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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1906
Page
1
The Maltese lace industry is entirely handmade with strong female participation. Inhabitants resist labor-saving machinery as two or three firms dominate output, mainly from Gozo. Silk and cotton used, with growing American demand each year.
A boy or girl can make a kaleidoscope using a painted black lamp chimney and a pin hole. By adding two end glass pieces with beads and colored bits, turning the chimney produces a moving display of light circles. Non actinic white light and a Freyich photographer solution are mentioned in the text.
Longtime imposter Madame Diss Debar freed from Aylesbury prison after maximum sentence reduction for good behavior. synonymous with Laura Jackson and Vera Ava, she led cult schemes and spiritualist deception in New York London Cape Town and Chicago, conning Luther Marsh and others of wealth.
In Scio New York the Nile Smith general store Harris Bank and three dwellings burned at 1 AM after an explosion. Charred corpses of two suspected safe robbers are believed found in the ruins. A $600 safe content is thought destroyed. Total loss estimated at $50 000.
At Clark's Station in Pulaski County a five year old boy accidentally shot and killed his four year old sister with a breech loading shotgun. The children’s parents had left for a springhouse when the boy seized the gun and discharged it. The blast pierced the girl’s breast.
A cable dispatch to General Manager Mathis states the Rhine and Moselle Insurance Company will not pay its 2,000,000 dollar liabilities from the April 18 fire. The message was received at the office in San Francisco.
A mixed digest reports Mrs. Henry of Wellesley Hills suicide after separation. disputes over car fares trigger fights on New York rail cars. a burglar, a nurse, and a drowning rescuer appear in city tales. Other items cover elections in Georgia, indictments in New England, rail accidents, and political shifts abroad.
Chicago state bank examiner J C Jones probes the defunct Milwaukee Avenue State Bank amid a cash shortage estimated between 800000 and 1000000 dollars. Reports say Stensland and son knew of irregularities, with midnight bank trips cited and the Clearing House move to extend bank examinations driving the former president to flee. The motive appears to be to avoid exposure of long running robberies from depositors.
A gasoline explosion on the torpedo boat Worden at the Norfolk Navy Yard shortly before 3 o'clock fatally injures three colored riveters, with severe burns and unconsciousness. Fire and emergency crews remove the men to the dispensary as doctors treat them aboard. the Worden itself is not believed to be damaged.
Oyster Bay tale says W Em len Roosevelt, President's cousin, escaped a rabid dog thanks to Secret Service agent James Sloane. The incident occurred near Sagamore Hill as Roosevelt walked with a pet dog. Sloane shot the attacking animal after it lunged for Roosevelt and bit his coat. The dog, a large mongrel, had been displaying strange behavior in the village.
A Cleveland and Eastern Traction Line car carrying 50 passengers jumped the track eight miles southwest of Chardon Ohio and plunged into a stagnant pool. Eight were injured and about a dozen nearly drowned as panic spread. The following car's crew rescued many victims.
Eugene Smaltz of Utica found a rare pearl weighing one eighth karat in a clam at a Remington Typewriter Works clam bake in Ilion. The tent judges say the pearl is flaw in appearance and value not yet determined.
The Rheinische Zeitung reports a German scouting party in Southwest Africa captured five native women. Fearful of attracting locals with gunfire, five Germans bayoneted the bound prisoners, leaving them bloodied.
The era reports diverse labor movements and wage actions including Japanese cotton mill pay at fourteen cents a day, Chinese workers sending home $50 million yearly, and union efforts in the United States and Canada. Notable items cover eight hour days, wage increases, public works enforcement, and international labor developments in France Russia and Japan. The news also notes railway fare changes, political shifts, and sporting and cultural events of the period.
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