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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1912
Page
5
Notary Public and J. P. state willingness to travel across the county or beyond to handle any business within their official capacity. The notice signals readiness to perform notarial and allied duties wherever required.
In view of ice carrying away many stakes on oyster grounds shareholders should promptly obtain a surveyor or inspector to supervise stake replacement. New statutes deny protection to unmarked grounds and impose heavy penalties for placing stakes in incorrect positions.
Thousands seek a free experimental Senpine package offered by The Woodworth Company in New York City. The ad claims Senpine cures asthma hay fever bronchitis and catarrh regardless of illness duration or climate, urging sufferers to try this Vienna professor discovered compound.
Journal notices report Rev Gowen sermons at Holly Grove and Oak Grove and Rev Phaup preachings at Central Salem. Guests include Miss Estelle James with Capt James at Springdale and the Andertons from Saluda visiting Dr and Mrs Wade. Mrs James called to Baltimore. County speakers and events noted with Masons in Richmond and Woman's Suffrage delegate J T Christian. Ice and shipping concerns in the bay and Baltimore Harbor.
A naval letter from January describes leaving New York amid snow and smoke, then enduring a three day violent storm with sixty to eighty degree rolls, flooded compartments, lost boats, and air shortages. After relief near the Bahamas the ship resumes south toward Guantanamo, wearing white uniforms in tropical warmth and recalling a Mediterranean feel.
Communications note James Powell is very sick. Mrs James Brooks improving after illness. Mee Fisher on sick list. Henry Kespass’ little son broke his leg on the ice. Elmo Godsey plans to build a fine house. Edgar Callis and Clara Bell Marchant quietly married last week. Rev L H Sundditch preached Sunday to a large turnout, his comforting words bringing joy to many.
A Danville Virginia reader, W Evans, writes that heart distress blamed for two years was really indigestion. He praises Dr. King's New Life Pill for curing stomach and liver issues, bowel concerns, and debility. Pills available for 25 cents at druggists.
An advertisement urges readers to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy when sick with a cold and claims it speeds recovery and prevents pneumonia. It states the product contains no opium or other narcotics and can be given to both babies and adults.
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