Little Local Items Highlight Community Notices
Richmond visitors Charles Browne of Taylor and Browne visits relatives Mrs. Hunley and Mr. Burke. Vestry directs payment and resale of unpaid burial lots. Trinity Church Cemetery details. Lost signet ring with initials B L S. rewards. Local ads cover manager for German Coach Horse LAWFER, land sale near Horn Harbor, rental at Dutton, and Urbanna factory work. Also notes residents, preaching at Westville, and a Norfolk groceries listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Browne
Taylor & Browne
Richmond
George Hunley
John Burke
Browne
Mathews
Unity Church
Thos. F. Nelson
Trinity Church Cemetery
B. L. S. Finder
Sears & Williams
Gee
EE. Hunt
Port Haywood
Lawfer
Blunt
Dutton Post Office
Gloucester County
Virginia
Mitchell
H. C. Bradford
Main Street
Norfolk
Ernest W. Browne
Main St
J. A. Weston
Baltimore
Weston
Mary Ellen Burke
Rionchard
Charles Brown
Urbanna
Urbanna Manufacturing Co
Urbanna, Va
Mathews County correspondence reports varied local services and events
County news item highlights a clothing and cleaning shop over the bank run by Mr. Poster and Mr. Foster, a dyeing business, and local trades including wheelwrights and horse shoers. Notes on Foley’s Honey and Tar, a heartbeat of regional commerce, public notices, and entertainment plans. A mission society event at Odd Fellows Hall raised funds, with a graphophone program and moving pictures announced for next week, plus church conference dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwynns
Powell
R.wesley Poster
Foster
Brooks & Hudgins
John FP
Hudgins
Laban P
Poley
Wolmans Missionary Society of
East Mathews
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Ira White
Jesus
Bethel Church
Leumas
Appointments Mathews Circuit at Crab Neck School
Crab Neck School House hosts an appointment on the second Sunday at 3 P.M. Richard Ferguson is listed as P. C. for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Neck
Richard Ferguson
P. C
Foley's Kidney Cure Promises Relief for Kidney Trouble
No one is immune from kidney trouble, Foley's Kidney Cure is advertised to stop irregularities and cure kidney and bladder issues that are within medical reach. Sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
al 4Ruggists
Simple Remedy for La Grippe Coughs and Pneumonia Risk
An old advertisement promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for la grippe coughs. It claims the product stops coughing and heals the lungs to prevent serious outcomes, noting the genuine formula contains no harmful drugs and comes in a yellow package. Refers readers to buy from all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. H. Bohannon
John G. Bohannon
Stanford
Memphis, Tenn
Times
Foley
Oly
Woman testifies in court described assault by husband
In Denver on February 8, Mrs. Lucile Spencer testified before Judge Hudson about being placed on a lap and struck by her husband Joe. The awkward exchange showed the judge stern, with Mrs Spencer repeatedly hedging as she described the incident and its painful recollection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Lucile Spencer
Hudson
Joe
Spencer
Divorce Granted After Court Remarks On Spankings
In a dated court scene Frank McFall and James Shire smile as the judge questions behavior toward Mrs Spencer. The judge grants divorce to Mrs Spencer, noting cruelty and citing the rod as inappropriate for adults, and awards an 18 month old daughter to the mother. Mrs Spencer, daughter of Mrs Anna Richey, is the second of her sisters to obtain a divorce in weeks, the first being Adele Taliaferro from Frank Taliaferro for habitual drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank McFall
James Shire
Spencer
Anna Richey
Mrs. Richey
Adele Taliaferro
Frank Taliaferro
Greatest ships in the world report defends US design quality
Admiral Converse submits to Secretary Metcalf a defense of American naval vessel designs. The report argues that by figures, foreign comparisons, and scale drawings the battleships were the best of their class at design and remain comparable to any navy. It credits veteran officers for achieving the needed compromises during planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Converse
Metcalf
Virginian Pilot
Passenger Boat Schedule Between Crickett Hill and North End
Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Company announces passenger sailings from Crickett Hill at 3 30 P M to North End for Baltimore and Rappahannock River landings, and from North End via Ruark at 8 A M to Crickett Hill with connections at East River for Norfolk Old Point and the Exposition. L Vanness Ruark, Mer Ruark, Va
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Company
Crickett Hill
North End
Baltimore
Rappahannock River
Ruark
East River
Norfolk
Old Point
Exposition
L. Vanness Ruark
Mer
Second quarterly conference at Bethel Church Saturday and Sunday
The East Mathews Circuit holds its second quarterly conference at Bethel Church on next Saturday and Sunday the 11th and 16th. Saturday services begin 11:30 A.M. with preaching, the conference following in the afternoon. Rev. R. F. Gayle preaches at Beulah Sunday at 11 A.M. and at Bethel at 3 P.M. supervised by W. L. Ware, P. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Mathews
Bethel Church
R. F. Gayle
Beulah
Bethel
W. L. Ware
P. C
House Finance Committee Boosts School Appropriations
The House Finance Committee reports a large increase in annual public school funding. The education budget grows by 500000 dollars, a 100000 rise, and high school aid doubles from 50000 to 100000, enabling more schools and greater efficiency statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Finance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christopher Garnett
Westville Baptist Church
Robert Garland
Baptist State Mission
Horn Harbor
Terns
W. P. Borum
L. Gwynn
Old Rockets
VW. H. Miller
L. M. Omer
Orange County
J. Ek. Foster
C. H
Tacher Smith
Wm. H. Co
Walter Stoakes
Julian Christian
Leslie Garnett
Grand Lodge
John I. Hughes
Julia Hughes
Walter R. Stoakes
Atherton
Blakes
Wes Buchannon
Maryland Oyster Navy
Maryland Oyster Rocks
Mathews C. H. L
Battery Minstrel
B. E. Clement
Battery
St. Valentine's
Odd Fellows Hall
Red Men’s Hall
Court House
Trinity Cemetery
Hearn & Miller
Elswhere
Clements
North, Va
Salem
Central
LA Grippe
Circuit Court
County OF
East Coast Lumber Corporation
Ss. F. Minter
S F. Minter
S. F. Minter
Westville
State of
Thomas E. Miles
Evans’ Creek
Jne W. White
Carlton White
Geo. C. Gregory L. C. Garnett
Sands Smith
Dicott-Johnson CO
Dett Shoes
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
AMT, Alison
Wis
White Bros. Wine and Whiskey Merchants
Commercial Place
Batimore Steam Packet Company
OLD Bay
U.S. Mail
Alabama
Georgia
Portsmouth
High St
Hygeia Pier
Light St. Pier
Philadelphia
New York
Light St
Pier
South
Main and
Granby Streets
New Atlantic Hotel
Geo. G. Hobson
J. W. Brown, JR
So. Pass
Ruth Shackleford
The
Mathews Journal
New Idea Woman's Magazine
Wolff
Wollie
Nelson, Mathews
Bue Ribbon Grocery
Blue Ribbon
Ss. P. James
Blue Ribbon Grocery
Madison
Dolly Madison
Dixon Jarve
And
Ff. Claykk Ge. ‘Limited
Norfolk, Va
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