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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
8
Classified notices urge readers to enroll in auto and barber schools in Richmond and nearby cities. Listings include National Auto Schools with multiple branches, Richmond Barber College, Richmond Automobile School, and hair work services. Wage ranges from $12 to $100 monthly with learning wages and guaranteed positions.
Our Home Office offers 600 Smith Premier typewriters at a heavily discounted price of 25 dollars each, matching the machines' regular value. All units are described as like new, with a one year guarantee. Also available are factory rebuilt models and a full supply line from American Writing Machine Company at 605 East Main Street, Richmond. Rentals offered by Remington Typewriter Company, 606 East Main Street, Richmond, with three month terms and rental credits toward purchase.
Two men about 30 robbed the Southern Pacific mail car on No. 11 the Shasta Limited between Drain and Yoncalla at 11 16 last night. They looted mail sacks and escaped at Yoncalla. Posses searched the area west of Yoncalla. no shots were fired. Both watches described as 5 7 with dark clothes and hats.
John McKinney rushed to the Flatbush Police Station reporting his office full of snakes. Patrolmen aided as real trained reptiles were found in a box from Grand Central Station later returned to Joseph Ferrari of Coney Island. The culprit is Lena Ostman who allegedly first saw the snakes.
Entries from sixteen states were received for the Virginia State Fair Association early closing purses. Sixteen to thirty-three nominations filled five events including pacing and trotting races with values from 600 to 32,000 dollars. States represented include Virginia and Delaware.
Beachfront Sayre cottage in Buckroe Beach Virginia offers all modern conveniences. References exchanged. Send for circular. Address R Sayre Buckroe Beach VA.
PORT AUTO CO. offers a selection of 19058 1909 and 1910 Ford runabounts and touring doors in trade for 1911 models. Prices range 250 to 3500 with thorough overhaul and guaranteed condition. Cars travel under their own power across Virginia and North Carolina. drivers available. Catalogue and full information on request. call for a demonstration.
Auto exchange promises one year guarantee on all purchases at 221 2223 West Broad Street Richmond Virginia. Costume items including wigs masks and facial hair available for sale or hire at Richmond Hair Emporium 221 Broad Street Richmond Virginia. Turner and Cornwell advertise feather beds two items mail order includes 36 pound feather bed and six pound pillows freight prepaid from Charlotte North Carolina.
Virginia breeders and well known owners and trainers nominate at Virginia State Fair early closing events. Notables include A B Coxe Paoli Pa Nanbeck Farm Del Coronado 2 09 1 4 I G Still Newark George W Stiles Rome A H Tyson Wilmington A McDonald Philadelphia E F Hall Washington H A Brehm Baltimore S Snicer Cardington oOo EB oinenan J S Porter Middlebury Vt and Southwest Training Association Tazewell Joseph Lasitter Samuel Walton J H Patterson M B Hickson John D Lewis Bull Bloxom Floyd Brothers Langhorne Putney Conebourne Brothers Edge Hill Stock Farm A A Slagle Nasmyth the promising four year old trotters Nasmyth by Jarldorf Serpent ine Mambrine Boy 2 26 remembers 2 12 2 14 2 17 etc Nasmyth bred by Anthony T Griffith Acca Stock Farm. UnCl e Davey and Sir Henry triumphs at Gentlemen's Driving Park near Baltimore driven by Eddie Haywood.
Special Rabbi David Davidson of Temple Agudath Jeshorim presided as Lewis Schwitzer and Justice Schiffman wed on Wednesday evening at the bride’s father Morris Schiff’s apartment 17 East Eighty seventh Street. Fire fighters and police burst in as a smoke alarm sounded and guests joined in the cake cutting amid the confusion.
Johnstone prepares a Moissant monoplane for a 45 mile test voyage from Hempstead Plains to Long Island City then across the East River to Manhattan. He aims to circle the Metropolitan Tower and sail to Central Park before returning to Hempstead.
A new eye salve in sealed tubes is claimed to prevent eye infections. The product is marketed as an aseptic tube formulation for general ocular use and to maintain sterility.
A reader questions spending full paint prices for mixtures that are half paint and half linseed oil and suggests paying the same amount for a proper product. The note implies concerns about value and quality.
For sale by B Williams and Company, all paint offered at Paint price and linseed oil at Linseed price, available separately for customers to combine themselves. Save a dollar or more by not buying on older lines.
Miss Lelia Ramsey a forty five year old Richmond woman vanished from her North Ninth Street boarding house after three days missing. Neighbors report terrorizing dreams and spirits at night. She formerly worked at Randolph Paper Box Factory and left February 17. Police and friends search city. a frightened note describes delirium and haunting visions.
A dynamite bombing in Chicago Illinois damaged a Commonwealth Edison conduit early today the third such blast in three weeks leaving power outages and police investigating the incident for possible links to a wider campaign.
A large Southside power outage caused residents to suffer the effects for several hours before the Sac aee was located. Reported damage tallies at 200, with minimal details on cause or repair status.
Special. Fire of incendiary origin destroyed three dwelling houses and five other small buildings early today causing damage in excess of $10,000.
The American Protective Tariff League urges protectionists to descend on Washington in a large body to defend the protective tariff system against the Canadian reciprocity agreement. The organizers opened their headquarters today to mobilize against the treaty and rally support for tariffs.
General Bixby of the United States Board of Engineers reports the Maine wreck is a tangled mass and will take about a month to fully expose the ship while rains raise water levels and coffer dam work may be reinforced.
Special report from Havana Cuba notes typhoid fever and malaria breaking out in all wards due to unsanitary conditions after a street laborers strike. An epidemic is feared as reports say yellow fever cases have arrived from Mexican ports via lax quarantine officials.
Special report says two victims aboard the Lusitania fleeced out of 2500 by card sharp operators. The men were George Hobard a Reno hotel keeper and a companion. The ship docked in New York today as authorities investigate the scam.
Governor Mann directs at least two companies from the Richmond Light Infantry Blues to join U S Army maneuvers at Manassas July 10 to 19. President Taft will visit with two U S cavalry escorts. Decisions on exact units and camp site, possibly Basic City, depend on conference with officers.
Mary Barton of Petersburg enters Richmond city hall and shoots a eye punch at Detective Sergeant Krengle on Ninth Street. She is detained at headquarters after demanding private interviews with officials. Police advise return to Petersburg on the first train.
A spinning mill in Brescia, Italy, was blown down by a hurricane today. Eight bodies were recovered from the debris and several people were reported missing.
Detectives search New York City for a black car driver after a speeding vehicle with a woman in the tonneau hurled 12 year old Charles Sommers to his death on Bedford Avenue Brooklyn near his home at 747. The car may have crossed the Williamsburg Bridge from Brooklyn to Manhattan.
Michael Collins of Loch Cave Virginia performed a daring rescue on the Potomac near Chain Bridge as Henry Vollmer of Washington DC suffered a fatal asthma attack while bass fishing. Collins grabbed Vollmer by the hair, scaled toward shore, but exhausted by the struggle could not save him before collapse.
An advertisement proclaims Old Dominion Academy as the ideal and cheapest best school in the East with a catalogue offered through Department B. The piece emphasizes affordability and quality for prospective students and families.
Vollmer, a forty five year old pie baker from Georgetown, died by asthma while fishing near his favorite spot after Collins and others pulled him from the water. The body was sent to the morgue and coroner Nevitt ruled death due to asthma, not drowning.
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