10 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1905
Page
1
A roadside spring frames a village scene of laborers and travelers drinking gratefully from its waters. A doctor and a patient linked by illness and romance evolve through professional ambition, separation, and reunion, ending in a shared future on a farmhouse frontier.
A vacant Kansas City hotel opposes a striking new tenant, a woman doctor, who settles in with brisk efficiency. She ejects spiders, renovates entrances, and cares for a feverish guest as male skepticism dissolves under her calm authority. She commands respect as she tends the ill man, despite derisive whispers from bystanders.
The reminiscence recalls Joseph Jefferson during his Rivals revival in 1880 at Arch Street Theatre and a later off stage moment in Union Square. He joked when asked about buying paint for the country saying Better paint barns than the town, revealing his dry humor in a brief downtown encounter.
The Globe reports banks will earn three-eighths per cent for collecting American silver and handing it to the Government for export. The fee won’t tempt bank import of silver for export, but will push them to impound and turn over all such coins. Public fear of worn Canadian silver boosts demand for foreign coins.
In a colorful Chicago line, Arthur notes that with a wealthy father and fashionable family, a French cook is hired, meals are eaten in French, songs sung in Italian and German, and at times a return to the old ways when troubles arise.
Washington special reports that Congress may reassess lump sum appropriations for the Agriculture Department after disclosures of broad discretionary spending. It notes untargeted funds, salaries itemized for some, but many general expenses and projects without per-item limits, with scientists claiming discoveries are cheap at any price.
A Chicago and Alton excursion train from Bloomington Indiana to Kansas City crossing the Mississippi at Louisiana Missouri had a robber kill Marion Warner of Secor Illinois shoot a woman in the arm and rob a third passenger. The suspect fought by passengers and was overpowered and jailed. Authorities later reported uncertainty whether the killing occurred in Illinois or Missouri.
In Newcastle Pennsylvania during a Primitive Methodist Church outing at Willow Grove Mrs William Guildoo suffered a fracture of three ribs after turning away from a bat during the first inning. The first game she ever played had several women on one side as teams were formed on the spot.
A Rome Georgia trial centers on Captain W T Sanford accused of murdering George Wright over alleged intimacy with his wife. The wife refuses to confess, risking acquittal for Sanford. The briefing notes other national items and local incidents.
Exiled Russian activist Hertzen urges American constitutional principles in an 1859 article. Reports cover naval tactics at the Sea of Japan, a Po land treasury attack by 40 robbers, German Morocco concessions, Japanese coastal burnings, Manchuria forces, Shanghai business boycott, and Warsaw coffee-house raids on democrats.
At Oyster Bay Roosevelt welcomed Russian and Japanese plenipotentiaries aboard the Mayflower for a simple peaceful luncheon. The event featured no flags or pomp, a buffet format, and a toast expressing hope for a just lasting peace among nations.
Secretary Wilson confirms a rigid probe into the Bureau of Animal Industry after Dr. Salmon admits a six year silent partnership with George E. Howard, now vice president of the George E. Howard Printing Co, printer of meat inspection work.
Carl Brady, an elderly fisherman, was found dead in an abandoned cellar on a Mississippi River island near Muscatine. Josephine Collett and William Nagle, residing in Brady's houseboat, were arrested after Nagle claimed Collett killed Brady. Both had been paroled from Fairfield, Iowa, for horse stealing. Brady was rumored to carry substantial money on his person, avoiding banks.
Buffalo group creates committee to study higher fire insurance costs after the local underwriters raised rates by 35 percent despite downtown water system improvements. The club aims to coordinate with other cities to press insurers to retreat from the increase.
Secretary Wilson contemplates orders to bar Department of Agriculture employees from side enterprises. Reports from Washington note a poor South season for refrigeration lines. The President approves Army court martial sentences and orders for officers. Navy plans include TB outdoor hospital at Port Royal and duplicated guns for emergencies. Public Health circular explains yellow fever control. Talks with Germany on reciprocity treaty stall.
A Nitro-Powder Company nitro-glycerin building in Alingo Hollow near Eddyville caught fire and exploded destroying the structure. One worker was slightly hurt. all others escaped. Fire spread to the dynamite storehouse but a bucket brigade and quick action prevented further explosions. Dozens took cover as alarms sounded.
A rug formed a parachute to slow Mrs. Kate Getin's descent from a fifth floor window at 147 Cherry Street. She landed in a cement yard with a broken right arm, after clotheslines and a spread parlor rug slowed her fall, preventing fatal impact.
Washington reports that if M. Witte handles tariff negotiations directly with the US government he will likely liaise with Treasury officials who have driven the diplomatic exchanges on tariff readjustment between the United States and Russia.
Financial notes report several large railroads negotiating for freight cars to be delivered next year. The Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company shows July gross earnings up by 6000 over last July. Guggenheim Exploration Company is said to have exercised its option on the Utah Company bend issue.
A series of vivid vignettes from Manhattan and nearby Jersey City recount personal turmoil and crime. Includes the Hirsh engagement collapse and a near fatal rescue, a stabbing case dismissed, a fatal bullet wound amid vendetta rumors, and a rumored pirate treasure dig near Egg Harbor City.
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