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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1907
Page
2
Burke Business Mer.
A fragment explains that letters and notices must be submitted before a deadline or risk being carried over. It notes that paid notice content is charged at five cents per line and that reading notices cost ten cents per line. Advertising rates and first insertion costs are outlined as well as charges for subsequent insertions.
The public water ways require attention as road improvement lags due to funding and labor constraints. Projects do not promise timely relief, leaving communities to navigate muddy paths and congested routes with limited progress expected.
Fragmented OCR text mentions burning of judges and distant ceremonies. unclear details. No clear events, names, or dates to anchor a full summary.
The artificers display free creativity with astonishing fizzy devices and many showy contrivances. The largest Judases are hung on wires across streets and burned as crowds gather for the ceremonial spectacle reported by the New York Evening Mail.
Evanville Indiana resident B Spiezeels reports five years of kidney and bladder trouble causing severe pain and weight loss. After three doctors failed, Tholey's Kinney Cure relieved symptoms with the first bottle and fully cured after the second. Sold by Mathews Drug Store.
Mr Richardson urges county road reform offering to oversee a failing district road at no salary until improved. He argues ditching costs, water damage, and shell fill methods as cheaper long term fixes, compares board inaction to a failing physician, and calls for citizen-led effort to rescue the county’s roads.
Danie Richardson writes that public road work is underfunded while idle equipment and track maintenance consume scarce resources. He proposes reducing his request from 400 to 200 dollars and funding the remainder himself to immediately fix the county’s worst road section at private cost.
An ad-like notice touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and colds. It warns against other remedies and mentions a yellow pack. Sold by the Latheys Dry Goods Store.
Announcement that Foley's Honey and Tar for courts colds and Tangy trouble contains no opiates and is safe for children and adults. For Sale by the Mathews Drug Store.
Horn Harbor residents plan a busy week as stakes are laid down. Johnnie Pritchett recovers from a broken arm suffered when his gasoline launch wheel failed. Emma Lee Jarvis and Gilbert Handy, recently returning from California, China, Japan and Washington Territory, visited Miss May Hudgins. Mrs Colbert Hudgins and son Wariton visited her parents, Mrs Robert Owens. Herbert Hudgins prepares lumber for carpenters building his new home.
An advert states there is no cause on record for cough or colds from Poley’s Honey and Tar and claims it will stop coughs and break up colds quickly. Recommends Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package as the genuine product available for sale by Mathews Drug Store.
The article traces the Maundy Thursday foot washing across English history. It notes Elizabeth I and later monarchs washing and kissing the feet of poor people, with James I appointing a deputy and James II performing the rite personally. After 1731 the practice waned until George II delegated the duty to the archbishop of York to wash forty eight beggars and present the custom, washing twelve old men on Maundy Thursday.
New York leads in the spring opening rush with an estimated nine million dollars spent on Easter finery. Bonnets, gowns, children’s clothing, flowers and church contributions drive the total, with milliners and florists among the biggest beneficiaries.
First Sunday Mathews Chapel Locust Grove 11 AM Locust Grove 3 PM Second Sunday Providence 11 AM Emmanuel 3 PM Grace 7 PM Third Sunday Mathews Chapel 11 AM Locust Grove 3 PM Fourth Sunday Providence 11 AM Emmanuel 7 PM Grace 3 PM MM
A visit to a major paint plant revealed machinery producing 10 000 gallons of paint faster than hand mixing 100 gallons. The L. & M. brand claims zinc hardening with ironlike wear for a decade, with cost under $1.25 per gallon. The firm offers repaint guarantees and church donations, while local printer ads promote artistic job printing services.
Prince Hogarth, 3r, a young stallion of fine tan and trotting stock. Sired by Prince Hogarth with dam Prince Hogarth jr. Phebe by King Bolt. Skylark, dam of several valued colts sold for high prices, by Rescue. He by Register, then imported Priam. Third dam Kiamesia, dam of Mohawk, by Gellfounder, fourth dam Fancy by Senator, fifth dam Stump by Trial rena.
George D Owen age seventeen son of Thomas J Owen died in Norfolk on Monday and was brought to the county for burial in the private burying ground of Mr George Green. An extended notice will be given in next weeks issue.
Senate Military Affairs hearing at Brownsville heard Captain D W Kilburn of the Twentieth Infantry say ammunition used by infant y rifles was not as closely guarded as claimed by discharged Black soldiers. Lt Edward Thompson corroborated threats against negro troops and discussed ammunition losses and inspection difficulty.
Westville Baptist Church announces services every Sunday at 11 AM and 7:45 PM. Sunday school includes a pastor's Bible class starting at 9:? AM.
John J. Burke, county treasurer, states he will be in his office on the second Saturday of each month to cash school warrants. He invites all county teachers to meet him then with their warrants.
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