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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1907
Page
1
Remark on Grafton's depth at banquet stirs chuckles
A Chicago Record-Herald quip mocks Grafton, noting his banquet drinking, suggesting his depth equaled that of an ordinary cistern. The barbed remark targets his perceived seriousness and humorously diminishes his stature.
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Grafton
Chicago Record-Herald
Webster Jokes Helped Guest After Gilded Chair Fall
At a Western lawyers reception soon after Tyler's accession and Harrison's cabinet dissolution, Mr Leonard, a bashful guest escorted by Mr Stanberry, toppled a gilt chair. Daniel Webster rushed to help, quipping that no cabinet work would hold here.
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Mr. Webster
President Tyler
Harrison
Stanberry
MM Leonard
Leonard
Mr. Leonard
Charles Curtis Life Summary Through Years and Roles
Charles Curtis born in Topeka Kansas, January 25 1860, son of an army officer and a quarter blood Indian mother. Orphan by eight, jockey and news boy by fourteen. At eighteen he drove a hack and studied law, becoming county attorney by twenty four. At thirty five he held other civic roles.
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Charles Curtis
Topeka Kan
Eith
Memorial to General Lee in Lexington plans centennial drive
In Lexington former South Carolina governor Heyward, an alumnus of Washington and Lee University, heads the centennial movement to commemorate General Lee’s birthday. The plan seeks public subscriptions totaling 1 000 000 dollars to broaden the university’s scope.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Gov
Heyward
South Carolina
Gen. Lee
Harman Verdict Declares Insanity in Whitely Murder Case
In Tazewell County the jury finds Howard Harman insane at the time of killing 14 year old Willie Reese Whitely in North Tazewell. Harman is committed to Southwestern Hospital at Marion. The Harman family and Whitely family are prominent locals.
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S. F. Harman
Reese Whitely
North Tazewell
Washingtonian Draper Jailed Over Train Beating Fine
George Draper of Washington D C former Senate page and self styled friend of Senator John W Daniel is jailed in Henrico County on a $2.50 fine for beating his way on a freight train. He faces a twenty day sentence unless friends in the capital post bail. Draper says he went to the Jamestown Exposition to find work but failed and spent his money.
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Richmond
George Draper
Washington, D. C
Page
United States Senate
John W. Daniel
Lynchburg
Henrico County
National Capital
Washington
Draper
Fulton Yards
Mississippi seeks gifted portrait of first governor Holmes
Dr. Dunbar Roland, historian, visited Berryville area to view a mahogany oil portrait of Governor Holmes. The painting, over a century old, was funded by the state and gifted to Holmes, who later served in the U S Senate. Roland urges the McGuire family to donate it to Mississippi for the Hall of Fame in Jackson.
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Berryville
Dunbar Roland
Mississippi
Burwell McGuire
Holmes
McGuire
United States Senate
Roland
Jackson
GETS NO SUNDAY TRAINS Winchester Special
Winchester will have no Sunday train service as a committee appeal is rebuffed. General Manager Fitz gerald of the Baltimore and Ohio cites financial reasons and a petition from residents opposes Sunday trains. Vice president Kennedy of the Cumberland Valley notes weekday trains barely cover costs. Winchester residents will stay home or walk Sundays.
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Winchester
Fitzgerald
Baltimore and Ohio
Kennedy
Cumberland Valley
Winchesterians
Missing Man Found Dead in Louisa County
The body of W. T. Terrell missing for two weeks was found in a deserted Louisa County house. He ran a Hanover County sawmill, was married with several children, and investigators suspect homicide by a man with whom he had trouble.
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Richmond
W. T. Terrell
Louisa County
Terrell
Hanover County
Explosion at Romaine fireworks plant kills worker Ben Talley
An explosion at the Romaine fireworks factory in Blandford destroyed a loading building. Ben Talley, an employee inside, was severely injured and died shortly after. Talley was the son of another local resident.
