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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1909
Page
1
Reports describe a man in a gray suit and garnet sweater who walked to the James River shore, changed clothes, and jumped in. He swam in ice water, then surfaced and disappeared before rescuers arrived.
Richmond Speaker Richard Evelyn Byrd drafts legalization of the primary system in Virginia with state funded expenses. He studies other states laws to adapt to Virginia and strengthen party primaries under state law. Miss Selina Williams of Berryville dies at 83 in Winchester Episcopal Church circles. Two Bristol men escape a deadly train collision near Blur City as cars derail. Angela S Hamilton is sentenced to be electrocuted in Richmond for the murder of Sallie Hix.
The notice reports the death of Dr. Nathan Williams a Hampton physician of 30 years at age 65 from heart failure He served as an assistant surgeon in the Confederate Army and held U S Navy ties He is survived by two sons and a daughter Other obituaries include Richmond Daniel Trigg of Abingdon Fredericksburg William Kent Spotsylvania County Lynchburg Miss Mary S St John and Mrs Selden Walke of Richmond with brief survivor details and local ties
In Shenandoah County circuit court at Woodstock the case of Mrs. Amos Johnson versus the Southern Railway Company for ten thousand dollars in damages over the death of her engineman husband was compromised for five thousand five hundred dollars by the railroad's attorneys.
Chicago officials study an extensive subway network with a projected cost of 50 million dollars as a major urban transit project. The report cites urban growth, financing options, and long term benefits for city mobility.
A testimonial from GH Webb of Austinburg Ohio extols Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills for relief from headaches la grippe backache and pleurisy without habituation. The letter notes rapid relief within half an hour and urges reliance on the pills, with notices of price and availability from Miles Medical Co.
The Chesapeake Line operates elegant passenger steamers Columbia and Augusta from Baltimore daily at 6 30 P M except Sundays. They depart Old Point Comfort at 6 00 A M and Norfolk at 7 00 A M with connections to rail lines for all points.
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