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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1910
Page
7
Tomlins, a drapery assistant with a starving wife and baby, burgles a parson’s study hoping for a raise. He is interrupted by a revolver wielded by the vicar, who impersonates help while quietly stealing the loot and aiding Tomlins with compassionate capital to repay his debt.
Mrs Long of 113 N Augusta St Staunton Va testifies that years of kidney and back pain plus distressing urinary troubles kept her awake at night. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills Staunton VA with immediate relief and full cure over four years without further trouble. Sold for 60 cents a box or by mail from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A registered letter to Tomlins just before sailing included a small silver tie pin shaped like a money bag. A card attached read a kind if unnecessary wish from a more experienced confrere, offering luck on all future occasions as the miniature farm venture to Canada begins.
The Blue Bird will open at The New Theater in New York on September 26. Most scenes will mirror the foreign production except two core settings. The flexible stage enables changes to other scenes, adding poetic color and movement while removing lone walls.
The Lynchburg News urges a monument to John W. Daniel on Lynchburg soil and argues there should also be a Capitol Square monument in Richmond to honor him as soldier, patriot and statesman for all Virginia.
Dr Wilson, Princeton president, and Therocrat nomine for governor, fronts Democratic platform in first interview. Report cites his denouncement of the Payne Aldrich tariff as not aiding consumers, linking high tariffs to rising prices. He accuses Republicans of collusion with special interests to drive up costs, noting global inflation but urging focus on local conditions.
The speaker celebrates the return of Nancy with bright imagery and romantic longing. In a twist a man in fine dress sits with Nancy in the parlor, leaving the narrator with heartbreak and a quip about Harper's Weekly.
A lively porter on a sleeping car at Grand Central Station dodges an irate elder who insists on exclusive service. The man hands over a $2 bill and orders blanket and berth adjustments but the porter refuses to ride on the train, keeping the agency and duties to himself.
Staunton Leader accuses Harrisonburg papers of wrongly crediting Augusta county for electrocuted murderers while noting Harrisonburg’s liquor trade since Staunton went dry has driven four murders. The piece argues two murderers were Harrisonburg’s and claims liquor supplied the trigger.
The Secom District remark on ceding Norfolk and Norfolk county to North Carolina prompts mixed reactions from readers. A Danville Register letter teases the idea, prompting calls for clarification before a preferred response or correction can be issued.
The Danville Register notes that over nine years Norfolk city and county Democrats have consumed more of the Democratic State Central Committee’s time resolving internal quarrels than all other counties and cities combined. It laments the public trust breakdown and hints at regional sensitivity to the remark.
The 1910 census shows Norfolk 67452 and Portsmouth 23190, suggesting a strong growth trend. Many residents and readers note that combining the two towns would yield a single municipality of about 160,000 people, a prospect many find appealing for regional strength.
In 1910, a Chicago Cubs pitcher recalls starting in baseball after high speed and early talent, detailing college rules, summer pay, and decisions to pursue pro baseball to fund education. He describes his tough early failures against the New York team, the pressure from veteran players, and his defense of college players earning money in summer baseball to pay expenses and avoid cheating.
Delegates from several States convened for the hookworm conference in Richmond and agreed to meet next year in Nashville Tennessee. Virginia reportedly leads the campaign against the disease with Dr Alien W Freeman demonstrating a transmission specimen. Delegates praised campaign progress and expect a similarly informal next gathering.
Durham North Carolina September 29 lawyers from three states search court records in Durham Greenville Co and Marshall County Texas to locate legal heirs of Robert Potter whose million and a half dollar Texas land fortune was tied to his 1844 killing by a vigilance committee Potter a former North Carolina legislator left property in Texas decades ago and his heirs are now sought amid estate proceedings
Richmond Va Special. Mrs J E B Stuart widow of the famed Southern cavalry leader declines the statewide sponsor role at the Grand Camp of Confederate Veterans meeting in Norfolk. The vacancy will be filled by General John Co Ewell as grand commander.
Frances Paterno eighteen sacrifices life to avoid testimony against Wy Donato in a criminal case. She leaps from a five story West Thirty-ninth Street tenement crushing her body before her father’s store. The couple faced opposition from her father and gunfire from Paterno, who was captured on the roof. the hearing was postponed as the case moved to Saturday.
Jamey Carnele, twenty, of Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, is sought by police after stabbing Anna Caranida a fifteen year old girl who refused to elope. The attack occurred in front of Monith Street near 47 Mondieth Street causing facial and neck injuries with possible lifelong disfigurement. The victim resides at Flushing Avenue and was hospitalized at St Catherine's.
Navy’s first football plays of 1910 were seen at Annapolis on Thursday as the second team tried various forward passes while the regulars carried the ball. Mel and Carey scored touchdowns for the second team, and the midshipmen adopted a rule against shipp ing the runner with few rule violations noted. In Warrenton Virginia Courtland H. Smith reported seven straight racing wins totaling over four thousand dollars with horses ridden by Lucas including Merryman Nebuchadnezzar Tourney and Osage. G R Tompkins also won with Jimmy Lane and Nebuchadnezzar nextar runner-up.
A sketch in the October American Magazine profiles George J Kindel mattress maker of Denver and a reformer who used a Jesse James style circular. He challenged Equitable Life over a tontine policy, circulated seventy thousand sheets, faced a jury, and urged fair play in court with brash, brash rhetoric and a bristling defense.
A poetic line evokes enduring faith and peace while fashion pieces describe a gray cotton voile frock trimmed with lace and gray mes saline bows. Advice on aging facial features appears alongside a recipe for onions with eggs and onions au gratin with cream sauce and breadcrumbs.
A guide for DIY sewing describes making bow trims from bias strips of silk or satin such as messaline or taffeta. Cut four to six inch wide strips to desired bow length, fold and blind stitch edges, taper ends, and tie into flaring bows with two loops. Attach at skirt points, lace ends, yoke, and sleeve lower areas for decorative effect.
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