Local Norfolk visits fill county notes in Journal
Local items list visits by Revs and officials in Norfolk and surrounding areas. Names include J Winn L J Phaup R A White Emma Wolffe Clara Forrest Cornelius Thomas Grover Thurston Ernest Hudgins Wm James and many others. Community events, church services, meetings at Mathews Court House, and a forthcoming closing sale at the Journal Office are mentioned.
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Journal
Ladies Home Journal
Woman's Home Companion
McClures
Popular
Munsey
Cavalier
Argosy
Popular Mechanics
Black Cat
Phillistine
Tve
Local Visitors and Relatives Stay in Ware Neck Area
Richmond visitors and relatives are noted throughout Ware Neck with various guest stays and returns. Individuals include Mrs. W. A. Jones at Ditch ley, Miss Marius Smith visiting Fauquier Co., Prof. Thomas Taliaferro in Washington, D. C., and multiple families from Richmond, Norfolk, Baltimore, and New York visiting local residents and attending gatherings at Hope Haven and nearby homes.
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B. J. Catchings
New York
Susan M. McKee
Hope Haven
Local notes include appointments and community events
Mrs C S Simmons and two sons visit her mother in Mathews county. Miss M Louise Leffler of Williams Wharf named among Saluda District teaching appointees. Wharton Grove Encampment set for July 26 to Aug 4. Marvin Grove Camp to hold annual meeting Aug 2. Co L Palmer, jailed for local option violation, has left Virginia. Rev J P Essex officiated burial of five year old L C Schmidt’s daughter. The Oysterman and Fisherman magazine expands with new New York offices. Hampton, VA becomes Southern office.
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Annie Smith
Mathews County
W. L. Harris
Redgate Avenue
Pilot
Saluda
Middlesex County
M. Louise Leffler
Williams Wharf
Co. L. Palmer
Gloucester Court
Sentinel
J. P. Essex
Locust Grove
L.C. Schmidt
the Oysterman and Fisherman
Hampton
New York City
Citizen
Obituary for Marshall J Brownley Found Drowned in Norfolk Harbor
The community of Laban mourns as the body of Marshall J Brownley is recovered in Norfolk harbor near the Norfolk and Western dock. He had been missing since Monday night July 1 after telling shipmates to deliver a package to a steamer. He was known as Bud to friends and was employed on the steamer.
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Laban
Marshall J. Brownley
Norfolk Harbor
Norfolk and Western Dock
Main Street
Norfolk
Marshall
Bud
Obituary of Bud a Promising Young Man in the Community
The obituary honors Bud a young man in the tug boat trade promoted to mate on the Triton at the time of his death. He was beloved for his sunny disposition and frank heart, wife mother and baby left behind. Funeral held at home by Rev J A Winn with Juniors and Odd Fellows paying last rites at Pear Tree cemetery.
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Ally Called
Triton
Bud
Death
Dread Destroyer
J. A. Winn
Lead Year Hay Ride Brings Local Fun After Beach Evening
A group of young men Ray Miles Charlie Green Lee Miles Bernard Hodgins Herbert Chornit Muse Foster and Clinton Williams were entertained Monday by young ladies Effie Miles Georgie Miles Etta Williams Mattie Foster Florence James Daisy Thurston Mary Thurston Edna Gales May Beatty Flora Dexter. The event featured swimming foot races and a supper served around 7 PM. The group returned about 1 AM declaring the evening highly enjoyable.
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Ray Miles
Charlie Green
Lee Miles
Bernard Hodgins
Herbert Chornit
Muse Foster
Clinton Williams
Effie Miles
Georgie Miles
Etta Williams
Mattie Foster
Florence James
Mathews
Daisy
Mary Thurston
Baltimore
Edna Gales
Bristol
Va.Tenn
May Beatty
N. Y
Flora Dexter
Norfolk
Lost and For Sale Notices From Mathews Journal
A page of small ads lists lost items such as gold nose-glasses and a gold cuff button with initials H C P, along with notices seeking rewards. It also advertises farm animals for sale and requests for potential buyers and agents, including a Holstein cow and Berkshire sow, plus a request for small farm listings in Mathews or Gloucester counties. Key names include Mathews C. H., Williams, E. C. Brivergs, H. C. Armistead, Alanson Crosby, and G. L. Hart Optical Co.
