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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1910
Page
7
A girl walks two miles home past orchards and fields and a foreclosing mortgage. In the cemetery she faces debt and a proposed fiancé. He loves her, but duty and family debt push them toward a painful, hopeful resolve as she imagines duty as a long white road home.
Charlotte and Jerry struggle with debt and family strain as they plan a future together. A wealthy neighbor, Mr. Andrews, offers a solution by hiring Jerry at his real estate office to help pay off debts, while the couple resolves to wait for a stable future. The scene ends with Andrews insisting he is no angel yet no dog in the manger as he drives them home.
Seward Alaska July 20 The Porth and Gregonian New York Herald Mount McKinley expedition led by C E Rusk of Chelan Washington failed to reach the summit after sailing from Seattle on the revenue cutter Tahoma April 24 and following Dr FY AL Cook s route up the Susitna and Chulitna Rivers now returning to Seward The climber ascended the peak al-
Report from Seward states the Rusk party cannot verify the flag planted on the summit by the Thomas Lloyd expedition last April. The Herschel Parker led party from New York and Melmore Brown of Tagoma continue attempts to ascend, while local figures doubt the claim. W McDougal, president of Cache Creek Mining, relayed the news after meeting the Rusk group near Susitna station.
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, pleased her husband Nicholas Longworth was not nominated for Ohio governor, prefers a year round Washington life over a winter in Columbus and a summer at a resort. Friends say she favors her father’s policies and values his seat in Congress, and welcomed Harding as a life saver.
Joseph P. Vallentine of New York, about sixty, died in a Wilmington lodging house. London letters and a New York lawyer’s note spoke of an inheritance from his father and a will Vallentine drafted. If unclaimed, his body will go to Potter's Field. he had kin in London and in the United States. He once worked for a metal polish firm before moving south.
ANNAPOLIS July 20 Tests of the Lawrence Brannigan a young Philadelphian are in City Hospital nursing the doubtful honor of the worst sunburn ever recorded in the resort. Surgeons may save his life but skin grafting would have been needed if exposure continued.
New York July 30 The adventures of Carl Kurtz and Fred Gutterman after the Battery to Coney Island race left them in only their swimming suits wandering Coney Island and Gravesend Beach all Sunday and most of Monday. They finally sought help at the Volunteer Life Saving Station and were given clothes but struggled to fit. Kurtz claimed all his money was in his trousers pocket. Gutterman helped rescue Oto Michaels near Governors Island who later sank twice.
Laura Jean Libbey, famed author of seventy novels, will quit writing to perform on stage at the American Roof Garden next Monday. She will recite two poems and deliver a love monologue, aiming to connect with her readers and test her latent acting talent.
New York July 30 Mrs Sarah Hunter Christopher stirred Kingsbridge Terrace Bronx by selling a house to a Black buyer The event drew a crowd of about fourteen men at 2 o clock while most male neighbors stayed home to cope with the situation The piece notes the real estate deal provoked mixed reactions as the neighborhood watched closely
J. D. Daughtrey of Suffolk Virginia reports years of kidney trouble with gravel passing about two pounds in urine. After using Dean's Kidney Pills three years ago since which he has not passed a stone. He keeps 14 gravel stones as proof and calls Dean's a fine kidney tonic. Available 50 cents a box or by mail from Foster Milburn Buffalo NY.
After debate residents plan a 4 stock purchase from Bronx-Brooklyn Realty to take the Christopher house for the community. Public official John E. Eustis is expected to contribute funds, while real estate agent John M. Royal arrives with a carriage of Black buyers. Mrs. Christopher watches and recalls past Scranton winnings.
Pittsburg detectives raided a late night gambling camp on the Ohio banks six miles below the city uncovering women dressed as men. The operation funded by rich Pittsburg visitors in cars was raided. four such women were detained then released after hearings scheduled for early next week. Detectives also arrested Henry Dickey and three other men, with more names expected to surface, and garments bearing owner names were recovered.
Two men posing as company employees carried trunks to a Third Avenue apartment and arrested a man named Higgins and his wife. Higgins, wanted in Pottsville, Pa for jail breaking, was returned to Pottsville for trial. His wife denied complicity as detectives traced the trunks to a delivery they planned to move.
Miss Alice Theresa Mooney and her sister May Zita Mooney received marriage licenses. Alice, 32, will wed James Franklin Cowan, a 36 year old teacher, of 25 East Sixty-first Street. May will wed Frederick Smith, 32, a teacher from 414 Richmond Terrace, Elmhurst. The Mooney sisters are substitute teachers who studied at an institution and have taught in Hamptons and Schenectady. They declined to reveal wedding details, saying they wanted to surprise friends.
A five week old baby boy was found in a paper covered wicker basket carried by a man on One Hundred Fifteenth Street. Patrolman Leatherman and police took the infant and a John Doe guardian to the station. Dr Lester Cox of West Thirty fourth Street was arrested as a suspicious person after refusing to explain the baby’s origin. A woman claimed Cox had taken in a child sent from a Long Island family. Cox’s companion Dr Bibba, suffering from cirrhosis, was brought to hospital. The baby wore a white dress and pink ribbons.
Linchburg Virginia July 30 The only fact in the murder of Meredith McGann the Nelson county recluse found dead on his porch is that he was robbed of his savings likely at the time of death The theory is he refused to give up the money and was shot down There is no clew as to the thief and murderer County officers and neighbors conduct a thorough search but remain mystified
July 20 report from New York says Frederick Blanden and Joseph Kelly, while bugging bees at First Reformed Church of Tarrytown, struck with a blow lamp. The church caught fire, resisted early control, and requires fire department effort. Damage is about $500. the bees were killed at a cost of around $5 each. Reverend John K. Allen barely escaped.
In New York on July 30 the Board of Education faces a wave of teachers announcing marriages. More than one hundred women teachers say they will wed, with several planning to marry two men teachers. Officials note absence of details and caution while the summer closings proceed.
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