18 Jun 1908
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1908
Page
1
A verse from The Academy features a speaker recalling family remarks on eye color and hair with rural imagery. Sister notes green eyes, blue eyes, and pride in hair colors, while a mother laments aging and hardship. The lines mix affection with mock chastisement as verses shift among kin.
Hayano and Mine share a springtime hill moment as Mine longs for Tessan while Hayano wishes her happiness with his brave friend. Tessan returns from the Russians and Mine marries him, their village celebrating a joyous union. A year later Mine bears a son while Hayano grows distant, keeping his own feelings to himself.
Mine seeks solace on a spring night with Hayano as she confesses deep love. He reveals his vow of celibacy as a Buddhist priest and that Tessan has divorced her over a trivial quarrel, while Mine contemplates Urashima’s box and a fate that cannot be undone.
A compilation of brief quotes in multiple languages about fate, humility, poverty, value, and love. Notable lines include Turkish warning, Spanish criticism of fault, Latin self Submission, Italian poverty as art, and German shifts in fortune. Also quotes from American papers on love and ambition.
Copper sheathing covers ship bottoms to guard against wood-boring worms and decay. In tropical seas hulls are especially at risk as borers penetrate strong timber and can ruin a vessel in months. Copper shields iron ships by slowing oxidation and brittleness when exposed to sea air and water.
Richmond special reports Swift and Co. fined in police court for selling allegedly spoiled meat. Meat found in shops of York Harris and J H Diggs, purchased from Swift for 5 and 6 cents, with goats priced 14 to 10 cents. J C Healey defended, claiming meat sound when stocked. expert testimony noted decay patterns. Wade digs up gold chest after dream leads to discovery in Henrico County.
Lexington special report says A Moore McCormick was found guilty of second degree murder in the Easter Sunday killing of W I Well near Field Rockbridge County. Punishment fixed at 18 years in the penitentiary after a trial that lasted a week.
Fragmentary OCR indicates a Winchester marriage notice naming Thomas McKee and Margaret Whitacre in a buggy setting. The event references Ri ra chmucker of the Disciples and an incomplete description of the ceremony and participants.
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