Journal Editor and Owner Mintrrer at the helm
The Journal marks its weekly presence with editor M. Mintrrer and owner status. The paper appears as a Thursday issue priced at $1.00 per year in advance, under the banner of Seb.
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1910
Page
4
The Journal marks its weekly presence with editor M. Mintrrer and owner status. The paper appears as a Thursday issue priced at $1.00 per year in advance, under the banner of Seb.
Obituaries and resolutions of respect and paid notice rates for advertisements are outlined. Reading notices are priced per line with contract rates available. Transient ads carry per inch charges and timely submissions are urged before Wednesday morning for Thursday April 21 1916 edition.
The notice warns citizens to pay poll taxes by May 7 or lose voting rights for the year. It emphasizes duty and privilege of voting and denounces those who avoid taxes or polling places as insufficiently interested in public welfare. It urges conformity to civic duties and warns against criticism without participation.
Senator Aldrich announces he will not run again. He suggests the Senate will proceed well without him and hints the writing is on the wall for his candidacy.
Mrs Kate Hudgins of Mathews died at her home on Wednesday April 26 at 1 p m after a long illness from typhoid fever. Funeral services will be at Westville Christian church at 11 a m Saturday, burial at St Pauls Cemetery. Survived by two brothers W R Billups and H K Billups and four sisters Mesdames C Brooks Fred Hudgins J C Hudgins and Mary Fox.
Miss Mary Susan Diggs age sixty five of Mathews county died Sunday morning April seventeenth at the home of her sister Mrs L A Brownley 132 East Brambleton avenue The body was sent to Mathews county Monday for interment She was active in church work a Methodist for forty five years Funeral services were held Providence church Tuesday April nineteenth at two oclock Rev W L Jones officiated and interment followed She was daughter of the late Col Thomas and Mrs Sallie Diggs two sisters Mrs Emma and others survive
L A Brownley of Portsmouth and his brother C E Diggs of Cardinal are identified in the readable fragment of a local notice.
Old Mathews resident Mr. Lewis G Hudgins died of paralysis at his son’s North River home. Funeral held at Providence church with Rev W L Jones officiating, burial in Providence Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs J D White and Mrs Mamie Zimmerman and two sons Lewis and Robert Hudgins. He served as sail maker after Civil War service in Confederate Navy.
An obituary notes the death on February 6 of a devoted Christian father in his fifty ninth year. He bore weeks of suffering without murmur and is survived by a widow eight children and many grandchildren. A Baptist church member, he was laid to rest in the family burial ground after funeral services led by Rev. H. B. Jordan. The tribute speaks of a blessed reunion on the resurrection morn and lasting memories.
An advertisement proclaims Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the world’s best remedy for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers eczema salt rheum sore eyes cold sores chapped hands and sprains. It claims infallible relief for piles and lists a price of 25 cents at all druggists.
The Commission of Fisheries on Friday April 15 appointed Oyster Inspectors in Gloucester Middlesex Lancaster and Matthews counties. In the Eleventh District C H Mase Inspector and special police Gloucester post office Wicomico. in the Twelfth District J H Nye Gloucester county post office Cap pahosie. Thirteenth District James Sin
Gloucester and Mathews counties are shown with post offices in Zanoni Susan Bohannon Blakes and Urbanna. Districts Twenty and Twenty eight name inspectors and special policemen including J R Gresham J C Brewington R W Doggett W H Gale E D Moore and others with P O towns Irvington Millenbeck Bohannon Deltville Locklies and Urbanna.
The State Summer Institute at Fredericksburg announces a robust program led by Mr. A B Chandler Jr of Richmond as conductor with Mr. Arthur D Wright as local manager. The institute highlights an 80 percent prior attendance success, lectures by Prof J S Thomas on Rural School Administration, a July 8 faculty reception, an excursion to Mt Vernon or Washington on July 16, and a June to May catalogue release.
A summarized guide listing farm tasks for the month including preparing seed beds with harrows, securing good seeds early, planting seed patches for corn and cotton, using modern tools like horse drawn harrows, preventing field fires, valuing soil fertility, keeping a garden through continuous planting, and beginning spraying and pruning as advised by Dr. Knapp.
A Raleigh North Carolina article urges practical steps for farmers and households including pest control, hog pasturing, poultry care, stock welfare, and home cleanliness to prevent disease and improve property value. It stresses timely action and keeping flies and mosquitoes away.
Special Commissioners under a 1910 Mathews County decree will auction Cordelia C. Murray’s Williams Wharf property May 16 at 2 PM. The Hunt includes a ten room house, barn, 25 acres, orchard, grounds, with 4 riverfront frontage, terms one half cash and one to two years credit, bonds secured by a deed of trust and insured buildings as directed. Sands Sarre, Clerk.
Warns against mercury containing catarrh remedies and urges prescription use. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio, claiming internal action on blood and mucous surfaces. States price 75 cents per bottle and notes hall's family pills for constipation.
Guarantee states every bottle of Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey will satisfy in all throat and bronchial troubles as claimed by the advertiser.
When in need of a cough medicine use Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It is the best. Look for the bell on bottle.
The spring examination of public school teachers for 1910 will be held on April 21 22 and 23 at Mathews Courthouse starting at 9 o clock each morning. E C Percirur Div Supt.
Notice announces standing of stallion Say brook in Mathews for coming season. Pedigree lists Saybrook bay sired by Silent Brook with dam Roblinell by Robin and grand-dam Pearl by Hamiltonian. Bred by Groverland Stock Farm Georgetown Kentucky. Terms available from D F Kirxeatricx haz tf.
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