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Newspaper
Mathews Journal
Location
Mathews, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
2
The Mathews area urges every daughter wife and niece of veterans to attend a Thursday September 10 gathering to organize a UDC chapter with Mrs F L Jordan leading the effort. The note defends honoring Civil War veterans and calls for support and fundraising for a monument while urging party campaign contributions.
The Journal invites correspondents to mail news content before Wednesday morning to avoid delays. Obituaries incur five cents per side, with notices and political candidate communications billed at per line or contract rates. Reading notices are ten cents per line, with ads priced per insertion and discounts on repeated runs.
A reader advocates cooperation as the key to progress in county education. The letter argues that harmony among the public school, school board, superintendent, principal, and teachers is essential for effective school development and public accountability.
In Mathews County and across Virginia the School Improvement League and the Teachers League unite citizens, boards, and teachers to advance libraries, social school life, and professional growth. Mrs. L. R. Dashiell of the Cooperative Educational Association fields inquiries. The letter urges local leagues to back schools and educate communities for progress.
C. V. invites comrades to a September 13 meeting at 2 30 p m to organize a Mathews county monument fund chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs Jordan of Fort Worth plans to attend. funds collected include five dollars from R L McCready and two others.
Lane-Diggs Camp of UDC organizes a chapter in Mathews County with a three o'clock Saturday meeting in the Camp room. Eligible members include wives daughters and relatives of Confederate service members. Mrs. Fe L. Jorpay leads the effort urging local ladies to join and honor veterans by joining the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Millions have used Foley's Honey and Tar with only beneficial results for coughs colds and lung trouble. The genuine yellow package contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Guard your health by refusing imitations. Sold by all druggists.
The East Mathews Circuit held its January 21 1905 quarterly conference at Bethel Church selecting Bethel as parsonage site over Port Haywood. A March 1995 quarterly session indefinitely postponed building, with no subsequent action to reverse the Bethel decision, per the conference record. The writer warns against permanent postponement and urges caution.
Foley's introduces Oring Laxative as a new remedy that improves on the old formula, avoids rotting or nausea, and is pleasant to take. It is guaranteed and sold by all druggists.
The yacht Triumph departed Olu Point Comfort Saturday morning bound for a pleasure cruise toward Newport News and Hampton. A crew including Clarence Knight Tom Martin George Van Syeler Edward Thomas and William Martin of Newport News along with Charlie Smither Walter Hudgins and Richard Dss of Hampton joined the voyage.
The party including Cant. William Wylde and Mr and Mrs John Noonam with Master Weigle left Mathews after well wishes for a continued pleasant cruise. They spent a evening at Hicks Grove and will sail Sunday to North and Severn River for sightseeing.
A Harrisville New York resident Mr A A Elton claims decades to years using Dr Kings New Life pills. He says they are just exactly right and relieve without discomfort with constipation biliousness and malaria. 25c.
A humorous Farm Journal ditty explains how editors profit from life events. It traces payments to doctors ministers undertakers and the editor’s own charges from birth to death, highlighting the paid notices and obituaries the editor runs.
An old drug advertisement claims Poley’s Honey and Tar provides relief for severe asthma when taken promptly. It states the remedy is sold by all druggists.
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