25 Apr 1907
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1907
Page
1
The text explains that at high speed tires overheat due to kneading rubber generating heat faster than it can dissipate. It notes manufacturers insert metal tread parts like rivet ends to improve heat radiated away, arguing metal is a good radiator to carry heat to the air.
A sympathetic friend consoles Mrs Flanagan and the widow retorts in a sharp aside about a supposed loss of money, claiming to settle him for thirty cents. The exchange reveals tension and unresolved grief in a small, domestic moment.
Secretary of War Taft and party arrived at the Washington Navy Yard after a monthlong voyage through Panama Cuba and Porto Rico. The group included Mrs Taft Beekman Winthrop Burton Desmond Kitredge and Miss Ide. Taft called Cuba’s condition satisfactory and said the census plan should lead to stable rule and no second intervention. Panama engineers reported foundations for canal locks sites satisfactory.
Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court preached to lawyers at the Ethical Culture Society in New York praising proper legal practice as a bulwark of justice. He condemned money mania and hiring lawyers to push the letter of the law while flouting justice, warning against seeking only the brainiest counsel for pecuniary gain.
Judge Bischoff denies incorporation for National Roosevelt League over criticized parties. Col. Samuel Colt gains Republican indorsement breaking Rhode Island senatorial deadlock. Erie engineer electrocuted on locomotive. Larchmont logs blamed on pilot Wanson. Gimbel arrests and suicide attempt. Ann Arbor Railroad fights Ohio regulation. Mutual Life inspectors declare election victory. Italian banker Gemorese receives extortion attempt by mail. Muller act ruled unconstitutional in Illinois. Largish Pittsburg window glass plants to close. Luzon earthquake damages property. Secret Service probes Hazleton anarchist plot. Evelyn Thaw seeks Western ranch life. Nelson confesses theft of $16,000. Taft party sails from San Juan. John Sinclair acquitted in Boston. Kansas battleship commissioned. Columbus grand jury indicts Ice Trust. San Francisco insurers sued after big fire. Bush arrested in Oregon. Boston man commits suicide after race loss. Baltimore floods hit railroad. Regis Post inaugurated as Porto Rico governor. Christian Science property suit responses deny good faith. St Paul theft of $25,000 from Northern Express. Ice Company records missing in New York. Chicago police chief admits campaign contribution. Guard shoots Scruggs escaping NCPen. Hearst mayoralty cost per vote revealed. National Publicity Law Conference reviews campaign book openness.
Official denial refutes rumors that Italy has withdrawn its compromise on limiting armament for the Hague conference. Negotiations continue, notably with Great Britain, to harmonize powers for and against the proposal.
Puyehue in full eruption causes heavy ash deposits reaching 150 miles from the volcano. Cattle killed and many farms destroyed. Two strong earthquake shocks were felt Saturday morning near Santiago Chile.
An executive committee of Mine Owners and officers of Miners Union No. 220 Goldfield District signed an agreement that ends the seven week labor lockout and strife.
A cigarette stub caused a blast at the La Sultana fireworks factory in Chihuahua killing two workers and causing about 200000 dollars in property damage. The explosion shook the city and spread terror among residents.
A British government release reveals portion of correspondence between Rear Admiral Davis and ex Governor Swettenham of Jamaica, leading to Swettenham’s resignation. Other items note a Russian detective chief facing dismissal for fabricating a conspiracy and a Persian engineer wounded in Baku by revolutionaries as Germany debates vineyard pest control.
From London, Dr Kennard reports a famine in the Russian southeast affecting up to 20,000,000 people. Harvest timing varies by latitude, with July to feed and the harvest bringing relief for many, while hundreds of thousands lack land or cattle. Babies starve on black bread. women and girls sell themselves for food as epidemics rise and roads flood.
A severe wind and hail storm hit Jacksonville at 3 30 P M causing major damage. The tug Annie B capsized and Captain Sloan drowned. A milk wagon driver was killed by a live wire. Buildings were unroofed glass shattered and several horses injured. Dixie Land Amusement Park suffered heavy damage and small crafts were swamped. The Wheelmen's Clubhouse was wrecked.
Rome papers publish A Blair Thaw interview revealing he hopes both sides in the Harry K Thaw case will agree to send Harry Thaw to an asylum. Thaw and his family are spending the winter in the city.
The body of John Sobel, aged six, missing from Hauto a week, was found beside a mine breach on the Lansford Mountain. He appeared to have died at least four days earlier, with investigators believing hunger and exhaustion caused his death after wandering away. Initial reports suggested possible kidnapping by a stranger.
Thousands of Richmond schoolchildren pulled a 4000 pound Davis statue through Franklin Street in two long lines. Veterans decorated the wagon as the parade gathered crowds. the statue will be unveiled during May reunions of Confederate Veterans.
Reports describe Smyrna’s bazaar and Uschak markets where thousands labor in carpet weaving and dyeing. Women and girls work long hours from dawn, grinding dye, spinning wool, and finishing Persian carpets. Carpets are transported by buffalo and camel caravans, weighing up to 600 pounds per bale.
A fragmented OCR passage shows a dialogue fragment with questions about insanity and a reply, but the text is garbled and lacks clear meaning or context. Names, places, or a coherent event are not identifiable.
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