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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1911
Page
7
Nell and Beth clash over shopping and marriage in a tale by Martha Cobb Sanford. Nell confesses her engagement while Beth plans a furniture sale stopover. A Morris chair sale provokes a tense moment as Gilbert Taylor watches.
Beth resists yet succumbs to a plan with Gilbert Taylor to settle a domestic dispute. Nell joins with witty lines as Beth contemplates career and independence, while a leather cushioned morris chair becomes a symbol of status and affection.
Firefight on J. J. White logging train leaves twenty one wounded in St Helene parish Louisiana near the state line. Posses and bloodhounds rushed to the scene with reports of a possible further clash. The Washington Herald notes a political quip about an alderman chasing investigations.
In Wheeling West Virginia court Mrs Laura Farnsworth Schenk faces trial for poisoning her husband porker millionaire John Schenk. The nurse Alma J Evans called the woman of mystery testified about his illness and Schenk's alleged actions. The judge ordered a hurried pace as jurors pass time in court with penny ante games.
Richmond special describes the government case against Phil G. Kelly Incorporated for tax law violations as a vast flow of whiskey shipments from the Richmond distillery to the South between 1909 and 1910. The defense objected to express company receipts but the prosecution aimed to prove the large scale of illegal shipments and unpaid taxes.
John McKay Williams of Bedford City Virginia recounts two months of back pain weakness and rapid weight loss before using Doan's Kidney Pills. He credits the product with a full recovery and notes no recurrence to date. The ad urges buying Doan's at 50 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
Sam Keesler and McGinn, locked inside a steel vault beneath the Central National Bank building at Seventh and Olive Streets, spent about three hours in darkness after a misset time lock trapped them. Keesler kept lighting matches as McGinn tried to open the door manually. At 11:45 p.m. the bolt slipped and both men escaped unharmed.
The Rhode Island political scene faced a pivotal moment as Republican lawmakers caucused to select a successor to Senator Nelson W. Aldrich. Indications favored Colonel Henry F. Lippitt, an Aldrich protege, against independent Republican Judge Lebaron B. Ames. The vote total stood at about twenty four to four, signaling only a narrow margin in the contest.
A Connellsville McCrory store at Pittsburg and Aple Streets collapsed in a morning blaze leaving at least three clerks missing and more than a dozen customers unaccounted for. By noon the fire was under control with damage around 100000 dollars as six buildings burned. Injured workers were treated at State Hospital and several others were in nearby buildings.
News from Chatham, Virginia, reports a disastrous fire with estimated property loss around $20,000. Details are scarce at this hour.
Commonwealth's Attorney G Brent plans action regarding the Virginia Safe Deposit and Trust Corporation after consultations in Richmond with Attorney General Williams State Auditor K Donahoe and others. Brent says he will decide and act in the next few days but declines to reveal details for publication.
Richmond report from State Health Commissioner Williams outlines the year's work across bureaus, urging continued support for public health as key to industrial growth. It highlights rural sanitation gains, typhoid and hookworm efforts, and praises newspapers for aiding health campaigns.
Richmonders on Alexander Demidoff mailing lists receive letters and fake English newspaper clippings claiming the imprisoned Russian banker faces plunder. In Portsmouth, Samuel Lasting and Captain J W Beaton ignore the correspondence as a flimflam. Marble dealer Archibald Ogg also declines to react, deeming the motive a curiosity.
President Taft deflected questions on the American Canadian reciprocity negotiations with a brief reply. He said the State Department is working hammer and tongs but added the lid is on and he has hopes, avoiding specifics for newspaper readers.
A domestic guide lists a milk butter yeast bread method then describes slicing a cake into rounds and assembling with butter, plus crafting tips for antimacassars and lace trims. It notes fashion items like fringed twine and beaded cuffs and emphasizes cozy, homey style.
Cream one half cup butter with one cup sugar until light. Beat two egg yolks, then alternate one third cup milk and two cups sifted flour. Add vanilla salt and cocoanut, fold in beaten whites and baking powder. Drop by spoonfuls on pans, bake until set. Adjust flour as needed, cool and store in stone jar.
Select a medium sized solid head of cabbage and prepare it by removing outer leaves and core then shredding. Boil in salted water for half an hour, drain, then cover with three pints of mutton broth and season with salt and pepper. Simmer twenty minutes, finish with a teaspoon of butter and two lumps of sugar.
Instructions describe boiling eggs until hard, removing shells, then placing them in a jar with hot vinegar infused with ginger white pepper and other flavorings. The method implies a quick pickling approach to flavor the eggs.
An item on fencicraft describing knotting heavy twine into wearable and ornamental forms. It notes few makers today, but many still own grandmother or great aunt Eliza pieces and offers modern reuse ideas for handbags and shopping bags using embroidered macrame and plush or satin coverings.
One pound of flour and sugar, quarter pound lard, glasses of sweet milk, half bloom raisins, quarter pound candied orange, quarter nutmeg, grated ginger, one man soda. Mix slowly for two hours.
Recipe fragment describes cheese straws with pepper and grated cheese, rolled and baked. Also mentions Brussels sprouts with yellowing leaves, soaking in cold salted water, boiling for twenty minutes, then draining, stewing, and seasoning with salt and pepper.
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