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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1912
Page
8
An improvised advertisement touts Frayser's Great Nerve and Bone Liniment from J. W. Frayser & Co Richmond VA. Claims relieve aching stiff muscles and joints with rub in, promising pain disappears. Bottles priced 25 cents at roggists and other outlets.
Mail us ten dollars for pillows free two five thirty percent weather bed and receive six pound pair of pillows. Freight prepaid. New feathers best ticking satisfaction guaranteed. Agents wanted. Turner Cornwell Feather Dealers Charlotte North Carolina.
Special application by counsel led Judge Rosal sky Jay to dismiss highway robbery indictments against Je Roberts and May Williams. The two women were arrested after the theft of $28,000 from banker and publisher Warner M. Van Norden on January 20. Van Norden reported the robbery at the Waldorf Astoria and left for abroad, failing to prosecute.
Silas N. Phelps, sentenced for killing Deputy Sheriff Emmet Haskins of Franklin County, was moved to the death chamber in Charlestown State Prison. Guards vigilantly watch him as the execution date nears. Phelps appeared indifferent amid the grim proceedings.
State Tax Commission urges equalization of burdens to lower rates, proposes a permanent commission to oversee revenue, base assessments on actual property transfers, abolish land assessors, tax stocks and debts at 25 cents per $100, raise certain license taxes, put public utilities on gross earnings, and tighten income tax reporting. Discrepancies noted between secretary Freeman and the commission on abolition of the Office of Second Auditor.
England prepares to send an army into Southern Persia from Afghanistan and Baluchistan after the attack on British Consul W. A. Smart near Kazerun. The Foreign Office has pressed Persia to tighten protections on caravan routes and may seek indemnity for troop movements if invasion proceeds. Smart was wounded, not killed, in the assault. England warns of danger to British subjects in Persia.
St. Petersburg report that England has sent an ultimatum to Russia demanding a stop to Cossack raids in Northern Persia, amid Russian denial that massacres occurred.
In Boston today the Richeson case moves to jury screening as panels are examined for potential bias. The state aims to exclude any who might favor the minister accused of killing Miss Avis Linnell, his former fiancée. It is reported Miss Violet Edmands, whom the minister planned to marry, will be an exempt or excluded figure in some accounts.
The text describes Edmands writing constant cheering letters to the jailed minister accused of murder, with her health fragile and near Lakewood New Jersey where she planned to honeymoon with Rev Richeson. It notes her devotion to the law and ongoing sentiment toward her imprisoned sweetheart despite the grave charge.
Eighteen residents of Berlin's Merlin Municipal Night Shelter for the Homeless died from ptomaine poisoning after eating spoiled herring at a charity dinner. Nearly twenty others ill, some in serious condition, were rushed to city hospitals.
After a sixteen day trial in General Sessions Court Judge Crain acquitted Isaac Harris and Max Blanck of manslaughter charges tied to the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that killed many young workers. The jury returned a partial verdict, with eight for acquittal on one count and two for conviction on another, while six indictments remain.
Los Angeles Principal and physical director EE Beach oppose boxing for girls at Los Angeles high schools. They warn against cultivating a combative disposition and potential injuries harming social prospects, urging avoidance of unnaturally aggressive behavior.
Emma Langman, seventy, died at the county infirmary after lying in bed for fifteen years. Her prolonged illness began with a change to paralysis, which is listed as the immediate cause of death. She had previously been confined to the county asylum due to her refusal to get up.
An article extols Oculum as a new poultry inoculation curing cholera and white diarrhoea in fowls and preventing roup and coccidiosis. It claims inoculation reduces mortality, with fowls needing limited follow up and a yearly tonic dose.
New York report confirms Lillian Russell will wed Alexander P. Moco, publisher of the Pittsburg Lander, in May. Russell, nearing fifty, has had four marriages and now plans to live in Pittsburgh after the ceremony.
Albany N Y Special The resignation of Dr Alvah H Doty health officer of the port of New York has been demanded by Governor Dix following a commission report. The findings cite laxity in admitting emigrants with infectious diseases improper supply purchases and allowing contact between sick and healthy children.
The Peabody Education Fund trustees announce a $3 million grant to endow a new George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville Tennessee. The plan provides $1 million now with $500000 from the fund and raises $1 million locally within two years to secure a lasting educator training institution for the South.
An ad promises one gallon of Gun-oleum Dip Disinfectant with prepaid express shipping for 150 dollars. It claims to kill vermin and disease in hen houses stables and kitchens with mix-at-use directions and discounts on larger orders. Address provided for purchase.
Walter Scott Hibbs of 535 West 155th Street sues Dr. Norman Barnesby a broker at 80 Broadway for 25000 damages accusing him of alienating Hibbs wife Elizabeth, wrecking the home and harming her health. Hibbs alleges Barnesby used family access and Freemason ties to lure the wife promising help for their two sons education.
Hibbs states he married his wife in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania on January 20 1886 to fit their welfare and prepare them for the battles of life.
Boxing among the girls of Los Angeles High School was banned yesterday by Dr. E G Beach the physical director. He said the move aims to stop a generation of feminine fighters and prevent an unnaturally combative disposition while warning against possible disfigurement and harm to social prospects.
Lawrence E. Grange, a floor trader and Philadelphia Stock Exchange member, was suspended today for insolvency. The suspension is reported as a notable disciplinary action in the PHILADELPHIA, PA brief.
Orlando Harriman millionaire real estate operator and brother of the late RE H Harriman died at 4 20 this morning of diabetes in a private sanitarium on East Thirty third Street after an unsuccessful operation. He had been moved from the Hotel Majestic earlier this week and sought to develop Brighton Beach into a second Atlantic City. His wife survives him.
A Swansboro Virginia resident says rheumatism in the right leg caused difficulty. He tried Noah’s Liniment and reports the pain soreness disappeared and mobility returned, with strong improvement.
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