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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
4
A discussion argues that machinery has historically created more work and better wages, citing sewing, spinning, weaving, agricultural tools, paint production, and book printing as examples. It warns against resisting innovation, noting increased demand for painters and related trades as products become cheaper and more widespread.
A Dutch peasant family lives with canals surrounding their home and a drawbridge. A Dutch mother calmly handles a child’s canal plunge by pulling them out, while an Irishman questions prevention. The Dutch respond they spank the child to stop future falls.
Department of Agriculture reports tests of a hog cholera remedy using wood charcoal baking soda salt Glauber salts antimony sulphide and other ingredients mixed thoroughly. Dose is a tablespoon per 200 pounds twice daily mixed into feed. Also notes on gapes in incubator chickens and remedies including kerosene turpentine and a medicine dropper for administering doses.
A handier seed cutter is described for cutting seed tubers to speed potato planting. Build a three by six foot table about twenty five inches high with a foot high back, a center bend for two workers, and an eight inch front hole feeding cut pieces into a basket on the floor. A top shelf holds knives and tools. the design keeps hands away from reaching around baskets. Indianapolis News.
German experiments on declining Var terland orchards report five rows of apples from 1900 to 1904. Unmanured trees produced 104 pounds per tree over five years. treated trees showed 105 pounds per tree by year five, with 401 apples averaging 4.19 ounces each compared to 2.98 ounces for unmanured fruit.
The piece notes bees have both good and bad habits and that female bees possess a sharp sting for protection. It discusses beekeeping vigilance against looting, the sentinel role of bees, and the challenges of swarm behavior and crowding in comb honey production, reflecting old agricultural insights.
A poultry coop design by Professor Edward Brown from England features two adjacent coops facing the same direction. A wooden frame supports a canvas awning, creating a sheltered shared space for two broods with optional wire netting to separate younger chicks. When hens hatch together they mingle amicably and avoid returning to the wrong coop.
New York reports brisk overall trade with vacation effects fading and normal employment signals. Autumn distribution is heavy, mercantile collections stay prompt, and demand shifts in cotton goods and woolens show mixed patterns while textile fabrics remain uncertain. Bradstreet exports and weekly failure data are noted alongside rising August prices for dairy and garden products.
Market notes show dull receipts and mixed bids across staples. Wheat futures slipped 4 to 5 cents from session highs while spot prices held near steady, corn weak then steadied, oats quiet, and rye firm with steady exports. New York prices cited for wheat and corn with optional weeks for futures showing modest declines.
New York beef prices range from seven to nine percent per pound for common to extra native cattle. Calves and veals vary with values from five to five fifty for veals, grassers around three fifty. Sheep and lambs show firm to strong demand with lambs up to nine dollars, dressed meat slightly lower. Chicago cattle prices remain firm with steers from three seventy five to six seventy five, hogs up five to six cents, ranged by size and grade.
A survey of odd laws notes Russia bans public kissing with fines up to 5 dollars and card love declarations facing 2.50. It mentions a 1650s striped pole symbol, Elis Island as New York’s alien gateway with about 2,414 daily entrants, and a Paris shop sign threatening 800 volt shocks to latecomers.
Mrs. Ethe Myers of 180 South Tenth Street Ironton Ohio suffered five years of kidney trouble with sleepless nights and swelling. After four boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills the pain and bloating vanished and she remained healthy. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
In a Baptist Commonwealth record, Mr Oakey surprise gift to Ransom's Corners church triggers a joke about settling a two year kerosene bill. Deacon Snow notes the unopened envelope may contain a charge for church fuel.
A country youth in a new town enters an oilshop and asks for lamp oil with a bottle labeled Best Unsweetened Gin. The oilman warns about accidents but the youth replies there’s only him and the cat. The next day the youth notes his landlady is shut up, wary of matches, and smells paraffin as a mystery unfolds.
The New York Tribune quotes Paul Laurence Dunbar the late negro poet addressing a New York Sunday School crowd. He ends with an uplifting line about children earning a gold crown, and a young listener jokes his father already wears one on his roof.
The late Senator Hoar, at a literary reception, grew overwhelmed by readers and finally used his famous bunch of keys to escape. A woman pressured him about favorite poets, praising Rossetti and Browning, but he quipped that his favorite author was Bill Nye, twirling his keys.
A doctor praises Postum as a nutritious beverage replacing coffee in his family. He notes widespread store adoption, frequent prescription for indigestion and nervousness, and use in convalescence from pneumonia and typhoid fever, asserting continued personal use.
A dignified senator touring to New York by sea endured a northeast gale out of Norfolk. The ship pitched badly, he became violently seasick, and upon crossing paths with a scantily clad lady in transit, he quipped that he would never live to tell it, prompting a humorous moment aboard.
A king of England once tested Lord Blank by holding the royal carriage door. Lord Blank entered first, and the king praised his courtesy saying a lesser man would have burdened him with ceremony.
An advertisement seeks men and women of character to be local managers in every town or county in the United States. Offers complete independence and generous pay with no prior experience required. Immediate income potential with no income cap, apply to CIRCULATION at 182 Main Street, Buffalo, N Y. When one man wants to turn another man's head he tries to get his ear, but a woman makes an effort to catch his eye.
A Selma Alabama woman describes four years of painful eczema on face and body. Doctors failed to help until she used Cuticura Resolvent with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. After a year of treatment the outbreaks ceased and remained gone with six months of continued use.
A brief note exploring how some women report persistent fatigue and ill health, highlighting a recurring narrative of feeling unwell and exhausted. The piece discusses possible impacts on daily life and the need for attention to women’s health concerns.
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