Cardinal boasts a new log library (11/13/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 11, 1909 from the Mathews Journal A very interesting musical and literary entertainment will be given at the Cardinal Athenaeum by Mr. C.H. Rowe, of… …
Cobbs Creek high school building plans are underway (11/6/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Nov. 4, 1909 from the Mathews Journal The building committee of the Cobbs Creek high school met at Cobbs Creek and agreed on a plan for… …
Triad Health Fair (10/30/2019) - Walmart pharmacist Oleg Bandurco prepares Janice Higdon for her flu shot. Higdon was one of 25 of the 70 senior men and women attending the Oct. 22 Mathews Triad Fall… …
Classified ads from Gloucester (10/30/2019) - 100 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 30, 1919 from the Gloucester Gazette Lost: Female hound, black with white breast. Finder please notify Floyd Walker, Sassafras. Lost: An old English history, between… …
Please leave your automobiles at home when you come to the fair (10/23/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 21, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Owing to the introduction of automobiles in our county which has taken place so lately as to prevent the… …
New fall goods are in stock in Mathews (10/16/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 14, 1909 from the Mathews Journal News from Marchant’s Dept. Store is that we have received all of our millinery stock and it is really… …
A new owner at Brighton (10/9/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Oct. 7, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Mr. Rosser Diggs has just completed a very nice wharf and boat house at “Brighton” for Mr. H. Hollerith,… …
Report on a prosperous grocer and insurance gent (10/2/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 30, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Mr. S. P. James is writing insurance to beat the band but at the same time is whooping up… …
Parsonage fund to benefit from ladies’ play (9/25/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 23, 1909 from the Mathews Journal North: The play, “Six Cups of Chocolate,” a piece of feminine gossip in one act, will be given for… …
Walker to carry on Mobjack business alone (9/18/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 16, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Notice of Dissolution of Partnership: The business heretofore conducted at Mobjack, under the firm name and style of Walker… …
Women bolster a meeting on local education (9/11/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 9, 1909 from the Mathews Journal We were sorry to see so few men attend the educational meeting at the Court House on Aug. 31.… …
A few classified ads from 1909 (9/4/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Sept. 2, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Cook and nurse wanted: Mother and daughter preferred or two sisters, nurse not under 15 years old. Apply Journal… …
A tasteful wedding at Westville Baptist Church (8/28/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Aug. 26, 1909 from the Mathews Journal On Wednesday last, August 18, 1909, at 9 a.m., at Westville Baptist Church, Mathews, Va., Miss Josephine Thomas Fox,… …
Journal editor sends well wishes to Sentinel chief (8/21/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Aug. 19, 1909 from the Mathews Journal We congratulate the editor of the Southside Sentinel upon the excellent health which he emphasizes in the following squib… …
Who did that good deed on the steamboat? (8/14/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Aug. 12, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Wanted: To know the name of the gentleman who took in charge and brought to Mathews on Tuesday, Aug.… …
Buy here, assemble a set of china (8/7/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, Aug. 5, 1909 from the Mathews Journal We have 500 pieces of decorated china which we will give to our customers for the month of August,… …
Advice from an ad: take these pills, save your marriage (7/31/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 29, 1909 from the Mathews Journal A Western judge granted a divorce on account of ill-temper and bad breath. Dr. King’s New Life Pills would… …
Marine railway planned on Milford Haven (7/24/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 22, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Wanted: Young man of some mechanical ability to join me in establishing a small marine railway and machine shop… …
Moon landing (7/17/2019) - Fifty years ago this week, America held its breath as Apollo 11 vaulted toward the moon and the historic landing and first step that would be taken on the moon’s… …
Church dinner planned at Haven Beach (7/17/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 15, 1909 from the Mathews Journal The ladies of Salem Church are planning to have a large time on the Haven beach, July 28. A… …
An impressive marriage ceremony held for Blakes couple (7/10/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 8, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Blakes: The season of suspense long hovering over her host of admirers was finally lifted on Wednesday evening, June… …
Live candidates only need apply (7/2/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, July 1, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Wanted: A good LIVE young man of good habits to clerk in a dry goods store at Mathews C.H.… …
Lawn party will benefit Salem Church (6/26/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 24, 1909 from the Mathews Journal There will be a lawn party given by the Sunbeam Society on Tuesday night, June 29, on Miss Louise… …
Farm animals and equipment for sale (6/19/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 17, 1909 from the Mathews Journal For Sale: A gentle six-year-old farm and work horse at $125, one purebred fresh Jersey cow $40, one No.… …
Heavy rains wash out the fun (6/12/2019) - 110 YEARS AGO Thursday, June 10, 1909 from the Mathews Journal Susan: Last Friday may be set down as the heaviest rainfall of the season, a complete washout in this… …