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Newspaper

Mathews Journal

Location

Mathews, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 14, 1907

Page

2

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Reading notices and advertising rates described

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.

Road problem deepens amid waterway delays and funds

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.

Fragmentary note on burning of judges ceremonies

Fragmented OCR text mentions burning of judges and distant ceremonies. unclear details. No clear events, names, or dates to anchor a full summary.

Saturday Aldaf ALAE Fires Judases Amid Street Crowds

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.

New York Evening Mail

Kidney Cure Promises Hope After Prolonged Ailment

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.

B. Spiezeels Virginie St. Evanville Ind Tholey Kinney

Words From Mr Richardson On The Roads

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.

Eprrags Maranas Journal Hicks Board of Supervisors Mr. Hicks

Man Offers Private Funding to Repair County Road

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.

Fair Grounds Danie. Richardson

Remembering Foley’s Honey and Tar cure claim

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.

Foley's Honey and Tar Safe Remedy for All Ages

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.

Foley Mathews Drug Store

Horn Harbor Busy Week For Stakes and News

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.

Johnnie Pritchett Emma Lee Jarvis Gilbert Handy California China Japan Washington Territory May Hudgins Colbert Hudgins Waryton Robert Owens Herbert Hudgins

No Gas on Record Promoting Foley’s Honey and Tar

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.

Foley Llatheys Driy Poley Mathews Drug Store Foley & Company Chicago Mathews Dru

Washing the Beggar's Feet Tradition in English Church

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.

Westminster Church of England Elizabeth James I James II George II York Amercan Press

New York Easter expenditure tops nine million dollars

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.

New York Ilere Halenda News Byatt Oone Maidatdin

Sunday church services schedule snippet

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

Mathews Chapel Locust Grove Providence Emmanuel Grace St. Paul's Geulah Bethel St.Paulis Beulah

L. M. Paint Factory Tour Highlights Two to One Yield

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.

Wm. H.C. Murray Williams Wharf

Prince Hogarth 3r Racing Stallion Pedigree Notes

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.

Prince Hogarth Prince Hogarth, Jr Phebe King Bolt Skylark Rescue Register Priam Kiamesia Gellfounder Fancy Senator Trasteg Im Trial Rena

Death of George D Owen at seventeen in Norfolk

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.

George D. Owen Thomas J. Owen Norfolk George Green

Ammunition Guarding Questioned by Brownsville Inquiry

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.

Washington Brownsville Senate Committee On Military Affairs D. W. Kilburn Twentieth Infantry Twenty-fifth Infantry Fort Brown Edward Thompson Senator Warner Edwin Thompson Twenty-sixth Regiment Norfolk Lanemark

Westville Baptist Church Sunday Services Schedule

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.

Westville Baptist Church

Treasurer announces monthly warrant cashing in county

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.

John J. Burke

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