Weekly Short Story in Extreme Moments
Martha McCullough Williams sketches Dallas and Helen in a tense exchange about wishes and will. Helen taunts him while recalling her life from a child’s hope to a man shadowing her, and a past encounter with a powerful benefactor named Eugene. The fragment hints at a troubled romance and evolving power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha McCullough Williams
Dallas
Helen May
Helen
Eugene
Daddy
Tor Wure
Marcia
Locals Personal Mentions Around Mathews and Vicinity
Local notes record guests and visitors including Mr P K Treakle with his parents, Wert and Edgar Winn visiting the county, and Mr and Mrs Page Nottingham calling on relatives on the Eastern Shore. Miss Macy Lamison arrives to manage millinery for Mr Wyatt Wolffe, while Miss Christine Black visits near Poplar Grove. Committees and church events include a Mathews Teachers Association meeting on April 6 and Easter services at St John’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Macy Lamison
Mr. Wyatt Wolffe
Port Haywood Social Notes Mixed With Local Church News
Port Haywood reports several residents traveling to Baltimore Norfolk and Richmond with return dates and visits to relatives. Beulah residents visited the Parsonage for a reception for the preacher and wife. Miss Sadie Bensome returned from Baltimore and praised her sister Mrs Murray. Rev Nina displays a March 16 1613 issue image of the Saturday Evening Post as a study reminder while Rev Boges led services at St Pauls and the East Mathews quarter conference plans to host the Rappa Dist Conference in 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C.E. Diggs
Estelle Weston Mathews
Rocky Mont
Sadie Bensome
Mrs Murray
Faltimore
J. A. ‘Nina
Saturday Evening Post
W. G. Boges
St Paul's
East Mathews
St. Paul's Church
Bethe church Home Coming Services praised across congregations
Reports from Bethe churches note a large crowd and successful Home Coming Services. Rev W G Boggs preached both Sunday and Monday at Bethe. The Westville Home Coming was a great success as a new financial system was inaugurated. Similar services are planned for Oak and Holly Grove churches next Sunday to strengthen member ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.G. Boggs P. E
Westville
Oak
Holly Grove
Local Notes On Residents And Illnesses
Communications from Diggs report Joe Brook's son ill with blood poisoning and Mrs George Mitchell set to return home this week from Maryland. Mrs R T Forrest and her Norfolk family visit Mrs T J Banks, while Mrs W B Diggs just returned from Great Bridge and other trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brook
George Mitchell
Maryland
R. T. Forrest
Little Son
Norfolk
T. J. Banks
W. B. Diggs
Great Bridge
Lost and For Sale Classified Notes in Cardinal Virginia
Four year old well broken S. K. Bedworth cart for sale cheap by Mrs R H Hunley Cardinal Va. Jersey cow fresh to the milk priced at 40 dollars by W H Hepenis Blakes Va. Seventy five bushels of Irish seed potatoes second crop at 1.25 per bushel by J H Jorpan Cardinal Va.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. K. Bedworth
R. H. Hunley
Cardinal
W. H
Hepenis
Blakes
Desirable floating property and misc items offered for sale
Four year old gasoline boat 35 ft 4 in long and 8 ft 6 in beam with 8 h.p. Lathrop engine offered by J. Bennett Mathews Ya. Also a 22 foot canoe with 4 ft beam and a bay horse 13 years old. A Diggs Va address lists missing items, sale notices and job ads. A piano for 250, Jersey cow 35, home furnishings and sewing machine offered before leaving the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P. Lathrop
J. &. Bennett
W. H. Forrest
Diggs
Jersey
Local notes from Gwynns Island and surrounding area
Mr L T Owens remains very sick. Mrs Floyd Hurst of Norfolk visits her parents nearby. Capt K H Hurst left for Norfolk to resume his former post. Earmi sen Diggs expected to be out soon after illness. An April Friday entertainment at the High School Building. Elmo Godsey planning a large farm residence. Earnest Powell welcomes a baby boy. Mrs Celle Caltis returns from Sarslan Hospital Baltimore and recovers. Pearl Owens leaves for Norfolk for an operation. Calvin Hudsins to St Luke's Hospital Richmond under Dr Stuart McGuire care.
