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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 03, 1910
Page
5
Central Salem Bethel St Pauls Beulah churches announce circuit appointments. Services listed include 11 A.M. and 3 P.M. on specific Sundays with two meetings each month through February and May. Locations and exact Sundays shown as first and third or second and fourth patterns across St Pauls Beulah and Bethel.
Dates and times for Ash Wednesday and Lenten services at Christ Church Trinity Church and St. John s in February and March. Easter Day services noted with usual schedule. Girls B Cooke, Rector.
Local items report Honorable Elijah Baker Jr returning to Richmond and Capt Alexander Jones back from Norfolk. Notices advertise sales, livestock, and a surrey for 25 dollars, missing boat, sick list updates, and travel notes of merchants and college-bound Miss Hudgins. Also mentions tea supply agent and local coalitions amid community announcements.
In Mobjack the sun shines bright in winter and breezes stay cool in summer. Mr Major Agt retired from Old Point to live here with Mrs Major. The Mobjack Oil and Fish Co plans a new plant at Shirk Point and expects to begin operations next season. H S Rockfellow suffered a serious eye injury from a nail while helping with Mr Howell's house. a New York eye specialist expresses hope for partial restoration. Miss Adelle Bibb, Mobjack's teacher, returns from Norfolk after three weeks with la grippe and resumes teaching amid cheering students. Brevity Poo.
A Toledo Ohio board park commissioner, F. P. Resress, writes warmly about the Mathews County Journal. He thanks the paper for home news and encloses $1 for a one year subscription.
The Mobjack Produce Exchange held its annual meeting at Cardinal Athenaeum on the 26th with officers elected: President Byron Sutherland Secretary F L Jordan Treasurer W J Green and executive committee E M Maxwell F L Jordan J F Foster. Also noted are Hubert Rockfellow losing an eye and seeking New York treatment along with arrivals Jessie Hopkins and Georgine Mogford who plan to build on North River after staying in Tryon N C for a year.
A Tuesday evening entertainment at Mrs. J W Mathews home on North Church Street honored Miss Susie Williams of Virginia visiting from Virginia. A penny contest challenged guests to find coin faces with Mrs Daisy Foster winning first prize. Miss Nannie Daughtry and Mr Mark Williams served punch while Linda Armistead helped host. Refreshments of salads and ices followed the prize presentation.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh a constitutional disease. The advert claims internal use cures the disease by targeting mucous surfaces and building up the body. Proponents offer one hundred dollar reward for any case it fails to cure and invite testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. includes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A warning urges taking Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey at once to reduce inflammation stop the cough and heal irritated membranes. The advisory stresses prompt action to prevent complications and promote recovery with this remedy.
A supplier claims Ly Bell Pine Tar Honey relieves discomfort in minutes with a strong guarantee. Slogans promote fast relief and customer confidence in the product.
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