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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1907
Page
2
The Journal is billed as a thrice weekly or weekly publication with a Journal Publishing Co. imprint. It lists a yearly subscription rate in advance and mentions a business manager or editor in its front matter.
Notices explain deadlines for submissions and the service charges for obituaries resolutions and communications. Rates include five cents per line for obituary items ten cents per line for reading notices and fifty cents per inch for the first insertion plus twenty five cents per inch for subsequent insertions with no changes.
The Mathews Journal recounts a curious incident from Lunenburg involving a blacksnake that swallowed guinea eggs laid by a duck. The hen hatched twelve guineas after the eggs were removed and replaced, while the owner, W H Miller, had just campaigned successfully.
A fragment from the News Leader notes a Rockingham snake swallowing a door-knob with the shank still attached. The paired performances by the two creatures are described as discrediting the ophidian tribe’s wisdom.
Mrs Annie A Roland wife of Daniel Rutland Patchogue village postmaster filed a separation suit citing dire living conditions She slept on the floor due to poverty and lack of furniture The article notes the postmaster earns 300 a year and hints at a defense claiming his salary cannot cover luxury items
Mrs. Elnora N Y Burke of Elnora New York reports severe nightly urination swelling and vision trouble from Bright's disease. After using Foley's Kidney Cure she notes rapid improvement and says a 50 cent bottle helped after the third bottle with dropsy subsiding. druggists carry the remedy.
Seattle reports Metaline, a 22 year old town with no cemetery within 40 miles, shows awakening signs as boat traffic between Newport and Ione drives progress. Nearest graveyard in Colville 40 miles away, locals say no funeral or illness deaths in years, with bodies reportedly left at a reef and buried without caskets.
A warning notes that many attendees catch colds at dances leading to pneumonia and consumption. It advises taking Foley's Huey and Tar after exposure to break up a cold and prevent serious illness, and urges shoppers to refuse imitation products and buy the genuine in a yellow package from druggists.
Due to labor scarcity buyers are urged to choose reliable motor engines and feed mills. The notice promotes the Fairbanks Morse gasoline engine and the New Holland feed-mill and invites readers to request catalogs. A. J. Huff, traveling agent in Richmond, Virginia, seeks local selling agents.
A Baltimore bank official denounces the ten dollar gold piece without God in the motto as the ugliest coin yet imposed on the people. He criticizes the Indian head design as un-Indian and aesthetically wrong, calling the coin garish and unfit for circulation.
Citizens react to a new ten dollar gold coin in a crossfire of ridicule. John R. Hooper of the Commonwealth Bank shows the piece to friends while warning the coins’ ugliness will mock the nation. No refusals reported as yet.
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. We recommend it as a safe remedy for children and adults sold by all druggists.
In Memoriam notes Maggie Burton's sudden death on November 12 1907 at Hampton Virginia. The widower Boswell Burton and family mourn the loss while faith offers hope of reunion in heaven. Services were held at Holly Grove Church with burial in Trinity Cemetery beside her lost child. The piece includes verses and prayers from a friend.
Wheeling West Virginia November 25 Mrs Deschler died after a home fire started with oil while her husband was seriously burned trying to douse the flames The couple's three children were severely burned before escaping the house opposite Grape Island near here The event follows an attempt to start a fire in the residence.
The advertisement promotes Tyson brand spirits with discounts from 25 percent plus sample orders. Four quarter quantities of various ryes and brandies are priced from $2.30 to $3.50 prepaid, with express shipping and guaranteed satisfaction.
A reporter toured the L. M. Paint factory in New York, noting 10 000 gallons of paint produced with machinery and faster than hand mixing. The article highlights L. M. White Lead, zinc hardening, long wear, and a cost of under 1 25 per gallon. It mentions repaint guarantees and donations to churches, with sales by Wm. H. C. Murray at Williams Wharf.
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