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Calvin Hudsins
Southern Cooperage Eno
Claremont
St. Luke’s Hospital
Richmond
Stuart McGuire
Aitercul
Soja Beans And Whipperwill Peas For Sale
Soja beans and whipperwill peas offered for sale claim to enrich soil and improve land texture. Described as among the finest crops, they promise nutritious quillies to soil and heavy growth of excellent feed. Lead in your order before stock runs out.
Farm for Sale Near Fitchett's Wharf Virginia
A 39 acre cleared farm with 4 acres oyster shore and abundant oysters. Includes an 8 room dwelling, barn, outhouses, a closehouse, wharf, and valuated improvements. Former owner Mr. Treder. Terms easy. Apply J. M. Winder Avent Fitchett's Va. 21-3m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Fitcett
Wearf
Esevichus
Startling Asthma Cure Shown By Senpine Experts
Thousands in New York respond to The Woodworth Company offer for a free experimental package of Senpine touted as a cure for asthma catarrh bronchitis and related ailments. The ad claims a Viennese university professor discovered the scientific compound and guarantees results regardless of age or climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senpine
New York
Woodworth Company
New York City
Ashia
Vienna University
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Ras HS
Rnborn
Bedi
Ci Th Williams
Milam
THE
Milam Medicine Co., Inc
Danville
Sil
York City
Madison Square Garden
Sil Record
Linderwood
Tinderwood
Underwood
Gus. R. Trefexer
Margaret B
Owen Bessie Priedman
Lottie FE
Betts
William F. Oswald
Werki
Edison
Lottie E. Betts
Underwood Typewriter Co., Inc
Plume St
W Norolk, Va
Sid
Oak Grove
George Cowen
the Journal
At. Pom
Mathews H., Va
Mathews
P. K. Treakle
Mrs
C. H. Treakle
Messrs. Wert and
Edgar Winn
Mrs. Page Nottingham
L. J. Pkaup
Salem
Mary Davis
Elmore Davis
Steermont
Mary Shackelford
Geo. Gowen
Christine Black
North Carolina
Gladstone Butler
Poplar Grove
Mathews Teachers Association
Mathews C. H
Estelle Dyson
Charlotte Hall, Md
Nora Enos
G. S. Marchant's Department Store
N. A. Nelson
Nels Nelson
Markato, Minn
Carl
Shelt Road
North River
Major Freeman
C. H. Rowe
Anti Saloon League
J. D. McAlister
Bethela
Central
Milford Haven
L. S. Brewer
Oklahoma
Cedar Cove
J. A. Shafer
Shafer
Pennsylvania
St. John’s Sunday School
Childran
Pease
Messrs. C. R. Diggs
G. E. Jaunt
South Fort
N. C
Janey
Scord
Bethel
Port Haywood
Grover A
Baltimore
W. R. Forrest
Luna Huggins
Susie Williams
A. C. Murrey
Communications
J. H. Jorpan
C. H
Sibleys
Jarvis and Pugh's
Beral
G. L. Hatyt Optical Co., Inc
E. Proud St
Richmond, Va
Floyd Hurst
Capt
K. H. Hurst
Mr. Earmisen Diggs
Gwynns Island
Mr. Anders
Earnest Powell
Celle Caltis
Sarslan Hospital
J. KR. Winder
Avent
Fitchett’s
Mathews, Wa
Portsmouth Retail Lumber Corporation Courr
Er and
Chestnut Sts
Portsmouth
W. HH. U. Murray, Willisms Whorf
Engi
Jmrro
Edavstone
Pennsylvania Iron Works
A.C. Handy
New Point, Va
Boston
Boston Warrior
Ruaser Snoz CO
Mass
Boston Hub
Montague Rubber Go. Inc
Norfolk, VA
Sawyer
Chamberlain
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