Local notices and ads from Mathews area newspaper
Norfolk bookkeeper Drisgell visiting Mathews while Rev Schouler of Elkton to preach on the 13th. Urino Laxative Fruit Syrup sold locally. Sears and Williams promote new men and boy clothing and silk wares. Ernest W. Browne advertises souvenirs tobacco and cigars. Ladies Home Journal patterns available. Sale: fine mare cold five months old. New deadrise sailboat for sale. Phillip Mason takes a post with five Pears Williams.
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Messrs
Sears & Williams
Monomaque
W. A. Snyder
Hudgins
Howard Nelson
Mathews
Phillip Mason
George Mason
Battery
Five Pears & Williams
Local notices and goods for sale in Mathews Virginia
Public notices from Gloucester and Mathews detail lost items and sales including pound poles, a 33 foot launch with engine, and a new goods line by Wolffe and Nelson with a fall opening October sixteen to nineteenth. Marriage notice for ErneseP White and Margaret Louise Foster at Old Baptist Church. Also medical ads for Foley remedies and a promotion of Foley's Kidney Cure.
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Wyatt Wolffe
Wolffe & Nelson
Baltimore
Messrs Wolffe & Nelson
Ernesep White
Margaret Louise Foster
Old Baptist Church
W. A. Snyder
Miss Foster
Old Church
Mathews
White
Glebe
Floyd Drisgal and Nealy Morgan Tie Knots in County OY
Mr Floyd Drisgal and Miss Nealy Morgan were married last Wednesday night at the Methodist parsonage by Rev Richard Ferguson. Capt C T Banks spent Sunday with family. Joe Hudgins and two sons visited the Exhibition last Friday. Butts Morgan returned home after a week in Norfolk. Janie Billups came home Monday from Norfolk trip. Alma Brooks is quite sick. The little daughter of Geo Smith is ill with typhoid fever.
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Floyd Drisgal
Nealy Morgan
Methodist Parsonage
Richard Ferguson
Capt
C. T. Banks
Joe. Hudgins
Mr. Butts Morgan
Norfolk
Janie Billups
Alma Brooks
Susans and Local Sorrow From Williamsburg Asylum
Mrs. Browns transfer to Williamsburg asylum follows years of mental strain. The county grief stricken family receives sympathy as Mrs. Borum battles tuberculosis under care of Dr. White and nurse Miss Clara Forrest. A suspect theft marred Lucy Williams travel as her trunk was broken into while with GO. D. See Company. Leumas
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Brown
Williamsburg
Bell
Lumphrey Hudgins
Columbus Borum
Dr. White
GO. D. See
Leumas
Disciples of Christ Day at the Exposition Oct 17
Program announces speakers including Rev George H Combs and Rev J H Carrisson for Disciples of Christ Day at the Jamestown Exposition in Virginia. Ceremony features music by Finny's United States Band and a two hundred voice chorus plus a performance of the Lost Chord with Mollar Organ.
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New Jersey
George H. Combs
American Christian Missionary Society
Kansas City
J. H. Carrisson
The
Christian Evangelist
Convention Hall
American Christtian Society of
Finny
United States
H. St. George Tucker
Jamestown Exposition
Taylor Ellyson
Virginia
St. Louise Mo
Moller
Phinney
U. S
Noted songstress Una Dell Berry to headline exposition day
The Toledo based Sisters Quar will render selections with Una Dell Berry of Lafayette Ind singing. Prof W L Heckleman of Indianapolis will conduct the chorus. New Jersey Day features a troop parade at 11 am viewed by governors, a 11:30 am ceremony, and free high diving by Speedy at Warpath Park. David Bishpan, famed baritone, performs at 8:30 pm in the Auditorium.
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Quar- Toledo
Una Dell Berry
Lafayette
Ind
W. L. Heckleman
Indianapolis
New Jersey
Virginia
Tucker
Auditorum
Speedy
Warpath Park
David Bishpan
Bishpan
Norfolk Pilot
Westville District Names New Teachers and Administrators
The Westville School District announces selections for staffing across schools. High School appointee is Mr. James Madison. No 1 principal Miss Addie R. Pugh with assistant Miss Lillie Williams. No 2 Miss Georgie A. James. No 3 Miss Martha A. Minter with principal. No 4 Miss Eunice Soles. No 6 Miss Mary E. Green. No 7 Miss C. B. Clapton. Colored division includes B J White and C Mary Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westville
James Madison
Addie R. Pugh
Lillie Williams
Georgie A. James
Martha A. Minter
Eunice Soles
Mary E. Green
C. B. Clapton
J. J. White
Mary Jackson
Davis Paint Claims Pure Quality and Longevity
An advertisement from Mechanicsville Maryland quotes J. E. Burroughs praising a paint used on his residence for five years and “satisfactory in all respects” with expected long life. The ad touts Davis one hundred percent Pure Paint as meeting strict Pure Paint Laws and urges readers to ask their dealer.
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J. E. Burroughs
Mechanicsville
Davis
Fall Line Cravenet Rain Coats For Gentlemen And Ladies
Gentlemen who are particular about their clothes should see our line for Fall Ladies and Men's Cravenet Rain Coats Rain will neither wet nor spot them Quality guaranteed Prices range from 6.50 to 15.00
Milrer Seeks Notarial Work and Justice of the Peace Seat
Retired merchant Wa H Milrer thanks patrons and announces a shift to notarial service at the Court House and countywide travel for such duties. He will run for Justice of the Peace in Westville district at the November election, promising to do wonderful things if elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews Co
N. E. Milrer
Court House
Office of Justice of the Peace
Westville
Wa. H. Milrer
Mathews County
W. Lutuge Saari
Justice of the Peace
R. L. McCreapy
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Chicago
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Elkton
Christ Church
Trinity
St. John’s
Ernest W. Browne
Main St
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G S. Marchant
Za ‘Todt
Maunolia
G. Y. Hunley
Foley
Tray Kista
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Cordelia C. Murray
Wiliams Wharf
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Wm. H.C. Murray
Wolffe
Welson
Wien
Rice & Hutchins
Mayfair
Blackstone School For Girls
Assembly Hall
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Ruth Shackleford
Foley & Company
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