110 YEARS AGO

Thursday, March 12, 1908

from the Mathews Journal

While at work on the porch in front of Sears & Williams store on Monday morning last the scaffolding on which were Mr. James Shinault and Mr. T.F. Walden broke and both were precipitated to the ground, a distance of twelve feet. Mr. Shinault escaped with a few slight bruises, but Mr. Walden was not so fortunate having an arm broken by the fall. He had the injured member attended to by Drs. White and Vaden, after which he was taken to his home.

100 YEARS AGO

Thursday, March 14, 1918

from the Mathews Journal

From one of the boys “over there,” the following letter was written to Dr. A.M. Marchant and comes from France:

2-18-18

“Dear Doctor: Just a few lines to let you know that all of us are still in the land of the living. We are having some time over here trying to make these people understand what we want. Strange to say there are very few people that talk English; they talk German just a lit...