Mother Attempts Suicide Over Elopement
In Danville a grieving mother drank laudanum seeking death after learning her daughter Mary, 16 or 21, eloped with boarder Edward Broadus and married him. Mary and Edward say the girl is of age and were kept from the husband. Mrs Booth is hospitalized and a civil suit may follow.
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Danville
Mary
Nannie L. Booth
Mary Booth
Edward K. Broadus
Booth
Mystic Circle Investigated By State Officials In Philadelphia
Richmond special reports Col Joseph Button State Insurance Commissioner and Charles G Taylor actuary are in Philadelphia examining the Mystic Circle financials after absorbing the American Guild and Modern Paril tans. Officials say the inquiry aims to verify strength and licensure in the state.
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Richmond
Joseph Button
Charles G. Taylor
Bureau
Philadelphia
Mystic Circle
American Guild
Quaker City
Danville Merchant In Serious Laudanum Attempt
George D. Hensley a merchant at Schoolfield drank laudanum at home as his wife and crying children watched. He had been spreeing and facing arraignment days earlier for drunkenness with a bond for good behavior. His wife seized the vial after he drank nearly two ounces. He is about fifty and has threatened suicide before.
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Danville
George D. Hensley
Schoolfield
Hensley
Barr Named Director General for Jamestown Exposition
Norfolk special report notes Gov. W E Cottrell resigns. James M Barr chosen director general with full powers to finish the Jamestown Exposition within three weeks. A second bond issue of 700000 is approved to cover obligations, secured by a second mortgage on company property, at 6 percent interest through twenty years from 1907.
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Norfolk
W. E. Cottrell
James M. Barr
Barr
Petersburg Tobacco Sales Hit By Rain And Roads
Petersburg reports very small sales of loose tobacco at local warehouses last week due to heavy rains making roads bad and crop volume from nearby counties largely marketed. Prospects for next season vary as some counties show promise while others lack plants after rains. Farm labor shortages hinder planting in several areas.
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Petersburg
Evans Elected Master of Hounds in Warrenton Hunt
T Lee Evans was elected master of hounds of the Warrenton Hunt Club succeeding the late F A B Portman. T Fleet Galloway was chosen huntsman of the club.
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Evans
Warrenton
T. Lee Evans
Warrenton Hunt Club
F. A. B. Portman
T. Fleet Galloway
Explosion at Blandford Fireworks Plant Kills Worker
An explosion at the Romaine fireworks factory in Blandford destroyed a loading building. Ben Talley, a worker in the house at the time, died from his injuries. Talley was a son of John Ley of Chars Road, Dinwiddie.
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Petersburg
Romaine Fireworks Factory
Blandford
Ben Talley
Yee
John Ley
Chars
Dinwiddie
Govan Statue Unveiled by Forty-Eighth Pennsylvania Veterans
A 12,000 pound bronze statue to Col. G W Govan of the Forty-eighth Pennsylvania Regiment was unveiled Thursday at the spot where he fell before Peters burg near Fort Malone in Prince George County three miles from Petersburg. The work weighs 12,000 pounds and rests on granite bases totaling 50,000 pounds. Made in New York, the ceremony drew 300 Federal veterans with Governor Stuart of Pennsylvania and his staff.
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Petersburg
Forty-eighth
Pennsylvania
G. W. Govan
Fort Malone
Prince George County
Govan
New York
Stuart
Pennsylvanoy
Days She's Not a Slave Richmond Special
Eleanora the young white girl claims she was never a slave in Virginia and seeks privacy. She accuses attorney J Kent Rawley of urging a lawsuit against J J Cawley over long unpaid wages. Cawley denies her ignorance of any case while Rawley says the girl called him after a request.
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Richmond
Eleanora
Virginia
J. Kent Rawley
J. J. Cawley
Cawley
Souvenir Postcard Honors Jamestown Georgia Day Attendees
President W N Mitchell of the Georgia State Commission presents a colored postal card to all private soldiers of the regular army militia and to all sailors marines of American and foreign ships at Jamestown Day. The card features Bulloch Hall and a portrait of the President with U S and Georgia flags, plus a facsimile verse by Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus on the address side.
