Local News Items From Old Virginia County
Numerous short notes detail visits and travels of residents through Norfolk Baltimore and Washington. Names include E Baker Jr McP Muir Mrs Bessie Leach Captain Forrest C A Owens Lois Bohannon Henry James Pearl Hurst Mary Kibler Julius Drewes Willie Stubbs George Blassingham Lestetle Diges Mareery Pool Harry Camer Billy Miles Mary Gibson Hunley Rev L J Phanp Lessie Shawn Mrs R A White and many others with movements to Richmond Newport News Gloucester and Norfolk. Also mentions church services wagons and a ship loss Titanic and local society notes and upcoming meetings and sales.
County Correspondence Updates from Local Residents
Mrs turten Hudgins departed Saturday for Ports month and Miss Lizzee Austin plans a visit to her office while Miss Dorothy Ripley stays. Mrs Tyrell Hudgins leaves for Baltimore later this month. Houses of Albert Grunnell and Sherman Ripley are finished. Mrs Waller Hadgins of Hampton visits her mother at Pepper Creek. Beulah Sunday School offers a gift for scholars Friday on New Point. Ruth Ripley and Naomi Banks of Portsmouth recently visited this area. Loraine Cadmus returned home Saturday after two weeks with friends. Miss Alice White hosted a delightful party Tuesday night with many games and merry times. Misses Nina Hutson, Della and Lottie Pudgins joined Captain Enoch Hutson and his fishing steamer for a several days trip. they expect to return this week. Buve Eves
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Nina Hutson
Della
Lottie Pudgins
Enoch Hutson
Buve Eves
Cobbs Creef and Nearby Socials Highlight Week
Cobbs Creef notes visits by Haywood and Ruth Haynes with Susie Mason, Zuidema of Amelia visiting friends, and Mrs. Soles in Urbanna with her father. Weaver of Baltimore staying with D S Soles. C C team beat Gwyan Island 13 to 12. Hodges visit Washington DC. a law party for the school building raised 47 dollars. Lucky.
Mathews Fair Sets Oct 16 18 With Fraternity Day Plans
The Mathews Fair will be held at the Fair Grounds near Mathews Court House on October 16 17 and 18. Prospects for a nice fair are good with a new grand stand thorough fixing of the grounds a pony racing program each day and side shows. Fraternity Day is planned for the first day inviting Odd Fellows Red Men Naval Acanum and Junior Order in full uniforms with possible address to fraternities at noon. If all these orders attend it will be a splendid sight. Entry costs twenty five cents. N Stunsss.
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Mathews C. H
Odd Fellows
Royal Arcanem
Junker
Mathews
E. M. Blake
September Heat Holds Over Long Dry Spell
Diggs remains very ill as Mrs. Dora Diggs. Miss Ruby Forrest plans to leave for Baltimore next Friday to spend the winter. Rumor says a wedding near Dives this fall. The writer notes September still feels like summer with ongoing hot, dry weather and scarce water.
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Ruby Forrest
Baltimore
Roll of Cavalry Captains and Privates Sealed in Frayed List
A long hand list appears to include names and ranks of Cavalry captains lieutenants sergeants and privates from a historical unit. The document reads as a request to publish a roll in a local paper as a souvenir and shows many surnames such as Fitzhue Fitzhugh Miller Diggs Hudgins and Jones. The tone is formal and memorial in nature with repeated titles and names.
The Men Who Succeed as Heads of Large Enterprises
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters for high energy and health to sustain leaders. It claims a man’s success requires vigor and cites a Georgia resident’s testimonial about relief from rheumatism headaches stomach troubles and kidney issues after using four bottles. Only 50 cents at all druggists.
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Chas. B. Alien
Sylvania
Citizens League to stage event at New Point High School
The Citizens League presents an entertainment at New Point High School Thursday evening September 17 at 8 p.m. Admission and refreshments on sale. Everyone invited as ladies raise 200 dollars for the school. Support urged.
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The
Citizens League
New Point High School
Woman Advised to Walk Daily and Use Tablets
A health note urges women to spend time outdoors and take Chamberlin's Tablets to improve digestion and bowel regulation. The ad notes the remedies are available from all dealers and warns that indoors labor does not improve health or beauty.
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Chamberlin
Virginia Peninsula Dairy Grower Expands Herd and Trade
Mr. A W Maxwell sold Oakley farm in upper Gloucester to N F Caldwell of California. York Grange joins York County Dairy Farm, now boasting the peninsula’s largest dairy herd. A trip to New York boosted cow purchases to meet rising dairy product demand. Representative William A Jones spent 124.25 dollars for renomination campaign, covering travel and printing. District Parsonal of the Rappahannock District organized at Marvin Grove Camp with officers including Mrs W J Newbill, Mrs Robert Bentley, and Mrs Th Oo Craig.
