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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1905
Page
4
A user at 914 W Lake St credits Donn's Kidney Pills with curing kidney troubles including pain eye issues backache and dizziness. The testimonial claims rapid relief and ongoing health since. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the product through druggists price six cents per box.
An observer recalls Daniel Webster during a Boston criminal case, likely the Phoenix bank affair, noting Webster appeared half asleep with eyes nearly closed yet delivering a powerful defense. He stood out among the bench and spectators as a remarkable American figure, even drawing attention in England.
An English critique contrasts graceful walks by English American and Spanish women, praising lighter steps and confidence. It offers advice to improve carriage with a steady balance, head high, weight on each foot, and a playful phrase to echo “The poetry of motion.”
A physician from Europe explains his switch from coffee and tea to milk and a cereal coffee substitute after nervous troubles and heart pain. He says stopping coffee relieved distress, tea caused issues, milk helped little, and the new food coffee restored health and vitality.
The Richmond committee set for October 12 to host President Roosevelt in Capitol Square at about 1 p.m. during his Virginia visit. Other local notes include improvements to the West End courthouse, a war monument plan, and various fire losses in Winchester and Lynchburg areas.
R G Dun & Co weekly review notes industrial, commercial and agricultural progress remains satisfactory with demand broadening and plans extended into next year. Jobbers report forward business up, apparel demand rising, crops in harvest favorable, rail earnings up 3.7 percent, iron and steel improving, while failures reach 194 in US and 29 in Canada. Wheat and corn export totals for the week are given by Bradstreet.
Wholesale markets show mixed grains and fats with notes on wheat corn oats and rye prices. Butter eggs cheese sugar and cottonseed oil levels listed, including receipts and directions for No 2 red wheat and natural white oats.
Chicago market reports show declines for cattle with varied bids across classes and a steady sheep and hog segment, while New York notes slower demand for beef, steady calves, and scarce good sheep with lambs trading up to 7.35. Bulls and cows in New York hold near prior levels as state hog prices ease.
A survey of varied notes covers usage shifts of the word banquet, London bath and local digestion of water costs in Hull, high London marriage rates, and Bathers counts. It notes a NYSE seat selling for a high sum, and Yokohama exports to the US in silk, tea, and other goods valued at multiple millions.
Helen George a 19 year old of Johnson Street Brooklyn endured over ten days of pursuit by numerous men who waited at corners and camped at her doorstep. Her brothers defended her, one suitor was beaten by a relative, and Antone Bardare 66 was arrested as police investigate hired bravos and possible motives behind the harassment. Detectives are on the case.
Investors expect profits in the Canton HankoW railroad with returns at three for one. The Alleghany Valley Railroad posts July net profit of 81828 and year total 501621 as July gross earnings rise 1061. Fred Chandler buys a Philadelphia Stock Exchange seat for 12000, last sale 15000. In July eighty five railroads report 16 percent rise in gross and 9 percent in net. In early September twenty seven roads show a further 5 percent gross gain.
Household tips cover flower arrangements using nasturtiums in a glass bowl with carbonated water for a dewy center display and a method for reinforcing buttonholes in children's garments with binding twine. Also included is a quick kitchen note on dipping broth safely by drawing the kettle forward to the hot range to create a boil and skim a cupful at a time.
Dissolve soap in warm water to make heavy suds for washing woolen flannels. Dissolve borax in boiling water, add to suds, and wash woolens by lifting squeezing kneading not rubbing. Use washing machine for woolens, then rinse in two waters with borax added and pass through wringer.
An appeal to revive Sunday dinners as a fearless weekly feast. The author mocks traditional plates of chopped beef codfish and beans and envisions a rotating menu of hot and cold dishes with daring new salads. The piece urges households to unleash creativity in meal planning.
A vintage recipe list describes Peach fritters with flour sugar and peaches fried until golden, Date Whip with soft dates whipped with egg whites and lemon, Grained Cucumbers fried with onion then simmered in stock, Peanut Pudding with peanut paste and meringue, and Tomato Waffles mixing tomatoes eggs and soda for a griddle cake batter.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as curing uterine tumors without surgery. It shares letters from women claiming tumor disappearance after using the product and urges others to seek Mrs. Pinkham's advice at Lynn Massachusetts.
A fragment from a Boston era column blends a humorous exchange about keeping Fourth of July with a quip on rum and a vaudeville audition by Edwin Stevens. It includes brief ads for Dr Kline’s nerve restorer and Piso’s Cure, alongside notes on the U S naval militia size and Dresden’s municipal paper.
A short note compares consumer costs of coal across regions noting South Africa bears the highest expense while China sees the lowest. The piece highlights regional price differences and market factors affecting fuel costs.
The Turks Egyptians Japanese and Hindus employed by John Robinsons circus went on strike in Indiana after Mr Robinson refused to allow them to smoke cigarettes.
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