Local notices seek parsonage near East Mathews Circuit
Late local poems report doings of the people and announce a search for a suitable location to erect a parsonage or a house for the pastor and family on East Mathews Circuit. A committee asks parties with a place to notify by writing or in person. Several medicinal ads and lectures are interspersed among community items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Mathews
S. J. Foster
Geo. B. Thomas
J. T. Thomas
Jac. F. Hedins
Kodol
BE. Baker & Co
Stormbound Ships and Snowy Roads Tie County News
County correspondence notes many sail relays returning battered yet grateful for landfall amid stormy seas. Weather and bad roads hinder travel as snow and sleet delay mail, with several locals recovering from ailments while others nurse colds. The piece references Mathews Journal managers and local figures like John Ripley and LT. J. Fitchett amid winter hardships in Lewmas.
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Diggs Wharf
Tom
Mathews Journal
Mr. Pugh
Am Ghid
New Point
Shoes for walking and sport span many uses
An old newspaper item notes several shoe types including walking and dancing models and a marketing push for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea priced at 35 cents. Also mentions Capt. E Miller visiting Norfolk and the death of Thos N White near Retz from pneumonia at age 59, leaving a wife and elderly mother. A small Westville District farm for sale or rent near John P Morgan with 18 acres cleared and 10 woodland, offered by B M Diggs.
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Dolly Madison
Hollister
Rocky Mountain
E. Miller
Norfolk
Andrew J. Miller
Thos. N. White
Retz
Westville
John P. Morgam
B. M. Diggs
Diggs Family News From LASAN Area
John T. Diggs to start for Norfolk on the 11th after travels in Florida and Alabama. Thomas Hadgins dies February 3, 1997 with funeral at his home led by Rev. W. L. Ware. burial in family grounds. Sarah Diggs injures arm and shoulder in ice fall. Dr Vaden attends. David Diggs remains ill. Edna Brooks to leave for Norfolk Tuesday. Blue Eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John T. Diges
Mathews County
Florida
Alabama
Norfolk
Thomas Hadgins
W. L. Ware
Sarah Diggs
Vaden
David Diggs
Edna Brooks
Oyster Supper for Hallseford Chapel Fundraiser
The Ladies' Union at Mathews Chapel plans a postponed oyster supper in Chapel Lodge rooms Monday night Feb 18 with ice cream cake fowl pickles and all the wood things that accompany oysters. Proceeds fund Methodist Chapel improvements. Supper 25c ice cream extra. Coasting on Queen's Creek enlivens days. Sunday school revived at Hallie ford Post Office school house with new officers and distributed lesson books. Rev. Snyder will preach first Sunday in March. Miss Dora Peters and Miss Maude Bruce nearing school term ends. Mr. Wm Baylock recovering after eye trouble.
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Ladies’ Union
Mathews Chapel
Chapel Lodge
Methodist
Queen’s Creek
Hallieford Post Office
Snyder
Dora Peters
Maude Bruce
Wm. Baylock
Local Notes and Family Updates From The Community
Capt. C. T. Banks is home for a few days this week. Miss Belle Brooks leaves to take her Norfolk telephone office position. Mr. B. M. Diggs and family suffer with colds. Mrs. A. FE. Anderson will depart for Baltimore. Sympathy extended for Capt. W. Hurst's death and bereaved family. Wash Morgan at home for a few days. Ret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. T. Banks
Belle Brooks
Norfolk
B. M. Diggs
A. FE. Anderson
Baltimore
Wash Morgan
Gloucester News Roundup Of Local Health And Moves
Mr Cornelius Hughes is sick with the la grippe. Frank Bland Miller, at Professor Tabb's school of Gloucester, spent Friday to Monday home with his parents. Boswell Clements is not improving. Isiah Hughes stayed with Mrs Boswell Burton Friday to Monday. Mr and Mrs R J Mattox returned to the county to live after a spell in Baltimore. Mr and Mrs Fletcher plan to move into their new Gloucester home next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iblen Vaden
Haven
Miss James
E. Baker, & Co
Burke Carnett
Kings Mill
James City
Cornelius Hughes
Frank Bland Miller
Tabb
School of
Gloucester
Seth Miller
Boswell Clements
Isiah Hughes
Boswell Burton
R. J. Mattox
Baltimore
Mollie Butler and Carroll Olliver wed at Captain Philpotts home
Miss Mollie Butler became the bride of Mr. Carroll Olliver in a quiet ceremony at seven p m at Captain I T Philpotts residence officiated by Rev Giles B Cooke. Bride given away by Captain Philpotts. Guests extended congratulations and refreshments served. The couple received many gifts and drove to Mrs Glenn's for a reception.
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I. T. Philpoetts
Mollie Butler
Carroll Olliver
Giles Bb. Cooke
Philpotts
E. M. Owens
Portsmouth
Desperate Lunatic Captured After Town Turmoil
A colored maniac named James Jones caused excitement Tuesday night before Sheriff Miller captured him and brought him to jail. After loosening his ropes Jones became violent, requiring several men to subdue him. He was later taken to the hospital from Williams Wharf with praise due to the sheriff for his nerve and tact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Jones
Miller
Jones
Williams Wharf
Sheriff Miller
Mathews County to Exhibit at Ter-Centenary Jamestown Fair
Mathews County plans representation at the Ter-Centenary Exhibition in Norfolk commemorating the Jamestown landing. The Pocahontas Sea God Company, led by J R McMath and W W Malone, will exhibit seafood and provide samples, with contracts for carpentry bricklaying and materials awarded locally.
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Mathews
Norfolk
Jamestown
Mathews County
Pocahontas Sea God Company
J. R. McMath
W. W. Malone
Grand
Little County
Prince Hogarth Jr A Fine Running and Trotting Stallion
Prince Hogarth Jr with lineage tracing to Phebe by Kine Bolt and Skylark dam line. notable progeny selling for high prices. Trial record 2 30. Owned by Silas Morris in White Stone Lancaster County Virginia.
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Prince Hogarth, Jr
Prince Hogarth
Phebe
Kine Bolt
Skylark
Rescue
Register
Priam
Kiamesia
Bellfounder
Fancy
Senator
Trustee
Stump
Eclipse
Silas Morris
Whitestone
Lancaster County
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Leonard M. Callis
Lemuel Dudes
Leslie Garnett
Litthe Helen Winn
A. C. Winn
D-Witt
KE. Baker & Co
E. Baker & Co
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J. Flavius Marchant
Kate Robertson
Ellen Robertson
Richmond
Mary Randolph Lane
Memphis
Tenn
Times
Foley
Ello
Grippe
Aeeilil
John Ripley
St. Vincent Hospital
LT. J. Fitchett
Lewmas
Lasan
Foleystaorep
Hallseford
DIGGS
Burke &&Garnett
Real Estate and Insurance
Mathews, VA
Tidewater Homes
Yerson
Sprhciail
Ree
Mapes
Eager
Morjuack
Olliver—Butler
Ceria
Panama Canal
Erie Canal
Erie
L. & M. Ives
Wm. H.C
John A. Payne
Wilton, VA
Pacific School
John J. Burke
U. S. Marchant
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Doris
Mayfair
ALL America
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White House
Marvel
Childrens
Magnolia
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Map Colonial
Water King
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Sampson Search Light
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R. & H. Sclosser
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