14 Oct 1909
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1909
Page
1
Fragmentary note reflects a pushy ad driven mood with mentions of commerce and belief in advertising as a path forward. The text names Romy and BoDe in a tense context and hints at a grim situation requiring persistence and faith in business messaging.
Elinor Kent helps Ned Bryant confront a broken engagement with Daisy as a letter confirms their separation. Ned, crushed by the arranged marriage, discovers Elinor is the true love, ending his hopes of a public union and inviting a quiet, unexpected future.
At the Lincolnshire agricultural show in Louth two records on rural life were honored. Robert Bonner of Sleaford won for providing for his sixteen dependent family without relief. Ruth Dalby of Spalding earned the longest servant girl record with thirty three and a half years in Mrs. Armstrong’s household.
A brief vignette about Clyde and his sister as family mischief unfolds behind closed doors. Clyde’s curiosity leads him to blame Putthie for causing a humorous scamble when a door is battered open.
A fiery old Southern colonel, enraged by a letter from a crude suitor, drafts a sharp rebuke. He hesitates then dictates a pointed line asserting propriety, noting his stenographer is a lady and that he cannot express his thoughts aloud.
A three and a half year old boy, George, ignores his rocking horse despite a picture of a boy on a similar toy being pulled by a girl. He explains that he lacks a girl to pull the horse's tail, signaling his indifference to the gift.
A city boy on his first farm visit asks the farmer’s wife if she removes clothes from chickens every night. In Australia a patent wool bale fastener replaces twine and is said to prevent vegetable matter from sticking to bales.
Commercial R. G. Dunn & Co. reports from major business centers show progressive improvement in trade with activity rising above normal levels in many sectors. Bradstreet’s notes favorable conditions across lines despite high raw material costs. cotton regions exhibit better tones though production may be curbed to realign prices amid 50 percent higher raw material costs.
New York spot quotes show No 2 red wheat at 118 cents and No 2 red afloat, with corn around 68 to 69 cents and spot butter firm. Philadelphia offerings list quiet wheat and steady corn, with oats and butter steady, and various poultry and cheese prices. Baltimore prices show firmer wheat and steady corn and oats, with butter and eggs varying by grade and region.
Cattle market shows steers at 5.60 to 8.80, cows 3.59 to 4.25, heifers 3.50 to 6. Bulls 3 to 4.80, calves 3 to 9, stockers and feeders 3.75 to 6.50. Hog market down 10 cents, choice heavy 7.90 to 8.05, butchers 7.83, light 7.40 to 7.60, packing 6.50 to 7.75.
Letters from customers describe relief from neuralgia and headaches using Miles' Anti-Pain Pills. Testimonials credit rapid relief with two pills and praise the product's lack of after effects. The Miles Medical Co offers a refund of the first package price if no benefit is seen.
A four year old girl named Alice whines on the floor until her father offers a penny to stop crying. She replies she will not stop for less than a nickel, a small domestic moment captured in a Delineator feature.
A brief dialogue shows Mr. Nurich approving a dealer labeled Try-on picture and planning to hang it in the dressing room while Mrs. Nurich protests, saying they cannot have a cow in the room. The exchange appears in the Boston Transcript.
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