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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1908
Page
3
Local items report various visits and travel around Mathews. Notables include Capt Sally Thompkins at Woodstock and Rev W J Rutherford preaching in Westville and Macedonia. Family visits span Richmond Norfolk Boston and Berkley with neighbors hosting guests and a note on a one eight acre farm for sale.
Mrs W E E Walker and son Leon of Baltimore visit relatives in the county. Foley's Kidney Remedy advertised. Audit report notes J J Burke treasurer of Mathews settled funds with the Commonwealth. Hampton and Newport News residents visit Miss Maude Blassingham. Miss Carolyn Barker of Louisville is at Poplar Grove. Rev Richard Ferguson assisted by Rev W C Vaden at Central church protracted meeting through next Sunday. Rev W J Rutherford returns from Richmond and Gloucester revival work. Courthouse party of fourteen attends Wharton Grove camp meeting despite rain and rough trip from Fitchetts wharf in the Spring Hill launch.
Misses Nannie and Ola Sanders of Middlesex County visited friends here last week. Miss Ruth Haynes of Cobbs Creek stayed at Lower Windsor the home of Mrs. Lucy Fitchett. Capt W S Brown returned home from Norfolk much improved. Mr Harry Thompson came home after visiting relatives in Washington. Revival meetings around here have closed with good results for the community. Curtis Edwards of Blakes visited friends here last weekend. Capt Alex Soles was the pleasant guest of his brother Charlie Soles. Nightingale.
Advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as a cure for chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels. Claims the product is mild and pleasant to take, does not nauseate or gripe, and is sold by all druggists with substitutes refused.
On Gwynns Island a watermelon party at Miss Bernice Callis home drew many friends who enjoyed a dandy time and hope for another soon. Mrs Harry McPherson left for Baltimore after a three week stay with island friends, joined by sister Mrs Willie Morgan. Miss Ethel League of Newport News visited Miss Belle Powell. Island youths travelled to Middlesex skating rink Friday night and reported a jolly time returning home early. Walter Mitchem’s home lost its oldest child a seven year old boy, Melvin, after a one day illness.
Tom Moore of Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga writes of a bad sore on his instep that Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured. He notes a 25 cent box provided a perfect cure and says it is guaranteed at all druggists.
Mrs A E Anderson of Balti more visits her relatives the Brooks family. Miss Louise Criswell and sister visit Richard Parker in Baltimore. Rosebud Callis and Ottie Callis visit their father Charles Callis. Rose Morgan returns home with cousin Mabel Smith from South Norfolk. Susie Morgan of Ports mouth visits grandmother Mrs James Hudgins. Mrs Hugh Hudgins returns from Chester Pa with Jessie Hudgins C S Diges and wife from Onancock Va. Captain John G Brownley and family of Cape Charles visit his parents. Hugh Hudgins' sister from Chester Pa visits relatives here. Arthur and Vernon Wilson of Baltimore stay with Mrs Lucy Banks. Miss Mary Down is at home.
Susan Jefferson Johnson, a respected Black man in the area, was reportedly involved in a shooting scrape near Portaywood last holiday. No further details available.
A Beulah church wedding last Thursday featured Miss Ellen Garnett in a solo and Mrs. John F. Jarvis leading the wedding march as Rev. W. L. Ware joined Genius Hudgins and Sadie Gayle in marriage. The couple, daughter of J. Wesley Gayle near Poplar Grove, and a Merchants & Miners’ Steamship Co employee, begin life amid family and friends. Wishes for a faithful union and enduring happiness are offered in verse.
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Remedy aids elderly with kidney and bladder disorders by stimulating urinary organs correcting irregularities and toning the system. It urges immediate use and notes availability at all druggists.
Providence church hosts a lawn party on the 26th with a children’s picnic at Mr McKendree Machen’s home on Sept 2 from 1 to 6 pm. The three youngest Providence classes, aided by Mesdames Down and L Brownley and Miss Bernice Machen, plan games, hide and seek, croquet, and swinging. Ice cream cake lemonade and candy will be sold to fund the Sunday school beautification. Proceeds aid the little ones’ drive to improve the church.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar as immediate relief for asthma and throat and lung ailments. It claims many cures and says the product contains no harmful drugs and is sold by all druggists.
Mr. F Theo Miller suffered a severe threshing accident when his right hand was caught in a drum near Fosters. Doctors amputated all fingers except one, leaving Miller to cope with his injuries as a versatile local worker and telephone operator.
Ayles purportedly spent 15 years suffering indigestion and two hundred dollars on remedies before praising Dr. King’s New Life Pills as the best. The testimonial from B. K. Ayscue of Tawkside, N.C. claims the pills cured his condition as effectively as any other remedy. Water guarantee offered. sold by all druggists.
The Annual Regatta is postponed to September 16 due to recent conditions. September 4 events proceed with a 10:00 a.m. meeting and 5:00 p.m. races. Three classes include two sailboat races, one motor boat race, with silver cups for classes 1 and 3 and a prize for class 2.
Notice seeks bids for dinner service for October 20 to 22 and for a confectionery stand at the Fair Grounds. Four outside oyster stands priced at 10 dollars each. Bids close September 2, 1908. First come, first served. Contact Percival Hicks See’y Norn Va.
An advertised request seeks a gasoline boat to carry at least 50 passengers daily from Cape Charles to Stutts Creek on October 2 21 and 22 1938. Fare is 75 cents round trip. Applicants must provide boat name for advertising across the Eastern Shore.
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