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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1911
Page
8
A vintage ad offers agents work with low pay, promises sick benefit insurance, and higher earnings through references. It promotes Mutual Insurance Co and a Davidson contact in Richmond for farm or home purchases with long-term, interest-only options.
Hair goods offered in latest Paris fashions. All kinds of hair on hand or made to order. Combings made into switches puffa and more. Satisfied customers. Hughes at 205 Fourth Road, Richmond, Virginia.
American Machine Co offers typewriters for rent with six to twelve month terms at five dollars per month. Rent can be applied to purchases, promising savings of twenty six to fifty percent on the make. Write for particulars to 605 East Street, Richmond Virginia.
An old advertisement touts Frayser Nerve and Bone Liniment for aches and pains in muscles or joints. It claims fast relief for both man and beast, noting 25 cent bottles sold by rag merchants and produced by J. W. Frayser & Co. of Richmond, Virginia.
Advertisement notes immediate inquiry for teaching positions in village and rural schools with fall term details. Calls for particulars addressed to South a Educational Bureau Raleigh N
For sale single ear corn of 12 years breeding, white corn with red cob. Yields quoted up to 96 bushels per acre in 1910. Ears weigh as much as 25 ounces. Exhibited twice with cash prizes and gold medals at coast states expos and fairs in 1909 and 1910. Prices: per bushel 1.00, per pk 1.50, per dozen 0.50. Villa Rica Georgia. Weatherly.
Special report describes the destruction of the Williamsburg Virginia courthouse at 1 a.m. while records remained safe in a fireproof vault. The building, erected in 1769 by Sir Christopher Wren, is praised as an architectural gem with two foot thick walls. fire origin unknown, possible incendiary act. Insurance totals about four thousand dollars. repairs may reuse walls and restore the structure. Carlton McCarthy notes the courthouse’s dignity and interior efficiency, citing architects’ praise and the building’s refined proportions.
Fifteen year old Tose Miller heard a noise in the dining room and found a burglar loading valuables. He threw a jewel box at her, cutting her head. She fired a revolver, wounding him as he fled into the street. Police tracked bloodstains but lost the trail.
Springfield Illinois Kohlenat a busher testified before the State Investigating Committee that Clarence Funk of International Harvester told him a pool of 106000 pounds had been raised to elect William Lorimer to the U S Senate. His testimony was a bombshell in the courtroom where hearings are held. He faced possible contempt for not divulging the informant’s name. International Harvester is cited as a major corporation.
A flood of bills reached the Senate with Senator Owen of Oklahoma first recognizing and introducing a measure to reestablish a national Department of Health. He also offered a resolution approving the Constitutions of Arizona and New Mexico and providing for their admission as states.
Speaker Champ Clark received a ceremonial gavel from Missouri constituents in Washington. The inscription on the gavel reads He serves his party best who serves his country well and Clark expressed hope his constituents would be as enthusiastic when he lays it down as they are now.
A violent clash between strikers and strike breakers in Williamsburg Brooklyn left one man stabbed and several others lightly hurt. Harry Staerstein, a machinist at a surgical instrument factory, was stabbed in the back during the confrontation.
Chicago voters elected Carter H. Harrison for a fifth mayoral term with 177,923 votes to Merriam's 160,791, inaugurating Monday for four years. Harrison's win follows graft concerns and a purge mood at City Hall, while Merriam's ties to the Merriam commission and City Council anti graft exposure are noted. Socialist William Rodrigues led with 24,759 votes. Brubaker and Prince trailed.
Washington reports a push to couple the Canadian reciprocity pact with tariff revision, aiming to present a measure to President Taft for signature or veto. Democratic hurdles include William Jennings Bryan urging the MPs to reject tying the pact to broader measures, seeking a pure reciprocity vote.
Washington special reports Postmaster General Hitchcock faces a full investigation of the postal service from top to bottom amid agitation over the Hitchcock shake up in railway mail service. Texas Democrat Morris Slipperd introduced in the House a plan for an immediate overhaul of the entire postal system. The investigation will be conducted by the House Committee on Expenditures in the Office Department, chaired by Ohio Democrat Native Ashbrook.
