This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
6
Local notes list August and October appointments on East Mathews Circuit with Bethel Salem Central times and locations. Includes mentions of trips to Snuff Va Callis Ndolk hunting in county and various residents traveling to Norfolk Washington Richmond and Oyster supper planned at Junior Order. piano tuner seeks new territory client names and addresses.
Messrs Ewell W P Smith and I visited the Mattaponi River last week on a hunting trip. The report notes casualties among the game and mentions a distant country as a possible cause, though details are uncertain.
Mathews County taxpayers are advised I will collect taxes at listed locations and dates. Gwyrns Island December 1, Hockenfare December 2, Mathews C H December 3, Jakes December 5, Obbs Creek December 6. J J Burke Treasurer.
Mrs. Robert Carney returned home last Thursday after treatment in Baltimore. Will Respess and wife, after visiting relatives here, returned to Florie da. Russell Foster visited his parental home last week. Eunice Hudgins fell down stairs recently and was seriously injured. Gilbert Spears plans to move next week to his old home, much to neighbors’ delight.
There will be oysters and refreshments for sale in the Junior Orders Mechanics Building at Mathews CH on Saturday afternoon December 3. Proceeds support the Mathews C H High School building project. The supper is under the Garnett Literary Society of Mathews High School.
Mr R E Owens is reported sick. Rev L J Phaup preached at Potato Neck Chapel last Thursday. Robert Grace left for Baltimore due to sickness. Stanley Diggs and wife took daughter Jennie to Sarah Lee Hospital for appendicitis surgery. A new church is nearly completed in the neighborhood. Best wishes to the Journal and editor.
At the last Board of Supervisors meeting the state offer to supply antitoxin at reduced cost was accepted. Dr. C. C. White, Secretary of the Board of Health, will supervise distribution to diphtheria patients. Pricing includes 1660 units for 29 cents, 2000 units for 89 cents, 3000 units for 1.29 dollars, and 5000 units for 1.89 dollars.
Advertising notice seeking live agents to sell a meritorious line of medicines widely used by families and in stables. An exceptional opportunity to earn. Write for proposition to L. B. Martin, Box 110, Richmond, Virginia.
The ad promises rapid relief from a persistent ailment by using Dr Bells Antiseptic Salve. It claims visible improvement from the first application and urges readers to try the product to experience a change in condition.
The notice touts a local general store offering a wide range of goods from dress goods, boots, clothing, harness, and stoves to rugs and household items. It claims very low prices, strong groceries and hardware, and promises the best market price for corn, peas, beans, fowl, and fresh eggs at 32 cents. It invites readers to visit and start for the store.
Various items for sale or trade listed by local residents including sheep, a pure bred Balti Berkshire boar and two sows, a ladies jacket with lace, a gas machine, old sash windows, and marble monuments. Advertisements note contact through Journal Office and local figures such as S G Milk and W E Carr. Transactions listed with locations in Dixondale and Worth, Virginia, amid miscellaneous notices.
A misspelled public notice promoting eye care services by an eye specialist named St. Cohen and A. R. Cole Hotel. It promises relief from headaches neuralgia burning sensations and eye troubles with a free consultation for children. It hints at a Saturday court day in Mathews and Athens areas.
Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve is advertised as painless and harmless and guaranteed to cure. The claim states it has never failed on a case and sells for 25 cents.
On account of leaving town J H McKinney will sell household furniture farm implements horses cows sheep shoats brood sows a good skiff and other items. Sale includes a variety of household and farm gear and livestock to be disposed of at public auction.
An old advertisement touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve as only for the eyes and promises a 25 cent refund if not satisfied. The copy invites readers to judge its usefulness and return for credit.
A small gold Masonic pin was found near Vernon Davis and Westville Christian Church on Sunday evening the 27th. Finder please return to the Journal Office for a reward.
A vintage ad urges buyers to choose Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey and guarantees the product is the best cough medicine option available. It emphasizes quality and effectiveness to reassure customers seeking relief.
A brief note emphasizes that only another bottle of Dr Bel s Pine Tar Honey is acceptable and mentions checking the belt mark on the bottle to confirm authenticity.
A nineteenth century advertisement claims a woman's charm depends on health and temper. It asserts constipation and kidney poisons cause pimples and a blotched complexion, promising Electric Bitters as a godsend to regulate organs, purify blood, and improve nerves, eyes, breath, skin, and overall health. Available at all druggists.
An advertising notice touts Bucklens Arnica Salve as the fastest healer for wounds burns boils sores skin eruptions eczema and chapped hands. Priced at 25 cents at all druggists.
A promotional notice urges readers to try Dr Bells Antiseptic Salve for all skin troubles. It claims pleasant application, guaranteed satisfaction in worst cases, and offers the product at 25 cents a box.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.