115 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 24, 1907from the Mathews Journal

Wanted: 50 additional lady operators in our overall factory at Urbanna, Va. Present force earning $20 to $40 a month. Light work, refined association. Board paid while learning. Urbanna Manufacturing Co., Urbanna, Va.

110 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 24, 1912from the Mathews Journal

For Sale: One four-year-old good driving horse, lady broken; not afraid of anything. One fine farm mare 1,200 pounds; also thoroughbred Jersey cow fresh in a few days. R.W. Fleet, Fitchetts, Va.

100 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 19, 1922from the Gloucester Gazette

There has been some alarm in the community during the past week over the outbreak of several cases of diphtheria. Miss Linwood Stubbs’s room at Botetourt was closed last Thursday when it was discovered that there were some suspicious cases among the pupils, and Monday all the lower rooms of the school were closed.

90 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 20, 1932from the Mathews Jo...