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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1910
Page
8
Weyer and seller conduct brief commission-based business to connect buyers with timber land and water-front havens. W H Jeter at 1110 E Main St Richmond Va acts as intermediary in transactions.
The piece muses on poetry as a universal medium of longing and advice. It contrasts rhymed lines with blank verse, notes poets’ use of archaic terms, and sketches poetry’s roles in spurring action and satirizing wealth. It references poets, satire, and a democratic spirit in verse.
Washington dispatch reports renewed efforts to keep Speaker Cannon's power, as Democrats and Republican insurgents push for Rules Committee reform. President Taft seeks caucus backing on a highway bill facing opposition in both chambers.
The dialogue from a Boston caption playfully contrasts Palm Beach as a Garden of Eden with a more dressy, tongue in cheek reply. The exchange satirizes fashion and locale preferences in light social chatter.
Powell, an aged Raleigh merchant, is on trial for his life in Halifax County Court after four weeks ago shooting Police Chief Dunn of Scotland Neck and wounding Legislator Paul Kitchin. Defense cites temporary insanity while Powell claims a mind blank. former Governor Aycock and Judge Winston lead defense. Prosecution by State Solicitor Kerr and State Senator Daniel. The Chief and the two lawyers wounded remain hospitalized. trial expected to run the week.
In Greenwich Connecticut John J Reynolds a Greenwich wholesaler and Thomas J Gannon of iron brokerage firms clashed over Reynolds wife aboard a New Haven train bound for Greenwich The men appeared in court Tuesday with Reynolds accusing Gannon of assault while Gannon claimed Reynolds flirted with his wife prompting the blow The incident prompted adjournment and a train platform confrontation narrative centered on alleged improper behavior and ensuing legal action
A magazine editor recalls Rupert Guinness as a stout maker who admires American bock beer. He imports a keg each spring and once shared a bock beer story. Guinness supposedly inquired about a friend's alleged suicide, receiving a reply that the tale was false and that he would not harm himself before the beer season.
The dialogue centers on a social exchange about visiting days and telephone hours. One person declares being too busy for days at home, while the other insists a call can still occur when needed. The exchange emphasizes duty and timely communication.
In a street car encounter a demure witness testified she kissed a man amid emotional excitement. The judge noted the intended church entertainment with a male quartet to perform and dismissed the case, remarking on his own exposure to male quartets.
The Virginia Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters organized in Smithdeal Hall Richmond with delegates from a dozen temples. Officers elected for the year include Emma Bynum Washington DC as Sitting Past Grand Chief and Mary Graham Suffolk as Grand Chief with other posts assigned to women from Fredericksburg Norfolk Petersburg Portsmouth and Roundboro. The supreme temple will meet in Milwaukee in August.
Chicago reports a coal famine risk amid a 300,000 miner strike. Illinois sees 900 mines closed and 72,000 idle, with a ten cent per ton wage demand. Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas also report stoppages as peace talks proceed. Miners want operators to pay shot firers, a cost estimate of 1.5 million dollars, potentially delaying settlement.
A Dallas News piece presents a string of humorous observations on marriage shopping manners and social quirks. It notes the patience of water wagon drivers and jokes about a monkey in Dallas with a cane, gloves, and cigarettes, reflecting playful urban satire.
Governor Mann appointed Colonel Joseph Bidgood of Richmond as secretary of Virginia Military Records succeeding Major Robert W. Hunter. Charlotteville’s W Samuel Burnley named assistant. both to assume office by July 1. The department will operate under the Adjutant General as mandated by the new law.
47000 miners walked out last night but miners say the action is not significant. Ohio operators agreed to a 5.565 percent wage increase and districts will resume work once scales are signed. Local district issues will be adjusted as work restarts citywide next week.
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania anthracite mine workers halted production to honor the anniversary of winning the eight hour day in the bituminous region. They expressed strong opposition to a sympathy strike with soft coal strikers.
Dr Forsyth rector of St Pauls Church advises postponing the Easter celebration planned for tomorrow to protect Sunday school children amid a measles epidemic with about 275 city cases and several in the school family.
J Martin Hewer notes in Strand Magazine that silhouette art has long endured since serialized paper days in the fifties. He highlights daguerreotypes and ambrotypes, then describes a playful method: turning photos into silhouettes by inking and cutting away backgrounds to create humorous celebrity profiles from royals to vaudeville stars, using racecourse, garden party, and military crowd photos.
Mexico City special correspond ent T A Kenyon applies to the federal government for a confession to explore Texcoco hills for the Aztec emperors treasure. He says he recently obtained possession of the Aztec code revealing the treasure’s burial place. The Montezuma wealth is claimed to be worth many millions of dollars.
An excerpt recounts Marquesan use of a century old calabash once used to drink blood from shipmasters. A tale of a deceitful captain who sold a decayed boat and was later wrecked on the island. The Marquesan chief settles the score by consuming the man who cheated him.
The article notes new hat colors and fabrics with marqui er effects and primrose yellow. It highlights black as ultra fashionable and small decorative braids. Porcelain nursery tableware with cat and fiddle motifs is praised for sturdiness and charm, plus advice on cheerful talk and avoiding artificiality at home.
Chicago dispatch reports heavy storm damage across the West from a cold wave from the Rockies to the Lakes. Temperatures plunged over 30 degrees in hours with winds up to 40 mph. Denver was isolated by snow and telegraph lines failed. Nebraska towns suffered as the storm reached the Lake region and as far south as St Louis. A cyclone struck Eureka South Dakota with loss of life. Rail officials note widespread deteriorating conditions.
In Much Wide World Magazine Mins Vera Collum recalls Japanese baths where tubs sit amid groups of men and women, often with doors missing or glass. Guests share facilities at busy inns, and travelers escort their garments outside while a fierce dog guards their room and money bags.
Policeman Frank Hasse, famed for clean records and rare sleuthing, was pickpocketed on a Fourteenth Street car. A six inch cut to his trousers pocket exposed his wallet with $18 and his shield No. 1738. Captain Grant confirms he must report to the trial board. Hasse had previously served in Inspector McClusky's Tenderloin squad.
A Success Magazine anecdote recalls an elderly woman living opposite the navy yard who on Washington's birthday fired a salute of 21 guns. She started listening for the last shot, then, adjusting her hat and dress, exclaimed Come in.
Captain J E B Stuart, collector of the port of Newport News, is in Washington with his term ending tomorrow. Representative Slemp endorses John B Locke for the post, while noting he cannot determine Mr Martin's endorsement. He claims civil service enforcement brought political opposition and says civil service people criticize him for not enforcing regulations.
The youngest American suffragist Miss Katherine Mackay aged ten watched the matinee benefit for votes for women at Mayline Elliott Theatre with her mother and Mrs We Bourke Cochran. Miss Mackay read a suffrage poem by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Beatrice Forbes-Robertson and other cast members supported the Actress's Franchise League as audiences heard three plays illustrating past present and future suffrage efforts.
General W. P. Roberts of Gatesville North Carolina, the youngest brigadier general in the Confederate army, died Sunday in the Leigh n Hospital in Norfolk Virginia after treatment but the text is garbled.
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