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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1910
Page
3
Claims solicited from all parts of the United States. No collections, no see. Liberal terms. Depositions taken. We have the best attorneys to represent us. Patents secured. Our motto Push, Pluck, Perseverence and prompt returns. Reference furnished. 1112 E. Main St., Richmond, Va. Room 13.
A man described as about thirty, Willie Johnston from Pittsburg, collapsed near Eighth and Cary streets around 11 20 PM Thursday, then died shortly after while an ambulance was summoned and a physician was called. The report notes the man appeared weak and staggered to the curb before collapsing.
A second sudden death in Richmond occurred Thursday morning when Robert Moss, a Hanover county sawmill owner, collapsed lifting a box near Thirteenth and Main Street. Coroner Taylor cited heart disease. Moss, age about thirty four, leaves a wife and two children. He recently moved from Goochland and has Spotsylvania relatives.
Market report from Richmond lists weekly prices for poultry meats, hides, flaxseed, beeswax, walnuts, chickens, turkeys, fruits and vegetables. Entries include apples, blackeye peas, cabbage, onions, clover, orchard grass, buckwheat, dried fruits, roots, peanuts, and a Petersburg peanuts market note with price per bushel or per pound and stock descriptions.
The Virginia State Veterinary Medical Association met at Murphy's Hotel in Richmond for its seventeenth annual convention led by President Neff. Officers and examining board were reelected, with Dr. H Bannister and Dr. Ferneyhough prominent. Dr. McCullough delivered an ophthalmia talk and Dr. Levy spoke on milk inspection results in Richmond. The agenda included tuberculosis control discussions, tuberculin testing guidance, and proposed cattle shipment certificates, with an afternoon session slated to cover veterinary topics and public health implications.
Notes and securities valued at 40008 dollars belonging to the Bank of Ellaville, owned by the Bank of Southwestern Georgia in Americus, were found Thursday early concealed in the boxing area near the court.
About a year and a half after Cashier Walters shot himself the bank papers were found by two citizens who stumbled upon them this afternoon. The Americus Bank still offers a $500 reward.
A Collier's quotation attributed to N. D. Bismarck urges steadfast virtue and hopeful living. It celebrates patience kindness purpose and upright conduct as guiding traits for man and womanhood.
Delegate Alden Bell of Culpeper pushes a bill to spend 15000 for a Patrick Henry statue at the old St Johns Church site. A governor appointed committee would select design and inscription with vestry consent and civic support noted.
Delegate Robinson Moncure proposes in the House a bill requiring railroad companies using the Union Station near Alexandria to provide free passenger and baggage transport between the station and the city, plus a ticket office and baggage room in Alexandria. The current Union Station is about a mile from downtown and outside the city limits.
Senator Culberson collected opinions from forty four Confederate generals on the greatest Southern commander of the Civil War. The majority placed Robert E. Lee first with Stonewall Jackson and Johnston also highly regarded. Replies from Buckner Stewart Butler French Lomax and others frame Lee as preeminent in many views.
A stream of officers across the South and border regions praised Robert E. Lee as the premier Confederate commander. Generals Cosby Cox de Lagnel Duke Evans Hoke Hunton Johnston Lowry Moore Nicholls Vryor and others declare Lee superior to Jackson Stuart Forrest and Johnston, with some placing Jackson close behind and others noting Lee's strategic genius and lasting historical stature.
In Richmond Virginia the Senate expanded the Finance Committee from thirteen to fourteen members. Senator King moved to add A T Lincoln of Smyth as the new member and the motion passed. Holt urged adjournment to Tuesday noon, while Parsons and Halsey received three day leaves of absence. The session adjourned at 12 17 Monday noon.
Martin Anderson, a Brooklyn tailor, was killed on a railroad trestle between Nerall Garden and Covesville in Charlottesville, Virginia. The report notes a Swede and another man involved and describes Anderson waiting for the oncoming train and then turning back toward death after realizing he could reach the other side.
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