12 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
1
A rural tale from the Philadelphia Ledger presents a youth seeking who should be boss in marriage. He tests husbands and wives across homes, offering a horse for each husband and a chicken for every wife. The narrative ends with a wife prompting the husband to yield a chicken instead of a horse.
John Burroughs describes courtship differences between birds and mammals. He notes female coyness in mammals contrasts with active male courtship in birds, where male stimuli spark the female's mating impulses.
At Staunton the Virginia Horticultural Society passed resolutions urging the Virginia corporation commission to require express companies publish simpler rate schedules. They accuse express firms of using high rates unscrupulously and condemn trusts like Standard Oil and the Pennsylvania Railroad for coal price hikes and trade restraints. Addresses were given by Professors Gould Coiner Phillips and Commissioner Kolner.
The annual stockholders meeting in Fredericksburg elected T. F. Morrison as president. New vice presidents include W. S. Embrey J. P Rowe J. T. Lowery D. M. Lee A. W Wallace L. R. Colbert and others. Capt. B. J. Quinn remains secretary and treasurer with a full board of directors listed. President Henry Dannehl retired after reporting strong society finances.
Richmond special report says state chemist William H. Taylor found no poison in J. Merrett Underwood’s stomach. Underwood died a week after ill effects from whisky given by Charles A. Bennett. Bennett later married Underwood’s widow and both were released. Mrs. Underwood had drawn $1,000 from a Davie West Virginia bank after her husband’s death.
Charles Hobson of Elko farms is plowing a field to recover a tin can containing several hundred dollars in gold hidden near his dwelling. The can has disappeared, prompting a thorough tilling of the entire field to locate the treasure or determine if it was stolen or misplaced.
In Richmond a mass expulsion targets the entire sophomore class, estimated at 50 to 60 students, for insubordination after Dr. J Frayser Jones pushed specialization in anatomy. The faculty rejected a petition for Professor Jones resignation and refused to acknowledge mass meetings or student resignations while students sought admission elsewhere.
The Bristol iron rolling mills shut temporarily, leaving 1590 workers out. Stonego coke ovens close affecting 500 men, Norton Coal Company reduces ovens with 6 percent laid off. Coke prices fall, operators claim production not profitable.
Three Sicilian suspects are jailed in Lynchburg on charges of abducting and assaulting Antonio Castellano, an Italian, in a suburban area and robbing him of $82. The incident involved luring Castellano to the outskirts, beating him, and taking his money.
Chief Special Agent Springmann was seriously injured while handling a gun in the Revenue-cutter service exhibit at the exposition grounds. The incident occurred during the event attracting attention to the exhibit and prompted medical attention.
W B Nethaway killed his wife aboard a Union Pacific train in Norfolk Nebraska in front of many witnesses then fled a block and shot himself in the head dying instantly.
After a stormy session the Richmond Common Council adopted the Dabney ordinance restricting saloons with a residential district clause removed and an amendment adopted leaving placement discretion to the licensee’s frontage. It returns to the Board of Aldermen for concurrence and is slated to take effect February 1.
William Ingram of this city aged 42 years drowned himself in the Ap pahanock River. The body was recovered. He is survived by his father and several brothers and sisters.
The report claims 250 million Moham mededans globally and a Christian population around 447 million. It notes the rise of Islam is smaller than the combined growth of other groups.
Virginia notes deaths of James K Lovett 44 Shenandoah Valley Military Academy Winchester Miss Mary Jane Alldridge 50 Copper Hill Floyd County Mrs Kate Wilson Searing 50 Lynchburg Frances J Sagle 55 Staunton Robert M Ayres retired merchant Barton Haxall Richmond 1864 birth died paralysis Camden Lodge Orange County Mary C Dickerson 60 Fredericksburg Westmoreland County two sons and a daughter survive listing several other local obituaries and brief details of survivors within Virginia towns
J Sable aged 88 fell from his boat in Bushy Park Creek Middlesex County and died likely after vertigo. Beside this two other items report Berea Christian Church Snott Sylvania appointing Rev Dr Moore and a fire at JL Chewning’s barn Louisa County destroying hay and corn with 2000 dollar loss and suspected arson.
Miss Mary Porter of Lynchburg wed Dr William S Barker a leading Bristol physician in a ceremony at State Street Methodist Church officiated by Rev M P Carica. Beloved Bells Spangler and Roscoe Lampey wed at Floyd Court House by Rev Posey Chester. Helen Jolliffe married Carl Clarkson at St Pauls Church with Rev Cary Gamble officiating. Grace Virginia Carneal wed Daniel C OFlaherty at the Carneal home, with Rev Dr David Ramsey presiding.
One Indian tea company cultivates 1450 acres while another covers 1303 acres. Production and market placement expenses amount to 7 to 9 cents per pound in Calcutta.
John A. Steele, released from an insane asylum, shot three labor leaders in the Massachusetts state house anteroom. Edward Cohen was fatally wounded, Dennis Driscoll and Arthur Huddell were injured, but Steele was overwhelmed by state officials and police.
A Topeka jury finds International Harvester guilty on 42 counts alleging a trust and unlawful price fixing scheme to control harvesting machinery and restrict dealer handling. The original suit covered 75 counts and a motion for a new trial is pending. Maximum possible penalty is $42,000.
In Clayton New Jersey a Pennsylvan ia Railroad Company demonstration showed steam driven locomotives still lead. A speed trial on curved track matched the performance of the straight track, underscoring steam power.
A San Francisco Examiner piece laments youth and gender roles as a party of twenty five girls rides through spring, praising older women while critiquing sixteen and twenty year olds for vanity and lack of depth. The write up compares youthful folly to a limited path and ends with a farewell to sweet sixteen.
A mother faces a tough choice when funding a vacation for older sons. The proposed solution: let the boy pick camping companions, rent a mountain camp, appoint a discreet chaperone, and manage meals and activities through cooperative family effort. A hidden observer keeps discipline while parents enjoy at least part of the trip.
The famous pecan tree at BioJ on the Colorado River, now owned by P. B. McCoury, yields a large crop sold on the tree for 150 dollars. Purchaser expects to clear about 150 dollars profit as nuts sell for 60 to 75 cents.
In Washington a remark about Shakespeare as a man of great genius was noted in a casual exchange with Mr Star Barnes weighing in on literary finance and taste.
An improvised text fragment notes a ward transfer hold and a prison movement delay. Details are unclear but reference a tefep ward and subacribag Wassen prisonment affecting facility relocation. No further context available.
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