In Norfolk area, C C Murden aged 36, despondent over business failure and a love affair, died by inhaling gas. His aged lover found him this morning around 5:80 o'clock. A disconnected gas pipe lay in his mouth. Murden had been a clerk but recently failed after stock sale last week.
United States government moves to recover loot from Eddie Fay and accomplice Little Dick Harris who cracked the Richmond post office safe over a year ago stealing 55 000 in stamps 17173 0000 noted as unrecovered. Suit filed in Tacoma Washington Superior Court seeks 30000 in holdings while Fay allegedly owns valuable real estate in California and Illinois with a reputed net worth of over 500 000.
Washington report describes Sen La Follette's push for a special Senate committee to investigate William Lorimer's U S Senate election. It cites $100000 allegedly spent to secure the seat, names a five senator panel, and notes expected delays and competing investigations by Illinois officials and a vice president appointed panel.
Friends of Senator Lorimer in the State Legislature seek to halt further disclosures of bribery linked to Lorimer’s election to the U S Senate. Leaked testimony ties a $100,000 fund to big interests and involvement by Hines, Funk, and others, with subpoenas expected for Chicago millionaires. The panel adjourned to reconvene, as Washington moves to reopen the Lorimer case. Lieutenant Governor Oglesby refused to reveal subpoenaed witnesses.
Washington dispatch reports senators wired Springfield to the legislative investigating committee for a transcript of testimony about a $100,000 fund. Pristow Cummins and La Follette among those who acted, while none would discuss it. Senator Stone of Missouri urged another Lorimer investigation at the White House.
Senator Stone declined to confirm wiring for a transcript of committee testimony as the Illinois Legislature Senate seeks to clear up a developing scandal amid ongoing inquiries and statements from lawmakers about possible actions and records.
The Southeastern Virginia Good Roads Association was formed after a Richmond meeting on an eighty seven mile link from Richmond to the Carolina Line via Petersburg. Officers include Dr O C Roland president and W M Powell vice president with a large roster of local business leaders signing up for one year memberships. The group plans road construction through Petersburg Carson Reams Emporia and onward to the Carolina line with ongoing fund raising and maintenance emphasis.
Special President Taft nominated William S. Day son of Assistant Justice Day and current United States District Attorney at Cleveland to be United States District Judge for the Cleveland district succeeding the late Judge Taylor Grant Denman of Toledo was nominated to succeed Mr Day as District Attorney at Cleveland
Special report from Paris notes General Henry C. Young an American Civil War veteran and long known resident of Paris died at his home. He was seventy three years old and a cousin of John Young son of Brigham Young founder of the Mormon Church.
Special report details a fatal blaze in Leveland where Mrs. Henry Marston and her seven year old son Henry perished. The father reportedly saved two other children while local responders battled flames.
Mrs. N W Dawson of Fair Oaks denies involvement in a jewel theft case tied to Mr C Hooker of 706 West Grace Street. A misidentification led to her name in a report about jewels valued at 1500 dollars returned after an advertisement offering 300 dollars reward. The differing Dawson identities and a forged check to Dawson were noted as key details, with investigators pursuing the matter. Police say top detectives are on the case as confusion over the returning woman and her supposed son persists.
In Burlington New Jersey the Democratic Club of Burlington County celebrated Thomas Jefferson's birthday with a packed Burlington Auditorium. Speakers included William J Bryan Governor Wilson United States Senator James B Mar Une and Frank Katzenbach Jr Champ Clark of the House addressed the crowd.
Breeders offer Mammoth Kentucky Jacks and Jennets with mules also available. Contact JOE E. WRIGHT in Junction City Kentucky or branch at Rocky Mount North Carolina. H. M. Avant serves as manager and salesman for pricing and offers.
Miss Annabel MacFarland, youngest member of Arroyo Dinner Club artistic group, wed a Hart Schultan tribesman from the Blackfoot nation. The couple met in a studio. the bride’s sole relative is a sister, married to a wealthy New York dealer.
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