Locals Update From Mathews and Vicinity Community
Local notes record visits and travels of residents including Hon Elijah Baker Jr Miss Katherine Treakle Georges and Estelle James with Pen Mar Va trips General J L Carter return to New York Miss Lucy Williams of Murfreesboro NC visiting sister Mrs Pierce Fleet Midshipman Jenifer Garnett to return home from Mediterranean cruise and visit Poplar Grove Mrs James C Banner buys Norfolk home and moves from Seaford to be near Poplar Grove residents new artesian well by H E Shimp and trips to Atlantic City Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington by Mr Shafer family and friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Williams
Murfreesboro, N. C
Mrs
Pierce Fleet
Local residents and visitors noted in county calendar
Dr. B W Bohannon of Stanford Connecticut visited relatives in the county last week. Mrs F Theo Miller and son Mottram Miller left for Fredericksburg and other points. Allen Foster returned home after an operation in Baltimore. Olivia Fleet left for Farmville Virginia to attend the State Normal School. R Ashley White began his annual vacation visiting New York Atlantic City and Penmar. R E Richardson of Richmond settled the death claim of Herbert Atherton for Mass Mutual Life Insurance. Harry St Geo Tucker, ex congressman, resumes law practice and offers services to the Valley of Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Theo. Miller
Mottram Miller
Fredericksburg
R. Ashley White
New York
Atlantic City
Penmar
R. E. Richardson
Mathews
Richmond
Mass. Mutual Life Insurance Company
Herbert Atherton
Harry St. Geo. Tucker
Valley of
Virginnia
Prize Winners Who Can Beat This Sunflower
A sunflower grows 34 feet tall with 45 inch circumference and 15 inch diameter bearing 2 605 seeds. The plant was raised by Mr. W Howard Fleet of Mathews Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Howard Fleet
Mathews
Exposition on Main St. Showcases Tall Corn Exhibit
An offering on Main Street features a stalk of corn grown by Mr. R. L. Sears. The plant stands 14 feet 4 inches tall and arrived from the field with two large ears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
R. L. Sears
Hucklen's Arnica Salve advertised for skin ulcers burns
An old newspaper note touts Hucklen's Arnica Salve as a quick cure for boils ulcers fever sores burns cuts bruises sore lips chapped hands chilblains and piles with instant relief, sold for 25 cents at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hucklen
What to Do in Case of Accident
Instruction claims a remedy Dr Dell s Anti Painu will heal wounds quickly and prevent soreness. Uses both internally and externally as an immediate treatment guidance.
Boarding Rooms With Meals At Mrs J H Williams
Describes very desirable rooms with board and excellent table for school children accommodated during term. Contact Mrs J H Williams at the address provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Williams
Mathews, Va
Best Ever Used Dr. Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Says A B Heintein
A B Heintein of Harrison Idaho reports using Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey for coughs and colds and calls it the best he has tried. He notes to look for the bell on the bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.B. Heintein
Harrison
Idaho
Dr. Bell
Merchants Praise Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey
J W McDaniel of Etherton Tennessee says the medicine equals all others for coughs colds grippe asthma and bronchitis. Look for the bell on the bottle to identify it.
Dr Bell's Anti Pain Prevents Blood Poisoning
The advertisement claims Dr Bell's Anti Pain stops septic matter from entering wounds and promotes healing without soreness. It urges buyers to ensure they get Dr Bell's for cuts scratches and bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bell
Sate- Pair Wild Geese Sold by C. Hurst
A sale notice from C Hurst of Laban Va offers a pair of male and female wild geese for $500 with annual lay terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. C. Hurst Laban
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad and Endorsements
An advertisement offers one hundred dollars reward for a cure of catarrh not treatable by Hall's Catarrh Cure from F J Cheney Co Toledo. Endorsements from Wailing Kinnan Marvin support Cheney's honesty. The cure is described as internal with testimonials available, price 75 cents per bottle, sold by all druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Wailding, Kinnan & Marvin
Diggs Family Celebrates Second Birthday At Cape Charles
