Local items note social events and sales in Mathews
Miss Ruth Foster visits grandmother Mrs Emmeline Sears in Baltimore. Invitations issued for a reception by Mr Shepard Miller for his daughter Bessie ahead of her marriage to Dr Robert Roy Hoskins on the 17th at Earl Court in Baltimore. Announcements include sales of an oyster shucker, Ideal Steam Cooker endorsements, and garden church notices. Several ads promote Kennedy laxative, Foley’s kidney cure, and Hollister’s Rocky Mountain Tea. The convocation at Christ Church, northern Virginia, and local religious services are listed along with a sale of a fine jack at King's Mill farm.
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Bessie Gwathmey
Susie Gwathmey
Mathews
Burke Garnett
Spring Hill Farm
C. H. Va
Henry E. Jones
Tampa
Fila
Foley
Poley
Kidnes
Maidens
Frederick W. Jaques
Boston
Tas Nathews Drag
Ruth Foster
Laltimore Sn
Irs
Emmeline Sears
Hepard Miller
Bessie
Robert Roy Hoskins
Earl Court
Baltimore
Aley
Henry T Bell
Elmer
New Jersey
Fraser Bell
Mary Davis
Bell
Kennedy
Mathews Drug Store
Hicks Wharf
Journal Office
Marchant
Cricket Hill
Old Baptist Church
Richmond
Christ Church
St.John Church
King’s Mill Farm
M. B. Garnett
Mer
Grove Va
Novelty Post Corp Co
Broadway
N. Y. City
Circuit Court
Matthews
Theos. D. Hudins
Clarius S. Poster
Claudius S. Foster
Virginia Foster
Chesapeake
Meria Foster
Nancy Foster
W. S. Knight
Claudius
Foster
Virginia
L. C. Garrett
P. G. Sands Smith
Verdict Finds New York Central and Pomeroy Guilty
A U S court jury convicts New York Central Railway Company and its traffic chief Frederick L. Pomeroy of granting rebates on sugar shipments. Sentencing deferred to May for defense motions. Conviction stems from Elkins Act case involving five cent reductions to Edgar and Son of Detroit. Each count carries up to 120000 fine. six counts in total.
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New York
United States
New York Central Railway Company
Fredrick L. Pomeroy
Filay
Austen G. Fox
New York Central
Pomeroy
United States Grand Jury
American Sugar Refining Company
Edgar and Son
Detroit
Frederick L. Pomeroy
James Moore Sentenced to Death in Richmond Court
In Richmond on October 15 James Moore, condemned for the May 22 murder of Carrie Meekins in Lincoln's Alley, was sentenced to hang December 14 in the city jail yard unless a stay is granted. He claimed the trial was unfair as lawyers argued against the verdict while Judge Witt praised the jury.
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Richmond Va
James Moore
Fort Roop and nearby businesses suffer damage in wreck
The Virginia Pilot reports damage from a wrecking incident affecting the newspaper office and adjoining buildings. Stated targets include the Bank of Fort Recovery, John Eisnerhart’s livery stable, and the home and blacksmith shop of R W Roop.
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Fort R Covery
John Eisnerhart
R. W. Roop
Virginia Pilot
Adulteration talk and a Bible misread joke
An American inspection of meat by Colonel Percy Hooks is discussed alongside a humorous tale about a clergyman who discovers a misbound Bible page. The piece contrasts fears of food adulteration with a satirical biblical misread and punchline.
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Percy Hooks
America
Mary
Yoour Country
Hobb
New York
Cleregoman
Hostsmen Kill Two Geese by Mistaken Sighting
In Suffolk Virginia on October 17, a group of young men on a Nansemond river trip shot at what they misidentified as wild ducks. They killed two domestic geese, and the owner was compensated with a couple of dollars.
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Suffock Va
Nansemond
Virginia P.lot
Gasoline Explosion Claims Four In Fort Recovery
Celina October 17 four persons were killed in a gasoline explosion at the Meindering hardware store in Fort Recovery. The dead include Miss Cleo Weis cashier and Henry Limmer Charles Waguesann and Joseph Reos.
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Celina O
Meinerding Hardware
Fort Recovery
Cleo Weis
Henry Limmer
Charles Waguesann
Joseph Reos
Court Record Notes October 1956 Filing
In the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Mathews County the matter of J. H W Mathews surviving partner of Jackson and Mathews is recorded with October 1956 filing details.
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Circuit Court OF
County OF
Mathews
J. H W. Mathews
Jackson & Mathews
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