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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1912
Page
5
E M Blake visits North Carolina as J Hodgins visits Diggs. new magazines arrive at The Journal office. Christmas events planned at St Pauls church and Westville Baptist. Farm sales, post office construction, and local people traveling to Norfolk and Baltimore noted.
Schedule lists fourth appointments for Mathews circuit with times at Central Salem Bethel St Matthew Ashbury and Central again. N B Fousxee is the pastor.
Druggists nationwide praise Chamberlin's Cough Remedy for coughs and colds. It is said to be dependable, safe, and pleasant to take, with sales through all dealers.
Mr J EB Thomas returned from Mr Olive in N C. Luther Atherton made a flying trip to Norfolk last week. B L Ewell of Middlesex visited relatives here last week. John Jarvis of Norfolk spends this week with his family. Sallie Hunley of Retz spent last week with Mrs Willie Ewell. W E Soles of Soles was seen here Friday and Monday. L E Ashbury returned from a week with relatives in Norfolk. J E Thomas visited his daughter Mrs Harry Hutchison at Regina. AuLp Lanc Syne.
Locust Grove column reports Mrs Claud Richardson and Miss Frances Soles ill and recovering. William Callis, W F Lewis, W J Grimstead, William Leigh, S Leigh, and others are mentioned with travel, visits, and a new location for Lewis saw mill near Seles. Pastor Ogden returns to preach third Sunday at 3 pm. Misses Soles and Kemp visit Norfolk. milliner Miss Stephens to Pocomo Md. Rib fracture from wagon accident noted.
Miss Laura Foster returns from a trip to North Carolina. Mrs. H. T. Philpotts improves after thumb amputation. Brother Odgen and his daughter are ill. his farewell sermon at Oak Grove next Sunday. Oak Grove scholars rehearse a Christmas program. Mrs. W. G. Miles injures her eye. flying wire shatters glasses. Missionary meeting at Providence Church next Sunday at 3. Fog in town delays Brooks and George Miles. rescue by Jeff James, Earl White, and Johnnie Miles.
Lost and found notices items include a janitor request at New iligt School and a plea to Chesapeake Board member. Also listings for a single horse wagon household goods a Sawing outfit and two month old piglets from Mobjack area with contact by Tucker & Tablaterre Mfg Co Gloucester County and C H Brace Mobjack Virginia.
Mrs. J. F. Hudgins is in Norfolk this week. Mrs. W. P. Forrest returned home after a Norfolk stay. Mrs. Ada Crosby and son visited her mother Mrs. Geo. Brownley last week. Mr. John Hurst moved into his recently purchased home. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Campbell and Johnnie Campbell visited their mother. Mrs. B. D. Williams left to spend Christmas with her daughter in Southampton county. Miss Hortense Hudgins returned home after time with her sister. Rev. Foushie preached his first sermon at Bethel. a full church welcomed him.
Public notice from B Bennett of Mathews Virginia announces a saw mill operation near Hudgins ready to furnish lumber to local trade. He will cut and deliver slab wood in four foot lengths to reasonable distances.
Notice by J. B. Bennett of Mathews Virginia offering heart lumber for window and door sills facings and corner boards. Also promotes Chamberlin's Tablets for chronic constipation available from all dealers.
An old unsigned ad touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure to “abuse of your system” by urging action of stomach liver and bowels. The promotion claims the pills restore health and good feelings, priced at 25 cents at druggists.
A reader complains of a five dollar fine for turning a horse on the public road and notes horses crowding the main road from Diggs shop to Haven school. He calls the route a de facto dairy farm and urges enforcement to protect pedestrians especially mothers and children.
Mr William Foster is quite sick. John N Foster is much better. Eunice Hudgins visits parental home. John Hudgins returned from Baltimore with Xmas stock. E V Muse was ill but improved. Eva Morgan went to Norfolk hospital for treatment. Baptist Sunday school scholars plan a Xmas entertainment. Relatives mourn Mr J Henry Armistead who died last week. Kainbow
Dr J W D Haynes advertises a weekly grinding service at a grist mill at Catch Penny near Blakes. He will grind corn for anyone on Tuesday each week and keep meal available at prevailing prices.
A fragmented note lists holiday reading and club items as especially suitable for Christmas with low club rates and standard galagogies for the coming weeks referenced in the Mathews Journal and Everybody’s Magazine.
Mobjack school shows solid progress this year with positive results. Mrs W. G. Miles and her young daughter recently returned from an absence.
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