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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1912
Page
1
Postal inspectors could not locate 314000 Huffman claimed to have hidden in Rockingham county Virginia. He was moved from jail to the courthouse as attorneys and family pressures mounted, and he finally disclosed a second hiding place for the plunder.
Worcester special report says Barre Wool Combing Company workers strike for 1,160 employees. City guards are stationed with bail cartridges to maintain order during the labor dispute.
Special for mer President W. H. Land of the Norfolk Real Estate and Stock Exchange is missing from his home since Thursday. Widespread concern for his safety prompts search efforts and public notices.
Special report from Laurel says the Merchants and Miners steamer Gloucester and the four masted schooner Maxwell collided early this morning off the Delaware coast. The Maxwell sank rapidly with several crew trapped below deck. The Gloucester limped toward Baltimore with its wireless out of commission and other damage.
Disturbances were reported early today across Westphalian coal districts as 300,000 miners remain on strike. No settlement appears likely with operators and workers firm on concessions. Additional troop detachments have been sent to aid gendarmes in the area.
The Western express on the New York Central Railroad crashed into a freight train a mile and a half east of Rome. The passenger locomotive was upended and several passengers were badly shaken. The mail car, box car, smoker, and day coach derailed while three sleepers stayed on the rails. Engineer Christopher of Schenectady was slightly injured. All four tracks were blocked.
Lawrence Mass Special The Everett Mills have submitted a wage scale granting an average 7.5 percent raise. It is believed strikers will return to work Monday as 3,000 employees resume after a shutdown since the strike began. No attempt will be made to bar workers from returning.
A large wave of workers returns to the American Woolen Company Mills reclaiming their posts after a nine week stoppage, with about 8,000 strikers resuming duties.
Havana observed mournful rites as the battleship Maine sank in sixty fathoms off Cuba, its caskets carried to the North Carolina for interment, with officials from Cuba and the United States, and a long naval procession marking the somber event.
A Philadelphia Record note recalls Bishop Mackay Smith’s wit at the Acorn Club in Philadelphia. A young lady praised his humor, recounting a Broad Street Station encounter about bathing on Sunday off Palm Beach and his humorous reply about jurisdiction.
Eyewitness reports vary on Thursday’s tragedy in Hillsville. Albert Thomas bravely shielded a woman with a baby as the crowd surged from the courtroom and bullets flew, placing himself between danger and those near him.
A pithy remark captures a clash of eras as a speaker mocks modern transport options. The quip highlights tension between nostalgia and progress, referencing taxis and motor buses in a sharp bit of local tone.
The Peninsular and Oriental liner Oceana was rammed by the German bark Pisagua off Beachy Head early today and sank five and a half hours later while attempting to reach port. Twenty four lives were lost, many passengers and crew panicked, and only one life boat with survivors was found after the wreck.
A riot erupted in Barre Massachusetts as about 200 strikers tried to pass and secure freight cars during loading. Deputies and policemen clashed with demonstrators, several arrests made, and five men severely injured. two officers were shot in the incident.
A basement fire at the State Hospital for Crippled Children in West Haverstraw was extinguished by nurses before the local fire company arrived. One squad evacuated wards while another stopped the blaze. All children were returned to bed and none were injured.
Dis patches from Raleigh and other towns report millions in damage across the Carolinas Virginia Tennessee and Georgia. The tornado’s death toll may approach a dozen as wreckage spreads.
A cloudburst washed away railroad bridges and blew down telephone and telegraph wires. Buildings were submerged under rising floodwaters, marking a severe local disaster with infrastructure and property losses. Public safety crews mobilized to assist evacuees and secure damaged areas.
A statewide storm causes about 250000 dollars in damage in and around Atlanta with similar losses across the state. Alabama and South Carolina report heavy damage and nine deaths so far, many injuries, and widespread paralysis in the region.
The excerpt surveys lines from W J Locke Arnold Bennett and others about writers and characters. It notes phrases about incessant talk, a win of francs in minutes and a hero brushing hair, followed by Goethes meeting and sea gaze. The tone evokes literary gossip and vivid, sometimes playful, character descriptions.
The editors note diverse, satirical quotes on politics and society from newspapers. Remarks cover a French aviator canvassing in an airplane, Amundsen’s winter feats, Taft campaign aggressiveness, oysters in meals, Oyster Bay politics, Paris fashion, and armored trains with machine guns.
A collage of editorials and notes from various papers discuss Roald Amundsen's claim of discovering the South Pole and the reactions of editors in Times-Union Wilmington Star Ledger-Dispatch Index-Appeal and other papers. Mentions of Secretary Know, Peary, and shifting prestige in exploration debates. The Vice President of the new republic of China rises in coverage.
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