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A. W. Maxwell
Oakley
Upper Gloucester
N. F. Caldwell
California
York Grange
A. Bethel
York County
Virginia Peninsula
New York
William A. Tones
Congres
Rappahannock
Marvin Grove Camp
W. J. Newbill
Levington
Robert Dbentley
Urbanna
Sacredacy
Th Oo. Craig
Mundy Point
Remarkable Cures Promised for Colic and Cholera Remedy
The implicit confidence in Chamberlin's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy rests on user experience and reports of cures from colic diarrhoea and dysentery. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlin
Local Classifieds Offer Bids and Lost and Found Notices
A Norfolk Virginia box ad seeks a water-front property owner for exchange price and terms. Several livestock and pet listings include pure bred Jersey and Grac Holstein Friesian cows for $30 each at Spring Hill, a 33 ft gasoline boat with 10 hp Latrop engine for sale, and thoroughbred Scottish Terrier puppies with prices $5 short hair colors. Also posted are valuable items lost including gold nose clasps and small gold pins with school and locality references, plus farms and timber land near Diggs Wharf Mathews County Virginia for sale or exchange and miscellaneous machinery and horse listings.
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Spring-Hill
Dr King’s New Discovery Promises Home Cure
Migrants seek milder climates for coughs and lung diseases but face cost and uncertainty. Dr King’s New Discovery offers at home relief for throat and lung troubles, including coughs grip and croup with a one dollar bottle and a free sample guarantee by all droppists.
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Dr. King
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Hotel
Athens
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Balti
Lois Bohannon
Norfolk
Olivia Fleet
Henry James
Captain Alex. James
Miss Pearl Hurst
Ee Mary Kibler
Washington, Dc
Ben Smith
C. C Vite
Willie Stubbs
Glouceser
L. Cazarnett
George Blassinghan, Jr
Léstetle Diges
Church, Va
Mareery Pool
Poger Lilly
Harry Camer
Crewe
Van
Billy Miles
East River
Mary Gibson Hunley
Richmond
L. J. Phanp
Salem
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Central
Lessie Shawn
Newport News
Julius Drewes
Portsmouth
R. A White
Sally White
Retz
Josephine Davis
Horn Harbor
Gloucester
Henry T. Bell
Elmer, N. J
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Mrs. Hosier
Pinners Point
Hotel Mathews
Ruby
Jula Miller
Henrico County
Thursay
George Gowen
Holly Grove Church
Oak Grove
George A. Jordan
Columbia University
N. Y
New Holiness Tabernacle
E. T. Adams
Northern Neck Mutual
W. Wa, Minter
Mathews, Va
R. R. Hoskins
Sweet Chalybeate Springs
David Hepburn
Beulah Church
St. Pauls
Thornhill
Ressell
R. W. Foster
J. J. Hudgins
Winter Harbor
R. A. White
Hurdson
Glebe
W Whites
Mathews Diamond
Treable
White
Oliver
George Caffee
Captain Caffee
Luther Winefield Blassingham
Des Lied Journal
Home Ehipanion
Modern Priscilla
Deter
Pictorial Review
Journal
Westville Baptist Church
J. S. Jones
Mary Kibler
Washington, D. C
Jas
Hurst
Caroline
Mesdames W. &. Devis
John Dison
Boyd Dixon
Mountains
Virginia
Dixon
Staunton Military Institute
D.S. Sales
Cobbs Creek
Mathews County
J.R. Luompkin
New Point
Lizzee Austin
Sted
Dorothy Ripley
Tyrell Hudgins
Albert Grunnell
Sherman Ripley
Mrs. Waller Hadgins
Hampton
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Beulah
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Ruth Ripley
Naomi Banks
Loraine Cadmus
Alice White
Viclonton Haywood
Ruth Haynes
Susie Mason
North
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Amelia
Miss Weaver
D. S. Soles
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Washington, D.C
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Globe
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Mathews Fair
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EWS Journal
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W. E. Fitcuerr
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Henry B. Dutton
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James T. Lewis
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W. A. Brook
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Robert T. Brooks
Rienzie Brooks
Augustine Brooks
Joe Brooks
James Bohannon
Cornelius Bohannon
J. R. Banks
Leroy Bohannon
Joan V M. Billups
John Blake
C. Charles
Geo. W.chiely
John R. Chisely
James Callis
A. C. Crittenden
James Dieges
Geo.t. Diggs
Wm. C. Diggs
Andrew J. Diggs
W. L. Diggs
David Diggs
Wm. J. Digs
Joel Diggs
Samuel E. Diggs
John A. Diggs
Alexander Dare
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Robert E. Edwards
Wm. M. Fitchett
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John J. Knight
Thomas Lewis
Geo. A. Lilly
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J. W. Minter
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Sidnes Melle
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G. S. Greiner
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Diggs Wharf
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Port Haywood
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