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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1906
Page
3
A jumble of items covers local events in Portsmouth and Mathews. It notes conference meetings on November 14, church convocation in Christ Church, and upcoming sales including oysters and magazines. Ads promote remedies like Kennedy’s Laxative and Kodol with testimonials, plus various visits by local residents to Richmond and Amelia and remarks on farms for sale and local figures attending funerals and gatherings.
Miss Kate Treakle will leave Mathews on Tuesday November 6 for a lengthy visit with her brother C. H. Treakle Jr. in Norfolk. Captain Spencer Treakle will soon be at home in Mathews before departing for Baltimore. De Witt's Witch Hazel Salve is praised for many uses especially piles and is sold by Mathews Drug Store. A medium yellow dog named Carlo was lost Friday at the fair grounds with a reward for return to Roberts Campbell Winter Harbor. Reverend W. A. Snyder preaches at the Old Baptist Church every Sunday morning and night. Cow Neck and Spring Hill church service schedules noted. Mrs. A. J. Montague hosted an informal reception and spoke on the Home For Needy Confederate Women, organizing an auxiliary board with several attendees listed.
Items from Cobbs Creek report S. K. Bedworth's horse won the Richmond State Fair premium and fared well at the Mathews Fair. Visitors include Miss Julia Hobdy from Baltimore and Mrs. Leonard Binns of Newport News. Local residents and guests from Gloucester and Middlesex pass through for fairs and family gatherings amid school prize notices and travels.
A reflective piece argues civic apathy buries towns while detailing a Harlem jail escape attempt. Prisoners led by Henry Curtin beat a keeper, wounded Cushley, and injured Ford during a failed effort to free inmates. Cushley lies critically injured.
A garbled OCR fragment notes various shoe types including walking, dancing, sport and seashore options with a cryptic sign off about a shop in a mountainous area. No clear events, dates, or entities beyond generic shoe categories emerge.
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