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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
4
Letters from patients in Kentucky and Ontario describe severe kidney trouble improved after using Peruna and Manaalin. They credit quicker recovery, less pain, and better health to the remedy and its perceived cleansing action on kidneys.
The War Department debate centers on President Roosevelt's order for acrobatic horsemanship by field officers. Senior staff corps members such as surgeons and judges advocate may be exempt due to sedentary duties. Critics say preparedness requires all high ranking staff to maintain equestrian readiness in war. A separate note describes engineers moving a house by water for bridge work near Prison Point.
A college athlete recalls using a special grape and nut meal plan that he credits with restoring energy, steady nerves, and weight control. He reports improved mile times, better studies, and a vigorous mind after adopting the regimen.
In New York hearings on the Satarawl Company case Treasurer Tilford testified that John D. Rockefeller owned more than a quarter of the firm’s stock. Other items note widespread poison scares in Allegheny City. a family massacre. a Lake Shore Line trolley wreck near Toledo. two killed and several injured. an aeronaut’s death at a Troy fairground. and various legal and civic updates from across the nation.
Delegations at the Peace Conference adopt a resolution urging powers to convene a third conference. Japanese consul general in Otaiwa discusses the Dominion Trade and Labor Congress stance claiming the treaty cannot be broken. Franco Canadian treaty signed in Paris grants tariff concessions on listed articles.
A foreign delegate criticizes the second international peace conference for delivering few lasting benefits. American delegate Mr Choate remains optimistic about a permanent court of arbitration, while others warn that schemes to elect judges may bury the issue. Discontent grows over Latin American alignment with the United States and Britain, with the only notable success seen in debt collection provisions and the conference's total cost around 1.3 million dollars.
A Princeton, New Jersey source reports former President Grover Cleveland is rapidly improving in health. The friend notes reports on his condition are exaggerated and that daily medical attendance continues. No confirmation of a physicians' wrangle is available from Princeton.
Helena Montana trades and labor assembly calls a general strike for Monday after business leaders refuse to suspend telephone use during the Rock Mountain Bell strike. Expected effects include a total halt of streetcar service and closures of hotels and factories.
Elmira New York special report says the large coal pockets of the Erie Railroad at fornell the Susquehanna Division headquarters were destroyed by fire causing an estimated loss around 100 thousand dollars.
J N Shuman president of the National ? and Loan Association died of a stroke at age 67 in Taylorville Illinois.
Tokyo reports fuel talks of annexation as Koreans revolt against Japanese rule. Insurgent bands around Seoul, including an 800-strong group, attack Japanese officials and pro Japanese Koreans. A new deputy resident general post, likely to Baron Lone, awaits promulgation by Saturday.
A cage descending 275 feet at the Jones and Laughlin Steel mine in Negaunee Michigan killed 11 men and fatally injured 7 others when the brake failed and the cable snapped. The accident drew thousands as families waited for news and priests aided grieving workers.
Washington dispatch reports final Oklahoma state population 1 414 042 with 721 141 in the state and 692 901 in Indian Territory, as advised by census enumerators.
Edwin H. Wright of Adams New York entered Amherst College as a sophomore from Colgate University and died by suicide in town. No reason is known. temporary insanity or acute melancholy is suggested as the sole explanation.
Washington special report states Leon A. Clark who served seven years as private secretary to Victor Metcalf in Congress and in cabinet has resigned to take the post of deputy state district attorney in Oakland California.
Mrs. P. H. Welch of 608 North State Street is recovering after a blood transfusion of two and a half quarts from her brother John R. Cooke president of the Cooke Brewing Company.
The steamer Alexander Memick went ashore 13 miles west of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior during a storm. Captain Randall and five sailors were drowned. Eleven crewmen were rescued. The Memick, bound north with coal, likely broke engines and drifted ashore.
Kenton Ohio special report notes the grand jury returning 13 true bills for forgery and three for embezzlement against former Mayor Thomas B. Black. Each forgery count covers separate offenses involving funds trusted to him by his client Dr. F. W. Sapp of Columbus. Black reportedly confessed while in jail.