Henry Diggs reaches his second birthday on August 24 1911 as sailing parties multiply along Mathews County shores. Capt Gilbert Handy led a Diggs crew of thirteen on a Cape Charles excursion to the lighthouse and Life Saving Station with a beach lunch, returning happy. Numerous social visits and local notable movements fill late August including launches to New Point Beach and visits by families and educators across nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Diggs
Diggs
Gilbert Handy
Cape Charles
Walter S. Hudgins
Leumas
Tabernacle News Notes From Local Residents
Mr J Edward Cullis visits Norfork on business this week. Walter Hurst of Norfolk visits his mother Mrs Laura Hurst. Capt W A Hudgins of Port Norfolk stays at his old Tabernacle home with family. Cora Saddler and daughter Gwendolyn visit Mrs Inez White in Park Place. M J Saddler and wife return to Wash. Floyd Johnson returns to work at Cape Charles after vacation with John W Hudgins. Lou Shinault, aged Lady of Tabernacle, fell from a porch and remains quite sick. The Tabernacle meeting closes with fond memories. preacher Vaden founded this circle and many souls may be redeemed under its shelter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hudgins
Port Norfolk
Tabernacle
Cora Saddler
Gwendolyn
Norfolk
Inez White
Park Place
Floyd Johnson
Cape Charles
John W. Hudgins
Vaden
Local residents return home from stays with relatives
Miss Naomi Banks has returned to Portsmouth after weeks with relatives here. Miss Susie O Neal returns to Poplar Grove NC after staying with grandparents Mr and Mrs George Brownley. A church excursion last Friday week raised 250 dollars for parsonages and fostered closer ties between Mathews and Eastbhrows Circuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naomi Banks
Portsmouth
Susie O'neal
George Brownley
Poplar Grove
N.C
Mathews
Eastbhrows
Norfolk Community Notes See Family Visits and Health Updates
Mrs. Annie Dixon of Norfolk spends time with family after arriving home last week. A. G. Dillehay and wife and children visited Cen terville on Sunday. Martin Marchant of Norfolk returned home and moved into Capt. J. W. Hudgins home. Bettie Bohannon left for Baltimore after visiting Mr. Marshall Foster’s home. John Marchant of Norfolk came for a Sunday excursion to visit Capt. and Mrs. L. D. Marchant. The infant daughter of Mrs. Claud Cherry improved after illness at W. P. Hudgins home under Dr. Brown care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Bohannon
Amford, Conn
Hisousin
John Bohannon
Moon
Annie Dixon
Norfolk
Martin Marchant
J. W. Hudgins
Bettie Bohannon
Marshall Foster
Baltimore
John Marchant
L. D. Marchant
Mars
Claud Cherry
W. P. Hudgins
Brown
Community News Briefs Reflect Visits and Recoveries
Billie White spent a few days at Ocean View last week. J D White, ill for two weeks, shows slow improvement. Janie Cowman of Baltimore visits sister Mrs C M Rains. Clara Akre of Gloucester visits Bessie Rains. Florence and Ruby Bassett enjoy an evening with Elizabeth White of North River. Ida Homier of Norfolk returns home after a week with Mrs Howard Hanley. Frank Thrill returns to Norfolk after a month with Mathews friends. Rev W L Jones to conduct revival at Providence this week. Best wishes for his success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie White
Ocean View
Clara Akre
Gloucester
Bessie Rains
Florence and
Ruby Bassett
Elizabeth White
North River
Local Notices and Visitations Around North KK
North KK notes travelers and visitors including Stanley Terry of New York in Mathews and Miss Lissie Keyes visiting Miss Ella Miller on North River. Protracted meeting at Providence M E Church continues this week. Various residents such as Mrs. Forrest and Mrs. Jones are ill or improving while social visits occur among the Keyes, Miller, Downes, Hunley, Jones, Billips, Stemm, Haywood, Shackleford, and Clarke families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Terry
New York
Mathews
Lissie Keyes
Ella Miller
North River
Hudgins Family Vacation Notes and Hampton Visit
Mr Bernard Hudgins is at home on his vacation. Mr Ernest Grownley of Baltimore spent several days with his people recently. Miss Viola Hudgins left for Hampton to spend several weeks. Miss Lora Diggs returned home after a visit with relatives in Hampton reporting a delightful stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Warnie Borum
The
M. M. T. Cow
Horn Harbor
Bernard Hudgins
Ernest Grownley
Baltimore
Viola Hudgins
Hampton
Lora Diggs
Notices of sales and jobs in a small town newspaper
Various ads announce for sale items from corn and flooring to buggies and gas machines. There are requests for managers and deputies for a fraternal society, job offers, and requests for monuments. The page also notes lost property and an agency for marble products.
