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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
6
A Galveston jail account recalls Joe Johnson's early boxing days and his clashes with Jim Jeffries. The piece cites Leo Posner and a Brooks encounter, noting Johnson's tireless, gliding style and public fascination with the sport.
W P Pittman was sentenced in Bluefields Nicaragua after a court session tied to a conspiracy case against Madriz Government. The record notes a rapid arrest by a local force and mentions Rev JS Meul’s Church and Geo E Barron in connection with the proceedings.
The article notes Potter’s seven year project to illustrate a nursery rhyme story with 100 British bird specimens. It highlights the precise miniatures including cuckoo nightingale goldfinch hawk finch and bramblefinch, plus creatures like the owl bird and bull in miniature. It praises the ingenuity of arranging the fish with his wish the fly with his little eye and other figures as part of the display.
Congressman John Lamb returns to Richmond after seven months in Washington and plans to begin campaign activities soon. He faces Judge TY Ashley Wickham, who has worked six weeks and remains hopeful. Both candidates are expected to address voters, possibly at joint meetings, though none are set yet.
Judgment in Hastings Court enforces city tax on money lenders charging high interest for salary claims. Case tests constitutional discrimination claims. appeal path outlined toward U S Supreme Court. Names of brokers include Green & Company, Bradley & Company, Gullette, Lyon & Company, Industrial Bond and Banking, Pollard, Purvis & Company, Matthews, Richmond Loan and Gunnee, Tolman, Tidewater Trust, and Virginia Loan Company.
The Rocky Mountain Club bought 114 to 118 West Forty-fifth Street for a clubhouse from former Jude William N. Cohen but a survey error left a one inch strip in Leggett estate. Lawyers for the club sold the strip to the Leggett heirs as the land value rose, aiding financing for a new house.
In Newark New Jersey Dr Addison Poland ruled that guimples could be worn by primary school girls. At Lincoln School in Wallaburg District girls aged up to eleven wore low neck dresses prompting Miss Ann K E Sayre to send them home and demand guimples. Mrs Francis A Saunier carried the stance to Dr Poland who deemed the sleeveless style modest and humane and suggested no collar in hot weather. Mothers celebrate a notable victory as heats ease.
A farmer complains that his five boys did not answer when he called earlier but appeared at dinner. Each explains where he was two hours ago in a series of playful lies about sittin in various places. The farmer labels the situation as remarkable.
In Richmond Virginia Maxie Cohen ten and Sidney Cohen eight were drowned in the James River near Twelfth Street while their father Meyer Cohen watched unable to swim. Fifteen year old Earl Nicholas bravely rescued the unconscious father, with others helping to revive him. The bodies of the children remained missing as a large crowd gathered and police pursued further search efforts.
In Queens a woman named Bertha Kradgowski Rudnowski was found dead with throat cut beside a path from North Beach to Steinway. The body lay in grass as police questioned seven suspects including two youths from the Radgowski household and witnesses Antonia Donorosky and John Markowsky. A handkerchief with initials W M and a foreign forked knife were found near the body. The husband Alexander Rudnowski remains missing.
Mrs. Walter B. Saunders of Overbrook and Bryn Mawr and her niece Miss Katherine Livingstone Ball recount tense encounters with Collector Loeb's officials. They had a four week abroad trip including Carlsbad, London and Paris, returning on the Adriatic via New York. An inspector searched their trunks for dutiable merchandise.
Montclair New Jersey fireman James E. McGrall hooked a line and, while striking a match to light his pipe, was pulled into Greenwood Lake. He wrestled the line to stay afloat and recovered a seven pound pickerel. The fish was cooked for dinner at the Union Hotel after display at fire headquarters.
A stylized poem excerpt celebrating a train journey and tenacity. It speaks of a locomotive’s might, night travel, and the risks of the rails with a nod to endurance and fate as the journey extends toward dawn. The text credits Nancy Byrd Turner from Everybody's.
Veterans of Lee Camp resist the idea of surrendering their cherished Confederate portraits for a new Battle Abbey gallery. They cite sentimental ties and fear of fire, noting duplicates and insured copies exist, while supporters argue the canvases would be safer and better protected in the gallery.
