Little Local Items and Society Notes Section
Public school at the Court House to reopen Monday urging prompt attendance. Reports on the Turn of the Tide play at Clement's hop with crowds and future performances planned at Mobjack and Court House. Local promotions, marriages, ship timings, sales ads, and social events across Mathews and Gloucester counties, including church and school notices, readers' exchanges, and Christmas gatherings.
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Court ‘House
Clement
Hannah Down
Court House
Holly Grove
Roevidence
Marylandyster Navy
Maryland Oyster Rocks
L. B. Broaddus Duttuen P. O
Gloucester Ounty
Druggists authorize refunds for Foley Honey and Tur cough remedy
Certifies druggists refund money if Foley's Honey and Tur fails to cure cough or cold. Claims stops coughs heals lungs prevents serious illness, coughs and pneumonia, consumption. Contains no opiates. Genuine yellow package. Refuse substitutes. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Christmas program at Beulah Church draws large crowd
Gounty Correspondence reports a Christmas tree event at Beulah Church on the night of the 26th. The packed house filled every foot of space with good order. James Diggs sang solo, two young ladies performed a duet, and children gave carefully chosen recitations. Numerous gifts included a big armor date for the superintendent, driving gloves for the pastor and local minister, and a gasoline engine whistle for Capt. Grinnell.
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Beulah
Hheme
James Diggs
Grinnell
John Wv. Thomas
lLeumas
Christmas Tree Event and Local Visits at Beulah
A Christmas tree was held at Beulah on December 26. Mr and Mrs James L Brooks returned last Thursday from a visit to New York and Washington. A reception was hosted at the home of Mr and Mrs Thomas Brooks on Thursday. Their friends wish them happiness. Captain F N Dow is spending a few weeks in Mathews.
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Eilen Keyes
Norfolix
Geneva Hughes
Sears & Williams
New York
Jamestown Exposition
American Potver Boat Association
Thomas Billups
Alabama
Mary Sale
Flossie Miller
Norfolk
Green Mansion
Mabel Foster
State Normal School
Enos Foster
Messrs
Stanley and
Henry Terrie
Mathews
Mattie Marchant
Hampton
Baltimore
Hoskins
Patterson
Gloucester
James P. Barner
Virginia Browne
Ernest Browne, Jr
Logan Harrison
Ghent
Eugene May
Washington, D.C
Mathews Court House
Fridy
May
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Beulah
James L. Brooks
Washington
Thos. Brooks
F. N. Dow
C. T. Banks
J. F. Brownley
John Knight
Florence and
Blanche
Ruth
Annie Owens
How to Avoid Appendicitis Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup Ad
The notice promotes Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure for chronic constipation claiming it restarts bowel action without nausea or griping. It targets habitual constipation as a cause of appendicitis and warns against substitutes, noting it is sold by all druggists.
Christmas Reflections and Local Festivities for 1908
Christmas greetings, neighborly best wishes for the new year, and notes from local residents. Capt. A. J. Morgan, Capt. W. B. Diges, and others spend holidays at home or with family. Salem entertainment on the 26th delights all including Santa and the pastor. Ruth Owens hosts a watch party to bid farewell to the old year and greet the new.
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A. J. Morgan
Norfolk
W. B. Diges
N.S. Roanoke
Roland Callis
Salem
Santa Claus
Crusty
Santa
Brother Ferguson
Ruth Owens
Journal
Flipsy
Christmas Quiet in Neighborhood with Local Burials and Marital News
Christmas Day services were held at Beulah Church. Mr Lindsay Armistead and Mrs Grace Pritchett were quietly married at Rev Geo Thomas's residence on December 25 night. Visitors spending Christmas included Mr and Mrs C E Tomlinson, Mr Willie R Haudsins, Mr and Mrs C R Souther, W L Shudgins and family, Miss Lizzie Brooks and Mrs Newton of Atlantic City visiting Mathews last week.
