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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1908
Page
1
Dr. Riehl of Munich reports direct viewing of the stomach during life using a double tube passed through the esophagus with a small electric bulb on the inner tube. Water fills the stomach via a subsidiary outer-tube flow, enabling lighted observation of stomach movements for studying cancer and other internal diseases.
The York World notes Japan lacks figures comparable to Shakespeare or Milton yet has a highly respected literature in history, poetry, geography, art, science, and the novel. Education is widespread throughout the empire and the last thirty to forty years have seen immense growth in national literature.
A fragmentary OCR item presents a garbled exchange with phrases about learning in playing and an ascent in Chicago. The readable bits hint at a dialog or caption but lack coherent events, dates, or clear subjects to identify.
Chicago dispatch reports the 1908 Republican convention erupting in wild throngs for William Howard Taft after a drawn out session. The rallying crowd in the arena, banners high, roared Taft’s name while Lafollette and Roosevelt backers clashed in a chaotic foray.
At the Chicago Republican National Convention delegates roll called for president as taft supporters press ahead while a roaring gallery shouts for Roosevelt. Alabama casts 22 votes for Taft. subsequent states follow with Taft leads 511 to finish.
New York special item notes Andrew Carnegie will serve as a judge for the Chester Pugsley prize awarded by the Lake Mohonk Conference on international arbitration. The award seeks the best essay on international arbitration by an American college student. Judges include William J. Bryan Foster and Judge George G. Dent.
Washington The President named James A. Fowler of Knoxville Tennessee to serve as assistant attorney general replacing Edward T. Sanford who had been appointed United States judge for the Middle and Eastern Districts of Tennessee. William Hamilton Young, night manager of the Western Union Telegraph Company in Washington, is described in connection with the notice.
A premature blast at the Lackawanna railroad cut-off near Lehigh in the Pocono mountains killed five Italian laborers employed by Burke Bros. One foreman from Dunmore, using an iron rod to test the charge, triggered the explosion that killed him and four workers.
A Madison paper quotes vote tallies and party loyalty as Lodge announces Hughes Knox and Taft support. It defends government regulation of corporations, opposes socialism, lauds the President, and pledges law and order, equal rights, sound finance, and a strong navy as core GOP positions.
The convention backed Taft with a unanimous vote for Knox Boutell and Mame Henry of Georgia and Wisconsin for Lafollette. The motion carried amid ringing cheers and exultations over the new candidate before the convention adjourned for the day.
A Republican stance asserts defense of court authority and protection of life liberty and property, while calling for clearer federal injunction procedures by statute. It argues that no injunction or temporary restraining order should issue without notice unless delay causes irreparable injury, with a speedy hearing afterward.
The piece argues the Republican party rests its record on victory through facing new problems from capital power and private fortunes. It credits President led policy with unifying the people against government domination by money and financial interests.
Louisville and Nashville directors reduced the company's dividend rate from six to five percent. The 1907 coal production in the United States reached a record high with anthracite and bituminous output totaling 480,450,042 short tons, up 66,292,764 tons from 1906.
The resignation of L. A. Seelye, longtime president of the Northampton institution, was announced by the college. He has served as head for many years, with a committee citing his leadership and reforms during his tenure.
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