Local Happenings and Notices From Mathews County
The column notes a parish incident with Rev G W Remaren and the Eatonville congregation, attendees at Dixon's play The One Woman in Norfolk, and local ads for Foley's Kidney Cure, a Mathews Drug Store sale, and various goods. It mentions travel from Richmond, a horse show in Richmond, and community events, plus notices on millinery, a schooner sale, and upcoming lectures at Old Baptist Church to raise debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. R. Hoskins
A. M Marchant
Page Nottingham
Dixon
Academy of Music
Norfolk
Henry BE. Jones
Tampa
Fla
Foley
Mathew
S. Pierce de Vault
Old Baptist Church
DeVault
Lhis
Farnham
Mathews
DeWitt
Mathews Drug Store
Items of Interest from Milford County and Nearby
Miss Annie Forrest returns from Bram Melton and Atlantic City with a delightful report. Marriage announcements include Miss Alice Morgan of Baltimore to Mr E. W. Benser on October 16. Mrs Sally A. Hudgins dies. funeral held at Salem church after time in Norfolk Hospital. Mrs Belle Brooks and Miss Bell Brooks suffer malaria fever. Rev George Watkins preaches at Salem. Local students Mary Williams and May Morgan advance toward High School at the Court House. A. E. Anderson plans Baltimore trip. Jack Sadler ill with malaria. Capt John Forrest foot ailment. Snakes spotted in county. a historic boa once kept at White Oak Tavern recalled. Colds help when bowels move. Kennedy’s Laxative Honey and Tar advertised. October brings northeast winds troubling oystermen. snake hunt jokes persist. Gilloley’s Honey and Tar advertised as a remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stringfellow
Mathews Court House
Odd Fellows Lodge
Port Haywood
Christ Church
Jos. R. Williams
Rosa Hughes
Jd Baptist Church
W. A. Snyder
Williams
Hudsins
Country School Board
Court House
Wolffe & Nelson
Fim
Annie Forrest
Brammelton
Atlantic City
Alice Morgan
Baltimore
E. W. Benser
Miss Morgan
M. J. Morgan
Sally A. Hudgins
Salem Church
Belle Brooks
A. E. Anderson
Jack Sadler
John Forrest
Glebe
White Oak Taven
Suing to Oust Standard Oil and Harvester in Kansas
Suits filed in the Kansas Supreme Court aim to oust Standard Oil Company and International Harvester Company Port Kansas under the state anti trust act following a lengthy investigation. The action highlights the ongoing legal challenge in a pivotal case tied to corporate consolidation and monopoly concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toreka
Kan
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company
International Harvester Company
Port Kansas
Vegun
Police May Get Bloodhounds for Detectives
Talk of acquiring a bloodhound for the local police detective force. A dog from a Suffolk breeder is seen as a useful adjunct to chase down criminals and aid law enforcement. Virginian-Pilot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Rocky Mountain Tea Ad Promotes Benevolent Giving
A verse urging generous donations to the Rocky Mountain Tea fund, praising lavish gold to build bridges castles and towers. The stanza questions the reader to be a benefactor, claiming famine will endure without aid. It mentions a Diugyvist as the source of the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rocky Mountain
Three Months In Jail For Selling Cocaine
John Brown a negro was heavily penalized for cocaine peddling when arraigned in the police court yesterday morning. He was arrested for selling the drug to negroes of the city. May or Reed fined him 100 dollars and costs. In default of payment Brown went to jail. Irene White and Mary Jones negro women arrested last Mon night for fighting in lower County street were responsible for the arrest of Brown. Irene hit the Jones woman with a club. She was under the influence of the drug at the time. Her victim admitted that she had been indulging in its soothing influences. Then Brown's arrest followed. Irene was fined 5 dollars and costs for disorderly conduct, and an additional fine of 5 dollars and cost for her obstreperous conduct after she was locked up in police headquaters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Reed
Brown
Irene White
Mary Jones
County Street
Irene
Jones
Virginia Pilot
Gwynns Island News Update on Local Illness and Visits
Neighbors Mr and Mrs Edward Callis and two daughters and Mrs James Jenkins and son are quite ill. Capt Henry Powell with wife and daughter visit Baltimore guest of his son Jerome. Mrs Lizzie Respess and Mrs James Powell return from Baltimore after witnessing the Raymond Respess wedding September 26. Observes many new costly houses under construction reflecting local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Callis
James Jenkins
Henry Powell
Baltimore
Jerome
Lizzie Respess
James Powell
Raymond-Respess
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For Sale Timber on Green Plains Estate in Mathews County
Commissioner of the Circuit Court announces sale of timber from the Green Plains portion owned by Mrs. A McK Boyd in Mathews County. Timber valued at eight hundred dollars with terms and details provided by F Nelson on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Mathews County
Green Plains
A. McK. Boyd
F. Nelson
Mutiny on Port Stanley Aboard British Bark
New York, Oct. 2. Captain Howe of the tug William J. M Caldin reported a mutiny aboard the British bark Port Stanley. The 25 crewmen rebelled while at the Horse Shoe Sandy Hook as the vessel awaited weather to sail to Melbourne and Sydney. Officers armed, the crew driven below decks and hatches nailed. Howe offered to tow to port but Captain Easson claimed the crew under control and to be set to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Port Stanley
Howe
William J. McAldin
Sumner
United States
Sandy Hook
Melbourne
Sydney
Easson
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Mathews. el, Va
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Fing
G. W. Remaren
Eatville
Jenifer Garnett
Richmond
Isaac Freeman
I. Kirkpatrick
Mathews C. H
Jourrnal Office
Mathews Journal
Journal
Getter
Ann Virginia
James Brother
Bob. Miles
Hampton Va
Llewellyn
Missouri
Walter Fleet
Robert Lee Sears
Lucy Litchfield
W. H. Y. Sludgins
Blakes Va
Dolly Madison
Spring Hill
Logan Morrison
Ghent
Harrison
Virginia Browne
Thomas Hudgins
Hudgin
P. O
Kewena Hudgins
Washington
Cricket Hill
Flave Marchant
Kold
Mathews Druyr
C. Heh. Williams
Providence
Manuel
Grace
Emanuel At & P
Mathews Chapel
Locust Grove
Noventry Post Corp Co
Broadway
N. Y. City
Kennedy
Nora Bush
Lenoir
Sears
Willie
Mitchews
Miss Bush
Wwe
Tee
Mollie Diggs
Ben. Diggs
Susans
John Enos
Sears & Williams
DIGGS
George Watkins
Middlesex
Salem
Mary Williams
May Morgan
Milford
Gill
Jetobers
South
Virginia State Fair Association, Inc
Virginia
Standard Oil
Police Department
Gwynns Island
D. F. Brown
Fitchetts, Va
John A. Payne
Wilton, VA
Shirley Pattie
Southern Shorthand and Business University
Foleys
Kydolia
I. S. Marchant
Shors
Por
Bernalda
Doris
Mayfi Ti
ALL America
Sampson
Sampson Superior
Sampson Comforts
Marvel
Magnolia
LOT Ladies
Wien
Colonial
Gibraltar
Armada
Sampson Autocrat
SANE
Superior
Sampson Rex Omnia
R. & H Spec
R. & H. Sclosser
Spagcial
Panama
Geo. L. Squires
Bellows
H. R. Humphreys
Lancaster Lumber & Building
Ocean
Dymers Creek
Lancaster Co
Spryvel Penpleton Janes
Proprior
Blue Ribbon Grocery
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