Local notices mix of ads and personal items in Mathews VA
A collage of small notices and ads from Mathews Court House Virginia includes cleaning and dyeing services by Mr. Foster, arrivals of relatives, farms for lease, sales of mules and cows, hunts for summer homes, engine comparisons, and various shop offerings. Also mentions Suffolk and Richmond connections, seed sales, a German Coach Horse Lawfer, and local merchandise like embroideries, percale, and oysters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. E. Hunt
Port Haywood
Lawfer
Hunt
Apply Journal Office
County Notes From Laban Virginia and Nearby
Mr. Eric Maclem of Laban Va visits his sisters Mrs L Brown and Mrs R L Hudgins and is welcomed like May flowers. Miss Ruby Williams leaves for Baltimore Feb 28 1908 with best wishes for her bright future. Mrs P B Collier hosted a Breezy Hill gathering with Nora Callis, Ellen Forrest and others. A Tick Neck visitor on East River Island causes jokes about island girls. Leap year quip about old maids. Fishermen prepare nets ahead of shad season. Bad Kid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Maclem
Laban
L. Brown
R. L. Hudgins
Ruby Williams
Baltimore
P. B. Collier
Nora Callis
Ellen Forrest
East River
Tick Neck
Fotey’s Honey and Tar Cures Grippe and Coughs
An old remedy claim notes Fotey’s Honey and Tar cures la grippe coughs and prevents pneumonia. It advises refusing substitutes and states the genuine product is sold by all druggists in a yellow package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fotey
Susans and a masquerade party amuse a small town
Floyd Hurst of Traders reports his wife at Sarah Lee Hospital Norfolk is much better and likely to return home next week after a planned operation was deemed unnecessary. A Friday masquerade party at Frank Miller's residence featured costumed youths and a guarded host dubbed Aunt Sallie, with guests calling at Ella Diggs’s home where a graphophone played music. Some disguises hid identities and some girls appeared handsome yet transformed by their outfits. Rumors also mention Mr Hudgins on Gwynns Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susie Parrott
Portsmouth
Matthews
New York
Brooks & Hudgins
John F. Hudgins
Laban P. O. E
Laban P. O. E. B. Marchant, Contractor and*Builder, Gwynns
Powell's Hotel
L. Gwynn
Libby
Floyd~Hurst
Sarah Lee
Norfolk
Frank Miller
Aunt Sallie
Ella Diggs
Hudgins
Gwynns Island
Local paper relies on readers to sustain its future
A Gwynns correspondent shares a humorous tale of a vigilant dog that escorted two Methodist preachers into a house, then captured a chicken from the poultry yard, proving the animal’s keen instincts. The writer praises new reporters and urges community effort to keep the Journal alive and well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwynns
Lenmas
Foley's Honey and Tar safe under Pure Food Law
Special announcement states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung trouble is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended for children and adults and sold by all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Redart Notes and Local Social Roundup
Mrs L D Marchant and daughter called at Centerville Sunday afternoon. Mrs Mattie D. Ogden, recently sick, shows improvement under Dr Hoskins care. Several locals remain ill. Miss Hele Hudgins hosted Miss Etta Davis at Hudgins Sunday. Mr James M Ogden of the Tivoli steamer visits Redart briefly. Brown Eyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redart
L. D. Marchant
Centerville
Mattie D. Ogden
Hoskins
Hele
Hudgins
Etta Davis
James M. Ogden
Tivoli
Foley's Honey and Tar Remedy Ad Claims Pneumonia Safety
An ad touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a simple cure for la grippe coughs that may lead to pneumonia It promises to stop the cough heal and strengthen the lungs preventing serious illness It warns against substitutes and notes the product comes in a yellow package and is sold by all druggists.
Eulogies On Whiskey From Ingersoll And Judge Tyler
Two letters exchange between Col. Robert G. Ingersoll and Judge Joel W. Tyler contrast the ideal and the real of whiskey. Ingersoll’s flowery message extols whiskey as a bond of culture and nature while Ty ler replies with a pragmatic note.