Village Notes On Travelers And Homecomings
Mr John Hudgins and wife of Baltimore have returned home after summer with Mrs J G Williams of Hudgins. Mrs Waller of Northumberland visits son Vivian Shipley of Cobb's Creek. Capt G W Billups returns from Europe to Virginia in October. Dr and Mrs Nelson go to Richmond next Monday. Earl Hayes of New York City visited his parents on North River. Mrs Cornelius Hayes accompanied him for several weeks. Miss Lelia Clark will visit Miss Rosa Myers in Norfolk before heading to Lexington Virginia and enjoys Tidewater hospitality. Miss Nellie Shackelford will spend September with sister Miss Mattie Shackelford in Tarboro North Carolina, leaving Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hudgins
Baltimore
J. G. Williams
Hudgins
Earl Hayes
New York City
North River
Cornelius Hayes
Lelia Clark
Rosa Myers
Colonial Avenue
Norfolk
Lexington
Virginia
Clarke
Tidewater
Atlante Ocean
Nellie Shacklefoed
Miss Mattie Shackelford
Tarboro
N.C
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Journal
Pom
Mathews H, Va
Salem
Bethel
Central
East Mathews
Beulah
St. Paul's
S North Mathews
Ments
Shiloh
Asbury
Mathews and Vicinity
Elijah Baker Jr
Katherine Treakle
Georgia
Estelle James
Pen Mar Va
General J. L. Carter
Mr. M. Carter
Point Breeze
Grover Milles
Charlotte- Wille Wa
Piankstank
Juliet Browne Garnett
Madeline Miller
Norge
Fled Marchant
Thomas Lb. Lane
Henry Treakle
Jim Treakle
Herman Hollerith
Brighton
East River
James C. Banner
Iil
Seaford
Christopher Gartt
Howard C. McCandlish
Dorothea McCandlish
Washington
Popar Rove
R.V. Omer
Tter
Thom Hudgins
West Point
Jenifer Garnettill
Mederanean
H. E. Shimp
L. C. Garnett
Messrs
Sipley Bros
Jurk
P. H. Muir
H. Hollow
Rosser Diggs
Geo. Gurnall
H. Brace
J. E. Hamilton
Pittsburg
Oime
B. W. Bohannon
Stanford Conn
Allen Foster
Olivia Fleet
Farmville
State Normal School
Mathews County
Susan
New Point Beach
Mrs. Liggett
Texas
Alice
Ellen Borum
Carrie
Joyce Smith
Susie
Elen
Mattie Hudgins
Nannie Wansom
Pearl Hurst
Clara Borum
Coleman
Ransom
William and
Harry Smith
William Hudgins
John Warner Bourum
Mr. Wilkinson
Lunenburg
Mesdames
Ella Higby
Edith Benday
Kenneth Higby
Mrs. C. C. Thomas
Y. Arthur Winn
Isham Wilkinson
Lavenburg Co
Co. B. Ransom
Giles Crawford
Austinia Bortin
Scott County
the Valley High School
Leon Cramer
Geo. Cramer
J. Edward Cullis
Mr. Walter Hurst
Laurahurst
Mr. M. 3. Saddler
Wash
Mr. Saddler
Redart
A. G. Dillehay
Centerville
Bohannon
Mr. J. D. White
Janie Cowman
Mrs. C. M. Rains
Ida Homier
Howard Hanley
Frank Thrill
W. L. Jones
Providence
W. P. Jones
Kate Simpson
Norfolk County
J. W. Downs
George Keyes
Uoon
Gust
Leroy Hunley
Carry Miller
Walter Jones
Providence M. E. Church
Maud Stemm
Virginia Billips
Rose Haywood
Nellie Shackleford
Miss Clarke
J. G Williams
LABAN
Sutherland
G.S. Marchant
W. H.C
Williams
Mitton Murgay Williams Wharfon
G. S. Marchant
Ences
Norfolk, Va
C. D. Crin Rox
Dixondale
Joseph L. Seth
Mitton Murray
Williams Wharf
T. E. Mires Hicks White
Phaup
C. C. White
Tr Mathews
Los
Mary Davis
Solon Humphreys
Tennant
Gould
Mrs. Waller
Northumberland County
Mr. Vivian Shipley
Cobb's Creek
G. W. Billups
Europe
Mrs. Nelson
Sreans
Hui. Pane
Schulz
Schulz Co
Piano Acmor
de B. Kops
M. Schulz Co
South
Facory
Paul de Wops
Urbaona
Paul Debkops Urbanna
Lambardyvgg
Light St
Lo. Grexett
FF. Miller
Shepherd G. Miller
J. J. Burke
F.j.sibley, W.e.callis, G. S. Greiner
Iestapihed
Methodist Church
James Cannon, JR
Blackstone
Yew
Watt
Erie
Portsmouth Retail Lumber Corporation
Chestnut
Portsmouth, VA
Miller's
Ladie
Elgin
Waithan
Elvin
Waltham
J. Miller
Baltimore Jeweler
E. Balto
Baltmore, md
Bell Lombard
STONE
George Y. School
John A. English
Water Street
Delaware Avenue
Philadelphia
Dun’s and
Bradstreet
Mercantil Avengies
Westville
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