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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1908
Page
1
Advertises Vieille Montagne White Zinc brand lead and linseed oil as purest and best for paints. Offers creosote stain for shingles, woods, tin or wood paints, and a wood preservative. Claims durable, bright colors, excellent covering, and money-saving prices with guarantees to repaint if unsatisfied. Encourages requests for color cards and prices.
Fragmentary verse describes a tender small hand guiding and comforting the speaker. The poet reflects on the calming touch and gentle presses that offered strength and reassurance during fear and loneliness, implying a protective, almost sacred bond. The text hints at a higher power guiding and sustaining through hardship.
The fragment from the Atlanta Constitution hints at a column or notice titled Hion and Heroes. It appears to reference local or notable individuals and events, suggesting a brief feature or tribute within the newspapers page.
In a Northern Michigan winter saga, Tom Ottway defends his herd from a wolfpack that breaches the yard. Dapple, renamed Crophorn after losing her horn, guards her calf and heroically drives off the pack with repeated horn clashes and rifle shots. The attack leaves her wounded and barren, but the cattle survive and bounties help cover damages.
Professor L H Bailey urges a new view of agriculture and rural schooling to meet growing farm challenges. He argues life on the land is honorable and calls for training farm artisans who take pride in their work, tying rural education to national progress.
A collection of aphorisms on love, marriage, society, and temperaments. The quotes compare love's endurance, gold's influence, social status, and the quirks of gender roles, drawing from a New York Herald column. It reflects early 20th century attitudes with wry humor and moral observations.
Winds in Arabia hollow out pits up to 200 feet deep in sandy deserts, extending to the hard stratum that underlies the bed. The geomorphic process reshapes dune field terrain as winds plow through loose sands.
Satirical piece in The Neueste Nachrichten mocks European aristocracy preferring American heiresses. It purports an ad for an imaginary institute selling titles and noble stock, detailing princes, counts, a papal count, and English lords with debts and quirks, offered for marriage to heiresses.
A St Nicholas report notes divers rarely fear sharks, which can bite airpipes and cause leaks, nearly drowning the diver before ascent. The real danger is entanglement, while experts can deter sharks by releasing bubbles around the suit to retreat.
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