Local Notes From Mathews and Vicinity
A collage of notices and social items from Mathews County Virginia. County residents visit Norfolk and Baltimore, with travel plans, family updates, and new arrivals. Advertisements seek a good cook, sale items, horses for sale, and buggy stock. Community events include a Sunday school entertainment and a Confederate monument fund excursion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane-Diggs
East River
Norfolk
Confederate Monument Fund
Sanitary and Improvement League Organized
Citizens mostly ladies form a Sanitary and Improvement League in Mathews County Court House. Dr A G Vaden elected chairman pro tem. Committees to seek authority to curb trash disposal and to engage Board of Health plan by laws and rules. Next meeting set for Friday May 13 at 8 PM. urged public support.
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Mathews C. H
A. G. Vaden
E. M. Blake
F. Theo. Miller
Messrs
C. C. White
A-G. Vaden
W. M. Minter
Board of Supervisors
Not Sorry for Blunder D T Sanders Harrodsburg Ky
A Harrodsburg Kentucky resident, D T Sanders, recalls friends doubting his life after a coughing illness. He credits Dr King’s New Discovery with stopping the cough and restoring his health. The ad touts the remedy as effective for coughs, influenza, colds, asthma, croup, hemorrhages, and weak lungs with a trial bottle offered free. Guaranteed by druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. T. Sanders
Harrodsburg Ky
Dr. King
Death of J B White In White's Neck County
The county mourns the death by self harm Monday of J B White a beloved resident of White's Neck. Funeral at home Wednesday by Rev W L Jones with burial on the old Gayle estate. He was a Methodist, husband father and brother survived by a wife four daughters one son two brothers and three sisters. The Journal extends sympathy to all bereaved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. White
White's Neck
W. L. Jones
Gayle
Mathews Lodge
White
Bartlett White
Methodist Church
Shall Women Vote Here? NewLife Pills Promote Women’s Vote
An advertiser promotes Dr King s NewLife Pills as the true remedy for women claiming if women could vote millions would, listing benefits of banishing dull feelings backache headache constipation colds appetite and toning the system. Pills cost 25c at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Dr Samuel Latane Jr Killed In Auto Crash Near Winchester
Dr Samuel Latane Jr a leading young physician in Valley was instantly killed when his car brake failed on a country road near Winchester Sunday night. Leslie M Brown the driver was injured. Latane 26 a Virginia family member and son of the late Bishop Samuel Latane attended Maryland and Heidelberg universities. He was born in King and Queen County and his sister is Mrs C B Jones wife of Judge Claggart B Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Samuel Latane Jr
Valley
Latarne
Dr. Latane
Leslie M. Brown
Latane
Virginia
Samuel Latane
Episcopal Church
Maryland
Heidelberg
Germany
King & Queen County
C. B. Jones
Claggart B. Jones
Circuit Court
Bowel Troubles Relief Offered by Dr Bell’s Anti Pain
An advertisement promises fast relief for all bowel troubles with Dr Bell's Anti Pain. It claims instant effect and exterior use for other pains and states the product is sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Oscar Miller to Be Buried at Miller Burying Ground
The embalming by Mr. Charles Richardson kept Miller’s body for nearly two months. Burial is set for Friday at 3 p.m. at the old Miller Burying ground at Mr. Matt Gayle's home. Rev. G R Cooke will conduct with pallbearers J J Burke, L C Garnett, J B Sears, R L McCready, E M Blake and John E Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Richardson
Oscar Miller
Richardson
Miller
Old Miller
Matt Gayle
G. RB. Cooke
Messrs
J. J. Burke
L. C. Garnett
J.B. Sears
R. L. McCready
E. M. Blake
John E. Miller
Democratic primary notice for Virginia district held Aug 13 1910
The Democratic Committee of Virginia's first congressional district orders the primary to nominate a U S representative for the sixty-second Congress to be held August 13 1910 between sunrise and sunset. Prospective candidates must file written intention with a $500 deposit to the chairmen by May 21 1910.
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Democratic Committee
Virginia
United States
T. J. Downinc
Ch'm
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