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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1907
Page
2
The Journal Publishing Co raises questions about annual subscription terms and advance payment policies. Jobe J. Bure, a businessman, signals potential shifts in local newspaper economics and market expectations.
A dated communication describes submission deadlines for letters to the correspondent and notes that campaign advocacy will be charged at regular advertising rates. Reading notices cost 10 cents per line, with contract rates available. Transient ads priced at 50 cents per inch for the first insertion and 25 cents per inch for subsequent insertions without changes.
A Virginia writer urges a county wide plan to improve roads in Mathews by local funding, convict labor, and drainage. He proposes district overseers report miles of road, divide work by sections, use half the tax for repairs and half for drainage, and employ state convicts to dig ditches over five years.
A Quamianic entertainment titled The Turn of the Tide will be staged at Mr. Clements shop on Thursday night December 26 to aid Molly Grove and Providence churches. Local students perform with tickets at 25 cents and refreshments to follow. proceeds go to the Grove family.
An aged ad states Foolen's Honey and Tar cough remedy marketed as a safe children’s aid amid mislisted legal claims. It claims the product is not covered by a national dying law and urges purchase at druggists.
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