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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1906
Page
1
At the zoo two boys debate a swan. One claims it is a chicken due to a long neck, provoking a humorous exchange. The Philadelphia press fragment captures childlike misidentification and curiosity about animals.
Bocker notes Newrich has a strap installed in his auto so he can stand up and feel at home, reflecting a unusual adjustment mentioned by the New York Sun.
A quip from the New York Press notes a wife’s daily activity as she buttons her waist. The brief item uses humor to comment on routine exercise in domestic life.
A freight collision with an immigrant passenger train near Woodville Indiana kills about fifty and injures eighty as two sections of the Baltimore and Ohio line crash on a foggy dawn. Blame centers on signaling lapses and miscommunication about the two sections.
Mrs. Henry Williams, about 50, was found murdered in her Stafford Springs, Connecticut home. Robbery suspected after a struggle left her throat cut and head battered. about $100 stolen, some recovered on the lawn. Her husband, away at the time, discovered the body.
The bronze tablet from the Slo cum memorial at Old Lutheran Cemetery in Middle Village was located in a Brooklyn junk shop, broken into fragments. Thieves sold it for 314 dollars. the tablet had been valued at 450 dollars and placed on the monument by subscription.
Injunction blocks Kentucky license revocation for New York Mutual Life. Philadelphia engineer fatally shot. Long Island breech of promise awarded. Panama Canal inspection proposed. New York fires cause panic. zinc magnate dies in Philadelphia. Serial incidents include theft, strikes, and political wins in Porto Rico and across the U.S.
Foreign report notes Briand's pledge to delay drastic steps for a year and assure churches remain open. Other items include Congo succession for Albert of Flanders, Hall's London murder case, and various unrests in Italy Cuba and Russia.
Henry Firth Smith 25 son of Jos. Smith a wealthy Pittsburg businessman was shot twice by a burglar he surprised in the dining room of his father's house at 4 Sunday morning. Five floor and wall bullets and three revolver cartridges indicate a desperate struggle. Police seek clues as city faces a crime wave prompting extra officers. A separate holdup near the Smith residence targets Miss Isabelle Livingston.
Centenary College in Jackson Louisiana shuts its doors permanently amid faculty feuds and the resignation of its president who lies critically wounded from a fight with a physics professor. The college founded in 1825 as Louisiana State College once educated notable figures including Jefferson Davis and Judah Benjamin. The building may become an annex for the nearby state insane asylum.
A masked robber boarded the rear sleeper of the Chicago and Alton Rock Island California Limited No 44 between Slater and Glasgow Missouri shortly after midnight and robbed several passengers before escaping into darkness.
In Buffalo a 21 year old Miss Catherine Keener woke to a gas odor and lit a match to investigate. An explosion destroyed part of the house. She suffered burns and died from the injuries.
Senor Montagna of the Italian Embassy told the State Department that Mayor Des Planches has not resigned and is expected to return to Washington next month to resume his duties at the embassy.
The currency committee of the American Bankers Association will assemble in Washington this week to discuss a more elastic banking currency. It will consider various propositions and is expected to hear remarks from Secretary Shaw and Comptroller Ridgely before adjournment.
Reports from Rockingham County describe Frank Hensley slain in a road incident in Elkton. Thomas Lam charged as killer. Other items note accidental death by gas, a contested Virginia will, new state uniform requisition, Civil War skeleton discovery, jailbreak habeas corpus release, stockholder meeting, and local fires.
The Latasé Vegetarians anticipate the arrival of a novel product described as blue skinned gel and related items, connected to readings at Salanum and Aver locations, with market launch details appearing in local reports.
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