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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
4
An Army officer writes from Washington praising Peruna as the best remedy for catarrh. He claims it reaches the root cause and strengthens the entire body, urging readers to seek free medical advice from Dr. Hartman at The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus.
The article notes Quaker animals avoid resistance as a defense, with examples like the possum faking death, hedgehogs and armadillos relying on spines or armor, and the starfish avoiding display and retreating when removed. It also mentions the pampas fox’s death-feigning, beetles, woolly caterpillars, spiders, and the land tortoise that retracts limbs to defy foes.
A palace library in Alwar India houses a manuscript called The Gu stan claimed to be the most valuable volume in India. The librarian sets a value of five hundred thousand rupees with fold costs over fifty thousand dollars. The 1848 modern manuscript is a religious poem scribed in Germany for Maharajah Rani Singh, with Delhi native miniatures and Diwar margin and initial artwork.
The fragment presents a playful exchange between Jimmy and Erasmus recounting a habit of skipping school for swimming and getting scolded at home. The narrator acknowledges the lapse as enjoyable yet a reprehensible duty lapse.
Ex U S Senator from Minnesota Charlies A Towne writes in support of Donn's Kidney Pills. He recalls ten months ago suffering back pain dull head and neuralgic pains then found relief after taking the pills. He emphasizes the medicine as a gratifying cure and endorses its use.
The article notes the dedication of State Street Methodist Church in Bristol with over 1,500 attendees and a sermon by Dr Collins Denny. It records a major Danville tobacco factory fire causing near 100000 dollars in losses, plus multiple follow up reports of shootings, accidents, and legal actions across Virginia and nearby areas, including a jail escape, a dynamite blast near Pulaski killing a blacksmith William Goings and injuring his son, and various injuries and investigations in Lynchburg, Winchester, Roanoke, and Norfolk related to crime, industry, and public works.
A series of urban incidents unfolds from a strange suspected murder over a jewel theft at 436 West Fifty sixth Street to a spike injury on the Brooklyn Bridge. A Bengal tiger attack at Coney Island, a fainting woman aided near Hotel Astor, a dream foretelling a boy’s death, a fatal street car accident, and a tiny man reporting a robbery complete the chaotic day in New York.
The Supreme Court denied the ex mayor of Durham McCown a writ of habeas corpus and directed he serve 30 days in jail for cursing and striking Judge George Ward after the judge refused to increase a sentence given to a man who killed McCown's brother in law.
A Baltimore County Cork event featured a purse containing a post office savings bank book with a 1553 deposit of $3.75. Government revenue officials fret over increasing Havana cigars in the market beyond Havana crop expectations. Ex President Cleveland has outlived all his former Cabinet except Mr Vilas. London Coliseum showcased an illustrated Longfellow piece set to music. Seven shepherds led 14 000 sheep across 900 miles from Maminga to Narhi in New South Wales without loss. Madrid customs report foreign wheat imports down to 63 000 000 kilograms.
Commercial Review notes widespread improvement with some stock price declines and solid harvest prospects for corn and cotton. Industrial demand boosts iron and steel, textiles, and shoes with building activity rising. Jobbers strained by visiting merchants, but collections and staple distributions remain healthy. Rail traffic shows some congestion. August railway earnings up 6.3 percent from 1904. Bradstreet’s reports exports of Wheat and Corn for the week ending September 7 with year over year drops and prior-year highs.
Baltimore and New York price activity shows steady to lower trends across commodities. Wheat fell in Baltimore while New York noted steady spot prices for No 2 red and various grain futures with modest gains in some months.
Cattle receipts around 3000 with steadier demand for good to prime steers at 3.50 to 6.30, and stockers to cows values shown. Hogs receipts near 16000 with price slips of about five cents and diverse weights from light to heavy. Sheep receipts 6000 with lambs higher, wethers and native lambs priced across wide ranges.
The report surveys labor movements and demographics across nations. It notes Fall River weavers debating wage increases, Spain's agricultural workers forming a 3317 member union, and the Illinois and Michigan regions expanding labor education. It also mentions a name change from National to International for railroad blacksmiths and rising female employment from 3 million to over 5 million by 1900.
French reports say Professor Moissan has produced genuine diamonds and rubies in an improved electric furnace. Large colored stones of ten to fifteen carats are claimed to be real carbon crystals. The furnace also yields calcium carbide and acetylene gas useful for lighting.
An Irish depositor tries to withdraw 123 dollars from a Massachusetts savings bank. With a passbook and order naming Patrick Rafferty as payee, the teller demands identification. The man pleads confusion until finally asking, if he is not Pat Rafferty, who in the world is he.
In a long Essex county life insurance dispute at Salem S P Ives for the company faced Charles P Thompson for the plaintiff. After arguments the judge ruled for Thompson and read depositions about surgery death and burial. Thompson concluded with a quip that implied Ives might not believe the insured is dead.
A Macahnal teacher recounts a student joke about a fort being a place to put men and a fortress housing women. The anecdote underscores how children interpret historical terms differently.
A Sunflower State judge writes an opinion extolling Grape-Nuts as a staple in his family diet for five years. He claims it reduces pastry consumption, improves health, clears complexion, and that one small dish rivals a pound of meat for breakfast.
A New York publisher grumbles at an editor after a mistaken visitor is revealed to be Dr John Hall though the editor thought he was the ghost of Thomas Reed. The misread encounter ends with the publisher scolding the editor for the mix up.
Historical note on America's inaugural fully iron bridge built in 1840 by Earl Trumbull over the Erie canal in Frankfort New York. Includes ad snippets for remedies and products of the era, mentioning Dr Klines Great Nerve Restorer Piso's Cure Sloan's Liniment and other claims.
Mrs John Boyce reports a yellow crust on her baby's head causing itching and scales. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, the scalp cleared with a few treatments. She advises other mothers about the remedy as Germany's African war has already cost nearly $59,000,000.
A brief assertion that many women experience periodical suffering and that while no woman is entirely free from it, the natural order does not intend for women to endure severe pain.
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