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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1911
Page
2
A humorously skeptical tour of English slang origins traces phrases like tar and feather punishment Hobson’s Choice skedaddle and bumper toast. It links medieval and colonial usages to present day common speech with anecdotes and historical notes.
In Washington Admiral Togo toured the naval yard with Assistant Secretary Winthrop and Captain Potts. He observed finishing touches on large guns, greeted by a marine guard and naval band, then visited the Congressional Library to view the reading room and murals.
Memphis officials report General George Gordon commander in chief of the United Confederate Veterans is dying at his home after being sent home from Mont Eagle. He had suffered illness for several weeks and physicians fear he will not survive the day.
A Madrid written false prisoner letter claims Bernard M. Jacobs of 210 Meek Street connected to Wea Rose & Co. seeks to extract a fortune of $230 by seizing upon a supposed secret document. The note asserts Jacobs is an ex banker and promises a reward, but the narrative mirrors common trustful prisoner letters.
A damaged note from Madrid dated 24-7-11 shows Restituto Merino and Hilario Fenasco inviting Mr. Jacobs to seize equipment and a hidden document with a 830000 dollar payoff. The letter urges cable replies only and hints a staged prison scenario, but the intended recipient declines the proposal.
The Chesterfield county court house in Richmond has hosted landmark trials. It notes a 1740s building, British destruction around 1770, and a 1848 case: Thomas Richie Jr. charged with killing John H Pleasants, editors entangled with the Richmond Enquirer and News and Star over abolitionist papers and a Washington correspondent “Macon.”
A 19 year old man from Madison County is jailed at Elba Station on charges of deserting his wife and eloping with his 17 year old sister-in-law Shirley Nichols. Police say he took the girl through Washington Orange Gordonsville to Richmond and was planning to return to Washington when captured. The sister-in-law remains at large in a local boarding house. He also left two small children.
New York reports police deployed sixteen attack dogs on the Brooklyn and Coney Island line to deter violence during the strike. Dogs patrolled Smith Street and Franklin Avenue with officers ready to unleash them on property damage or employee harm. Arbitration talks were expected with Mayor Gaynor mediating, while company president Hult resisted. Street Railway Men’s leader Ryan claimed broad support for the strikers as losses rise.
English aviator Thomas Sopwith achieved marked success at Nassau Boulevard Long Island in his rebuilt two seat Bleriot monoplane. He flew for nearly half an hour before heading to Chicago for the meet. The craft was damaged recently when it dropped over a hundred feet with Philip W Wilcox aboard.
Thirty two patients at Catawba Sanatorium Virginia plead for seven thousand dollars to build two new houses. They face forced departure due to a state six month limit though most can pay for treatment. Health officials back relief as vital to tuberculosis control and patient welfare.
The fragment notes A W Barrow of Cataluba Sanatorium Virginia serving as treasurer of the association urging support for improving health. Checks are requested to be sent to him.
In New York and Asbury Park circles, "Papa" James A. Bradley denounces beer wagon operators as pirates and cutthroats. He received an Italian threat referencing La Mano Nera and vowed through a newspaper reply to have the culprit hung or electrocuted under New Jersey law.
Dr L L Lumsden a top Government Health Department expert joins two months in Virginia to study conditions linked to typhoid fever. He travels with Assistant Commissioner Allen W Freeman to examine health factors across the state and curb outbreaks.
Chicago reports that thousands of railroad workers are prepared to strike to press for higher wages and better conditions. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Harriman lines lead the potential walkout, with plans discussed to avert a nationwide disruption and costly traffic delays after weeks of refused demands.
At Hempstead New York Miss Matilda Moisant nearly secured the Aero Club of America aviator license after three circuits. A crudely constructed biplane wheeled into her flight path prompting her to descend. The owners stayed on the field prompting a postponement to the next day.
Boston special Raymond Nickerson husband of Lillian Nickerson asserts foul play in the murder of his wife on the Joy Line steamship Georgia en route from Providence to New York July 20. He says she left for New York without his knowledge while stepfather Edwin Granville says she was visiting him. Friends suggest she aimed to force his return and had threatened him if he did not.
The Virginia Federation of Labor Executive Committee revoked endorsements for the Virginia Unionist of Norfolk and the Industrial Era of Richmond citing misrepresentation to advertisers and solicitors paying for ads to benefit the labor movement. The report urges supervision of souvenir programs and possible new labor-focused publications.
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