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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1909
Page
1
The Ngamakoe volcano in New Zealand erupts starting March 9 with loud reports at 3 AM and a full eruption by 8 AM. Lava flows down the mountain, smoke rises to about 200 feet, and Ruapehu is obscured. Ash and smoke blanket miles of countryside as new fissures appear at Rua pehu.
Lionel Percival McIndoe, 22, son of Mrs. Philah A. Moise and the late Charles L. McIndoe, was killed May 22 in the Philippines while serving in the United States Army. He died in his first engagement with Mindanao natives, in the Eighteenth Infantry. A letter from him reached his mother last week and a War Department telegram confirmed the death. The body will be returned to Richmond after about six months. He had a commendable service record and was praised for bravery. He leaves three sisters, a brother, and a half sister as survivors.
Virginia deaths note Bolivar Ward a Mexican and Civil War veteran who worked as a civil engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He served in the Little Fork Rangers and the Black Horse Cavalry. his remains were buried at Baldwins Ridge Church by Black Horse Cavalry comrades.
Retired public schools superintendent John K. Fussell of Henrico County died at home after two years of ill health and a recent paralysis. He served in Company G, Fifteenth Virginia Regiment, Pickett's division during the war. He leaves a widow, three daughters and two sons.
Richmond obituary notes John R Redford a Confederate soldier who died at his daughter Julia Tyler’s home on West Avenue. He served in Crenahaw's Battery within Pegram's Battalion Army of Northern Virginia and belonged to R E Lee Camp Confederate Veterans. Survived by brother Nathaniel Redford two daughters F V Baldwin and Julia Tyler and son W L Redford. wife Mary Eliza Poe predeceased him by 13 years.
Smallpox of a virulent type exists in some counties of the tidewater section. The disease shows an unusually high mortality. If conditions do not improve, local boards will issue orders for compulsory vaccination with strong support from the State Board of Health. Drastic measures may be used to check and wipe out the disease.
Announcement states Senator Stephen B. Elkins and John R. McLean of Washington who bought the Bluemont branch of the Southern Railway will electrify the road and extend the line westward to Winchester. Surveys are finished and right of way secured through Frederick and Clarke Counties to Bluemont. Power will be supplied from the Winchester and Washington Power Company.
Baltimore and Massachusetts creditors petitioned involuntary bankruptcy against Augustus Kahn a Church Street shoe merchant seeking to subject his stock to his older brother Samuel Kahns bankrupt estate on grounds of fraud and preference toward other creditors. The Baltimore creditors are C J Peed Shoe Company and Cohen Adler Shoe Company.
After a ten week stay at Hot Springs Virginia Mr and Mrs John D Rockefeller and party departed for New York in their private car Mrs Rockefeller has fully recovered from her recent illness The family plans to proceed directly to Pocantico Hill New York their summer residence on the east shore of the Hudson River
Red Lodge Montana will host a labor temple within months while Onedia New York mandates union labels on municipal printing. Canadian civil servants form a civil service federation and Kansas lawmakers pass eleven union backed laws. Arkansas reports semi monthly pay, Missouri fights prison labor, and Vallejo gas workers win hours and wages. Boston’s John E Nolan wins a twentieth term as head of engineers. Cigar makers back blue label Alaska Yukon expo ads. Northumberland England orders wages at eight percent eight and three quarter. "Is he a young man of brains" remark ends with playful judge aside.
John W. Fuller a 29 year old asphalt contractor died by swallowing carbolic acid at his brother’s Roanoke home in the presence of relatives. A day earlier a warrant by James Castro charging Fuller with enticing Castro’s 12 year old daughter led to his arrest and release on $500 bail. He told friends he planned to end his troubles and asked to be buried with his fiancée who had died two months before.
The Norfolk Navy Yard may discharge 1,500 men by June 15 as battleships Virginia Louis II and Minnesota depart, leaving reduced work. Current employment stands at about 3,100, the highest level ever, but awaits the impact of the looming layoff.
Newport News reports the Southern Steamship Company has awarded the yard contracts to build four freight and passenger steam ships at about $750,000 each. The yard has secured 10 big contracts in recent weeks.
Temperance supporters in Bristol organized for the local option contest ahead of the July 8 election electing Dr. John T. Henderson of Virginia Institute as manager and Riley Stone as secretary. A ward committee was named.
Tom Bannon will not be with Brockton this year Harvard wagers 10 to 8 they beat Cornell on water Harvard loses two point winners by graduation Dick Harwood and Captain Rand Harvard Syracuse Columbia and N U will row the Navy next season The French team defeated Americans in rifle and revolver by cable R Maxwell won British amateur golf championship 1 up Since 1870 Harvard and Princeton have played 84 baseball games each 42 wins Boston experts say Cornells junior eight is dangerous The days of 430 mile runners are past Harvard intercollegiate games well conducted by Manager Joseph D Leland and Assistant Manager Leon Little J W Anthony Penns new half mile swim record 13 19 old 13 59 45 Nat Niles may win Harvard tennis title next year Brennan Olympic team member last year jumped 6 ft ½ in high 23 ft broad dorowa pods leaves mix with crushed stone as cement
John Jones failed to recover 460000 from George Gould and associates over Little Kanawha Railroad and West Virginia coal lands. Other items include Darragh sentenced for a fatal New York crash, Thaw stay in asylum upheld, Patrick denied freedom appeal, and various court and public notices from across the nation.
The dispatch covers Isabel Garwood’s marriage attempt blocked by the State Department, Turkish village violence fears, a deadly duel between Bagration and Eristoff, and the Finnish Diet’s impact on Russia Finland ties. It notes major Mexican forest fires, Willebroeck Canal collapse, Korea Japan border talks, honors for Wilson and Pinchot, and a Congo reform pact with the US. It also mentions Portuguese earthquakes, Berlin death of Theodore Barth, and US Steel shares listing in Paris.
A prescriptive plan outlines yearly saving targets to reach $10,000 in ten years. It argues for starting with $1,000 in year one, then gradually reducing yearly savings as interest compounds, explaining how smaller annual saves build substantial wealth and later passive income. It also offers a variant for a $15 weekly earner, showing decades of disciplined saving can yield about $5,096, with trailing notes on long-term earnings.
The column notes a bell at Notre Dame linked to Joan of Arc's era. The bell, called Emmanuel Louise Therese after a 1686 refounding and Louis XIV, Marie Therese, may share the same metal as the legendary tocsin heard in 1429. The London Globe remarks its survival through the Revolution amid other bells.
Wichita makes another export bid by shipping a dozen jack rabbits to Denmark, reported by the Xporsas City Journal.
A testimonial style ad promotes Dr Miles Heart Cure as a nerve and heart tonic to relieve short breath chest pain palpitations and fluttering. Included is a customer claim from Mrs D Barron Covington Kentucky and an offer to return the first bottle if no benefit, with Miles Medical Co. listed.
A brief Chicago cartoon caption shows Mr Knox debating a professor of physiology. The assistant answers with a witty line about a faculty a man could dispense, while the professor quips about the college faculty in a concise exchange.
A brief, quirky note from Louisville recounts a sleepy cat amid hat fashion chatter. The line humorously contrasts a worn hat with a cat’s unexpected nap as observers joke about wardrobe and pet antics.
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