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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1909
Page
2
The Journal lists advertising charges and rates for notices and insertions. Reading notices cost per line. display ads charge per inch with initial and subsequent rates. Mail correspondence and delayed items are noted as causing publication delays and carryovers to the following week.
A 19th century editor debates Judge Wright ruling in the District of Columbia Supreme Court. The piece argues there is no constitutional grant allowing courts to curb speech via injunctions and stresses civil damages as remedy. It questions bitterness and prejudice behind the case and reflects on free press principles.
In a Tennessee murder case a twelve man jury faced dangerous associates and moral peril while delivering verdicts. The piece praises duty and courage in Virginia where lawlessness endangers civilization and urges citizens to uphold justice to curb the evil.
Panamanian excursion by Mr. Putiizer aims to verify his reputation as a liar amid public scrutiny and media attention.
The Armnarias Club announces new members including the United States Senate and the House of Representatives, expanding its roster with prominent federal lawmakers.
A garbled quote echoes advice attributed to Uncle Andrew Carnegie urging youths to save money while young so future tariffs will work for them later. The fragmentary text suggests a financial caution tied to tariffs but lacks clear context or sources.
The Tidewater Medical Society representing Mathews Middlesex Gloucester Essex and King and Queen counties met at Dr R R Hoskins home in Mathews Va on January 6. Present were Drs Brown Marchant Gwathney from Middlesex Jones and James from Gloucester and White Lane Haynes Hoskins and Vaden from Mathews. Dr G W Brown read on some evils of proprietary medicines sparking discussion. After a sumptuous dinner the group adjourned mid afternoon and Gloucester C H was chosen as the April 6 meeting site. Dr A G Wade Jr and Lorrimer James were asked to read papers at the next gathering.
The Lane-Diggs Camp of Confederate Veterans will meet January 19 in the Courthouse to celebrate Gen. R E Lee's birthday. Members are asked to bring dinner and attend. Speakers may include Rev. Suddith Hon J Boyd Sears Major Stubbs and Judge Claggart B Jones. Ladies of the U D C plan a program with music and recitations. crosses of honor will be presented to some veterans.
Fragmentary text mentions night riders calomet eroton oil or aloes pills and Dr. Memy's New Life Pie. Contains garbled terms and does not provide a coherent event or entities to summarize beyond vague references to remedies and distress.
A letter notes corrections to a prior piece. It fixes date errors from 1806-1809 to 1867-1569 and voting figures 48 000 to 84 000. The author states these mistakes were unintentional and apologizes to Major Stubbe.
A Rugress Kentucky resident claims ten years of pain from riding horses ended after using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. The ad touts the salve as infallible for piles burns cuts boils fever sores eczema salt rheum corns and similar conditions at 25 cents with druggist guarantee.
The South Side Agricultural Association held its annual meeting in the Mathews Courthouse on Tuesday to elect officers. Captain Alex James was reelected president Percival Hicks secretary and E M Blake manager with J M Pugh remaining treasurer. A 12 percent cash dividend on stock was declared at a prior directors meeting.
Jack Ball the three year old son of Mr and Mrs Granville Ball died at their Studa home after a ten day illness. The funeral was conducted by Rev J P Essex at Old Christ Church at 3 pm Tuesday.
Herbert M. Hope died last week in Petersburg after a protracted illness. He was a prominent Virginia Methodist Conference member and well known in the region. Hope, once editor of the Richmond Church Advocate, later resigned from the ministry.
James Wm. Tankard a leading physician of this Virginia region died in Baltimore on December 31 from complications after an operation. He was 62, a native of Northampton and had lived in Northumberland at Lilian for many years.
Reports from the Italian earthquake scene place deaths between 600 and 2560, with total property losses around 706 million dollars. Authorities may order evacuation of the quake zone due to ongoing dangers to residents.
Six of eight defendants in the Tennessee circuit court received death sentences for the murder of Captain Ranklin, while the remaining two were given life terms. Keir Hardie, English labor leader, arrived in America and will speak in New York and Brooklyn and attend a Portsmouth labor conference on January 26. Five committee members surveying Panama reported satisfaction with conditions and predicted canal completion around 1915.
The text notes that an editor puts in 355 days to publish 52 issues, a length of labor. It contrasts occasional prepayment by a subscriber with capital and a pirate-like reader who takes two or three weeks without paying, calling that ayareLy Week.
A major revival led by Rev. J Wilber Chapman with singer Charles Alexander fills Richmond City Auditorium and branch meetings. Presbyterians started the movement but all denominations join in nightly services as crowds grow and prayers rise.
A religious author recounts years of kidney trouble and a severe winter attack that left him bedbound for eight days. After starting Foley's Kidney Remedy his pain ceased and urine returned to normal, and he recommends the product sold by all druggists.
After twenty four years as a wholesale drug salesman in Tidewater Virginia I resign to retire with family. He expresses sincere gratitude to merchant friends for generous support and loyalty and to others for valued friendship. He laments leaving friends behind. Tappahannock January 1 1909 signed O D Masters?ox
Racking coughs that may develop into pneumonia are quickly cured by Poley s Honey and Tar. The remedy claims to heal inflamed lungs and avert dangerous conditions overnight. Take only Foley s Honey and Tar in a yellow package sold by local outlets.
A promotional note extols Foley's Honey and Tar as a safe no opiate remedy for infants and children with coughs colds croup and whooping cough. It urges mothers to keep a bottle at home and warns against substitutes sold by druggists.
Mrs W L Gilpatrisk of Danforth Me praises Electric Bitters for reviving her 70 year old mother from twenty years of dyspepsia. She could not eat drink or sleep before the remedy. doctors had given up. The product is said to regulate liver and kidney function, improve sleep, strength and appetite. Only 50 cents at druggists.
Fragmentary ad style text extols cures for nerve and liver ailments. Mentions a product line and low prices, with garbled names and stray phrases suggesting a health remedy and blame of ruin.
An intercounty suit seeks $1,029.50 with interest from January 1, 1908, against J S Hoskins Lumber Co a non resident Maryland corporation. An attachment on the defendant’s 360 acre Mathews land is noted and publication of the order is required for four weeks.
Readers can obtain a 66 page diary for 2 cents postage to D Swift & Co Patent Lawyers Washington DC. Diary valued at 25 cents includes 20 pages of information on 1908 crop production by state and brief points on everyday law and patent law.
Scientists report 100 040 year old human remains in Switzerland from a period of extreme heat and danger. The article quotes A W Shawn of Alexander Mc who notes deadly disease as a major risk today and mentions Dr King’s New Discovery as a cure for lung trouble and cough. The passage advertises the product at $4 09 with guaranteed testing.
The readable text fragment notes a event or notice involving multiple named parties and a venue, with unspecified roles and a possible date. It shows garbled names and places, suggesting a public notice or brief report from a local paper.
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