In Ocilla and Irwin county a white desperado W H Bostwick faced two days of attacks while holed up in his western Irwin county home He killed Chief Davis Deputy Sheffield and James Gill and wounded Deputies Bass and Tucker before being shot by troops after his children left He had threatened to kill all who approached his position and refused surrender until death the scene several miles from Ocilla GA Special report
Special-Adjutant General Scott and Governor Brown agreed to move the Fitzgerald military company to Irwin county amid yesterday's fatal clash between a sheriffs posse and W. H. Bostwick. Two officers were killed and three wounded.
Washington The Senate delivered a second rebuke to Senator Heyburn over his objections to a two year extension of the Tucker Bowman act aiding Confederate veterans. The vote to reconsider failed except for Heyburn, while Senator Bradley secured unanimous adoption after delaying. Heyburn’s opposition contrasted with the memorial measure aiding veterans at the Obile Confederate reunion.
ESSEN Special reports a cave found at Bestwig Westphalia containing remains of several people and numerous relics dating to about 400 A D.
President Madriz proclaims his defiance of the United States and sends a note through the American consul in Managua to Secretary Knox. He argues that neutral governments may not impede belligerent operations and says U S marines cannot justify stopping his army near Bluefield. He also asserts no U S law violation by the Venus departing New Orleans.
The note asserts the voyage ended at a saen port after a port change in Nicaragua. It states the United States bears no duty for a ship’s final destination while reserving rights to conduct warlike actions including a blockade. It claims American naval intervention prevented Bluefields from falling and the revolution from being defeated.
Mortimer R. Proctor received Mount Pico, a 1 000 acre peak in the Green Mountains, as a birthday gift from his father ex-Governor Fletcher Proctor. The wooded tract houses a pond and hunting lodge once used by Senator Redfield Proctor. Proctor plans a future game preserve while sailing to Europe with a Yale classmate. Fletcher Proctor is tipped to succeed Carroll S. Page in the U S Senate.
Richmond mothers clubs opened several city playgrounds on June 16 at public schools. Hundreds of children enjoy swings seesaws slides and other amusements with games songs and storytelling. Monitors supervise, with Mrs Gemmell leading as federation president and visiting committee chair.
Representatives of Virginia Elks lodges meet in Lynchburg to oppose moving the National Home from Bedford County. The group votes a $250 appropriation for a committee led by Fred Harper of Lynchburg J R Draper of Pulaski and J R Weaver of Roanoke to travel to Detroit for the protest at the Grand Lodge session in July.
A severe Sunday electrical storm in Rocky Mount Virginia struck two large oaks in Congressman Saunders yard and sent lightning through an electric wire into his house. Mrs. Saunders extinguished the blaze. no injuries occurred though the home was at risk during the absence of the family by ten days.
The State Board of Education may go to court if it adopts a multiple list of high school texts instead of a single list. The three gubernatorial appointees back the single list, while Senate appointees may favor local boards deciding lists, risking a mandamus to compel the state board to choose. Book publishers anticipate the battle, hoping to maximize sales.
In Jersey City an examiner says Porter Charlton appears sane and rational in custody. Extradition fight looms as a key witness, potentially Italian villa details, heads to New York to testify. Court arraignment is set for tomorrow before Judge Blair.
Italy will formally request Porter Chariton's extradition under Italian American conventions. The foreign office decided to follow the pact and deliver Chariton to Italy, leaving the United States to decide on acceptance.
Daniel McGowan, Chesterfield farmer, survived a wagon accident after a wheel mashed his liver into three pieces. Surgeons Johnston and Willis reassembled the organ, he recovered over five weeks at Johnston Willis Sanatorium near Winterpock, Virginia, and plans to return home soon. He credits kindness of locals, says he will be as good as new, and recalls the bicycle rider as the cause of the smash.
Ernest Campbell twenty two died after lying semi conscious since June 7 the night of the Negleys Run bout. Investigations name Lewis Sands and Ralph Hawley as participants and under arrest. Authorities report the boxing incident led to the fatal outcome in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
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