Worcester special reports eight year old Harold J Stake son of Charles G Stake fell from a second story window while sleeping and broke his leg without waking. His mother finally roused him to aid.
About 1,530 theatres operate across Europe. Haly holds the largest collection of venues, surpassing all other owners.
In Chicago News style a worker notes Higgins wearing a mourning band on his hat and wonders if it marks loss of a first wife. Wiggins corrects, saying Higgins remarried last month and may be just beginning to grieve.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote praises an invention that repurposes an airship design as a practical dog house. The remark highlights the inventor's optimism about the device's usable applications.
Frank L. Campbell, a former school teacher among the Sioux, notes two enduring traits he says civilization cannot erase. He claims Indians distrust paper currency preferring metal coins and expressing a preference for ten silver dollars over one ten dollar gold piece. The Sioux term for paper money is muzza ska meaning white iron.
Bill Nye recalls a youthful engagement where a livery misadventure led to a fiancée refusing to ride. A gaunt old horse became the punchline as Nye claimed it had been a prancing colt upon arrival. The anecdote preserves Nye’s wry humor about expectations and appearances.
A Pittsburgh millionaire plans to write the past, asking a clerk for a black ribbon for his forewriting machine. The polite dialogue captures a moment of genteel humor in a city paper.
A riddle about a friend who borrows 1000 francs and pays 50 francs monthly. The pupil answers thousand francs, while the speaker mocks arithmetic. The exchange ends with a witty aside about knowing the friend better than math.
A Missouri woman from Columbia reports two years of dropsy and kidney trouble eased after using two boxes of Dean's Kidney Pills. She describes swelling pain around the heart and restricted arm movement, stating symptoms disappeared and she recovered. Sold by dealers at 65 cents a box by Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
The Cleveland Leader notes that rising meat prices and scarce domestic supply will push demand toward poultry eggs fish and preserved seafood. It argues using existing waters more productively, aided by science and government action, could boost seafood harvests tenfold without expanding water spaces.
A couple debates the husband’s absence at dinner noting he ignores the meal for ball games. One woman says he goes after the umpire’s calls, not the cook, revealing a humorous domestic clash from the Washington Star.
A brief item notes a classified style request from a Mistress seeking a strong general housework girl. Bridget responds with a sharp retort challenging the implied task. The Wasp reflects a blurred early 20th century social note.
English critic William Archer urged spelling reform at a New York dinner. He argued reform would be adopted if the public weighed it openly. He paused, then reflected on a London episode related by Justice Darling.
A courtroom scene opens with the judge noting only 11 jurors present. The foreman calmly explains the twelfth juror left on business but has left his verdict with the foreman, implying the case proceeds with the missing juror’s decision in effect.
A fragment notes that when a girl wears work silk stockings it reveals something you will discover, even if she does not need to cross a muddy street.
An early 20th century promotion claims Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound conquers tumors and relieves female distress. Letters from women describe cyst and fibroid tumor relief, improved health, and praise for the remedy and Blood Purifier. The piece urges insistence on the product when a druggist suggests alternatives.
Women suffering from any form of female weakness are invited to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice. She has advised sick women free of charge for over twenty years and before that advised as Lydia E. Pinkham.
A fragment mentions a quirky exchange about bird prices and a brief dialogue with Spooner. It also advertises Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer with a free trial bottle and notes the Pharos of Alexandria as an early lighthouse built around 300 BC.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Testimonials from Toledo wholesale druggists and references to F J Cheney of 15 years' credit. Cure taken internally. price per bottle. Also notice Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Edward Yates obituary notes a £5,000,000 real estate fortune in London after starting as a bricklayer.
Edward Wovell of Fort Crook Nebraska describes a long eczema battle on hands legs and arms. After six days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent the itching stopped the sores disappeared and he feels better. Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children is noted as a soothing remedy priced at 25 cents per bottle.
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