Baltimore and Freeport Steamer Schedule 1911
B C A Railway Co issue a weekly timetable effective April 29 1911 for steamer departures from Pier 9 Light Street Baltimore Sundays and Wednesdays to Freeport and intermediate landings with specified stop times and a return run on Tuesdays and Fridays weather permitting. The notice states the timetable shows expected arrival and departure times but not guaranteed and the company not responsible for delays.
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Pier
Light Street
Baltimore
Freeport
Mila
Tipers
Blacktvela
Freeton
Timbs
Reedvill
Hardings
Harvey A
Grace
Byrdton
Kilmarnock
Ocrans
Jackson's Creek
Cricket Hill
Callis
Fitchetts
Warehouse
Conrads
Green Point
Stampera
Blands
L'auré Freeport
Stampers
Canads
Fitchers
Chicket Hill
Oceans
Grate Point
Harveys
Fleeton
Reedville
Blackwell
Weekly Obituary Rates and Office Notice in Print
Issued every Thursday the notice outlines pricing and deadlines for obituaries and advertisements. It lists editor and owner W. M. Minter and Aul Titlow as office manager with copy requirements and form close times, noting ad rates and submission rules.
Lawmakers Face Historic Remedial Agenda in Richmond
The legislature meeting in Richmond faces a decade of urgency with plans for tax equalization, reform laws, a liquor referendum, convict labor changes, and a possible constitutional women’s suffrage amendment. The piece highlights equal taxation as vital and cites the Virginia Tax Commission’s call for central valuation oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia Tax Commission
Recommendations for tax reform and valuation standards
The commission proposes broad tax reform including that all property be assessed at actual value, not fictitious value, with a lower tax rate to raise only necessary revenue. It also suggests placing corporations on a gross earnings base of taxation and notes the need to collect data to determine taxable values across property classes.
Death of Miss Bethsheba Brooks in Laban fire
Miss Bethsheba Brooks, an elderly Mathews resident long affiliated with Bethel Church, died last Friday after her clothing caught fire while replenishing a fireplace near Beulah Church. Mrs W A Brooks alerted help. funeral services were at Rethel Church conducted by Rev Lt Phaup, with burial in Pear Tree Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethsheba Brooks
Laban
Beulah Church
W. A. Hrooks
Rethel Church
Lt. Phaup
Walker Sentenced in Gloucester County Murder Case
Walker was found guilty by a jury for the murder of J M Shackelford and sentenced to eighteen years in the State Penitentiary. The crime occurred on June 11 near Ark while Shackelford rode a road in upper Gloucester County. he died a few days later. Public sentiment had pointed to Walker, who had threatened Shackelford’s life.
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Cincinattus Walker
Gloucester County
J. M. Shackelford
State
Walker
Thes Wt
Pepe
Norfolk
Commonwealth
Messrs
C.D. Smith
H. J. Lewis
J. R. Saunders
Chackleford
Ark
Mr. Stackleford
A Pair of Blankets war reminiscences by Col Stewart
A wartime reminiscence volume by Col. William H. Stewart of Portsmouth presents Confederate experiences from a Southern point of view. The work, urged by young friends, aims to educate children about the late unpleasantness with a faithful, vivid narrative and is offered at $1.00, with Giles B. Cooke Jr. as Mathews County agent.
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Ces
Col
Wim. H. Stewart
Portsmouth
Colorel
Paress
Col. Stewart
Richmond Virginan
Giles B. Cooke, Jr
Mathews County
Southside Agricultural Assn Stockholders Board Meeting Notice
A meeting of the Southside Agricultural Association stockholders and board of directors is scheduled for January 16 in room. Attendance is strongly desired, with Alex James Freakient noted among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southside Agricultural Association
Alex. James
Freakient
Charter amendments widen the Seven Pines rail line plan
A Richmond council inquiry into selling the Seven Pines line to the Richmond Urbanna and Peninsula Railway Co adjourned with no definite report. Attorneys spoke for and against the sale. Amendments to the charter authorize new routes from West Point to Urbanna and through Gloucester Mathews Middlesex and other counties toward Richmond, with several potential branch lines to connect major waterways.
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Richmond Council
Seven Pines
Richmond, Urbanna and Peninsula RK
R. Co
W. H. Ryland
Urbanna
Rappahan
Mathews C. H
Chesapeake Bay
Saluda
Chesapeake
Plankitank
Rappahannock
Middlesex
King and Queen
King William
New Kent
Henrico
Hanover
Richmond
Miss Lucile Foster returns to Florence to teach
Miss Lucile Foster, after spending the holidays with her parents Dr. and Mrs. L. S. Foster, has returned to Florence, D. C. where she is teaching. The state recently purchased a site at Virginia Beach for a permanent military encampment and rifle range. Captain John Cussons, famed Confederate veteran, died at his home in Glen Allen last Friday. Geo. Forbes of Chicago bought Wilton Print in lower Middlesex and moved there.
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Lucile Foster
Mrs. L. S. Foster
Florence, D. 0
Virginia Beach
John Cussons
Glen Allen
Geo. Forbes
Chicago
Wilton Print
Lower Middlesex
Sentius
Gratitude for Electric Bitters Endorsed for Stomach Ailment
Mrs Mary Dowling of San Francisco recommends Electric Bitters for stomach trouble and liver issues. She testifies the tonic purifies the blood invigorates the system and aids female weakness. Available at drug stores for 50 cents.
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Mary Dowling
Th Ave
San Francisco
The Female of the Species Is the Mother of the Mat
A compact, period styled reflection asserts that the female of the species is the mother of the man. The author argues for gender equality and shared work, framing freedom and partnership as central to humanity's progress and the race's advancement.
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TRE
South
THE
SUN
Washington
New York
A. S. Abell Cob
Baltimore, Maryland
Mathews Marine Railway
Milton Murray
Prop
Williams Wharf
Sewcelery
W.d. Miller
Saltibore
Pubic
Susie Beles
Srimistead
Mathews County Fish
Dwip
Fules
New York City
Pegwar
Priese
Powis
Mathews
Hon Nations Bank
Foapies Trust Co
Harpies S Gore
Remedy
Xman
Barclay & Sons
Twenty-eighth Street
Newport News
Chamberlain’s
B.C. & A. Railway CO
Hankatank River Line
WiLtarn Tromrsox
Wet A. R. Beaver
Maito
the Journal
W. M. Minter
Aul
Requist
Van
Bethsheda
Wurbanna
Charter
Democratic National Committee
Geo. F. Williams
Philadelphia
Gloucester
Frank Clayton
Clayton
Gloucester C. H
Sentinel
Mann
Maryland
W. Me D. Lee
S. Wilkins Mathews
F. G. Newbill
W. W. Old
John Currett
M. L. Prices
John T. Anderson
Perfect Bakers
Leo J. Rabbett
Weill
Apply. Co. D. Hudgins
Mathews, Va
Jersey
Philip H. Muir Williams
Whf
Jéara
A. Carnegie & Co
Ager TS
Norfolk Typewriter Exchange and Supply
Main St
Norfolk, Va
Bell
Columbus
Ohio
BAY
Steam Packe Co
U. S. Mail
Tr&t
Florida
Virginia
Bennion
Mattows
Baltimoh
Corres
Barré Street
Old Point Comfort
OHN
R. Sherwood
Gen
Mgr
Willams & Co
Willams Wharf
E. W. Browne
Lynnhaven
Orn Habor Cove
W. Browne
Norfolk Va
Cove
Chamberlain
Rema
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