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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
4
A business man explains his faith in a boy named Johnny who deposits money for him at the bank. He trusts the messenger, arguing early temptation builds character and loyalty. Johnny proves dependable, earns a future in the office, and receives a growing role with the company.
A reader lists twenty five phrase prompts each hinting at a well known poem. Clues reference poems about love, home, weather, time, travel, and legend. Included quip about Matin chant plotting to remove weeds and Gotrox’s widow from Philadelphia Press.
Gossan an East Indian who betrayed an extensive revolutionary plot was killed by fellow prisoners in the jail at Alibur a suburb of Calcutta.
The Well-Informed demand a pleasant efficient liquid laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co. offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as an ethical, gentle yet prompt laxative. Buy the genuine California product from leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A cheeky exchange in the Kansas City Times notes the pillow cover took five years to complete with fine needle work, while a contrary remark questions the effort as need less work.
A historical advert notes Hicks Capuchine claims relief for women’s monthly pain backache nervousness and headache with immediate effects. It lists dosage options 10c 25c and availability at drug stores.
A wry collection of quips on fashion change, curled mustaches, tipping etiquette, college learning, and poets. The remarks mix humor and social observation about money, taste, and family ties.
A three hour pose by a model famed for heroic Washington figures ends with him downtrodden in a worn suit and empty pockets. The artist praises the work while noting the man’s penniless state after payment.
Two Wampanoag princesses Teweelee ma and Wootonekanuske live in poverty near Lake Assawampsett Massachusetts. Efforts seek material recognition of their royal blood and the services of sachem Massasoit to aid descendants and acknowledge colonial frontier history.
A Virginia mother credits Grape-Nuts with restoring her health and enabling successful nursing. She describes rapid improvement after adopting the cereal, which she says helped both her strength and her baby's condition while she cared for the child and resumed daily work. The letter promotes Postum Co. claims and references The Road to Wellville.
In Pittsburg, the city assessors exposed hidden taxable paper worth over a million dollars held by wealthy women. Using the blue book, letters targeted wives like Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Jones, prompting mass compliance as maiden names surfaced and stock and mortgage assets were declared. The scheme reveals fear of perjury as stock records went on public books.
London. Chancellor David Lloyd George has returned and said he went to Germany to study the pension system. He notes Germany pays 34 million pounds in pensions annually, with the state covering 14 million for administration and 70 million for sick pay, workers and employers sharing costs.
Emmett Dalton and Julia Lewis wed in Bartlesville Oklahoma in a quiet ceremony. Dalton has just been pardoned from the Kansas Penitentiary where he served a life term for the Coffeyville bank raid sixteen years ago. Julia Lewis widow of Ernest Lewis who died in a clash with federal marshals in November, brings a storied past linked to the Dalton romance and a high profile frontier figure.
The geographical commission appointed seven years ago to map all towns reports 7679 settlements not officially known and lacking federal control. Many towns have populations from 5000 to 15000 people and are of considerable size.
Senator Scott of West Virginia was bruised in a fist fight with a local politician he had labeled a star during a Wheeling incident. President Roosevelt greeted and shook hands with sixty eight Olympic team members visiting Oyster Bay, New York, in a public show of support. James E. Lugher, eighty seven, a former Missouri legislator, noted for prior imprisonment, remains a referenced figure in Missouri Osborn.
Colonel James Templer, head of the British aeronautical division, argues airships will decide future world power conflicts. He cites Civil War length, notes a balloon corps could have shortened it, and urges U S government to enlist the Wright brothers and Thomas Baldwin for aviation service at Fort Myer.
Boston merchants endorse the proposal for an alliance with China. Persian nationalists resist the Shah in Teheran. Korea’s Home Minister Fong Piung-Chun favors Japanese rule here. Japanese immigrants in Brazil prove useless for coffee work. Wall Street reports unclear future trading, with a note about potential gains or losses.
Rev G M Gray a Whitesboro Baptist clergyman testifies his four year kidney pain vanished after using Kidney Pills. He prefers anonymity but shares his relief to help other sufferers. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Philadelphia Ledger item recalls a girl named Elizabeth who learns to value cash over thanks. Her mother and father failed to teach religion, and a guest asks if her father says grace. The girl answers that they always pay cash, implying gratitude is unnecessary.
The advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh claiming it cures constitutional disease by internal use. Proponents offer a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure and invite readers to obtain testimonials from Sord F. J. Coenry & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Benjamin Landis, living two miles from town with his mother, has not spoken to anyone for 30 years after being jilted by his early beloved Fannie Gingerich who married Harry Snavely. Landis wandered west then returned, with relatives saying his silence began in youth but neighbors blaming the girl. Now the widow of the girl’s husband lives near his home, and Landis remains mute.
The Kansas City Times quotes The Poet Saiid saying he enjoys watching a man be a good loser. The victim replies that one would rather see than be one, comparing to the poet and his purple cow.
A jumble of captions and phrases from a Chicago Tribune style page mentions Political Manager, Hicks, Capuchine, and a medical ad discussing digestion and ailments. It cites a Harper's Weekly item about Mrs Coulter confined to bed and missing an appearance next Thursday. The text blends 광고 style sentences with fragmented references to drugs and society notes.
A Springfield man Oscar Whitworth a Frisco brakeman died after falling from a moving freight car one mile west of Aurora and was ground to pieces by wheels. His wife had urged him to stay home citing a dream she had of his violent mangling. The article ties his death to a superstition and notes the crew found his body half an hour after he left.
In Abilene the Topeka capitalist T. B. Sweet ordered breakfast at the best city hotel. A waitress brought a bowl of twelve Bard boiled eggs, and Sweet complained they were too many for his first meal of the day. The waitress quipped that it was a regular cowboy's breakfast.
An advertisement recounts three eczema cures from Cuticura Remedies. A brother improves after using Cuticura Ointment during three summers. a Indiana mother and Mrs Miller report a cured child. Mrs Sarah E Lusk of Coldwater Michigan cites dates in 1907. A closing quip comments on liberal minded men and criticism of late hours.
The passage reflects on women sacrificing daily for family duties. It describes how overwork in keeping homes neat leads to physical strain and pain, and how women struggle with managing aches while striving to fulfill duties.
The ad hails Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a long trusted remedy for female ailments. It cites testimonials from Mrs. F Ellsworth and Mrs. W P Boyd and urges sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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