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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1910
Page
8
Cure for ill fitting teeth offered by The Platene Co of Richmond Virginia. Advertisement promises remedy for trouble and worry with a dollar price.
A young woman shot herself and her presumed husband killed himself Wednesday in a West Side rooming house. The note in his possession said he tried to reform her. Dated remarks and sermon notes from Dr. McDaniel accompany the report.
The Norfolk Landmark notes that most of Virginia’s State Board of Education may give district boards power to choose single or multiple book lists. The paper urges preserving a single statewide list for all districts to avoid buying new books when students move, arguing economy and consistency trump flexibility.
The piece argues for a single statewide textbook list to curb publisher influence and lower costs, warning that a mixed list could invite lobbying by booksellers and undermine public will. It notes Roosevelt may meet Taft to shape Republican strategy amid looming elections and party unity concerns.
In Annapolis Maryland Mrs. Joseph Mee Bowyer and two midshipmen Sherman N. Nason and Grigaby E. Thomas were found dead in shallow water near Chink Point, close to the sailboat they left behind. It is believed cramps struck the trio after the woman began to drown, with bodies recovered after an all night harbor search by locals and government craft.
In shallow water near a sand bar the boat drifted and a young widow’s outer coat was recovered. Observers believe Mrs Bowyer left the boat into deeper water and, when others went to rescue her, all occupants perished.
A historical note corrects Benton’s account of the 1826 Clay Randolph duel on the Virginia side of the Potomac opposite Washington. It clarifies Benton’s role, the actual exchange of shots, and Randolph’s gesture of offering a handshake after the first volley, while recounting related Missouri and Adams era context and the 1825 presidential bargain controversy.
Bary Eleanor Roberts signs the poem about refusing a demanding muse or mistress. The speaker asserts independence and freedom from control, contrasting heartache with the costly service demanded and claiming personal destiny is secured by a protective sign.
A Chicago and Northwestern special bound for Reno carries about 400 men including Nat C. Goodwin George Considine and Phil Hymes among others. The rail trip features fourteen stud poker layouts fourteen roulette wheels and heavy gambling money including $100 000 in wagering funds. Accoutrements and dealers are aboard and will be arranged in the observation and Pullman compartments as the train leaves Omaha for Ogden.
Theodore Roosevelt recounts a close encounter with a sleeping giraffe in Africa from African Game Trails. He and companions approach within twenty feet as the animal watches them, then retreat after stoning and poking it with sticks. The giraffe remains calm and unalarmingly cooperative.
Bayard Smith, an electrician of 69 Ryerson Street Brooklyn, hid in a vestibule and fired at his wife as she returned from a department store. Two bullets struck her. she was taken to Bushwick Hospital with poor prospects. Smith wounded himself twice but only scalp injuries. Police captured him near the scene. his wife is the daughter of Lieutenant Babcock. A young daughter Sadie lived with her mother.
Thousands of Long Island commuters will gain a direct link to the Belmont tunnel via a new station at Winfield near Hunters Point Avenue, connecting the Long Island Railroad with Manhattan subway traffic. Trains are soon to run through Pennsylvania tunnels under the East River to a Manhattan terminal, with equipment ready and opening delayed by the awaiting passenger cars.
Rudolph J. Faas racing in the Glidden tour learns he inherits 1.5 million dollars from Rudolph A. Faas of Würtemberg Germany. Faas says he has only twenty dollars in his pocket and jokes about the ironies of sudden wealth. The grandfather was once chief forester to the German emperor.
A fragment from J. M. Van Deusen in Smart Set recalls a lyric about love and longing and hearing a lyre sing of lifelong desire. The verse references singing, addiction to love, and a maritime image with Mar.
Market reports from the Richmond produce market detail weekly corrections by the Wallerstein Produce Company focusing on poultry and related produce. The notice emphasizes ongoing updates and market timing for traders and vendors.
Millian Wright and William Coley wed at the Wesker residence as did Miss Marietta Wooley and Samuel Wright. The bridesmaids and best men included relatives of the first couple, linking the two marriages through family ties and a shared celebration.
In front of 300 onlookers Policeman Edward Crosby plunged fifteen feet in his uniform to save Sydney Baum, a nine year old from East 113th Street, who fell into the Harlem mere. Despite rescue efforts and hospital treatment the boy died at Presbyterian Hospital at 8 15 PM. Crosby, overheated, returned to duty after drying off.
A reader sent a Christian Herald account describing a mother who resists her eldest son's marriage to keep him from forming an independent life. The five self-supporting siblings live in comfort, yet the mother fights the union, claiming pure motives while restricting freedom.
Richmond grain market reports wholesale quotations on changes in prices and demand. The brief item lists current bid and ask levels across several grain categories as traders monitor supply shifts and market volatility.
In Trenton New Jersey Special the Rev Charles H Elder of Trinity M Church married nine couples in seven hours on Wednesday He rushed by auto to Merceraville to wed Annie Jones and George Young at 3 pm then traveled back to Trenton to wed more couples The record pace had him back and forth with couples entering and leaving the house colliding as he hurried through the long day His busy schedule left little time to rest or plan the ceremonies
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