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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1911
Page
7
Captain Allerton seeks a risky venture via a moneylender to fund a marriage plot involving Miss Hollindrake and aviation fame. The lender teases a loan of 25000 dollars tied to Venables’s fragile health and potential inheritance, while noting a prior near miss on a large fortune and hinting at broader risk and motive.
SCHOOLS For Boys Located In the beautiful growing healthy town of Chatham Va Prepares for College and University Guaranteed Course of Study Experienced Male Teachers 90 per cent of old students return New buildings with all modern conveniences Ten acre campus overlooking the town Boarding department limited to forty Apply early Catalogue Address THOS RYLAND SANFORD President
St Paul Normal and Industrial School Lawrenceville Va offers free instruction across departments for Negro youth of both sexes. Eight months' term costs $70 covering expenses except books and uniform. Limited work-study positions available. Catalogue address Rev James Russell.
In Crantown a biplane crash during a meeting kills Venables and wounds others. Allerton fears engine lubrication caused the failure while a clash of motives reveals a lender’s hidden fortune. Mr Davis learns Venables family secrecy taints his own hard bargain as a sudden death unravels his balance.
A fragment notes a rest cure practice where a patient spends three hours each day in the ante-room of a fashionable physician. It presents a glimpse of historical wellness treatments and social expectations surrounding medical care.
A reader in Richmond Virginia testifies Doan's Kidney Pills cured five year kidney trouble with back pain and fatigue. The ad urges Doan's as the remedy and notes 50 cents per box with Foster Milburn Co. as the maker.
In Kissimmee Florida on September 13, Sister Elizabeth Sears and Brother Egbert Gillette, Shaker colony members, are accused of killing Sister Sadie L. Marchant who died August 22. They were arrested after confession of using chloroform at her prayer for deliverance from consumption and released on bail of 2000 for the woman and 5000 for the man.
A large fire in Antwerp Belgium last night and into today caused injuries to seven people and about 1.4 million dollars in damage. The blaze wiped out nine major buildings and drew firemen from Brussels and Liege to help contain it.
Miss Olea Menn, long exiled from Chicago, returns with her mother to a city she once loved. She seeks solitude after stepping into a life altered by a fiancé who killed himself two years earlier when his family opposed the union. Her father, Dr. Rudolph Menn, laments the change in his daughter and fears the marriage plans may not endure.
Chicago Illinois special profiles William Lord a fabric inspector for United States Tire Company credited with first discovering cotton advantages in tire fabric. He recalls in 1892 as superintendent of a New York cotton mill he first thought of making ties from cotton fabric revolutionizing tire manufacture.
Sea Island cotton from the South Atlantic coast produced a finer yarn and fabric for tires. Tests by Dunlop showed cotton fabric tires vastly outlasting linen, with 4000 mile life versus 800 to 900 miles for linen. The study stressed proper twist per inch for warp and filling to balance strength and pliability.
Special from Shanghai reports thousands of refugees from the Yangtse flood valley streaming into major cities across Szechuen Hupeh Kiang and Nei-Hwei provinces. Suffering is extreme with exposed, starved families, dead infants, and cannibal tales amid widespread hunger. River remains fifty miles wide in low lands as bands clash with soldiers and unrest spreads. Death toll could reach about 200000, with months of recovery ahead.
A rabies suspected cat owned by Mrs. Josephine Bower bit nine people in her Chicago neighborhood on Saturday. The cat, which had just given birth, roamed frothing at the mouth before police captured it and sent it to the city laboratory. Victims include John Wipphof and several children. none are seriously injured. Dogs also attacked three people, including a twelve year old and a ten year old.
The Boston Traveler reports a sale on smart coats for women of moderate means. Half price offers include varied fabrics with fur or mouffion collars and cuffs. Moire and satin finishes are noted, with emphasis on fashionably eccentric, yet wearable designs for spring.
Seed ripe backberries and mash them well then heat on the back of the stove. When juice is extracted, put it in a bag and let it drain overnight. In the morning measure the juice and add about an equal amount of sugar. Heat the juice with half an ounce of mace and a tablespoonful of cloves.
Lynchburg Virginia September 14 The Lynchburg cotton mill which closed in July will reopen next Memorial Day A motive to the operatives having been posted at the mill announcing the plan
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