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R. F. Gayle
Rappahannock
Perguson
Fike Chesapeake Steamship ]Company
Baltimore
Old Point
Norfolk
Chhristmmas
Beulah Church
Lindsay Armistead
Grace Pritchett
Geo. Thomas
C. E. Tomlinson
Willie R. Haudsins
C. R. Souther
W. L. Shudgins
Lizzie Brooks
Mrs. Newton
Atlantic City
Mathews
Silent Triumph of a Mother's Sacrifice
A hospital scene closes with a mother watching her children play beside her bed. Her weariness and pain fade as relief follows, the family’s quiet joy marking the end of their suffering and the completion of a mother's sacrifice.
Disturbed Congregation Target Urges Cough Remedy Purchase
A newspaper notice asks the person who disturbed the congregation last Sunday by coughing to buy Foley's Honey and Tar. It is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Westville Baptist Church Holiday Activities Leave Quieter Cheer
The Rev Mr Rutherford thanks church members and the public for courteous holiday treatment. The church received a handsome Christmas gift from members. A Friday afternoon children's Christmas tree drew a large attendance with generous treats and leftovers. Everything passed off pleasantly at Westville Baptist Church during the holidays.
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Rutherford
Westville Baptist Church
Foley's Kidney Cure Urges Early Use For Kidney Trouble
An insidious warning about kidney disease explains that early treatment can prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. The ad recommends Foley's Kidney Cure at the first signs, noting it corrects irregularities and is sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Bright
Too Proud to be a Woman Starved
New York City report of Phyllis Prisco who died in a Brooklyn hospital from starvation after sacrificing for four children. Her husband died months earlier leaving four kids, oldest four, youngest four months. Neighbors found the family after the last crusts were given to the children for Christmas. Children placed in care by police and Society. they began to receive toys and food, while the mother’s death prompted renewed aid for the family.
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New Yorks
Phyllis Prisco
Brooklyn
December Suit Sale Slashes Prices on Men’s Wear
Local shop highlights deals on men’s black worsted and all wool Thibet suits, with regular prices $20 and $12.50 now cut to $15 and $10 respectively. Mixed suits priced at $7.50, plus all-worsteds, kerseys, and corduroys in sizes up to 44 offered at deep discounts.
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Hearn & Miller
Mathews
Erswhere
Clements
North, Va
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John W. Adams
Helen Godsey
Gen. R. Hudgins
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Main St
Dutton Post Office
Gloucester County
Virginia
Mitchell
H Cradford
Main Street
Urbanna
Urbanna Manufacturing Co
Urbanna, Va
Madaline Hunley
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G. J. B. Vaughan
Athens
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Mobjack
R. G. Ferguson
Williamsburg
Luddith
Dr. Grown
Old Baptist Church
Sam
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Judh S. Mucins
Laban P
A. Scott Robinson
W. EE. Fitcher
Fitchetts
E. B. Marchant
Gwynns
Powell's Hotel
Sound
Byron Sutherland
Cardinal
P. O. Licks Wharf
Salem Church
C. H. ‘Leakle
Kate Treakle
Miss Shafer
Rev. L. M. Onter
Mrs. Webb Mathews
Mrs. Joalius Weston
Ort Haywood
Arthur Weston
Bessie
Sue Gwathmey
Middlesex County
Poplar Grove
Erline Constance Browne
Mary Sibley
Ruby Sibley
Genevieve
Mary Ellen Burke
Lucy Sears
Josephine Marchant
Mary Drisgell
S. Minter
Ada
Violet
Esther Leffier
Juliet Browne Garnett
Lucy Sibley
Lucy Perry Banner
Browne Banner
Ernest
Gary Browne
Tinsley Garnett
New Point
Olreave
White Bros. Wine and Whiskey Merchants
Commercial Place
Ruth Shackleford
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
OLD Bay Line
U.S. Matl Steamer
NEW
Georgia
Portsmouth
High St
Hygeia Pier
Light St. Pier
Philadelphia
Light St
Pier
South
Main and
Granby Streets
New Atlantic
GEO
G. Hobson
J. W. Brown, JR
So. Pass
Eddystone
Pennsylvania
GLOBE
Gh. P. Ty Too
Pew
Pennsylvania Iron Works Company
Lombard St
Wolffe
Hur
Clytine
Wollfe
Nelson
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New Idea Woman's Magazine
the Mathews Journal
Blue Ribbon
S. P. James
Blue Ribbon Grocery
Dolly
Madison Shoes
Dolly W Marrison
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TM Sasis
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