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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
7
At a charity bazaar the Home for Incurables held a lantern lit eve. Peter Gregory contemplates fate before Mlle Nazro, who reads cards and promises a glimpse of his future. The fortune teller identifies a rival, a wealthy light-skinned man, complicating Gregory's romantic entanglement.
Gregory and a fortune telling girl dispute claims of a dark beloved and a wealthy rival. The girl hints the rival may be unimportant, then tears two cards when Violet is named. Gregory plans to handle the rival as Tom Briggs jokes about carmine paint on his chin.
Special dispatch reports the recovery of Peter the Painter from the Sidney Street anarchist stronghold ruins. Police confirm triggers of the plot by Russian terrorists aimed at European royalty at the June coronation. A London woman prisoner is accused of betraying gang secrets as two other bodies, Dutch Fritz and another, are identified among the ruins.
An advertisement claims backache stems from kidney trouble and praises Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent remedy. A testimonial from a Front Royal resident describes relief after using the pills, with a price of 50 cents and Foster-Milburn Co. as the manufacturer in Buffalo, New York.
After hours of surrounding the ruined Sidney Street house, hundreds of police and firemen managed the crowd. Reserves were called as the body of Peter was recovered and the mob surged toward the ruins. Anarchists Peter and Fritz, both Russians formerly from Libau, fired the building to avoid surrender. British papers urged expulsion of aliens and punishment of anarchists. A Russian woman in custody sparks theories she is a spy. police say more raids may follow as they name other accused anarchists.
In Mexico City the Federals captured eighteen bandits of a revolutionary faction near San Felipe, Felipe state. A fight occurred after capture, with eighty captured or killed and the rest hunted in the mountains.
Special report from Tegucigalpa Honduras notes victorious Atlantic Seaboard fighting prompts the army of ex President Bonilla to march on the city in three divisions with General Lee Christmas directing operations. Desertions in government ranks rise as supporters of President David fear the advance. In Bristol Virginia, Rev Alfred Harrison Burroughs is recognized for a record of 3,540 marriages. He quips that rivals envy his tally and claims none will exceed the legal marriage age.
The Lyburg Advance notes disappointment over the wire scandal coverage, saying the Richmond graft story from yesterday appears unfounded with little substance or corroboration in current reports.
Five men answering the Bandits description for the Overland Limited robbery near Breeze are detained in Ogden. Police intensify raids on rooms housing suspicious characters as inquiries continue.
Madrid special reports Portugal the youngest republic on earth teetering toward collapse. Lisbon announces government moves to appease unrest. Abolished Getroi taxes on certain foods and rescinded olive oil and meat taxes remove 525000 dollars annual revenue but lower costs for bone staples. Royalties tax plans reportedly target property owners.
The State Auditing Committee reports dire finances with October borrowing of 250 000 dollars to meet obligations despite nearly six million dollars in receipts for 1909 1910. Call for tighter economy and responsible governance, trusting Governor Mann to veto extravagance and avoid a treasury deficit.
In Cumberland Maryland Grace Blosser and Charles Edward Twigg died the night before their wedding, reportedly from a liquid poison dubbed a drink of death. State's Attorney Robb doubts double suicide or accident, says arrest unlikely with weak evidence, and the case remains a mystery with few solid leads.
Major George Squier, assistant chief signal officer, obtains patents for a wireless add on to standard telephones that sends multiple conversations over one wire. The system, tested to seven miles, promises big savings for American telecoms and is offered for unrestricted public use by the War Department and the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.
Practical home chores guide urges not scrubbing linoleum with a mop. Recommends renewing worn linoleum with hot linseed oil and paraffin wax, careful to avoid excess oil or wax. Includes tips on wall cleaning with baking soda, linseed oil rubs for wood, camphor in closets to deter tarnish, vinegar in poaching, blossom preservation with alum, and ironing during hot weather, plus a lemon sponge recipe.
Edmond Thery, a French economist, calculates that sustaining Europe’s armies on a peace footing over the last twenty five years has cost 29 billion dollars. He notes public debt rise from 20 billion to 30 billion and omissions from productive industry amounting to 196 thousand officers and 3.8 million men.
W C Dowd publisher of Charlotte led a unanimous Democratic caucus nomination. T G Cobb editor Morgantown renominated for principal clerk and PD Scott Pool editor Cumberland for reading clerk. Legislature convenes tomorrow at noon with Mecklenberg Senator J N Pharr chosen pres pro tem and George L Kilpatrick re elected sergeant at arms. Republican caucus named Hamilton G Ewart former judge for Speaker.
A rural Kentucky ad promotes Carduis as a vegetable medicine for women, claiming cures for fatigue and weakness. It cites Mrs. J. F. from Slip and urges readers to contact Chattanooga Medicine Co. for literature and samples.
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