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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
1
Miss Carl, the American artist once long resident at Pekin's imperial court, describes a spring opening ceremony. The dowager empress and empresses taste radish and lettuce as officials and palace residents voice wishes for imperial happiness, national prosperity, and a fruitful season for China.
Alfred Beit a South African diamond magnate and associate of Cecil Rhodes and Jameson died in his London bachelor apartments aged 53. Once among the world’s wealthiest men his health had declined after a 1903 stroke in Johannesburg, and he had since lived in London.
Alfred Beit born 1853 in Hamburg rose from a poor start in 1875 to dominate South Africa’s diamond and mining empire. He became life governor of De Beers, partner in Wernher Beit & Co, and director of Rand Mines and Rhodesia Railways, famed as the Monte Cristo of South Africa and potentially the world’s first billionaire by 1903. He avoided jewelry, lived at 26 Park Lane, London, and shunned notoriety while shaping royalty of capital.
A powder plant explosion at the Atlantic Dynamite Company near Ashland Wisconsin killed three workers and injured twenty others. The neutralizing plant was destroyed and twenty five buildings in the group were affected. The blast occurred as men entered for their shift and caused a black smoke cloud that hid victims. Superintendent Pierce Wallace and Woodisil were among the first to enter.
Washington special Washington D C officials announce that Secretary Metcalf has appointed as special agents under the act to investigate markets for cotton products. The appointees include W A Graham Clark and William Whiteam Jr Mr Clark is the son of Chief Justice Clark of North Carolina.
Consul General reports Brazilian diamond firms targeted by Americans. A Newark tragedy claims Samuel Meanley and his children after a Manhattan line crash. Michigan merchant Engel marries his hotel servant Leg ridg Johnson. Pasarella family poisoned by toadstools, two sons die. Vera Schermerhorn’s clandestine marriage to Robert Randolph noted. Chester Gillette faces murder charges in Grace Brown case. Three foreigners burn to death saving valuables in Allentown fire. Locust predictions for crops. A New York gambler dies from heat during a skat game. Pettus wife dies in Selma. A Kan
Report of a possible foreign loan is denied note that funds will be sought only at home for relief of distressed people. Countess Marie Von Goluchowski, mother of the Austro Hungarian foreign minister, has died at Skalat.
President Zelaya says Nicaragua will remain neutral while General Toledo seeks aid from the United States. In Central America, Salvadoran forces clash with Guatemala at Platanar, reported gains for El Salvador. Guatemalans suffer about 2,000 casualties and prisoners. Honduras allies with Salvador.
The article recounts the execution of Tom Jones and Charles Woodruff in Independence for Wiley Jones's murder, including the scaffold details and statements. It also covers a drowning of Miss Rose Satterfield and Mr. John Gordon Jr. on the James River near Richmond, a fatal yard drowning of young William Insley, a town official’s award, a Richmond con fidence sting, a 30 day jail sentence for Lula Wade, a barn fire in Clarke County, and a Petersburg court action and a fatal shooting near Rural Retreat.
Mexico City reports Honduras has sent troops into Guatemala boosting the revolutionists. General Toledo awaits Nicaragua aid. Alfredo Quinones, a Mexican citizen, was executed in Guatemala for criticizing the government. Emilio de Leon remains at the Mexican Legation under protection, while Mexico maintains neutrality and monitors the southern border. General Barillas remains in Guatemala City.
Washington dispatches report Guatemala and San Salvador accepting U S good offices to mediate a peace conference aimed at ceasing hostilities and achieving settlement. Arbitration may be discussed later with no territorial disputes, while a recent battle near Platanar reportedly saw Salvadoran forces defeat Guatemala. Acting Secretary Bacon transmitted the Central American updates to the President.
Ministers Combs in Guatemala City and Merry in San Salvador have approached Presidents Cabrera and Escalon to reestablish peace. Cabrera says he will negotiate if the U S guarantees an end to hostilities. Assistant Secretary Bacon instructed renewed efforts to secure a permanent peace.
Special report from Allentown describes Elizabeth Wolfe, 53, found dead on her parlor floor after a night of celebration. Police say she attacked her husband with a chair during the party and he allegedly struck her, throwing her against a stove. Guests continued to mingle until officers halted the disturbance.
Teddy Roosevelt a brindle bulldog mascot of the Bachelors' Club in Woodmont was killed by an auto. The funeral procession included boats with the club as chief mourners and Henry Phillips, club president, delivering the eulogy. The organization pledged to seek justice through a suit against the driver.
The piece reports on diverse labor topics from New York to Kansas City. It notes a daily paper called Majority for Laborites, formation of a Yiddish cooks union in the East Side, AFL efforts to organize express messengers, and issues with workers wearing non union labels. It mentions the Minnesota eight hour law, Sherman Texas stonecutters seeking a charter, Chicago bricklayers forming a separate union, and Oskaloosa Iowa bricklayers quitting for factory girl disputes. It cites Sky Pilots union efforts in Chicago, a push by balloonists to threaten wages, Lorain Ohio’s National Tube Company doubling blast furnace capacity, Roosevelt naming Charles Earle as solicitor for Commerce and Labor, and Kansas City carpenters adopting new wage scales for foremen and journeymen.
The Midvale Steel Company of Philadelphia was the lowest bidder for the article required for the new battleships Michigan and South Carolina. Bids were opened at the Navy Department in Washington.
In the British House of Lords Lord Roberts reiterates his call for an efficient army reserve, outlining arguments to strengthen imperial defense and ensure quick mobilization for potential conflicts. He cites strategic needs, training standards, and administrative efficiency as key factors.
The report lists social happenings and notable figures including Paul and Esquimaaux references, William Weldorf Astor Jr and bride in New York, a dinner at the Elysee Palace for Mr and Mrs Longworth, Dixie maids visiting Ellis Island, Crown Princess Frederick William delivering a son, the Union Spenders League formed in New Jersey, patrons of Mrs Robert Osborn, the shirt waist garment’s origin, unmarried granddaughters of Queen Victoria, and the first American women’s chess congress in New York won by Mrs Charles P Frey with runners up Mrs Frank W Lynn and Mrs M Wilkinson-Robertshaw.
The French Chamber of Deputies approved a bill establishing a compulsory weekly day of rest aiming to end Sunday labor. The measure has cleared the chamber and now proceeds to the President for approval.
Fragmentary text shows a family named Mrs Thomas and two boys linked to a lightning event. Readable parts are sparse and do not provide a clear, complete report or outcome suitable for a full notice.
Instructions describe preparing land for strawberries by breaking sod, planting potatoes for one year, then transitioning to strawberries. Mentions planting in long rows, 50 feet apart, with horné cultivation, rows four and a half feet apart, removing tops but not crowns, maintaining clean cultivation. Runners begin to run toward pupae direction with me.
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