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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1907
Page
3
Community items list visits by Floyd White and relatives, hands-on business ads, millinery openings, and social events. Mentions Exposition travel to Baltimore and Norfolk, church services, shipping schedules, and local hires. Notes on former teachers in Mathews and upcoming Christmas sales at Blue Ribbon.
This ad copy warns that Foley's Kidney Cure can cure any kidney or bladder trouble not beyond healing, emphasizing universal susceptibility and urging readers to remember the remedy.
William Minter died after a years long illness. His brother James E. Minter was summoned on November 6. Frank Brooks, colored, died on Tuesday night. William E. Carmine and family left for Millsboro Delaware where he will continue with Houston and Perry. Harry Hudgins hosted a candy party at sister J Eddie Sadler’s home with many Hudgins and related families in attendance. Several Hudgins left for Norfolk on Wednesday. Mrs Eddie Hudgins ill with typhoid fever. Folley’s Honey and Tar advert claims to prevent pneumonia and heal lungs. sold by all druggists.
James Edwards and a white woman posing as Clara Edwards fled with a $25 000 haul of diamonds and cash, blamed on a Georgia man lodging a report with New York police. They were arrested late Saturday and sent to New York to face charges. No property was recovered at arrest, according to Chicago police.
Public notice from J. F. Marchant asks all customers who owe for goods bought before September 1 1907 to pay immediately as he will close the business and be away. G. S. Marchant is named as receiver of payments.
Rosa Diggs, a cashier at Martin's Pharmacy in Norfolk, fainted after saying she planned to take her life to give her baby a better home. A note pinned to her waist blamed her husband, former Portsmouth policeman Diggs, who had been dismissed for beating her. She revived at the police station. doctor said no drugs were involved. She had recently found work in Norfolk and hoped for her baby’s welfare.
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