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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
1
In a brief Chicago Tribune exchange, Tommy and his younger brother clash at the water edge with a threat to tell authority. The hot mood centers on a childish quarrel escalating as Tommy dives into the pool.
Quirky exchange shows Cholly Braneliss announcing a firm plan to work, prompting Miss Pep to react with amused disbelief as the scene plays out in a fragmented dialogue fragment.
A collection of brief items on women from various places. Topics include governance by a woman among the Kickapoo, many actresses, New York streetcar steps, a women only bank opening, a Paris marriage of Miss Margaret Knower, Finland grants suffrage, prize fighters charity show in Englewood, Victoria voting setback, Colorado scholarships for girls, Detroit factories affected by marriage rates, corset factory marriages, and a Victoria heirloom bracelet with miniature grandchildren hearts.
A dialogue recounts Mrs Clearin detailing how she funded a settlement by revealing alleged alienation of affections to Sunday newspapers. The exchange notes public exposure as the source of funds and hints at a domestic dispute unfolding in print.
Cable dispatches describe six weeks of pogroms in Siberia led by soldiers and Kalmyks. Tomsk and Irkutsk faced brutal killings, with hundreds dead and bate on women. A soap factory blaze killed over 100. mutiny at Irkutsk ended in mass executions.
Kerekin Aleon of Park Avenue Hotel claims Russian authorities prevented Miss Margaret Weishafer of Chicago from leaving Russia after a passport dispute. Two Russian soldiers dragged the American off a train near Wallachinkoon, protest by Aleon and other Americans failed. Weishafer, with funds only for Berlin, faced return to Elizaba dacrada, while Aleon vowed to appeal to Washington citing broader mistreatment along the border.
Formal denials issued here and in London deny the reported betrothal of Grand Duke Michael brother of the Czar to Princess Patricia of Connaught niece of King Edward The misreading in court circles had suggested an accomplished fact without confirmation
Two Italian workers died when the Goodale Park intercepting sewer cave-in buried sixteen men. Three others were seriously injured but expected to recover. The accident trapped all workers as retaining walls gave way.
Chicago special reports the Cuban turmoil affecting trade as cedar cigar box prices rise by 1 per hundred. The scarcity of lumber especially cedar, largely imported from Cuba, is cited as the reason for the increase to independent cigar manufacturers.
Paris dispatch from Car tagena Spain reports the Italian steamer Sirlo wrecked last August near Romigas Island. The hermetically sealed strong box found empty suggests possible complicity by the ship crew, stirring sensational speculation.
A collection of brief notices reports and student of the era: Lodge rails at New York Massachusetts elections. Lansingburgh wreck blamed on engineer. mob of 1500 women at a New York public school. threats from William J. Lee. Nelson dies. Pennsylvania Railroad rate cuts. US Steel buys HI iron ore. 300 horses burned in West Third Street fire. Pennypacker receives an internal mail device. three tornadoes near New Orleans. Moran and Brown named for Massachusetts offices. Rockefeller argues against federal regulation. Hackettstown post office burglary. Pennsylvania Capitol dedication with Roosevelt Pennypacker. NY leather district fire panic. Roosevelt warns Arizona New Mexico governors. Miller disbarment in Illinois. a shooting in Warner. two Monon trains collide. plasterers meet in Toronto. Mitchellicherate cleared. Rhode Island picks Higgins. Mexican court on murder for insurance. San Francisco bank robbery. Theodore Roosevelt Jr charged in Boston. Milwaukee man gives million to his children.
A Turkish patrol attempting to cross the Bulgarian border near Philipopolis was repulsed by Bulgarian outposts. A Turkish officer was killed in the fighting. Other items note Moroccan authorities not acting against tribesmen who wounded a French agent Las Salas, and various European political and maritime events.
General Funston sets up his headquarters in Mananao as U S forces begin actual occupation of Cuba. American authorities report continued difficulties in securing control and maintaining order in the capital.
Five hundred men of the Fifth United States Infantry and 350 men of the Second Battalion of Engineers landed in Havana and are in camp. General Funston has established his headquarters at Marjanco. Two squadrons of the Fifteenth Cavalry and one battalion of the Twenty eighth Infantry sailed from Newport News for Cuba on the transport Panama. Two more transports with troops sail today. The Disarmament Commission reports that trouble with rebels may be avoided except in Santa Clara Province where troops will be sent.
Havana reports say 500 men of the Fifth Infantry and 350 of the Second Battalion Engineers are settled at Camp Columbia with 400 additional aboard the cruiser Brooklyn. General Funston sets headquarters at Marianao as 850 troops move from the Sumner to the camp. Disarmament progress is mixed in Santa Clara while Taft Bacon and Funston anticipate homeward travel next Saturday and a public reception for Magoon.
In Cleveland two Lake Shore Railroad clerks J W Bunts 30 and Harry Wilfred 17 died after grappling and tumbling from the fourth story window to the pavement during a fatal altercation. Bunts died instantly Wilfred died in an ambulance. The tragedy occurred amid downtown witnesses.
Toulon reports a French girl named Jenne Tilly arrested for throwing a hazardous device at the Governor of Ekaterinoslav. She claimed to be Russian but is identified as French after links to Russian students in Paris's Latin Quarter and involvement with extremist acts under a serious incident tied to a prominent Augsburg official.
Daring vandalism on Broad Street Richmond defaces 100 plate glass windows with diamond cuts and indecent inscriptions. losses could reach $5,000. Other items include Willoughby Beach cottages burned, Capt. Jack Edmonds buried, Barkoot Amusement's Princess the 28 foot boa dying, and a 15 year old killed in Pendleton County. The State Corporation Commission grants Elkhorn Southern Railways charter with Bristol offices. A Civil War veteran Howard Forrester dies after thirst near Hampton. Authorities plan to pursue a federal complaint over his burial neglect.
Edward A. Eve of the Southern Cotton Company argues that cotton-seed meal, if properly prepared, could become a nutritious, palatable daily food. He notes oil mills have advanced beyond old methods and that chemistry helps reduce waste and boost yields, signaling mills may soon adopt new processing to serve human consumption.
A partial speech like exchange shows characters Pex Pan and Egc in a brief, garbled dialogue about fatigue and endurance. The text is heavily fragmented with no clear narrative context or events.
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