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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1906
Page
1
A recipe fragment describes combining equal parts chopped fish and celery with shredded cabbage or lettuce. It notes adding salt and possibly three salt markers before mixing, then mentions a dozen tapers as a later addition.
A New York Press account describes a woman in a new tailor-made gown repeatedly declining vacant seats on a car to stand or sways mid car. The conductor notes she never sits, attributing the habit to her well fitting clothing. The behavior puzzles others and is linked to her figure.
A fashionable snufftaking craze has spread through Paris exclusive society. Salons resound with the sneezes of the béwu monde as snuff use becomes general among the upper classes.
Czar must choose between a real constitutional government or face consequences as Russia reels from parliamentary censure of the ministry. Constitutional Democrats warn of revolutionary danger, while Socialists and terrorists strike in Tiflis and Sevastopol amid the coronation anniversary turmoil.
A Sunday afternoon thunderstorm struck an open field three miles from Mobile, Alabama, killing five spectators and injuring about 25. The scene showed burned bodies and scattered debris as the crowd fled, with a silver dollar from a victim reportedly melted on both sides.
In Ivanhoe Wythe County Sante Shenault suddenly attacked his brother Jesse Shenault during game cards. He stabbed him nine times, leaving him fatally wounded at 33. Jesse leaves a widow and three children. Sante Shenault is under arrest awaiting trial.
A head on collision between a light engine and a freight train on the Buffalo and Allegheny Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad near West Monterey, Oil City, left one dead and five injured. The deceased is W. A. Seaton, 28, flagman from Pittsburg. The injured trainmen, all Pittsburgh residents, are expected to recover.
In York Pennsylvania locals near South Mountain speculate on gold or precious metal discoveries after widespread land sales at prices well above normal. They tie the sales to Thomas A. Eidison the inventor who reportedly visited the district last spring and collected rock and ore specimens that were never analyzed.
A compiled snapshot lists Lin Shen Yu, son of a former Canton governor, set to wed Dolly Trescott of San Francisco High School. Freeland Pennsylvania’s Woolside Mine to be reclaimed after 20 years. inventor F Walter Wartenberger in New York claims a new explosive to disrupt the Powder Trust. 1905 coal mine deaths reach 1,143 with 2,363 nonfatal accidents in Pennsylvania. a New York foundation wall collapse injures workers. Mrs. Sarah Storky of Brooklyn traps a burglar until her husband calls police.
In Warsaw a mob attacked Industrial Savings Bank as clerks drew revolvers. Two customers were killed and several wounded including five clerks and one anarchist. London based Mutual Reserve Life Insurance closes English agency network and halts new business.
A Tennessee grand jury indicts about six fertilizer manufacturers and firms including Virginia Carolina Chemical Company Armour & Co National Fertilizer Company and Swift & Co on six counts alleging conspiracy and restraint of trade under the Sherman act. Cases set for October term after 140 witnesses and review by Judge Horace H. Lurton.
In Toledo Ohio Juvenile Court officers pursue a delicate experiment after Harold Hurley surgery. The subject is 12 year old Joseph Shopf. Doctors at Toledo Medical College report diseased brain membranes and have begun an operation to remove the defective tissue. Surgeons are confident a full cure will follow as vicious traits recede.
Boston Special reports the American Federation of Musicians passed a resolution prohibiting any member from accepting engagements with the United States Marine Band of Washington on its Europe tour this summer under a fine up to 3000 or expulsion. A second measure prohibits members from playing with Indian bands on reservations under U S government protection.
Charleston special reports the Association of Surgeons of the Southern Railway elects officers headed by President R. S. Toombs of Greenville Mississippi and selects Washington as the meeting site for the forthcoming convention which will conclude tonight. Officers include M. F. Coomes vice president B T B Simms second vice president J U Ray secretary treasurer. executive committee members F L Gobbel English and W W Harper.
Mrs Jno Brown of White Plains died Friday at age 34 weighing 500 pounds. Undertaker Lyons builds a special double coffin and grave, requiring part of the house to be torn down to remove the casket. The body will be conveyed in an open undertaker wagon to the cemetery.
The forty fourth annual conclave of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of Tennessee ended in Bristol with Chas H. Harvey of Knoxville elected Grand Commander. Lookout Commandery of Bristol won first honors. next conclave set for Knoxville. News notes cover church cornerstone in Petersburg, a railway property purchase near Wytheville, and multiple local obituaries and incidents.
A pension recipient in Field's circle marries a widow who runs a boarding house and persuades Henry to seek a raise. Field questions the arrangement and halves the requested amount, offering only half the pension as spending money while noting the need to cover board costs.
Constantinople report in the London Lancet notes the prefecture of the Ottoman capital approved a humane act to protect horses from misuse. It tolls fines for overburdening horses and bans employing infirm workers, while praising Turks for general kindness to animals and efforts to shelter dogs, birds, and other creatures.
A Paris report describes a strange tale of a genius resident towing a wilt bear now drawn in a small gig. The article notes the animal’s unusual appearance and the driver’s intense gratitude as the scene unfolds in Monty France.
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