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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
3
W. H. Jeter Company offers timber land and waterfront farms for sale or exchange in Virginia. Ready buyers available. commissions apply. Located at 1110 East Main Street, Richmond.
A meditation by Hamilton Mabie on preserving love in memory through poetry. The author envisions future readers discovering sincere songs of beloved lovers after their deaths and asks poets to keep the art of their romance alive in enduring verse.
Corrected weekly by Wallerstein Produce Company with prices for live chickens turkeys chickens butter lard dried fruits and nuts. Includes tobacco market quotes for Richmond and Petersburg Virginia and wholesale quotations for No 2 red corn oats and peanuts with ranges for various grades and packings.
The affair centers on Roberta and her alleged hypnotic relation with Cohen, a Bellevue Stratford waiter, and a massive inheritance change. Robert Burst, Roberta’s grandfather and seed magnate, planned to cut her from his will after bequeathing ten thousand dollars the day before her flight. Authorities across several cities pursue Cohen and Roberta, aided by letters and family intrigue.
In Richmond the News Leader crowd gathered as Alfred B Williams received a gold watch from office staff and visiting Smnal Press members. Horace A Hawkins gave an emotional farewell address as Williams thanked his old crew and friends. He departs for Roanoke next Wednesday January 5 with hopes of a short stay there.
A shopper explains buying ice cream for home delivery during the holidays. The goal is to ensure the treat is shared and eaten now rather than saved for later by a child.
A fragmentary remark notes the significance of the moment and that many towns could vote dry around the start of January, reflecting period debates on prohibition.
In Bluefields Nicaragua via Colon the rebel General Estrada insists peace relies on his victory and disarmament of Nicaragua. He orders Chamorro to Rama then to Greytown to lead insurgents toward Managua, while promising reforms and free elections with restored individual liberty and tariff normalisation. Banks support American surgeon and sanitary efforts.
A fragmentary list of pennant winners across multiple minor leagues including American Association Louisville Eastern League Rochester Central League Wheeling Ohio State League and others. It mentions teams such as Akron Blue Grasse Winchester Pennsylvania and Hartford Western Leauge style references with scattered city and league names.
New York detectives identify three month old Mamie McCloskey by a strawberry birthmark on her left shoulder after a kidnapping involving May Ewell Aurelia Ewell and Albert Kaiser. The infant was found in Brooklyn and the suspects jailed at Adams Street Station. Montefusco, the moving picture man, aided the investigation as a witness.
Fire swept the fifth story of H. G. Williams & Co wholesale liquor dealers and rectifiers at Commercial Place and Water Street. All on the fifth floor storage was destroyed and flames reached the fourth floor before firefighters gained control. Loss by fire and water will be heavy, coverage likely by insurance.
Major Langdon Christian of the Virginia Game Protective Association urges safeguarding game during cold snap. He notes hunting of pheasant quail and turkeys east of the Blue Ridge remains legal, but hunting any game in snow is unlawful. Citizens should enforce the law and help feed and protect birds and other wildlife during severe weather.
Judge George M. Harrison of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has granted an appeal from Clarke County Circuit Court decision in the matter of J. M. Meades and others versus Hubert Snowden on the estate of Captain David Meades of Waite Post. The case concerns the will and related claims, with the appeal signaling further proceedings.
Chicago special reports James J. Jeffries, in training nine months, vows to be at peak for the July 4 clash with Johnson. He talks of wind, distance judgment, and hitting power and promises a stronger showing than in past bouts.
T E Moore a Petersburg iron worker was hit by a mass of frozen brick and mortar from the American National Bank building at Tenth and Main Streets. He was taken to his North Eighth Street room with serious internal injuries feared though foreman hopes not fatal. R W Griffin, fellow worker, assisted.
The Clyde liner Apache towed the disabled Algonquin after a broken crank shaft near Bodie Island. The Algonquin, en route from Boston to Galveston, drifted in heavy seas as storms threatened, leaving passengers anxious while rescue was coordinated by wireless reports.
Western Pennsylvania reports say Standard Oil via People’s Natural Gas will build a Pittsburg to New York natural gas pipeline. A second item notes a patrolman and a station mate plan a North River swim from Bermuda Club. James W. Friend widow heirs and children inherit a large estate with no charitable bequests.
A McWane Pipe Works facility in Lynchburg Virginia was destroyed by a rapidly spreading blaze of unknown origin. The loss is about 35000 with insurance to cover the plant. 25000 in plow parts and repairs burned. the office addition valued at 10000 also burned. Western Union lines suffered major outages but were repaired within hours. authorities note tanks of Standard Oil nearby risked the spread but fire did not reach the pipe shops.
A poem like fragment describes Mary’s lamb with wheels that run around until its ratchets jam and it cannot be wound. The quirky image conveys a whimsical mechanical animal impeded by a jammed mechanism.
A theatrical sketch outlines Justice John in a courtroom plot. A young man charged with theft wins mercy through Justice John’s kindness, then faces a jail sentence after a rival accusation. A reporter plans to stage the production this fall in Richmond.
Mr. Warriner retires after long service with the Faulkner Warrine firm on Broad Street. He is described as the best informed official and stockholder, with plans regarding future connections noted but not fully detailed in the announcement. The change is part of routine retirement adjustments at the company.
The Dunbar Literary and Historical Society held emancipation day events at the Third Street A M E Church with prominent Black men in the city present. Dr. D Webster Davis presided as readings of the emancipation proclamation and musical numbers were planned. Choruses and jubilee songs by Baker Navy Hill and Valley School pupils accompanied the program. The reason for choosing New Year’s Day was not explained.
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