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Mathews
Gloucester
Alanson Crosby
Titusville
Farm For Sale At Fitchett's Virginia
A farm containing 39 acres of cleared land and 10 acres of wood land with 4% acres of oyster shore and a large quantity of oysters. Includes a dwelling of 8 to 10 rooms, a good barn, outhouses, storehouse, new occupying and valuable wharf property. Located near Fitchett's Wharf, formerly Josephus Trader's property. Terms easy. Apply J. R. Winder, Agent, Fitchett's, Va. 21-6m.
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Fitchett's
Josephus
J. R. Winder
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Rev. J. Winn
Rev. L. J. Phaup
R. A.white
Emma Wolffe
Ocean View
Clara Forrest
Roanoke, Va
Cornelius Thomas
Portsmouth
Lasteek
Grover Thurston
Mrs
Ernest Hudgins
Richmond
The
County
Allen Andrews
Poplar Grove
Maxwell James
Mattie Hudgins
Eva Armistead
Board of Supervisors
Mathews C. H
G. S. Marchant
D. G. C. Butts
Oceana
Irs
A. S. Butler
Mary Butler
Warm Springs
Herman Hollerwith
Brighton
Julia Kelly
Dabney Baker
Craig
Columbia, Texas
Weems
Joan
Beechland
Calvin Thomas
Newporters
L. J. Phaup
St. Mathew
Bethel
R.L Miles
Peek
J. Hiles
Sallie Thompins
Saturn
Messrs. Williams and White
Ad. Swhere
J. C. Walker
Westville Baptist Church Suny
Macedonia
Acomes Milliner
G. S. Archant
Geo. Gowen
Westville Church
Mathews C
Eneral
Mrs. James
Abe, Texas
D Mrs. Hodgson
East River
Emily Colonna
Miss . Beatty
Cartain
W. J. Miles
Kur Cheap Insurance
Patronizeorthern Neck Mutual Fire Hatton
Winter
Thornhill
H. H. Taylor
Tarboro, N. C
A. T. Hudgins
Sarah
Melvin Thurston
Mary
Melvin
O. W. Joslyn
Fred Joslin
Cobbs Creek
Missouri
the Baptist Church
T. Garnett
Ellen Douglas Garnett
M. B. Garnett
Kalimazo
L. C. Garnett
Garnett
W. D. Cridlin
Allen Foster
West Virginia
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
St. Paul's Church
Beulah
Mr. Winn
George H. McFaden
Gladstone Butler
Wilmington, N. C
Julia
Kate Faison
Stephen Adams
J. R. Keys
J. E. Thomas
Foster
Mobjack Bay Yacht Club
Messrs
Clifton Smither
Lloyd and
Harry Tabb
Lewis Tabb
West Point
Ware
Mr. Hickson
W. A. Jones
Ditchley
George B. Taliaferro
Prof
Thomas Taliaferro
Washington, D. C
Peter Weaver
Emporia
W.L. Davis
Mary Frost
Pennsylvania
Mrs. McKee
Henry Davis
Brothers
Messrs. W. L. and
D. J. Davis
C. E. Nash
R. B. White
Mr. Huntington Fox
Mrs. Cooke
E. A. Thornton
Willoughby Beach
Henry Thompson
John James Henshaw
W. L. Davis
F. B. Dutton
Wm. S. Gayte
E. T. Garner
Boykins, Va
John Manch
Page Manch
Richmond Medical College
Chamberlain
General News
C.S. Simmons
Clifton
Charles
Wharton Grove
Marvin Grove
Sisley Bros
L. M. Cattis
L. S. Mites
Williams
Journal Office
W. E. Marchant
S. G. Miller
Julli
TLE MatuHews Jouurnal
E.C.P. Brivergs
Hallieford
Susan and
H. C. Armistead
Susan, Va
Berkshire
Cricket Hill
G. L. Hart Optical Co., Inc
E. Broad St
Richmond, Va
Bridgeport and
Palmer Envies
Bridgeport
Palmer
Clifford G. Hudgins
Peary
Virginia
Mathews Journal
State Normal School
PredericKkxsburg, Va
E. H. Russel
W. J. Grimstead
Rose Lang
Pulaski, Va
Mathews Marine Railway
Milton Murray
Prop
Portsmouth Retail Lumber Corporation
CGR
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