Local items from Mathews County Va notices and sales
Classified updates list farm for sale near Mathews Court House with 20 acres for bargains. Also sale of a gasoline launch and a Jersey cow. Notices include residents returning from trips, engagements, marriages, church events, school contracts, and community gatherings in Mathews and surrounding areas.
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Ernest W. Browne
Norfolk
Journal Office
Westville
Mathews County
Chesapeake Bay
Garden Creek
B. M. Diggs
Diggs Post Office
Virginia
Penn Lewis
Hallieford
The New Pure Food and Drug Law Notice
Foley's Honey and Tar cough remedy not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug Law. It contains no opiates or harmful drugs and is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults. Sold by all druggists.
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Foley
Mathews County Social Notes From August 28 1907 North Carolina Exposition Visitors
County correspondence details visits and guests around Mathews during the Hampton excursion week ending August 22 1907. Names include John Burke and family Eva Garnett Armistead Sands Smith Jr George White Captain Drisgill and others with plans to attend Exposition events at Beachland Panacea Springs Dundee and surrounding towns, plus upcoming Grand Pier illumination and races near the Exposition grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampton
John Burke
Mary Ellen
Genevieve
Eva Garnett Armistead
Virginia Billaps
Green Mansion
Norfolk
Rockingham
N. C
Sands Smith, Jr
Woodward
Portsmouth
Annie Chadwick
Grace Chadwick
Quincy
Robert Tyler Drisgill
George White
Richmond
John Drisgill
Alex James
Georgie James
Walter James
Duncan Avenue
James
Panacea Springs
Ellen Douglas Garnett
Sallie Henley
Tappahannock
Exposition Grounds
Grand Pier
Rolling Allyn Cress
Baton Rouge
Byrd Douglas Wise
John S. Wise
New York
Columbia University
Pattie Wall
Cora Stansill
Lilly Dockery
Hernando
Dundee
Death of Joseph J. Knight of Baltimore formerly of the county
Notices report the death of Joseph J. Knight at five o clock Saturday morning. He leaves a wife two sons two daughters and a sister Mrs E T Callis of this place. Various local visits and corrections to names follow, including apologies for a misnaming of Capt William Diggs.
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Joseph J. Knight
Baltimore
E. T. Callis
Local residents share news of visits and moves
Cap t and Mrs Hudgins and Mrs Trader and daughter visited Centerville on Sunday. Capt F L Dixon and W M Dixon have left for Norfolk to attend the Exposition. Mr and Mrs Dallas James also headed to Norfolk for relatives and the Exposition. Floyd Sadler of Diges was seen Sunday evening. Mamie Jarvis returned from Norfolk Thursday. Mills and Huncon of the Tivoli steamer appear in the area twice weekly. Rumors hint at upcoming wedding bells. Annie Dixon plans to move to Norfolk for her new home.
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Flave Marchant
Floyd White
Court House
Atlanta
J. Barker
John L. Diggs
G- W. Diggs
Stewart Sale
Richmond
Meageéw Learm
Daniel Lee Fowler
Marion Forrest
Holly Grove
G.S. Marchant
Marie Gertrude Boothe
Mathews
Cape Henry
Exposition
Saluda
Flossie Bristow
J. P. Marchant
Robt
Lee Sears
Grace Seigel
Oceate View
Florence Rubhland
Baltimore
Hookemfare
James Walliams
Sands Smith
Bertha
Emma Wolfie
Alantic City
N. J
Coney Island
N. Y
G. T. Garnett
E. W. Browne
James C. Hudgins
Messrs
J. Boyd Sears
John J. Burke
Geo. Y. Hunley
J. M. Pugh
B. E. Diggs
W. E. Davis
L. C. Garnett
V. V. Shipley
A. W. Brooks
Gloucester Court
Cheseapeake
Old Baptist Church
H. C. Smither
Norfolk
Mr. Smither
Helen
J. W. Jackson
Len Smithers
Queens Creek
Jackson
Bright
James Madison
Orange County
Redart
J. W. Hudgins
W. A
Centerville
F. L
W. M. Dixon
Dallas James
Floyd Sadler
Diges
Mamie Jarvis
Messrs. Mills and Huncon
Annie Dixon
Foley's Kidney Cure Claim An All Superior Remedy
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure will cure any kidney trouble within medicine's reach. It states the remedy is sold by all druggists and implies broad efficacy for readers seeking treatment.
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Foley
Bright’s
School and social notes from St Pauls Sunday school and town
The Mathews Journal records 1997 98 school session notes in St Pauls Sunday school with names like Ruby Miller Peachie Brownley Marion Enos and Hillie Miller who depart for Farmville State Normal Miss Georgia Miles goes to Norfolk Business College and Miss Pearl Hurst Lucy Williams to Blackstone Female Institute. Dr Reed preaches at St Pauls next Sunday and holds a quarterly meeting following. Pay dues for a clean steward report as Leumas writes.
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Mathews Journal Publishing Company
St Paul’s Sunday School
Ruby Miller
Peachie Brownley
Marion Enos
Hillie Miller
Farmville State Normal
Georgia Miles
Norfolk Business College
Dr. Reed
St. Paul's
Leumas
Busy family hums with mother’s playful days
A child recalls a bustling household where Father fights giants and works late, Sister studies, and Mother is always at play or making toast. The young narrator envies the mother’s endless amusement and notes only when she sleeps or is tired does she show crossness. Tom Masson.
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Carl
Tom Masson
News-Leader
Passenger Ferry Schedule Between Crickett Hull and North End
Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Co announces sailing times for passengers from Crickett Hull to North End at 3 30 P M with connections to Baltimore and Rappahannock River landings, and from North End via Roark at 8 A M to Crickett Hill with connections to East River for Norfolk Old Point and the Exposition. L Vanness Ruark Mer Ruark.
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Midlesex and Mathews Ferry Company
Crickett Hull
North End
Crickett Thill
Baltimore
Rappahannock River
Roark
Crickett Hill
East River
Norfolk
Old Point
Exposition
L. Vanness Ruark
Mer. Ruark
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Mathews Court House
Journal
J. P. Whitson
Cricket Ill
C. W. Seawell
Rhoanes P. O
Gloucester
Katharine Diggs
Daisy Diggs
Joseph Diggs
Claribel Treakle
Mildred Callis
Messicks
York Co
J. C. Reed
St. Paul’s
Central
East Mathews
L. D. Marchant
Ruby Gem
Luther M. Foster
Providence Church
D. G. Baker
Moon Ann M. Weston
Meadow
Ns Py
Arm
Mac
G. G. Adams
W. C. Wilson
Newport News
Poley
Ruggists
Ruth Shackleford
Shack
Odd Fellows Hall
Pere Haywood
Methodist Church
C. D. Tinsley
Petersburg
Richard Fergerson
Aemdon & Hewtor
Cor
Lith
William St
Belphene
Ealeot
Burke&Garnett
Real Estate and Insurance
Tidewater Homes
DIGGS
W. J. Brooks
William Grady
Aaron Brooks
L. Hudgins
William Diggs
Buck Diggs
Capt
Capt. Diggs
Hister Merchant
Yourshle
Societoy
Willovey
Davis
Mr. Watson
H.N. Wells
M. P
Keyser
W. Va
All Drugejsta
Percajes & Swiss
Dolly Madison
Raunionm
Blue Ribbon Grocery
Blue Ribbon
S. P. James
Wasco
J. W. Rowe Co., Inc
Bampton
Tae
J. Monroe Harris
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