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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
1
A fragment from the Chicago Record-Herald quotes a pretty widow asking how she and her husband discovered their affinities. The exchange implies unconventional marriage customs and a critical tone about propriety.
A London Daily Chronicle poem muses on nature and divinity, with the speaker denying harm to creatures yet questioning why God made him. Surreal imagery of bees, bulls, snails, gnats, and beasts frames a meditative plea about existence and the world as a mine and a miracle.
In Caesar Appell’s office the youngest brother Jakie declares he will become a stage fighter. The Appell clan doubts him but Jakie trains at Shiner’s Bowery Theatre, fights a bricklayer, and later defeats Mike O’Brien in a staged bout as Caesar ensures payment, warning him that family ties can be costly.
A discussion of obliterative coloration by Gerald H Thayer as described in The Concealing Coloration of Animals. Animals including whales, birds, and insects blend with backgrounds creating flat, ghostly appearances that erase their bodies against landscape scenes. The piece notes this camouflage as a true concealment principle beyond simple color matching.
Several million dollars’ worth of machinery for large modern sugar mills has lately been purchased in Formosa.
The article notes that the typical lifespan of an Icelander is just over sixty-one years, highlighting longevity in the population.
Reports from Buenos Ayres say Paraguayan ministers fled to the Argentine legation in Asuncion as revolutionists established a new government led by Emiliano Gonzales Naveiro who previously served as vice president. The cabinet blends Liberal and Colorado figures, promising peace, while fighting leaves damage and up to about 500 dead or wounded.
George F. Worrall, 45, of West Brandywine Township, died after two weeks with hydrophobia following a dog bite proven to have rabies over a year earlier. He fell ill while harvesting. several cattle also died from the disease, and physicians could not avert his suffering.
Joel Chandler Harris known as Uncle Remus was laid to rest in West View Cemetery Savannah after a Psalm service at his home and funeral at St Anthony's Chapel Father Jackson officiated. Six close friends served as pallbearers as a long procession of carriages followed the hearse despite a heavy thunderstorm.
The Iron and Steel Trades Journal reports English and Scottish producers will join a national amalgamation to oppose the International Trust. The new group will include major American German Russian and French firms, with fierce competition and a price slump anticipated due to the rival combines.
Three of sixteen occupants die after canoes capsize when striking a hawser across the Mystic River above Cradock Bridge in Medford Mass. The victims are Mrs John J Burns 25 and her son John J Jr 3, plus Miss Reta Cooper 8, all of Medford. The party aimed for Mystic Lakes for a picnic.
Lieutenant Berry returns to New Orleans with prisoners Bailey Myers and Oxley facing conspiracy charges over mail fraud. August Beltzner is murdered in Joliet. The battleship South Carolina will launch in Philadelphia. Eight of nine Chicago balloons land. Illinois remains aloft. Socialist Labor party nominates candidates. Sherman hailed in Utica after big welcome. Charles Sears dies under circumstances. coroner to investigate. Boston officials face grand jury for boiler works fraud. Betting not a crime per Justice Bischoff. Collins discharged. Receiver named for Thomasville sawmills. Bourne to become professional nurse. Sixteen battleships in San Francisco ready for voyage. Norfolk Southern officials ousted by receivers. Co defendant in divorce case to be prosecuted. Walter Bartnett sentenced to 10 years. Fishing tug R T Roy escapes Canadian capture. Mae C Wood indicted for perjury and forgery in Platt case. George Daniels dies at 65. Republic Iron and Steel mills idle on wage-gap expiration. Lehigh Valley derailment at Buffalo linked to dynamite. Murdered woman found on Michigan Avenue. Guiseppe Mosce family suffers from “lazy disease” at Mount Vernon. Joseph Liston released, flees department store seeking revenge.
Reports from parliament favor daylight saving proposing clocks advance 80 minutes on a set date. In Lisbon Dr Jose de Alpoin exposed regicide plot details in the Lords. Venezuela fines New York and Bermudez Asphalt Company 5.6 million to the government. Princess Victoria’s epileptic condition alarms the royal family. Persian troops withdraw after British protests near Teheran. Russian imperial family resumes Gulf of Finland cruise. Berlin trial for Prince Zu Rulenburg adjourned due to weakness. Russian steel trust talks resume in Paris with French Belgian tanker involvement. President Fallieres told Lafayette Memorial Association a statue will be shown in Paris. London authorities consider harsher action against suffragettes amid bombing threat. Zeppelin sets air endurance record over northern Switzerland. Lord Curzon unveils Hobbes medal at University College London Library.
London reports a House of Commons committee endorses daylight saving proposing clocks advance 60 minutes on a fixed date. It argues benefits include more daylight for business, improved health, reduced artificial lighting costs, and smoother trade with the United States and colonies.
Cincinnati special reports Murat Halstead longtime leader in American journalism died at his home at age seventy nine after a cerebral hemorrhage. His wife, Robert, and daughter were at beside him. He had recently suffered health declines and a prior family shock with his son Marshall’s death.
Victor Schmidt a well known Omaha musician and former German university student lives in a cellar paying $1.50 monthly. He holds nearly $8,000 in certificates of deposit, says he lives on $75 yearly and donates the rest to the poor while seeking $10,000 to endow a charity institution.
Five killed and at least 36 injured in a Missouri Pacific collision two miles east of Knobnoster Missouri when a California special from St Louis collided with a Kansas City bound St Louis special. Report details a train porter and other passengers among the injured.
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