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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
3
In town notes Reverend service schedules at Providence Emanuel Grace Mathews Chapel and Locust Grove with times. Local tradesmen advertise ice corn hay and buggy wagons. Ford? Foley’s Kidney Cure and Kennedy laxative. Lost pin found at Journal office. Lawn party for Virginia Conference Orphanage June 28 with gasoline launches for bay trips.
Numerous local notices include sale of a bay mare and driver, veterans of William and Mary College, a market for a torpedo stern speed launch, and several visits and speeches. A marine railway move at Mobjack, DeWitts salve advertisement, and upcoming Independence Day picnic plans at West Mathews complete the page.
Jr. M. Frere of 25 Broad Street New York seeks farms with water access and oyster grounds. He reports hundreds of inquiries and asks property owners to communicate at once.
In Russell County local activity features farm work with men in gum boots and oiled clothes. Several women return home from Norfolk trips including Miss Irene Diggs and Miss Clara Borum. News hints at upcoming weddings as Cupid seems busy and old bachelors fear capture, with a remnant spared.
The ladies of Salem Church plan a lawn party at Fitchetts in Mr. Frank Callis ward on Tuesday evening June 26 to benefit the local orphanage. Ice cream cake and refreshments will be served to the public. Capt. C. T. Banks is home briefly. Wedding bells are due next week in the neighborhood. Heavy rains last week may have damaged crops. Melvin Diggs is quite ill, under Dr. Hoskins. Mrs. Osie Forrest will tour Norfolk Portsmouth and Eastern Shore this week. Mrs. J. H. Morgan and Mrs. J. Forrest are improving. Mrs. W. Clark, sister of Mrs. Forrest Morgan, died in Baltimore last Monday from lung hemorrhages. on June 11 Mr. Wilford Cresswell, Morgan's nephew, died of the same disease.
Exev W A Snyder preached on Lovest Thou Me last Sunday. Next Sunday’s sermon titled The Elder Brother. Children’s Day postponed to June 24 due to weather. Local residents Johnie Marchant Hudgins C S Hudgins Sue Smith and Lola Hudgins host gatherings. Boyd Williams returns from Baltimore after Business College graduation. Yvonne Ward of Pyresbourg writes praise for Oriro Laxative Fruit Syrup, offered by S E.
Miss Murry of Summit New Jersey weighs 260 pounds and blames herself for the death of her admirer James Condren after a stair fall in her home. Condren died after spinal injury and hospital transfer. Funeral planned in Summit.
An old advertisement touts Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea as baby medicine that helps infants eat sleep and grow. It claims the product is available as Tea or Tablets for 435 cents and advises asking your doctor.
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