13 Aug 1908
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1908
Page
1
A display touts Pure Linseed Oil Pure Turpentine Jellite Pine Oil and Putty along with several varnishes including Hard Oil Demar Rubbing Spar Coach and Cspal Varnish. Buyers urged to investigate merits before purchasing.
A dialect tale tells how Joshway outwits the Sun in a stand off before night. The Sun offers warmth and light while Joshway keeps his ground and finally wins calm shelter as dawn approaches. The fable captures braggadocio, patience, and a clever exit for the day.
A Jack Hall outfit foreman recalls Loco Jones a hired hand who rode night herds under a demon fire. Jones, a troubled wanderer, dies after a final vigil near Poncha Mountain as the outfit buries him with the name Loco Jones and the line he seen the light.
A compact ad lists shellac floor varnish four stains enamels wood fillers and japan dryers among other finishing supplies.
A call to parents to keep their sons on farms through local education and agricultural training. Emphasizes home opportunities, public schools and colleges, and maternal guidance to resist cityward siren calls. Warns about farm desertions driving food prices and urban wage competition.
The narrative recounts Jones in rough weather wandering barefoot and blind to danger, muttering in a strange tongue while neighbors joke about his condition. A companion, Short Leg, recalls a night vision of Jones spurring a Pinto through Poncha Mountain with a fiery, otherworldly presence.
Mrs J confronts a maid about her habit of standing with mouth open. The maid replies “Yassum” and claims she opened mark 2 DS m4, reflecting a misread or garbled OCR fragment with no clear factual outcome.
The Chesapeake Steamship Company announces schedules from Baltimore starting Feb 24 1908 with elegant passenger steamers Columbia Augusta and Atlanta serving Old Point Comfort Norfolk Gloucester Point and West Point routes. Through tickets baggage check and reserved rooms available from 119 N. Baltimore Street or offices on Light and Lee streets Baltimore. Also notes crews’ union activities and a humorous sea tale from Captain Duggs.
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