11 Jun 1908
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
1
A mother longs for a small garden on a hill side to brighten the home with flowers. Roses, peonies, violets, and vines thrive as corn and oats sway beyond. The door-yard becomes a shrine of loyal hearts, fragrant incense, and fond memories of spring, sunset, and a child’s call, all captured by Margaret E. Sangeter in Good Literatura.
The article recalls young Thomas Jefferson leaving Shadwell for William and Mary in 1760, his social life in Williamsburg, and his romance with Rebecca Burwell. It recounts playful misadventures, a soaked watch paper, flirtatious letters to John Page, and plans for travel and continued courtship, framed in a nostalgic, lore-filled view of colonial Virginia.
The letter excerpt traces Thomas Jefferson's strategic courtship of Belinda with private promises and public caution. He weighs necessity, ward guardians, and consent, hoping for early clarity on Belinda's decision while planning a life in Williamsburg. He laments delays, then reports Belinda's engagement to Rebecca Ambler, ending the youthful dream before years pass.
Professor Billy Phelps of Yale, famed as a popular English literature mentor, observes a parade by the Second Company Governors Foot Guards from his class window. He quips that the sight embodies their discussion on logic, calling it “the undisturbed middle” in a moment of dry humor.
The Women’s Trade League plans a nationwide drive targeting 6,000,000 American wing women to join Jaber unions. The move signals a bold push to organize women workers across industries in a coordinated labor effort.
A writer on military subjects fired at the hero of the Dreyfus affair during a ceremony honoring Zola. The act protested soldiers attending an event to honor the author who had maligned the army.
Major Alfred Dreyfus was convicted in 1894 and publicly degraded in 1895. He was imprisoned on Isla du Diablo, with a new innocence effort beginning in 1897. Esterhazy was tried and acquitted. Zolas letter spurred a second trial in 1899, ending in a 1906 exoneration and return to service. A duel and other incidents followed, including honors and the Pantheon ceremony.
In Paris, Major Alfred Dreyfus narrowly survives an assassination attempt by Louis Antheline Gregoris, a La France Militaire editor. The Pantheon attack heightens tensions over Zola’s legacy and Royalist intrigues, with 230 arrests, fears of unrest, and calls for a revision of the case. Meanwhile at Labrador, Dr. Grenfell survives after a 40 hour ice pack ordeal, using dog skins as makeshift protection and signaling for rescue.
In Wilkes-Barre Pa special dispatch reports that telephone operators at the United Telephone Company exchange in Berwick walked out protesting loss of view as shades rolled up blocking the street below. Company actions were described as an unnecessary hardship, with negotiations to resume work underway.
Los Angeles reports a sensational claim by W. Averill who says he earned 10 million from an aunt in Massachusetts and will aid 20,000 or more people. He plans big city headquarters, possibly New York or Chicago, to help the needy including the temperate, convicts, and troubled youths. He warns against being deceived and vows to avoid spending the money himself.
A garbled column reports a death at a bedside and a celebrated physician, followed by reports of Moroccan royal confiscations and a Tokio paper claiming Kosaburo Fujinatsu as the oldest living person. It mentions Tolstoy in Moscow and a museum letter collection, all in fractured form.
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