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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1912
Page
8
Advertises converting old auto tires rubber boots shoes bicycle tires copper lead zinc and bags into ready cash. Promoter says to contact L Rose and Co at 20 Brook Ave Richmond Virginia for appraisal and sales of old materials.
OWN YOUR HOME AND QUIT renting. We loan money to buy or build with life mortgages. You pay $7.50 per month plus 5 percent simple interest on each $1,000. This loan pays in ten and a half years. Pay in full anytime to stop further interest. The Standard Home Company Norfolk Va. 318 3rd St Bldg. Also want to buy a farm country home at 5 percent interest only write M Davidson 326 W Main St Richmond Va.
A vintage ad touts Frayser’s Nerve and Bone Liniment for relief of pain and stiffness. It claims quick action for muscles and joints, suitable for man and beast, with 25 cent bottles available at local druggists and produced by J. W. Frayser & Co of Richmond Virginia.
Richmond Virginia special report notes 45 extension of quarantine rules by the State Board of Health at its annual meeting. It adds hotel room and kitchen screening to deter flies and disease, extends sanitary outbuildings rules for public schools, and requires each school to be equipped with screens from September 1, 2012. The board also reviewed the commissioner’s annual report and approved measures for free antitoxin distribution, supervision of vital statistics, and stream distribution.
Governor Menn urges adoption of the Colorado system to put convicts on honor on public roads with no guards, expanding road camps and reducing costs. He outlines current jail and penitentiary labor, cost figures, and the potential to boost agriculture and immigration through improved roads and lime plants.
Governor William Hodges Mann urges a $310,000 appropriation to promote scientific agriculture and immigration. He cites two years of progress with Boys' Corn Club yields averaging sixty one bushels per acre and improved hay crops. The plan seeks soil, climate, schools, churches, markets, and people to draw home seekers and farmers.
Judge Walter A. Watson of the Fourth Judicial Circuit submitted his resignation to Governor Mann effective January 20 to pursue the Democratic primary for Congress. He will face incumbent Robert Turnbull. potential successors include Robert G. Southall Amelia Branch Eppes Nottoway and Willis B. Smith.
Thomas Stephens, a prominent London lawyer aged seventy six, committed suicide today at the National Liberal Club by cutting his throat. The death is reported as a self-inflicted act in the club.
In Brooklyn a four story tenement fire at Columbia and Congress Streets forced residents into a blizzard in night clothes. Emil Scheible a clerk with quarters in the rear of the grocery on the first floor was badly burned and nearly suffocated, carried out by firefighters in serious condition and taken to a hospital.
In a blizzard and through ice coated wreckage 600 wreckers dig for treasure in the Equitable vaults beneath debris as authorities fear the Equitable Life, August Belmont firms and Mercantile Trust hold large sums. Battalion Chief Walsh is missing and presumed dead as search continues amid risk of collapse and flood from thawing. The vaults at Cedar and Nassau remain intact with 150 million dollars found, and relief funds are raised for families of fallen firemen.
The State epileptic colony in Amherst County near Lynchburg suffers a water famine as city demand in cold weather lowers pressure, depriving the colony pump station of water. The board of visitors works to fix the problem.
The American Federation of Labor and its affiliates report total membership at 1,531,587, up 195,638 from 1981, with total income for 1911 reaching 222,214.46 dollars, including 12,034 dollars in the last quarter, per Secretary Frank Morrison in the annual report.
Wilkes-Barre resident John J. McDevitt prepared a three-car special train to New York for a single day of millionaire living. He vowed to dine at the best hotel with orchestra favorites, attend theater, and avoid chorus girls while insisting on modest wine. He denied vaudeville plans and any excessive drinking.
The steamer Madeline foundered off Cape Lookout while en route to Beaufort for repairs. Captain J W Harper and crew of four colored men survived after improvised anchoring failed and lifeboats were launched. They were rescued by the schooner Douglas and later transferred to the City of Wilmington.
Washington special. Andrew Carnegie, former steel magnate, testifies on high finance before the Stanley steel committee. He says he recommended Philander C. Knox for Attorney General, noting Knox never mentioned the Sherman law during ten years as Carnegie Company attorney. Carnegie concedes Knox reported to the company, not to him. Judge Reed later joined Knox in the cabinet directorate.
Andrew Carnegie told the Stanley steel investigation committee that tariffs cannot determine steel outcomes and that a corporation should profit within the law. He argued iron magnates seek clearer laws to replace Sherman act controls and resisted claims of moral wrongdoing in price setting, while lawmakers pressed for views on government control and Knox as Attorney General choice.
Bartlett asks if there were no law against larceny, Carnegie replies many thefts would occur and compel a law against it. Bartlett counters that this reasoning explains the Sherman law.
In Roxbury Virginia a fox chase drew Bailey and Alexander from New Kent with a pack of fox hounds. The fox eluded for two hours, then a buck deer joined the chase. The deer fought with horn defense until Bailey knocked it senseless and the pack mauled the dying animal, flesh saved for return. Organizing deer hunts may follow as local woods teem with deer.
Castleton Stud of James R. Keene in Lexington will sell its sixty thoroughbreds this May as Major Foxhall A. Daingerfield retires from American breeding and racing. The stud includes stallions Kingston Ben Bruhs Vater Disguise Delhi Peter Pan Superman Hippodrome Ultimus Sweep Celt. Celt to Ellerslie Stud in Virginia. Also highlights Ellerslie sires Fatherless Eole Eon Burns St. Savior and other Virginia breeding influence plus Virginia and Maryland harness racing figures such as Richard Hentschell and FD Scott Quinten with noted trotters and show horses.
Boston reports mounting protests against clemency for Rev C V T Richeson condemned for the murder of Avis Linnell. Public letters urge execution while counsel fear clemency is slipping. District Attorney Peilletier has received many messages supporting the death sentence. only Moses Grant Edmands backs commutation and pledges funds.
In Salt Lake City Miss Jane Feltz says she will not interfere with clemency for Rev Mr Richeson and will not seek extreme punishment. Her sister Patsy Feltz, now retired with throat trouble and asthma, loaned Richeson money during his education. Patsy refuses to reveal her hiding place and denies engagement to Richeson, claiming the loan was a maternal aid. Richeson has paid back all but one note with interest.
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