Local notes and notices from Mathews area
Capt. George E. Caffee returns to Hampton Roads after running on the Mobjack up James River and now visits Math es and Gloucester daily. Mrs. Geo E Hunt recovering. Advertisements for Foley’s Honey and Tar and Kodol digestive products. Parsonage location committee seeks a five acre tract near Bethel Church. Miss Ruth Shackleford to sing at Westville Church. Several local people listed with illnesses travel and events. Drowned man at New Point Lighthouse found. eight children left. Marriage of George W. Thomas and Nellie Miller. Souvenir postal cards planned by Mr. Marchant. Community notes on deaths, sickness, travel, and local business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Caffee
James River
Hampton Roads
Mathews
Gloucester
Geo. E. Hunt
Memphis
Tenn
Oley
Foley
Mathews Drug Store
Ruth Shackleford
Westville Baptist Church
Moley
Teachers’ Association
Court House
East Mathews Circuit
Bethel Church
Main County
Andrew Diggs
John A. Fleet
Elijah and
Dabney Baker
Richmond
L. C. Garnett
Baltimore
Albert West
New Point
New Point Light House
Chesapeake Bay
Penny
Mathews Court House
Satre
Journal
Jac. O. Moss
Odd Fellows Hall
Port Haywood
Womsen's Missionary Society
East Mathews
Marchant
Bank
Disciples Church
Walker L. Fox
Local Residents Note Illnesses and Visits
Capt. Gains Billups resident in Norfolk this week. Adaims of Richmond arrived in the county recently. Mrs. Cornelius Hughes home after two weeks in Hampton. Mr. George Mason reported quite sick. Percival Hicks returned last Friday from New York, with Madge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capt. Gains Billups
Norfolk
WV. G. Adaims
Richmond
Cornelius Hughes
Hampton
George Mason
Percival Hicks
New York
Traders party at Pine View honoring girls on December 13, 1907
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Armistead hosted a delightful Traders gathering at Pine View with 20 guests including Miss Lillie Thomas and several Hudgins, Hurst, Diggs, and Singelton members. Music and games preceded a dining room treat of cake, fruit, and candies. Guests thanked the hosts for a joyful season’s evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Armistead
Pine View
Lillie Thomas
Ruby
Fiossie Hudgins
Carrie Hurst
Nellie Hudgins
Gladys Hurst
Kate Diggs
Hattie Singleton
Theormas
Charley Brooks
Sam Powell
Randel Gadgins
Geerge
Stanley Hudgins
Larry Jaccer
Walter Parran
Claude Armisead
Henry Dow
Uarry Harst
Ira White
Boing
Cecum
Mathews
Lon
Hil
Notable Local Moves and Family Health Notes
Digest from the community records notes Diees opening a visit with his father, and Capt. George DPosrest expected home this week after Baltimore treatment. Mr Wash Callis and Mr Nich lious Owens swap homes and move Feb 19. Osborn Morgan arrived. Benson of Northampton Co. returns after a trip to Str Johan Barrest. Joe Brooks and family remain feverish since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
My. C
Diees
George Dposrest
Baltimore
Make
Wash Callis
Nichlious Owens
Owers
Osborn Morgan
Mr. Benson
Northampton Co
Weel
Str
Johan Barrest
Odd Fellows Hall Lecture On The Funny Side Of Life
A note announces Rev. Jr. Moss will speak at Odd Fellows Hall near Pul tiloywood on the 27th about The Funny Side of Life. Tickets cost 25 cents from Miss Susie William. Oyster service will follow. Other items mention local news and inquiries about crows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diggs
Susie William
Cremmie Jarvis
Norfolk
H. Ml Jarvis
Ethel Diggs
Surry Co
Jas. Enos
Ruby Miller
State Normal School
Farmville
Mathews
Where Have the Swarms Gone Beyond the Eye
The passage reflects on vast swarms extending in all directions once visible but now gone. The narrator wonders about their disappearance and asks where they have vanished.
