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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1910
Page
4
The notice outlines pricing and policies for communications, including five cents per line for resignations, ten cents per reading notices, and fifty cents per insertion for transient ads. It specifies rate discounts for repeated insertions and clarifies charges for campaign communications and candidate notices.
Citizens organize a Sanitary and Improvement League to clean and beautify Mathews C H. The group aims to remove street trash and fill holes with stagnant water to improve health and appearance, urging strong support from business leaders and residents.
The Weekly News argues that calling a boodler a statesman harms the country and urges exposing the unscrupulous figures in politics. It reflects on how politicians once implied honesty and condemns sharp practices, insisting on naming and branding such rascality for protection of all parties.
May 7 is the last day to pay poll taxes and preserve voting rights. Citizens are urged to participate in the upcoming Congressional election and the Legislature approved amendment allowing county treasurers to seed themselves, calling for public voice on the matter at the polls.
The remark claims Colonel Roosevelt will be home soon after causing upheaval in Europe as Taft and Ballinger are warned to watch out.
Andrew Carnegie seeks escape from a muddled newspaper situation. He has few options left as misunderstandings and legalities cloud his involvement, leaving him with limited routes to clear his name.
General news notes Daniel returning to Lynchburg from a Florida journey with Owens and Marshajil of Mathews, details sparse and the group traveling together. The item highlights a social movement or visit, with unnamed local implications and aftermath.
Speaker Byrd orders a new special election for King William and Hanover counties to choose a representative following T. H. Edwards death in West Point. Separate reports note a fatal gasoline explosion injuring several, a brother’s death at a Kilmar nock fish factory, and a Baltimore hospital transfer. Gloucester Court adjourned for a funeral, and the Southside Bank, Incorporated of Tappahannock, received a charter with capital stock from $10,000 to $25,000.
Robert Madsen of West Burlington, Iowa, lay near death after seven weeks in hospital and eight months of liver trouble and jaundice. Four top doctors gave him up, but five bottles of Electric Bitters cured him completely. The medicine is guaranteed for stomach, liver or kidney troubles and costs 50 cents at all druggists.
Governor Mann designated Sunday May 8 as Mothers Day in Virginia echoing practice in other states. The proclamation urges citizens to wear white carnations to honor both living and deceased mothers, attend church, and churches to hold suitable services, noting Virginia’s reverence for motherhood.
Dr Bell's antiseptic salve guaranteed to cure ringworm eczema chapped hands and lips tuning sores ulcers and all 피부 diseases. Useful after shaving. Priced at 25 cents a box.
Pine tar and honey have long been used for coughs. Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey combines these with other ingredients in a bottle labeled with a bell. Look for the Bell on the bottle to ensure you get Dr Bell's.
Advertises Dr Gell's Pine Tar Honey as a trusted cough and throat remedy used for over fifteen years in millions of homes. Claims success in treating coughs colds croup and bronchial troubles with easy availability.
At a Baltimore meeting the directors of the steamship company opened discussions on strategic steps for expanding routes and improving freight and passenger services across key ports.
The Chesapeake Steamship Company plans to build two floating palaces for Baltimore to Norfolk service. The vessels will be 310 feet long with 147 first class staterooms and 60-seat dining rooms on the hurricane deck. Names proposed honor Baltimore and the southern terminals, and construction promises modern, economical, and comfortable travel with identical accommodations on both ships.
An advertisement touts Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve as a guaranteed remedy for sore eyes. The 25 cent creamy snow white ointment is promoted with a risk free offer and strong cure claims.
I will stand the stallion Say brook in Mathews during the coming season. His pedigree lists Saybrook as sire br. s. by Silent Brook, dam Robinell by Robin, grand-dam Pearl by Hamiltonian. Bred by Groverland Stock Farm Georgetown Ky. For terms apply.
Yields readily to Dr Bell's Antiseptic Salve with improvement after the first application. We guarantee it. It is clean and pleasant to use. 25¢ box.
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