Little Local Items Tersely Told In Mathews
Visitors seen in town and local notes on residents uns. St Pauls M E Church gifts to S J Foster include gold spectacles an umbrella and a fountain pen. Lost blue jacket on road Foster to Mathews Court House. Wanted a sober capable man to run Meadows farm. Capt Alex James seen after boat collision. Various moves visits and church duties noted across Mathews and nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul’s M. E. Church
S. J. Foster
Meadows Farm
N. B. Weston
Mathews C. H
Alex. James
Old Point
Judge Garnett
Norfolk
Bargain Sale Promises Big Picks From Sam
Biggest Bitmups and Columbes Marchant have spared no effort to make this event memorable and welcoming to strangers. Brother Richardson offers odds and ends he wants to clear out, with a variety of goods including nail files, tooth brushes, shell goods, writing paper, toys, dolls, clocks, games and more. Get Sam in a corner for the price before it ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbes Marchant
Richardson
Sam
Christmas reflections and a year of quiet streets
The text recalls a calm Christmas season with pleasant weather and social events. A procession laid to rest 15 month old Mamy Hudgins at St Pauls Cemetery, while a wedding for Mr Harry Collins took place at St Pauls Church. The piece closes with a pensive note on joys and sorrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Cemetery
Mamy
Raymond Hudgins
New Point
Harry Collins
St. Paul’s Church
Christmas Visitors and Local Notices
Mrs G W Morgan and four children return from Newport News after Christmas. Miss Grace Machen and Herbert Miles depart for Norfolk to attend business college. Miss Ellea F Foster returns from Norfolk after a visit. Rev J T Whitley to preach at Emmanuel Church on the 28th and 30th. Mrs James Adams and child return from visit with Rev W L Ware. Mrs Malone leaves for New York to meet her husband. Ladies Aid Society to meet at Mrs C M Rains on first Thursday. Little Arthur Williams ill under Dr C M Rains care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Morgan
Newport News
Grace Machen
Herbert Miles
Norfolk
Business
Ellea F. Foster
J. T. Whitley
Emmanuel Church
James Adams
W. L. Ware
Malone
New York
Ladies Aids Society
C. M. Rains
Arthur Williams
New Point Society Note From Local Visitors
Mr and Mrs Waller Hudgins return to Hampton with Mrs J E White. Mr and Mrs Willie Hudgins finish Christmas holidays and go back to Portsmouth. Charlie Tomlin family Archie and Miss Ethel Davs visit Mathews over holidays. Margaret Phillips of York spends Christmas with sister Mrs Luther Hudgins.
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New Point
Waller Hudgins
Hampton
J. E. White
Willie Hudgins
Portsmouth
Charlie Tomlinson
Archie
Ethel Davs
Mathews
Margaret Phillips
York
Luther Hudgins
Southside Agricultural Association Holds 1906 Meeting
The annual stockholders meeting at Mathews C. H. drew 178 of 225 shares represented. Capt. Alex James was elected President, Hon. James N. Stubbs Vice President, Percival Hicks Secretary, Capt. Jos. Trader Treasurer, with six directors led by Trader Garnett Marchant Pugh Sears and Rains. The auditing report showed a balance of $365.52 and adjournment followed.
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Southside Agricultural Association
Mathews C. H
Capt
Alex. James
Percival Hicks
James N. Stubbs
Jos
Trader
Capt. Jos. Trader
L. C. Garnett
J. F. Marchant
J. M. Pugh
J. L. Sears
C. M. Rains
Percival Slicks
Lane-Diggs Camp to Celebrate Lee Birthday in Mathews
The Lane-Diggs Camp meets at Mathews Court House January 19 at 10 39 AM to honor Gen Robert E Lee’s birthday with an all day gathering and dinner on the grounds Comrades are urged to bring rations and attend Ladies are especially invited Addresses will be given by Hon J N Stubbs and Rev W L Ware A campaign to erect a county monument to Confederate soldiers 1861 1865 is urged and names of those fallen are to be inscribed on a marble slab
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Lane-Diggs
Mathews
C. H
Robert E. Lee
J. N. Stubbs
W. L. Ware
Armistead Battery
Company D
Va. Infantry
5Th Va. Cavalry
A. H. Williams
Com
Lane- Didggs
Plan to Improve Schools and Roads Promoted by Senator Sims
The Times-Dispatch reports Senator Frederick Wilmer Sims' plan to raise 300000 for statewide school salary increases and term extensions plus 200000 for road work. It calls for a State Board of Control and local supervision, with funding contingent on local appropriations and strict accounting, praising cooperation between state and local governments.
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Frederick Wilmer Sims
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Ohio
North Carolina
General Assembly
Sims
State Board of Control
Highway Commission
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Richmond
Times-Dispatch
Wedding Printing Inquiry for Artistic Invitations
A printer asks if you are planning marriage and offers to design and produce artistic wedding invitations and related print materials. The message invites placing an order for customized printing services.
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the Journal
Foster
Mathews Court House
Tue Journal
Carl White
Charlottesville
Nottingham
Eastern Shore
Burke Garnett
Little Juliet
Robt
LL Sears
King's Mill
King's Mill Farm
James City
G. W. Remazen
Westville
William Bowie
Granger
Raymond Patton
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Gloucester
le Cato
Cape Charles
J. E. Oyler
East King and Queen
Lila Miller
Mattie Foster
N. D. Wilkins
Thelma
N. C
W. H. Miller
J. B. VauGuan
Athens
Calvin L. Fleet
Itimore Newspaper Union
Old Mathews
Pwen
Aymond
L. E. Vo
Mmitlee
Big Stump
Fae Sotitiade Ache Cultural Association
Alexander James
Association
Mathews County
Fitzhugh Lee Monument Fund
Pertha Hughes
Rodney Hughes
Lillian Huhes
Myrie Davis
E. Carl Davis
Giles B. Cooker
Lane-Diggs Camp
Callis
Shirley Pattie
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Worfolk
White Bros
Commercial Place
S. E. Jtvin
Shandenberg
Sun Life Assurance Company
Canada
E. G. Hirons
Magr
Norfolk, Virginia
Milburn
Square Plums Iames
Blue Ribbon Grocery
the Tidewater Insurance and Trust Corporation
Gaiv
John R. Winder
Fitchetts
Parc
MW. Maxwell
Cardinal
di. M. & Fosteer
Sibley Bros
Mathews, H
M. E. Hale & Co
John A, Payne
Wilton
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