Local notices and subscription appeal in fragmented ad text
The text urges readers to subscribe and place notices with signed bylines. It mentions advertising rates for first and subsequent insertions, five cent per line resolutions of respect, ten cents per line legal notices, and asks correspondents to submit by Wednesday. It promotes Mathews County paper and gift subscriptions.
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Mathews
Sudanhee
Claes
Law
Pathe
W. McDonald Lee
Sec’y-Mang'r
Irvington
A New Mail Route Suggested for Lower Middlesex and Norfolk
A proposal urges establishing a new mail route using a gasoline launch from Sandy Bottom to Mathews Court House, then by Old Dominion steamer to Norfolk, with connections to Baltimore and New York. If approved, mail could reach Norfolk by 7 AM and allow passengers to ride to Baltimore or catch the 10:35 steamer to Norfolk, boosting communication and travel for residents of lower Middlesex.
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Dlaitvens C. LH
Baltimore
New York
Lower Middlesex
Norfolk
Om Cricket
Rappahannock
North Eng
Norfolk Weil
Northern Mail
Baltigaore
Williams Wharf
Monument Request Urges Confederate Memorial in Court Square
The JourNAL presses the call for a monument to Confederate soldiers and their families in Court Square. It urges the Lane-Diggs Camp to organize and begin fundraising with plans to award the work to a local organ and community leaders, portraying it as a labor of love for Southrons nationwide.
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Bews
Ibs
Moss Letter From Blackstone Pastor Describes New Parish Move
John Moss of Blackstone Virginia writes from the town about moving into a new parsonage near a prominent Methodist church. He notes the union Thanksgiving service at the Presbyterian Church, the Blackstone Female Institute nearby, and his children entering the institute. He thanks friends and The Journal for kind words and reflects on departures and future plans.
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Blacksttoone
Mr. Ephor
W. G. Poges
New Methodist Church
Presbyterian Church
Blackstone Female Institute
Secion
James Cannon, Jr
D.J
Commonwealth
Journal
George D. Prentice
Ichard Ferguson
Cico
Nancy
East
Hyco
Fourth Grade Monthly Report Highlights Scholar Prizes
A fragmented monthly report lists Fourth and Fifth Grade academics and names. Spelling Geography Reading Hygiene Arithmetic and Composition are attributed to students such as Louise Fox Alice Kirkpatrick Eunice Bonnewell Lizzie Fox and Annie Moss. The notice notes two scholar prizes per grade for most frequent names and mourns Annie Moss leaving outstanding work.
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Louise Tor
Eunice Bonnewell
Frank Bonnewell
Louise Fox
Alice Kirkpatrick
Louisi Fox
Lizzie Fox
Alice Kirkpattiek
Lese Fox
Marshall White
Gracestant
Hygiene
Liwie Fox
A Kirkpatrick
Grace Marehs
Lizaie Fox
Eunice Bonnetwell
Diggsy
Grace March
Lizzie Fou Mishall White
Walter Sadler
Eunice Bonnwell
Lizzie
Fox
Louise Ex
Alice Asiekpaltick
Alice Rkirkparick
Eunicé Gonnewell
Grac Marchant
Lucile Landon
Bull Sadler
Frank Newell
la Buchanan
William Diggs
Annie Moss
Ely Treakle
Mary Thurston
Ma Thurston
Josephine Marchant Shepherd Lowe Miller
Mawell James
Elva
Treakle
Josephine Marchant
Shepherd Lowe Mille
Edgar White
Olivia Fleet
Helen Kirkpatrick
Manwell James
Josephine Marchan
Elva Treakle
Sheperd Lowe Milter
Maxwell James
Repherd Miller
Olivia Micet
An Moss
Annnie
Annie
Prizy
Regular meeting of Mathews Court House camp
Local notice calls Comrades to a regular meeting at Mathews Court House on Saturday December 18 at 6 30 PM. The agenda lists important business and attendance requested for the soldiers’ unit and camp leadership.
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Mathews Court House
Satuy
The Village Urges Clean Streets This Season
The town presses merchants to sweep in front of their doors as visitors arrive to shop and transact business. Scraps should be burned away from the street to improve the town’s appearance for all residents and visitors.
Pupils Welcome a New Classmate in Grade VI
Tai SCUEGL NOTES report a new arrival in Grade VI named Charlie Green. The note calls him a pleasant pupil and a hard worker and says he will soon be abreast with his classmates.
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Charlie Green
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