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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1908
Page
4
A New York Evening Post note suggests making a plain luncheon omelet with American cheese. Beat yolks and whites, add milk, salt, and pepper, cook until browned and center is rare, sprinkle grated cheese, fold, and serve immediately with parsley garnish.
Instructions describe boiling potatoes with water that stays clear then mashing and mixing with shortening sugar salt milk and yeast. The dough is enriched with bread flour, shaped into small rolls, proofed, brushed with butter, and baked until brown and crusty outside but tender inside.
Prepare a leg of mutton a day ahead with salt, then season with pepper. Layer oysters with buttered crumbs, roll and tie, simmer in water with onion and peppercorns until tender. Serve with a sauce of butter flour gravy and oysters.
A rough note suggests a damp cloth to lift paint from a small whiting pot and mentions hams and seed charcoal for keeping freshness. It also gives a kitchen mix of corn starch and salt for table use and hints at a wild setting, all with unclear wording.
A collection of home tips covering beet skins, linoleum varnish life, gilt frame cleaning, bathroom hardware protection with enamel, safe fire starters from potato parings, insect control for cereals, airtight storage for coffee tea and olive oil, garment repair with cotton tape, and silver cleaning using boiling suds for quick, non damaging results.
While visiting Egypt during his early service as judge at the Cairo International Court, General Batcheller’s young daughter slipped from his side and approached the Prince of Wales in an open air reception at Alexandria. She introduced herself as Kate Batcheller and the Prince, amused, wished to meet her father and praised the American little girl.
The article notes acting is a less tempting career for Dutch actors like Roo-gaards and Vries because few cities understand Dutch. It highlights the difficulty for notable actors to earn their daily bread in such markets.
Paris chronicler reports Mme. De Previgny died after fifty years in a sealed mansion she ruled as chatelaine. Her will creates a home for the aged with 10,000,000 francs capital. Twelve servants guarded the secret life, never reading papers or leaving the estate.
Old Uncle Hiram on Ba con Ridgeway watches the "Lightning Lunches" sign. He jokes that a town full of fire eaters would lunch on lightning, prompting amused questions from the city nephew.
A concise proverb notes that many men's loud breathing results from a weak spine. It emphasizes the link between posture and breath and suggests awareness of underlying weakness.
The article explains the buyer benefits when a manufacturer uses a trade mark, noting sole responsibility for product merit and shielding dealers from inferior goods. It cites National Lead Company's Dutch Boy White Lead as an example and offers a free blow-pipe test kit from its New York office to verify purity.
A Philadelphia suburban tenant painted the house front striped red white and blue after a dispute over exterior painting terms. The landlord objected but could not enforce the color rule, leading to a new lease in which the landlord agreed to handle all outside painting.
A nurse recalls a patient before an operation asking to write two postal cards to her husband. One card said the operation went well. the other announced the patient’s death. The anecdote reflects wartime hospital anxiety and emotional moments in New York hospitals.
A liquid remedy advertised to cure indigestion belching sour stomach and heartburn from any cause with immediate effects. Sold by drug stores in 10c 25c and 50c sizes as prescribed by doctors.
A Cleveland Leader excerpt portrays a hobo scolding a stranger over dinner and lawn chores, cautioning never to trust a total stranger. The dialogue underscores frugal, wary street wisdom from a mid-century urban snippet.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney & Co of Toledo endorsers state they know Cheney 15 years and will honor legitimate promises of the firm. Wapina Kinmaan and Marvin wholesale druggists Toledo explain internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. Testimonials free, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Dr Negresco reported to a medical society that avarice is a form of insanity treatable by hypnotism and suggestion. He described the close fisted as shunning society and brooding over imagined financial woes, and claimed several cases have been cured through hypnotic therapy.
The Washington American League catcher Charles Street on his 13th effort Friday caught a baseball dropped from the Washington Monument. The feat recalls Paul Hines in 1885 who noted the ball appeared to grow from a pea to a football as it descended. The ball struck ground with a shallow dent under an inch.
A New York Times item recounts a Chinese mission worker in Dovers Street who notices Sam and his partner John running a laundry. She questions Johns absence to learn a Christian gentleman struck him with a brick, sending him to hospital.
A fragment from the Cleveland Plain Dealer recounts a scene where a young woman asks George if he wrote to her father about marriage. The dialogue suggests an attempt to persuade the father, with a twist hinted by a non signed letter or deed referenced as fixing the situation.
The Washington Herald quotes the belle of the hearth noting that the young man she met last week has not spent a cent on her yet. She suggests he may be rich or valuable, while she makes a light remark about vinels and money.
A playful exchange asks about golf knowledge and defines a bunker as a crank stubbornly living on ink, reflecting light humor from a Philadelphia press tone. The dialogue hints at casual sports literacy and media slang during the era.
E C Laston, 23, claims a world memory championship challenge after a rheumatic fever ended his army officer hopes. He learned from the Zancigs in India to train by copying 50 to 100 dates and rewriting them to master thousands of dates, able to give correct answers promptly.
A vintage ad asserts Postum's consistent mild flavor when prepared per directions and claims no caffeine. It quotes an Indiana woman praising relief from gallbladder and headaches after switching from coffee and prefers Postum’s stable taste over coffee blends. The copy cites Postum Co. Battle Creek Michigan.
Mrs. Mary E H Rouse of Cambridge New York narrates a long kidney ailment after a fall five years earlier causing back pains and weakness. She reports rapid relief and full recovery after taking Deans Kidney Pills, now in excellent health, with the testimonial noting the product sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A fragmentary dialogue shows a beautiful girl and her mother debating marriage to Charles Adams. The girl dismisses him as old ugly and mean, while the mother ponders the vow and the social expectation surrounding marriage.
Kent issues a new dog control order for overnight restraint. Edward Gillham of St Annes Lodge was fined costs after his dog roamed at night. He claimed the animal broke loose or was decoyed. The bench urged public awareness of the new rule and police protection.
A parson asks about a sister who is ill after a prank. The youth says they were playing who can fear the farthest out of the widow and she won. The dialogue ends with well wishes and a note on unreal pleasures of life.
An advertisement touts Hicks Capuchine as a nerve and brain refresher available in liquid form at 10c 25c and 50c. It claims to cure nervousness fatigue and overwork and promotes easy dosing. Also notes a quote about talking to people and perceived brains.
An old advertisement hypes Rove's Tastes as a malaria preventative aid and health formula for both adults and children. It touts iron content and simple flavors, claiming effectiveness and easy use in multiple tastes.
Mme Napoleon Duceppe of Montreal recounts using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment to treat her three girls with severe eczema and a baby with neck skin cuts. She notes dramatic improvement after several applications and credits the remedies with removing itching and bleeding. May 21, 1907.
A meditation on billiards highlighting the pleasure of the game and the many factors a player may blame for his performance. The piece ponders skill, luck, and self assessment in a reflective, moral tone.
An advertisement extols the Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted, ethically backed laxative approved by physicians and Well-Informed of the World. It urges buyers to favor the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. product sold by leading druggists.
Noah Brown advances a business venture while markets collapse worldwide, illustrating startup resilience. The remark Philippines Gossip notes the paradox of powering an express train requiring double the power to start it, underscoring energy contrasts in motion.
Mrs A Gregory of Denver writes she was nearly invalid for six years due to female troubles and after an operation worsened until Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health. The letter urges other women with backache bearing down and periodic pains to try the remedy. Mrs Pinkham invites sick women to write for advice from Lynn Mass.
In a light dialogue from The Circle, Tommy claims not being at the foot of the class due to illness of Johnny Smith, who is usually at the bottom, leaving the issue to be explained.
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