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Norfolk
W. N. Mitchell
Georgia State Commission
Jamestown
Georgia
Bulloch Hall
Roosevelt
United States
Remus
Joel Chanler Harris
Peanut Crop A Failure Hits Petersburg Area
Indicators suggest the next peanut crop will be short, with growers predicting not more than half a crop. Late rains rotted nuts in the ground, discouraging farmers who may abandon peanuts and switch to other crops.
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Petersburg
Decker teen freed on bail in express theft case
George T. Decker seventeen charged with larceny from the United States Express Company and with arson to conceal the theft was released on bail in the United States Court. He pleaded not guilty.
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Norfolk
George T. Decker
United States Express Company
Old Point
United States
Roanoke and Salem Merchants Fined in Vulgar Post Card Case
Fourteen Roanoke and Salem merchants indicted by a Federal grand jury for selling vulgar postcards were fined 25 dollars each by Judge McDowell in the United States District Court. Most defendants are druggists and paid the fines.
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Roanoke
Salem
McDowell
United States District Court
Derailment Blocks Seaboard Train at Skelton
A spreading rail derailed a southbound Seaboard Air Line passenger train at Skelton in Norfolk Special. No casualties were reported and the line remained blocked for several hours as repairs were made.
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Norfolk
Seaboard Air
Fined For Delaying Mail in Roanoke Case
Roanoke special report says J. E. Sharp a former letter carrier was fined $100 in U S Court for delaying important mail. He admitted his guilt.
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Roanoke
J. E. Sharp
United States
Marriages Reported in Virginia Churches
Norfolk Ruth Wilson daughter of Mrs George Whitfield Wilson married John Wendell Oast Jr of Norfolk at St Luke’s Episcopal Church. Rev William A Barr officiated. Winchester Riley Parker Spiker from Washington DC married Miss Mary Elizabeth Gearing with Rev D Hibern leading at Braddock Street M E Church. Petersburg Miss Rena Gilliam Johnston wed James Dunn Martin at St Paul’s Church with Robert Martin as best man and Miss Josse Johns as maid of honor. Barnwell, the local line ends with incomplete details.
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Norfolk
Mise Ruth Wilson
George Whitfield Wilson
John Wendell Oast, Jr
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
William A. Barr
St. Luke's
St. Paul's Church
Lynchbrug
Winchester
Riley Garrett Spiker
Washington, D. C
Mary Elizabeth Gearing
James R. Gearing
D. Hibern
Braddock Street M. E
Petersburg
Rena Gilliam Johnston
James Dunn Martin
Robert Martin
Wag
Josse Johns
Barnwell
The Pleasures of Authorship by R Andrew Lang
A satirical take on authorship notes authors enjoy open markets and decent wages. It mocks author readings and publisher boasting while highlighting the daily vanity and self amusement authors derive from their work. It contrasts self dramatization with market hype and fame.
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R. Andrew Lang
Wordsworth
Tennyson
Emerson
Europe
Sun Spots Deepen Mystery In Ancient Chronicle
The article notes sun spots of varying sizes and unpredictable appearance, including a vast spot up to 130000 miles across. It describes the sun’s surface teeming with tiny “rice grains,” speculates on eleven year cycles, and compares solar volume and gravity to Earth with dramatic, faith-based reflection.
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Earth
Christian Herald
Brazil’s Rise and Railways Across a Tropical Nation
The piece touts Brazil as larger than the U S excluding Alaska with vast rail networks and a subsidized Lloyd Brazilian steamship line linking Rio de Janeiro to Ignitos up the Amazon and to New York and Buenos Aires It notes orders for large steamers and battleships and a modern capital in Rio de Janeiro with electric streets and telegraphy highlighting a glamorous developmental vision.
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Onsider
Great Republic of Brazil
United States
Alaska
Tropics
Licoyd
Rio Janeiro
Ignitos
Amazon
New York
Buenos Ayres
Rio
Brazil
Manos
Belle Horga
Maguaine
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