthur Alexander is escorted from Cairo to curb mob violence. Lamprecht from Cleveland found guilty of embezzlement. National Sugar refinery layoffs affect 700 workers in Yonkers. Taft receives honorary doctorate from Wesleyan University. Aldrich tours the Northwest. Public health, infant mortality, and hookworm studies appear from Johns Hopkins, Pirquet, and Urquhart. Tank cars ordered to supply drought towns. New York officials and court actions include Warriner investigations, Pickett’s multiple convictions, and bank reforms. Public figures discuss divorce publicity and tuberculosis efforts.
In Paris the judge advocate for Mme Steinheil concedes parricide not proven as principal, seeks conviction as accomplice. Reports also note Zelaya’s forces invading Costa Rica, Korean insurgents losses, and widespread submarine telegraph outages. Roosevelt tours Africa while Canada opens its parliament. US Steel attacked by labor unions. German critic Justi sails to the United States for art-center duties.
R G Dun weekly notes progress in market readjustment amid higher gold production and active consumption. Steel demand remains strong with large planned contracts and rails buying into next year. Pig iron stays brisk in the East while cotton markets cushion buyers and sellers seek higher production costs.
New York prices show spot firmness for wheat and corn with No. 2 red at 127c and No. 2 yellow at 72c. Oats are steady with mixed grain around 26 to 32 lbs, poultry values mixed with live fowls and turkeys firm while dressed prices vary by region. Baltimore opens firmer for wheat with spot No. 2 red at 116c to 1.12% and corn at 67c spot, oats quoted white 45-46c, mixed 42-48c, and hay lines listed for timothy and clover.
Chicago cattle and hog markets show steady to mixed moves with steer prices around 5.60 to 9.10 and hogs mainly 7.45 to 8.15. Kansas City sees cattle steady to 10c lower with exports and dressed beef steers at 6.25 to 8.50 and hogs 7.55 to 7.92. Also notes Illinois telephone rate control and a cow slaughteryard incident in St Joseph Missouri with remains found.
A family confronted Willie’s swearing as the father searched for the boy. He storms up stairs in anger and falls, prompting the mother to calm the scene by noting the boy has had enough punishment. The judge’s quip frames the cautionary tale.
Mike Murphy of the University of Pennsylvania praises a Pennsylvania player noting his inventiveness and deceit less behavior. He recalls a Philadelphia game at Franklin Field when a man attempted entry by claiming tickets for twelve people, eight entered with the crowd and one vanished after the ticket taker counted eleven.
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney related suffering including headaches dizziness and urinary troubles. Mrs. Virginia Spitzer of Buena Vista Virginia testifies to long term kidney pain and partial kindness with severe symptoms until using the product. The ad notes a price of fifty cents a box and lists Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York as sponsors.
The American consul at Nuremberg details a statistical study of 852 German households. Total income $444 501 versus expenditures $453 005 created a deficit of over $8 000. Average income for skilled workers $448, overall average $521.70 with expenditures $531.69, leaving about $10 owed per family. The report warns German wage earners face rising debt unless incomes rise or spending tightens. Consul Louis Hostetter notes Sonora Railroad testing a gasoline motor car from Omaha. Preparations at Harpers Ferry move John Brown fort to Storer College campus.
An eight track swing bridge across the main channel of the Chicago drainage canal near Thirty first street will be operated by electricity, enabling faster passage and smoother traffic through the area.
A reader praises a physician who treated gastritis without medicines by using Grape-Nuts. The patient shares quick improvements in appetite strength weight and vitality after a year on the cereal, and notes reading The Road to Wellville.
There are now over 33,000 men employed in government dockyards in England. This figure reflects a sustained expansion of naval industrial capacity during the period.
H W Gneex and his sons of Atlanta claim to be the world’s only successful Dropsy Specialists and urge readers to see their Mbera offer in another column of this newspaper.
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