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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR shows terms like Chains Roup Llamber Neck and Werkoees of Row de Price 25 and 50 Cents. Mentions W. H. Macnair Chicken Powder Co. Tarboro NC Norfolk VA and Box 308. Address Norfolk VA. Package price 35 Cents.
Chicago Special A reports a man identified by likeness to his father reunited with his elder brother Judge Chris Kelahan a Kalama Washington court official after recognizing him on a train. The brothers learned their fathers shared the same man and traced their kinship back to 1865 Kalama.
Henry Zucker awoke to a stranger rummaging his bureau at 56 Prospect Avenue. The intruder fled after Zucker shouted. A new white silk necktie and a note reading With my compliments were left behind. Zucker notified police hoping the owner would claim the gift.
The article notes Thomas A. Edison beginning a long vacation after twenty two years of work. He sails on the Mauretania from New York to Europe to visit major cities and hopes to be treated as any private citizen.
A fragmentary note describes a tramp who says he found a poodle tied to a pole while cleaning windows. The exchange ends with a humorous Victorian tone as a passerby questions the dog’s origin and the tramp recounts his find.
Rumors of exhumation were denied by Coroner J G Loving and investigator Luther Lederer as Henry Beattie Jr and his wife Louise Beattie face trial in Chesterfield. Jailer Cogbill prepares the jail and court for a crowded proceedings with limited benches and special passes for reporters.
Mr. Cogbill shows concern for witnesses in the case and is willing to use his office to ease the Binford girl's tense position as the proceedings proceed.
A two month old white infant was found bound in a burlap sack with a rock in Sweeney's Creek Varina District Henrico county by children. An automobile carrying two men and two others was seen near the stream and a bag thrown into the water. Police search for suspects continues as officials investigate the case.
The Senate passed a reapportionment bill fixing House membership at 433 for the next Congress. States gain from one to six seats. New York grows to 43 and Pennsylvania four. An at large election provision applied to growing states until redistricting. McCumber’s 405 cap failed 47 to 22. Taft expected to sign.
The Doctors Page urges clean, well kept ice boxes to prevent health risks. It advises using porcelain or glass lined cabinets when possible, scrubbing interiors weekly with strong soda water, and using a drain solution of Platt's Chlorites. It warns against connecting ice box drainage to sewers unless properly installed by a plumber.
Lima reports Peru shifts troops to the Chilean frontier amid a renewed territorial dispute. Chile plans to occupy Tienco, a move Peru says could trigger war.
Kansas City special reports deputy constable Earl Dawson responded to a scene across the river where two girls were allegedly wearing insufficient clothing while bathing. After questioning, witnesses explained they wore bathing suits. Both girls were fined. Also reported a wreck near Clarksburg West Virginia where Baltimore and Ohio train No. 1 struck a person near Salem Longton, killing engineer T. W. Dunnington and injuring fireman J. H. Huber.
Washington special report details a House committee session examining the Remsen Board of the Department of Agriculture and the benzoate of soda controversy. Dr Ira W Remsen testified on the board's role and the Indiana case while Secretary Wilson advised testimony. The hearing probes funding and impartiality in the government defense.
Gustave Ising aged 64 of 6461 Palisade Avenue West New York N J hanged himself from a bedpost. His wife died by suicide three months earlier. He told an undertaker he would not live long and left a $200 funeral fund and a savings deposit book. He sent a letter asking the undertaker to come to the house for his funeral.
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