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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
1
Local residents report an overabundance of deer meat in Phillips Maine with both slain and roaming deer. One woman tried to mince a whole deer into mince meat but abandoned the project after filling a large tub and plans to salt the rest for future consumption.
Mrs. Rose Marchand died at Fair Haven aged 85 leaving more than 100 descendants. She married at age 20 and bore fourteen children, nine of whom survive. She leaves fifty five grandchildren and forty great grandchildren.
A desert pocket mouse carries a fur lined pocket to store food and survived three years on only commercial bird seed with low moisture. It drank no water and showed no health decline while experiments confirmed its reluctance to eat moist food from captivity.
Del ta Pennsylvania resident Humphrey O. Pritchard crafts four clocks from slate using peach bottom blue slate and Vermont red green and purple varieties. About 164 pieces form the main structure, joined by 23 dozen small screws. Some slate sheets are as thin as paper and many were broken during the eight months of work. The clocks stand four feet high, two feet wide and one foot deep and feature a cathedral gong.
Bankers' investigating committee estimates Denison Prior Co liabilities at about 1.9 million dollars including 1 million in forged securities. Assets are around 0.5 million with net liabilities near 1.4 million. forged bonds listed span Ohio Pennsylvania and Michigan institutions.
Pittsburg report shows 17 700 killed or maimed in one year across iron and steel mills coal mines railroads and other workplaces in Allegheny County. Edgar Thomson Mills to be inspected next month by Chief Factory Inspector Delany as only 92 deaths were formally recorded last year.
E B Miner of Oriskany Falls has built a dam and powerhouse on Oriskany Creek supplying 15 to 18 horsepower. He heats and lights his home and outbuildings and can power a feed mill silo cutter straw cutter and saw wood for neighbors while running a milk separator and churn. His son, an electrical engineer, planned the project.
From Monte Christi a dispatch from Ex-President Morales of Santo Domingo to the Monte Christi governor urges resignation in the name of peace as the country faces upheaval. Commander W H H Southerland reports the gunboat Yankee is at Monte Christi as tensions rise in the revolutionary center.
The body of William B. Harper was placed in a vault on the university campus pending construction of a memorial chapel and crypt. Other items note deaths, marriages, crimes, and notable events across the nation, including Ansonia poisoning case and Notre Dame shooting incident.
An assassination at a St Petersburg New Year event casts gloom as Count Sherouretief shoots a student who resists the anthem. two women are wounded and the friend attacks the count. The Iris wrecks in the North Sea with one firefighter lost. In Santo Domingo a government victory follows a costly clash near Guayubin. US Minister Russell delivers a note to Venezuela. Russia seizes relations with France amid political arrests and high honors for repression figures during the czarist ties.
Former prime minister Arthur Balfour is defeated in Manchester by Horridge, shifting balance in Parliament. Winston Churchill wins in a conservative district by a narrow margin, while Liberals gain 18 seats overall and Labour picks up several candidates, signaling a sweeping national shift toward free trade and Liberal influence.
Paris Kentucky special reports Leslie Combs who was blind in one eye for years after a fight on a Paris Lexington interurban car regained sight. Doctors say a severed nerve that caused blindness allowed the eye to function again after swelling subsided.
Jeffersonville Indiana Special report Joseph Bahr treasurer elect of the city was injured at his home on Maple and Watts Street. While seated he suddenly crossed his legs and the bones just below the hip snapped. Medics were summoned and the patient was considered critical. Surgeons decided amputation to save his life.
Miss Kath arine Williams of La Grange has been elected president of La Grange National Bank in Indianapolis. After years of faithful service she rose through the ranks to become the youngest, if not the only, woman to hold such a position in the West. The election honors her financial skill and long service.
Burglars blew open a safe at the Riker's gold leaf factory in Dela wana Passaic N J but did not touch the tools. A second safe holding 500 dollars of gold leaf was untouched due to its burglar alarm. The break occurs while the factory is closed for repairs and went unnoticed until late.
J. M. Powers, a well known railroad contractor, died in a powder explosion while blasting for the Western North Carolina division near Bushnell, North Carolina.
Representative George A. Pearce introduces in Congress a bill strengthening the national banking act. It would authorize Comptroller appointees to thoroughly investigate banking associations under oath, excluding officers, to determine if funds or securities were contributed to political committees or purposes in the past year.
Rep Sheppard of Texas blasts President aides over the Mrs. Morris affair at the White House. Payne and Grosvenor oppose the debate as off topic or fitting for a police court. He urges a House inquiry into alleged brutalities and threats to citizens approaching the President.
The White House ceremony in Roosevelt’s private office saw prominent members of the Improved Order of Red Men present. National officers delivered engrossed resolutions from the Nash ville convention praising his peace efforts between Japan and Russia. Judge Robert T. Daniel of Griffin, Ga, presented the testimonial and gave a laudatory address.
The Senate Committee on Inter Oceanic Canals opened its Panama canal inquiry with Secretary of War Taft as the first witness. He listed department chiefs and duties to guide future questioning. The closed session aimed to outline an investigation program, with public hearings planned later.
The Senate debate centers on Heyburn's bill creating a national board of corporations with a provision denying mail access to nonendorsed insurers to curb Wall Street speculation. Other items include foreign policy critique, tax exemption for Cheraw and Darlington Railroad, and nominations and appointments across federal offices.
Washington reports a severed diplomatic rift between Venezuela and France after Venezuela under President Castro moves to annul concessions of the French Cable Company. The attack on the company’s properties and coast line sparks U S concern while hints of joint action with Britain Germany and Italy surface.
Frederick Power, actor and stage manager in Chicago, had his tongue removed in a cancer operation five weeks ago. Doctors call the recovery remarkable. He can now speak intelligibly though with remaining paralysis in the lower lip and jaw, which is still in a plaster cast.
University of Chicago president William Harper Havcper died at 2:27 PM at his home on Fifty ninth Street and Lexington Avenue after a yearlong battle with cancer. Present at his bedside were Mrs. Harper and three sons Paul Samuel and Donald, son in law Charles Scribner Eaton, and sister Mrs Gordon Douglas of Pittsburg.
Washington D. C. special report notes the President’s plan to reorganize and consolidate customs collection districts. The House Ways and Means Committee approves the Payne bill, granting the President control over district creation with a cap of not more than twenty districts.
A fragmented note links wealthy New Yorkers to a positive fae presence, suggesting ongoing revenue or social ties with mythical beings. The text hints at a surprising connection between wealth and an enchanted realm influencing urban life.
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