Journal Palace News Admits Annual Payment Plan
The item lists W. M. Mattex as editor and owner and mentions a per year charge to advance. It appears as a fragment from the Palace: the Journal, noting publication leadership and a payment arrangement.
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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1910
Page
4
The item lists W. M. Mattex as editor and owner and mentions a per year charge to advance. It appears as a fragment from the Palace: the Journal, noting publication leadership and a payment arrangement.
The text outlines charges for obituaries and reading notices, including five cents per line for resolutions and five cents per line for obituaries. It notes advertising rates for communications, voting notices, and transient ads, with 50 cents per inch for the first insertion and 25 cents per inch for subsequent insertions if unchanged. It also requests letters reach the office by Wednesday morning to avoid carryover.
The paper celebrates a week of strong local coverage and notes pride in growing readership. It laments the brevity of editorials and regrets any harm to the esteemed Editor of the Times Dispatch.
A cordial greeting notes the Gloucester Progress is a clean, newsy sheet expected to meet community needs and earn success as it launches.
Congressional appropriation of 550000 will enlarge the Norfolk navy yard, enabling construction of the United States' largest dry dock. A 400000 soft crabs shipment from Cristfield Md to New Orleans highlights Virginia sounds as the chief source. Cristfield supplies 75 percent of US soft crabs with 90 percent from Agcomac county.
Grover L Armistead and Georgie Miles united in marriage at St Pauls M E Church yesterday at 10 30 am Rev J Arthur Winn officiated The bridal party entered to Mendelssohn wedding march played by Miss Evan Armistead Bride wore blue traveling suit carried white roses Best man was Willie Miles Ushers included William Smith J W Hudgins Charles Owens and W M Minter After ceremony the couple left for a tour of port cities
The accomplished daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert P Miles of Port Haywood and the son of Mr and Mrs AL Armistead were united in marriage at a hospitable home. A sumptuous toast followed as many friends attended and offered gifts, signaling esteem and goodwill from the county.
Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey has served millions for sixteen years with steadily increasing demand. Look for the Bell on the Bottle.
Obituary recalling the sudden death of James Ob White on May 3. He was a beloved neighbor husband and father known as Uncle Bennie. The community mourns the loss at Emanuel church and extends sympathy to his widow five children and the extended family while noting his devotion to work and helping others.
The Saturday Afternoon Club hosted a linen shower and luncheon at East Mathews Parsonage on June 25, honoring Miss Georgie Miles on her wedding June 29. Led by President Mrs J Arthur Winn, guests admired red and white decor, received useful and handsome gifts, and enjoyed a luncheon of salads sandwiches biscuits olives mints nuts and fruit ices.
A reader, W L Jones, responds to Rev J A Winn's appeal endorsing and urging his congregation to attend the July 7 rally of Sunday School groups at The Tabernacle, expressing hearty cooperation with the movement.
A public ceremony marks the unveiling of a monument to Middlesex Confederate warriors with a program including Gov. Mann Col. Lee and A J Montague as speakers. A band patriotic songs a ball game and entertainments accompany the event with meals by ladies for relief. Laying of the corner stone by Masons at 11 A M music prayers drills ball game and Tidewater Music Club entertainment follow throughout the day.
The Engineer Board pressed a new boundary for netting near Smiths Point to Windwill and YorkSpit, dropping the 20-foot and 2-mile restrictions due to Virginian opposition. A straight line was contested by Virginia authorities who seek time to implement a new fish law while the board insists on removing nets beyond lights into ship channels.
In Mathews Circuit Court Clara Belle Garted seeks a divorce from Beechman Garted citing vengeance mari tum. Beechman is confined in the Virginia State Penitentiary. he must appear within fifteen days of publication. A weekly notice will run for four weeks in Martins Jam, with a copy posted at the county courthouse.
An old advertisement claims Dr Bell's Antisopic Salve cures skin troubles such as pimples eczema and sores. It urges trial with a single box to prove its effectiveness and suggests it relieves chaps and black heads.
Pastor L J Puavro writes endorsing county Sunday School workers organization and an interdenominational rally at Tabernacle with Dr W L Wilson as an inspiring speaker. He notes ministers and Sunday School workers will attend and other speeches are planned.
After a Baltimore public meeting the case for pound nets is studied by Col. Casey Col. Patrick and Capt. Hannan in Washington. A June 23 hearing will hear the Fish Commissions of Maryland Virginia and the United States as they seek pound net regulations. Virginia fights any drastic limits while Maryland supports them and Congressmen Jones backs Virginia. Engineers may require lights and bushes on pound heads and two miles from shore with nets restricted to twenty feet of water.
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