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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1907
Page
2
Notices urge correspondents to mail letters before Wednesday to ensure publication. Obituaries and resolutions require paid status at five cents per line. reading notices priced at ten cents per line. Transient ads cost 50 cents per measure for the first insertion with 23 cents per week for repeats.
The piece praises Virginia and North Carolina leaders for confronting railroad rate disputes. It notes Judge Pritchard injunction and Gov. Glenn actions as showing state sovereignty, while urging swift, decisive leadership to enforce state laws until a final court ruling is reached.
At Mathews Court House on August 6 the Mobtack Bay Yacht Club schedules annual races for August 20 at Mob eet and September 3 at Ruburn Wharf. Power classes range from 5 hp to 16 hp, sail classes from 20 ft to 40 ft. Prizes are flags. Regatta Committee includes Dr. R. Rt. Hoskins and others. Open entry with free admission and public invitation.
Little Lucy Litchfield Sears hosted a birthday party at Halcyon Hall on Wednesday from 5 to 7. She was assisted by cousins Grace Baker Sievel of Richmond and Juliet Browne Garnett of Williamsburg. Guests included Mary Ellen and Genevieve Burke, Josephine Claiborne Marchant, Dorothy and Irma Rutherford, Catherine Cooke, Ruby Mary and Lucy Sibley, Hilda and Annie Blake, Mary Frye Merchant, Vivian Douglass, Elizabeth and Virginia Pugh, Lucy Banner, Grace Siegel, and Juliet Garnett, with Masters Dabney G. Baker and several others attending.
A New Jersey editor lauds Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy for coughs and colds in his family, claiming nothing else compares. He notes it is sold by all druggists.
The American Association of Masters Mates and Pilots Progressive Harbor No 9 votes a set of memorial resolutions after the death of Brother O F Morgan. The group expresses sympathy to his parents and requests the charter be draped in mourning for thirty days, with copies sent to the family.
The Blackstone School for Girls under Rev. James Cannon offers thorough Christian instruction at low cost. The ad invites readers to study the advertisement carefully, noting the institution is well known and highly regarded for moderate tuition.
An old advertisement warns that more than half of men over sixty suffer from kidney and bladder disorders often due to enlarged prostate. It touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy, citing a Rockport Missouri testimonial and urging use at first signs of danger.
Footice told Atv Parties Houpivag Oys that a levy would be placed on the oysters and shared after the 20th of the month until the tax and expenses are paid. Some parties requested a delay for a shore survey, others refused to settle, so a levy on all shore properties was proposed.
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