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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1910
Page
7
In a rural town a boy named Jim learns about a telephone from Mrs. Price and tries a call for help. His bold plea reaches someone who assists his family, revealing the wonder and warmth behind a new communication device.
An excerpt from the October American Magazine presents a prayer titled All True Lovers by Walter Rauschenbusch. The invocation asks for divine blessings and acknowledges human longings, urging a gentle, protective approach from the Father toward lovers.
The passage asks divine blessing for a strong hot and deathless love that remains steady through years. It warns against fashion and cheap pleasures draining peace and joy and urges sober eyes to foresee a shared future as part of mankind.
Shakespeare favors throwing physic to the dogs yet tetter ine is claimed as the only absolute cure for parasitic skin eruptions. The advertisement notes Druggists sell it for 50 cents a box and mail orders are available from SHOPTRINE Co Savannah Ga.
Richmond story centers on John Armstrong Chaloner and his prize Berkshire boar Dolgorouki at the State Fair. The animal entered in the wrong class, a 400 pound figure famed for bearing and manners, remains a celebrity with a romantic name. Chaloner explains in a New York Journal piece why he named the pig after a Russian prince.
In Richmond the coroner's inquest into a shooting heard witness Miss Daniels recount a dramatic roadside encounter. Magistrate Puryear testified, and testimony showed Williams was not drunk, but had been drinking earlier, while the assailant attacked Puryear and was shot as the struggle unfolded near Broad Street.
A Point Virginia resident reports long kidney trouble relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. She says the pills cured her and recommends them to other sufferers. Available at dealers for 50 cents a box or mailed by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY on receipt of price.
Miss Mabel Lee Daniels testified with her mother present about Williams at the Fair Grounds. Gatekeeper B W Shelton described Officer Puryear firing, while W L Spruff noted Williams was drunk but not incapacitated, and the jury ruled Williams died from pistol wounds inflicted by Benjamin B Puryear.
London. The $1,200 reward for Dr H H Crippen capture goes to Captain H G Kendall of the steamer Montrose who carried Crippen and his typist Miss Ethel Le Neve to Canada Kendall first notified authorities Inspector Dew of Scotland Yard presented the check and praised his detective work.
A satirical paraphrase critiques a collection of intimate letters and poetry in a breach of promise case. The piece mocks the correspondents and their melodramatic language, contrasting it with Shakespearean style.
Norfolk special report: Jack Arnold, a young white man, was knocked down, beaten, robbed of money and clothes on a lonely road near Rosemont, Norfolk County, Sunday night. His attackers set fire to his clothing and left him to burn until a farmer arrived and saved him. Arnold says he was assaulted by a Negro and a white man. the pair fled after the assault.
A gasoline accident started by a dropped match ignited a 125 gallon tank and ignited nine cars in the Richmond Motor Company garage. Wilson Meek and staff escaped with their lives while attempting to save the machines. Several owners are identified, including Dencon and Campbell, with efforts to determine insurance details amid the blaze.
The State Board of Education completed its work on October 6 by signing contracts for high school books, including Allyn & Bacon titles previously unsigned. The French course was the only exception, with plans to renew next spring at contract prices, avoiding the earlier confusion over list pricing and delays.
The State Museum houses the world’s largest mounted rattlesnake, six feet eleven inches long with twelve rattles, killed at Havelock by J. J. Ballard to preserve perfect condition. Taxidermist Tom Addicks created a precise plaster cast to fit the skin. Nearby, Herbert Brimley and family had a tense encounter with another large rattler, which they restrained without incident.
A deaf man enters the auction room during a sale and watches the auctioneer with fixed eyes and ceaseless lip motion like a machine. The auctioneer earns commission, profiting as the pace speeds and property values rise, shaping the sale.
A plainspoken rural caller confronts Hank in a bank office over a long unpaid grocery bill of 73 dollars and 62 cents. The exchange recalls a hometown past of working in a grocer and a bank, with the caller pressing for payment.
K Alexander Powell cites April events where authorities confiscated farms of many farmers for unpaid taxes. Troops reportedly removed landowners with violence, killing may have reached around twenty. Evicted families fled to mountains then returned, jailed and awaiting mercy.
The Staunton Daily Leader doubts Richmond reports that Virginia has twenty cities after Suffolk joined. It lists nineteen cities in alphabetical order including Alexandria Brie to Buena Vista Clifton Forre Charlottesville Danville Newport News Norfolk Portsmouth Petersburg Radford Roanoke Richmond Suffolk Staunton Winchester and Williamsburg.
Mrs Elia Flowers of Chandler Oklahoma praises Cardus for rapid relief from illness and weight gain while promoting Cardui as a half century old female tonic. The letter urges other women to try Cardui, notes a widespread endorsement, and invites readers to request a 64 page home treatment guide from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
Robert Vandegraft, railroad foreman from Pulaski, Va., arrived to testify in U S Court and was robbed last night in Bristol. He was found this morning wearing tramp clothes. robbers took his $50, a $100 watch, rings, and his purse. No crew was involved.
Citizens including state and city officials criticized a brutal act and boosted rewards for locating the perpetrator. The Danville Register notes the urgent call for action and heightened incentives in the hunt.
Advice on summer child nutrition notes that many breakfast foods heat the body, risking prickly heat. Oatmeal and porridge are too warming for most children in summer while wheat cereals are cooler but still sometimes too hot. Some fruits suit certain children, and it stresses extra care with a child’s diet in hot weather.
A recipe passage describes Peach Quirks with pink tint, stiffer batter, and molded peach centers, plus Corn Starch Molasses Cake with butter sugar eggs molasses ginger allspice and a soft dough batter baked in a lined pan. It details mixing, folding, coloring, in-mold hollows, and serving with cream.
Hemid embroidery tops for chemises and nightgowns can be bought cheaply to attach to home made garments. The innovation promises profits as ready made chemises are often too long or unsatisfactory. Buying just the hand embroidered yoke allows full control of fit and fabric quality.
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