08 Jul 1909
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1909
Page
1
Kansas City Journal notes a line about a stage lawyer who did not carry papers in his hat. The remark suggests playwrights model characters on real professionals and push realism in contemporary drama.
A Philadelphia Press item humorously notes a fortune teller warning of an approaching foe while a man celebrates his new motor car ready to frustrate the rival. The exchange reads as a light witticism on fate and machines.
A Chicago grand jury indicts Dr Haldane Cleminson for murder based on stomach analysis linking death to chloroform. Federal actions include anti trust charges against American Sugar Refining and eight directors. Tennessee declares statewide prohibition. Multiple notable incidents involve graft, threats, fires, and arrests across the nation, with public figures such as Mayors, professors, and industrial leaders noted.
President Gomez issues a decree enforcing Governor Magoon's 1908 09 budget of 24 285 000 dollars with a 310 000 000 deficit. other items note stock market and international events from Stockholm to Messina and political tensions across Europe.
Professor George Herbert Palmer of Harvard argues that flirting is beneficial for social life. He urges Radcliffe and Harvard students to mix a little frivolity with study, asserting that some social activity helps balance overlong books. He cites a Radcliffe graduate who studied hard yet missed social life. He notes timing and company matter and says a touch of flirting can be a healthy vacation from study.
In Boston Radcliffe College, Dean Coles halted a young couple from talking with a student after the reporter questioned Radcliffe’s view on Professor Palmer’s flirting advice. The dean refused to discuss Palmer’s counsel, insisting communication with students is prohibited on campus.
Miss Elizabeth Monk seventeen a bell telephone exchange employee in Philadelphia drank carbolic acid after being insulted by a man on the wire and reprimanded by the chief operator who misread the exchange. She left a note saying she could not face her colleagues and would kill herself rather than bear stigma. She died at Methodist Episcopal Hospital an hour after arrival.
A compilation of wry observations on life work love and vanity from Pointed Paragraphs in the Chicago News. Noted quips touch on bankers forgers musicians and social pretensions with sly humor and cautionary edge.
The article notes the difficulty in learning about the Naskapi Indians of Labrador. American Museum of Natural History explorer Alanson Skinner failed to contact them last summer, finding Labrador coast routes impassable. Starving winters drive them to Nitchequon, fifty-five days by canoe from Rupert's House, while they remain inland, bounded by Eskimo to the east and north, Northern Cree to the west, and Montagnais to the south.
A testimonial promotes Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for rheumatism and offers free advice by mail. The flyer claims soothing nervous system effects ease pain and restore sleep, recounting a patient who improved from inflammatory rheumatism after using Nervine and notes drugstores stock it with a return policy for the first bottle.
Brooklyn judge Dike sentenced Frederick Lehefelid, a former Brooklyn Rapid Transit conductor, to not less than two and a half years or more than five years in Sing Sing for pilfering from the company. He kept a notebook recording daily profits from stolen coin, showing amounts from about 0.60 to 11.60 dollars.
State Health Department inspectors conduct the annual tour of New York summer resorts to check sanitary conditions. They focus on garbage disposal cesspools water supply and ventilation and compel improvements when laws are violated. Inspections cover resorts across the state.
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