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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1907
Page
3
A collage of briefs notes Matthews and nearby towns feature performants, sales, and notices. DeWolffs Comedians visit Red Men Hall, plus regional ads for mills, clothing, and millinery. farm sales and property rentals. public notices on elections, church matters, schools, and social events.
Rev W A Snyder and family left for Norfolk and other sites to visit his daughter before returning. Mrs James Oxden and son Blanton returned from Baltimore after visiting relatives. Mrs Willie Crockett of Tangier Island visited relatives on Deals Island and Battmore. Mrs W A Kingsmill and daughter of Chicago left after six weeks with her parents. Capt James J Moore and Miss Ellen White, ages 76 and 50, wed at the Methodist parsonage on October 31.
The notice records the death of Mrs. Laura Diggs’s mother, an invalid for some time, and reports Mr. James K. Minter ill. It mentions Alex Machen visiting home, Mrs. C. O. Hudgins and daughter Susie returning from Norfolk and Williamsburg, and Fannie G. Diggs hosting friends with Edith and Jillie Thomas among attendees.
Miss Sadie Abrams of 714 East Clay Street won five blue ribbons at the State Fair for five cakes in a competitive display. She revealed the lemon garnish signifying a favored ingredient and said Sauer's flavoring extracts give her pastries their noted taste. A note promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as compliant with the Pure Food law.
Frank C. Bonner age forty an employee at the Newport News shipyards drank carbolic acid this morning in an apparent suicide attempt A hospital report listed his condition as critical and local authorities were investigating the incident.
Each year twenty five scholarships of seventy five dollars enable young women unable to cover full school costs to pursue education. Recipients help the household manage dining room duties, proving their eagerness to learn.
Bonner died after a glass shattered during a spree when his 14 year old son knocked the glass from his hands. The father struck the boy then refilled the glass and drank it, dying hours later in agony. He is survived by a son and a daughter Mrs. M Murray of South Norwalk. He came here from Waynesboro Pa.
A clinic note asserts Fulley’s Honey and Tar stops coughs, strengthens lungs, and prevents pneumonia, claimed by various druggists. The wording suggests a traditional remedy promotion without clinical evidence.
Will Davis a thirty year old Negro fatally shoots his wife and another woman then, after being chased by a mob, climbs a bridge over the Tennessee River. He declares his boastful claim that he has killed twenty men, leaps into the river and dies, with authorities doubting the boast but confirming the fatal killings. Davis worked for the Knoxville Railway and Light Company.
Notice from the Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Company listing passenger departures from Crickett Hill at 3 30 P M to North End with connections to Baltimore and Rappahannock River landings, and from North End via Ruark at 8 A M to Crickett Hill with connections to Nor folk Wid Point and the Exposi tion. L Vanness Rudgk Mer Ruark Va-
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