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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1905
Page
2
Transient ads cost 50 cents per lunch for best insertion and 25 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Obituaries and resolutions of respect billed at five cents per line. Communications advocating candidates billed as advertising. Polls and notices require proper signing. anonymous submissions not published. Deadline notes request letters reach by Wednesday morning.
Prosperity in our county town shines as merchants report a splendid Christmas trade. Patrons filled stores for weeks before Christmas Day with lines of vehicles and eager shoppers, reflecting thrift and enterprise. The town is praised as a central Mecca of shoppers in Tidewater Virginia with steady progress.
The House Democratic leader Williams pledges not to appoint a Virginian to the Ways and Means Committee in place of Swanson, who plans to retire. The move is described as punishing Virginia members, unjust to the state, and unbecoming of a party leader.
Margaret Porter, born February 8 1839 in Wilmington Del moved to Mathews as a young girl to teach. She married Charles Houldey Huging of Mathews County and taught a select school for young ladies. She died in New York City on December 14 after pneumonia, leaving sorrowing friends who remember her as a born teacher and Christian leader.
The Christmas night event filled the parsonage to capacity with a standing room only crowd. The bazar offered well priced novelties and the supper drew exceptional patronage confirming the community’s good taste and enjoyment. Brother Williams and the church ladies received praise for flawless management.
The obituary honors a devoted church leader who served eight years as President of the Christian Woman's Board of Missions and later became Vice-President. It extols her sincerity, charity, and service, notes her New York years, and says she rests in Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, with a message of Christian hope.
St Johns Sunday school held a crowded Christmas tree festival on December 26 with recitations singing and treats for the children. Notable participants included Gertrude Marieer ci Susie Knight Lucile Douglas Josephine Marchant Lucy Sears and Baker Lee Sears. Mrs. Cooke superintendent received a rocking chair from teachers and scholars.
A holiday closure followed by student honors and gifts as Miss Kate Green and Miss Daisy Thurston lead class activities. Report lists Christmas exam winners in Arithmetic, Reading, Spelling, Writing, Grammar and more with names of top scorers and who attended daily. Harold Blassingham and Clinton White spend holidays in Norfolk. Daisy and Mary Thurston moving to Baltimore.
A parsonage Christmas note describes Santa delivering a handsome gold watch via a druggist in Mathews. The writer praises generous friends and recalls cold northern trips, hinting at suspicions about the gift’s origin while cherishing the heirloom as a memory of love and kindness.
A Pawpaw Missouri church social at Mrs Links house raised funds to buy the pastor an overcoat. Deacon Dailey led the event with ice cream service while young couples attended. A one attendee reportedly spent 30 cents on ice cream amid a boisterous scene, generating seven stars and ninety cents for the preacher’s coat.
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