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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1911
Page
8
An OCR fragment notes a payment offer and order request from W. F. RF. D. No. 4 in Richmond. The context implies a sales or business notice with a price quote of 1.50 for 8.00 per hundred.
An old style advertisement promises money back guarantees for a corn remedy. It invites readers to write for a box by J. M. Blanks at 1301 West Clay Street, Ridginia, and claims easy relief from hard or soft corns.
Rental offer for typewriters by American Machine Co located at 605 East Street Richmond Virginia. Advertises five dollar rate with rent credited toward purchase and promises savings of about 25 percent.
The large freight depot project outlines a vast building at Ha tut and a plan to extend to Norton Street. The facility is designed for extensive unloading and storage, with clearances and construction steps described for future use.
A collection of editorials argues saloons shape political power, noting Staunton fear of opposing them and calling for merit based entrants to office. It cites Roanoke Times on deposit guarantees, praising it as protection for depositors yet noting concerns of wildcat banking and the need for prudent oversight.
Edward H. James editor of the Liberator denounces the London trial of Edward Mylius as illegal and a whitewashing. He says Mylius was tried without indictment and that witnesses were improperly called, alleging the crown blocked evidence. Mylius refused to testify, ending the case. James would apologize if the king testified.
A new association of civic leaders from Richmond to Louisa and Hanover organizes to advance good roads, focusing on the Richmond Gordonaville highway. Officers include Leigh junior of Richmond and Peck of Richmond as treasurer with a board of directors to secure funds and coordinate with road supervisors. A $1 annual due was paid by attendees.
Report from Harrisonburg states twenty girls were expelled from the Sweetbrier Institute north of Lynchburg in Amherst County for smoking cigarettes. The school, drawing wealthy Virginia families, reportedly tried to keep the expulsions secret as students packed trunks and rooms after the decision.
Provisional capital status declared in Juarez as rebels move toward the city with artillery and 200 Federal defenders. The Rio Grande bridge is crowded with evacuees while banks and offices close and volunteers sign up to resist. General Orozco leads the revolt, hailed as a rising Napoleon by supporters. The American side tightens security to prevent escapes.
In Richmond this week two men faced charges of false claims after suborning drummers and misdirected samples from a Philadelphia firm. Charges against Ball were withdrawn as officials remitted costs citing judicial clemency, with Taylor and Siewert ordered to bear most of the expense.
Three youths, George F. Dieffenbach, Robert J. McNair, and William Tobieson, of Sedgwick Avenue addresses, form a bowling group with aim to produce expert bowlers. A counter action by three women is noted but details are unclear from the fragment.
The passage describes a chaotic evening of prankish hostility where a group called the Circle targets men with joking but dangerous gestures. Messages instruct recipients to assemble odd items and bring them to local stations, while a general nuisance spreads through the neighborhood and affects daily life as residents await a return shipment.
In Rockville Maryland police court a preliminary hearing for Meyton Whalen Joseph Whalen and Joshua Offutt ended with Judge Reading raising bail from 500 to 1000. The men face assault with intent to kill and to maim charges in a high profile case tied to an attack on Virginia lawyer Richard C L Moncure outside a township court last week.
The renewed Mount Taal eruption today sent lava and mud flows across twenty miles. Thousands fled as natives were overwhelmed by floods. up to 2,500 may have died. Earthquakes shook Manila area but caused no local damage. burial of victims advances with American troops nearby.
A major blaze gutted the Old Bay Line Pier and offices in Baltimore early today. No fatalities were reported as firefighters battled exploding oil barrels and other cargo. Tug Cataract and police boat Lannan aided evacuation and fireboat operations.
Hailworthy, 2:05 1-4, the premier Virginia bay gelding, raced from 1899 to 1910 under owners Mosers James Nottingham and trainers. Bred from Alselma by Axworthy, he set a 2:11 1-4 mile heat world record at Rockport and earned $14,009 in 1910 with notable wins in Detroit Cleveland and New York circuits.
In Newport Kentucky Mary Salzman twenty three and her sister Elizabeth Eliswick testified Monday they attempted to kill themselves. Eliswick had attempted suicide seven times and Salzman three times using river or poison as the method.
The text notes Mrs Salzman attempting suicide by drowning and by carbolic acid, totaling seven attempts. Her sister, a nurse, urged a pledge to quit attempting and they agreed to wait for passage in the natural way.
In Page county Virginia Fitzhugh Comer shot fiancee Cora Turner on church steps near her home then killed himself. The shooting witnessed by Turner's younger sister, who saw Turner fall and Comer turn the shotgun on himself. Turner died eight minutes later. Comer died at the scene. Turner's mother is reported in serious condition.
Robert Dabney aged forty five residing at Plum and Canal Streets Petersburg Va. committed suicide at his home this morning about 6 o clock by blowing out his brains with a single barrel breech loading shotgun. He was employed at the Seward trunk and bag factory and is survived by his widow and three children.
J J Blanton, once a cashier at Newport News and former Manchester resident with service in the Civil War Manchester Artillery, died this morning of heart failure at the home of his son. He witnessed the Merrimac Monitor fight and will be buried in Manchester tomorrow afternoon.
The Kellam Hospital claims a permanent, knife-free cure rate over 90 percent for many hundreds of cancer patients treated in fifteen years. Endorsed by Virginia's Senate and Legislature, the facility guarantees its cures.
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