14 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1905
Page
1
A Chicago Tribune poem reflecting how a single kind word can transform a singer, painter, soldier, slave, and workers. Each life is touched when a gentlest remark stirs hope, making art and courage endure. The piece celebrates words as gifts that bloom and return as a golden echo.
Suzanne attempts to dress for dinner as Jack prepares to leave for a distant place. The scene centers on her hairpin mishap and the subtle tension of unspoken affection before the farewell. The piece highlights social rituals, anticipation, and a shy, evolving romantic moment.
Dr. Hahn reports obtaining ten milligrams of a crystalline radioactive precipitate from thorianite after chemical treatment. The substance glows faintly, excites zinc sulphide screens, and emits luminosity when air is blown through its solution onto a zinc sulphide screen. It behaves like thorium emanation but without thorium, suggesting a new active thorium constituent.
The Chicago News notes that the public conscience often rests in a transient fervor, waking only to support street protests or price hikes. It warns that leaders may exploit this mood to push policies while the private conscience of governors curtails reforms through selective pardons.
On modern maps the island off New Guinea is labeled New Britain but has been renamed New Pomerania after German sovereignty. A U S Senator visited the region to assess the change and its implications for the Commonweal.
A southbound Ninth Avenue local derailed at Fifty third street and Ninth avenue after an open switch diverted it toward Sixth Avenue. Twelve killed and many injured as a car plunged end over end into the street. switchman arrested, motorman missing, officials blaming potential negligence.
Cabled report from Manchuria says Russian soldiers cheer President Roosevelt after peace negotiations led by Field Marshal Oyama and General Linovitch. Oyama names General Takushima plenipotentiary and Chakhedza as meeting site. Russians await full armistice details while celebrating and toasting Roosevelt.
Emperor William spoke at a provincial dinner in Hamburg recalling his childhood in the province. He cited reports of unification battles but described the war’s sorrow and desolation and declared his chief aim as ruler would be to preserve peace in his country.
Z F Vaughn of Los Angeles reveals a method to temper gold silver and copper into a steel like consistency enabling springs knives and needles. A company forms to manufacture hypodermic needles and surgical instruments from pure gold, with machinery arriving and work underway.
William Miller Jr. lies critically injured in City Hospital after claiming his father stabbed him. The father, arrested, admits trouble with son but denies the stabbing. Investigators pursue the alleged assault as described by the injured man.
Samuel Kere reports from Tangier that European inhabitants have abandoned the area under unclear pressures, signaling shifting governance and potential diplomatic tension for the American Ministry.
A massive explosion at Rand powder mills in Fair Chance near Uniontown wiped out ten buildings and injured many as 19 of 32 workers were confirmed dead. Rail lines were torn up and windows shattered across a wide radius with trains and streetcars derailed or delayed. Survivor Orville Swaney was tossed by the blast and injured amid the chaos.
Elgin Illinois report of Andrew and John Fohren aged farmers near Spring Lake attacked by three men. They were bound and gagged and robbed of 360 dollars. The elder was badly injured and bound, the others fled leaving burned papers. John survived after extreme exhaustion.
A Boston Royal Arcanum committee contends with the Supreme Council to block increased rates. In other news, a Mahonoy City miner and a laborer died in a Park Place Colliery blast. Freight handlers press for talks with 22 railroads on wage rises.
Reports from Caucasia describe widespread arson and massacre as Turkish agitators incite Tartars in the Caucasus. In Balakhani and Baku, thousands of Tartars attack military depots and Christian workers, with about 1,000 killed or wounded in a major assault on the Balakan camp and hospital siege.
A St Petersburg cable reports Baku oil works and tanks burned with fires extending to the town as authorities face reactions over Armenian and Tartar tensions. The dispatch notes smoke hampers assessment and cites government indecision blamed for the scale of disruption to industry and commerce.
W A Hawgood & Co, owners of the Tosca, report bodies washed ashore at Pine River with life preservers bearing the name Iasco. Four men and one woman identified, wife of the ship’s cook, from Fairport. Tosca’s crew numbered 19. all perished. Memorials note a likely body of Captain McGreery of the Olive Jeanette found near Lance, Mich.
Benjamin S. Schooley years old died after a box support collapsed during repair work at a locomotive company shop. He walked home unassisted but later collapsed. He had earlier regained consciousness and completed his shift before his condition worsened.
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