Oyster sapper event at Mathews Chapel raises funds
The oyster sapper at Mathews Chapel last Monday night drew good attendance and substantial takings. The Ladies Union are praised for their service, with a solo duet recitation and quartet as main numbers, while Mr. William Baylack is ill again. Nearby partners begin early pea planting for market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews Chapel
Bathias
William Baylack
Hicks Wharf Briefs Reflect Busy Oyster Trade and Death
Cold weather boosts oyster shipments with about ten barrels daily and a Saturday total of 220 barrels. C R Smithers, a young master machinist from Mathews, marks a career milestone at the Newport News Ship Yard. Norfolk sees the death of Lloyd Machen after pneumonia with funeral services at Providence Church. Adams Express opens an Hicks Wharf office with P W Tliks as agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R.smithers
Mathews
Newport News
Lloyd Machen
Norfolk
Hicks Wharf
Providence Church
J. W. Jones
Adams Express Company
B. E. Clement
Finest Baby in Mathews Mentioned in Casual Notice
Mr Johnny Red Drews died at the Asylum in Baltimore Thursday. The remains were shipped to the wharf Saturday, accompanied by his wife, where they were met by relatives and friends. The funeral and interment were conducted at the homestead by Rev P T Duke. Cosmopolitan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Johnny Red Drews
Laltimore
Cary
P. T. Duke
Cosmopolitian
L and M Paint Endures Long After Application
Judge W B Simmons of Pincastle Va cites 1882 use of L and M Paint on his home that remained vibrant for 21 years and states regret over a later purchase of an inferior paint. He will use L and M forever as its zinc hardens white lead and makes the paint wear like iron for 10 to 25 years. Actual cost of L and M about 21.29 per gallon. Donations of L and M made to churches by Wm H C Murray of Williams Wharf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Simmons
Pincastle Va
Wm. H.C. Murray
Williams Wharf
Prince Hogarth offspring and trial record details
Prince Hogarth, a young stallion of running and trotting stock, is sired by Prince Hogarth with dam Phebe by King Bolt. The mare Skylark, dam of several valuable colts, traces to Rescue and Register, with deep lineage to Priam. Third dam Kiamesia links Mohawk, and fifth dam Stump to Eclipse. Trial record 2:30. Owned by Silas Morris in Lancaster County Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Hogarth
Drs. Phebe
King Bolt
Skylark
Rescue
Register
Priam
Kiamesia
Fancy
Senator
Stump
Eclipse
Silas Morris
Whitestone
Lancaster County
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Via
S. J. Foster
Geo. B. Thomas
J. T. Thomas
Jno
Mr. Rutherford
Friends’ Church
Kates
Hoedel
E. Baker & Co
Kennedy
E. Daker & Co
Robert Tyler Deisgell
John F. Drisgell
St. Vincent's Hospital
DeWitt
Martha Washington
G. W. Remaren’s
Ei. Baxer, & Co
White
Vaden
Uni
Rocky Mountain
J. Boyd Sears
King and Queen
Essex
King William
Middlesex
TeWitt
E. Maker & Cox
John Enos
Nora Boush
le Noir
N. C
Mol Ister
Askeet
Fate Robertson
Ron
A. J. Adams
Hallieford
Mollister
Westville
Johan P. Morgan
B. M. Diggs
Laban Hudgins
Andrew J. Diggs
Robert Campbell
Trustees
Stephen Mason
N. B&b. Leigh
Ashley Miller
Scmmerville Academy
W. L. Brown
Alex Soles
E S. Minter
Maud
Crisfield
Morgan
Bruce
Clara Bristow
Madge
DIGES
Joe. Brooks
SUSA
Burke&Garnett
Fieal Estate and Insurance
Goolonia
Esmou
Dolly
Madison
Sh Vie
WBS S
Ralnieford
Payne
Wilton, Va
U. S. Marchat
Milline
Bree
Iradies
Bernalda
Doris
Mayfair
ALL America
Sampson
Sampson Comforts
White House
Magnolia
LOT
Colonial
Sampson Working Shoe
Gibraltar
Armada
Sampson Search Light
Sampson Autocrat
Sampson Superior
Sampson Rex Omnia
R. & U Special
R. & H. Sclosser
Spegiail
Panama
Marchant 'S Department Store
L. Squires
Bellor WS
H. R. Jy Mphreey
Tre Lancaster Lumber & Butedrg CO
ING Oscran
Dymers Graek Lancaster Co
ANI
Ss. . James
Frank Ty. Clark
Meniers
Viana
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