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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1906
Page
3
Community notices include delinquent subscribers urged to pay. sales ads for a saw mill and schooner Ann Virginia. obituaries for Mrs Nat Lee's death. church services and visiting ministers. local products like Wellie Nelson shoes and Kennedy remedies. various personals, Lost watch, and upcoming public meetings at Red Men’s Hall and local churches.
A county gathering reports a merry lawn party at Miss Edith Sparrow’s home last Friday night with games and pleasant hours. Miss Mattie Follie visits relatives here while the community mourns the death of Mr Edward Callis who leaves a wife and five children.
Dr. Edwin A. Davis and family from Mammoth West Virginia visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. John G. Davis at Hicks Wharf. Mrs. Kate Miller returns to Norfolk after a two week visit with her sister Mrs. Johnny White. Mr. W. G. Miles Jr. leaves for Baltimore to study and is accompanied by his mother visiting relatives. Mrs. T. J. Machen visits her sons in Norfolk. Sunbeam.
The Diggs family endures multiple losses with the death of Richard Diggs, followed by Mullie F. Diggs, wife and mother of Richard, leaving a grieving husband and two daughters. Mullie Enos Diggs was a longtime member of the Methodist Church, known for amiable disposition and steadfast faith. Leumias offers condolences.
A marriage occurred at the Old Baptist Church on Wednesday night October 3 1906. The groom is a county merchant and the bride is the daughter of Thomas L Hughes. A reception followed at both families homes and the couple plans to move into their new home built by G W Forrest.
A fragment urges lavish gifts to fund bridges and castles while praising benefactors who aid the poor and needy. The ad-like lines promote Rocky Mountain Tea and solicit printing orders through the journal office, reflecting promotional copy from a historic newspaper page.
James City county board approves 3000 to build macadamized road from Williamsburg to Jamestown Island and appoints viewers to condemn Neck-of-Land farm right of way. Williamsburg to match with 3000. total goal at least 16000 with other sources. Chesapeake & Ohio railway to furnish stone. state inmates to do the work. federal machinery provided. work to start early November subject to funding.
An old advertisement offers Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea as a remedy to restore boyhood spirits courage and confidence, claiming renewed vigor and freedom from ill health for 35 cents, whether as tea or tablets, via your druggist.
Mrs J A Hayes left Colorado Springs for New York City after learning of the serious illness of her mother Mrs Jefferson Davis widow of the Confederate States president. News Leader reports the family medical concern.
William K. Ryan died in Nelson county Virginia. His father Thomas F. Ryan made a record ride 137 miles in 137 minutes to reach the bedside in Oak Ridge before death claimed the sufferer. The estate goes to his widow Lily Henry and three sons.
A fragment notes a prominent young broker on Wall Street and his close ties with a well known brokerage set. The text hints at his early stature in the industry and public attention surrounding him.
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