Nightmarish Warning From Wheat to Drinkers Souls
A fragmentary quoted sermon-like note decries spirits in bread and corn, portraying liquor as a demon corrupting man and family. The text rages against alcohol, invoking hellish visions and doom from forty days of “liquid woe” within oak staves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Evangelits
Bishop Satterlee Dead at 65 in Washington
The Right Rev Henry Yates Satterlee D D bishop of Washington for twelve years died at his residence after a brief illness of pneumonia He was 65 and had recently officiated at services despite with a grip He had previously served as rector of Calvary Church New York and was noted as a religious writer He had declined the bishoprics of Michigan and the bishop coadjutorship of Ohio earlier in his career
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasu Hinc Ton
Henry Yates Satterlee
D. D
Protestant Episcopal
Washington
Satterlee
Calvary Church
New York
Michigan
Ohio
GOOD ROATS BILL A LAW
Virginia to spend 250000 dollars annually on public roads plus convict labor. Senate approved a House bill funding road construction by county revenue shares, aiming for 250 miles per year and 2500 miles in ten years. Gov Swanson welcomed the move and predicted county driven progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricum Monp
Virginia
Senate
House
General Assembly
Swanson
Purity and Excellency Whiskey Promotion
A vintage advertisement offers Tyson branded ryes and corn whiskies with express prepaid shipping. It lists four full quarts prices from $2.30 to $4.00, promises money-back guarantee, and invites sample orders with return at their expense if unsatisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express
Tyson
Albemarle Club
Norfolk
North Carolina
Albemarle
Ist
Norfolkk
Kees
Kidney care promise in old drug ad appeals to readers
An advertisement touts Folen's Kidney Care claiming it stops irregularities and cures kidney and bladder troubles within medical reach. It urges purchase from all druggists with no ontiaimene mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folen
Also Mentioned on This Page
FEMS
Gham
Fish Baker's
Oster
Ster
Foster
Jno. J. Hughes
Richmond
Grace Siegel
Grace
Mathews
Elmwood
Mary C. Foster
Jno
F. Hudgins
Mrs. Logan Harrison of
Ghent
Virginia Browne
Harrison Cassard
Maryland Oyster Navy
Maryland Oyster Rocks
Mathews C. H. L
Annie Hudgins
Mr. Franklin Hudgins
Indianapolis
Elijah Baker
Giles B. Cooke
S. P. James
Sears & Williams
Tidewater
J. W. Smith
Susan P. O
St. Paul's Church
Horn Harbor
Terns
W. P. Borom
Ernest W. Browne
Main St
All Druggets
Mathews Court House
Joel W. Tyler
Cleveland
Robert G. Ingersoll
Col. Ingersoll
Judge Tyler
Ryler
R. G. Ingersei
Olp Pan
Bishop Satterlee
Circuit Court
County OF
East Coast Lumber Corporation
S. F. Minter
S F. Minter
F. Minter
Westville
State of
Thomas E. Miles
Evans
Jne W. White
Carlton White
GEO. Co
Gregory L. C. Garnett
Sands Smith
White Bros. Wine and Whiskey Merchants
Commercial Place
Batimore Steam Packet Company
OLD Bay Line
Atl
Npa
U.S
Georgia
High St
Old Point
Hygeia Pier
Light St
Philadelphia
Pier
South
Main and
Granby Streets
New Atlantic
GEO
G. Hobson
W. Brown, JR
Foley & Company
Chicago
Bursa Bevatall Drag Stores
Cyentry
TOR Our
the New Idea
Woman's 3 Magazine
the Mathews Journal
New Idea
Wollie
Nelson, Mathes
Bue Ribbon Grocery
Blue Ribbon
Ss. P. James
Wibbon Grocery
Dolly Madison
T. Cts
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!