110 YEARS AGO

Thursday, Nov. 14, 1907

from the Mathews Journal

The Mobjack public school is well attended and the pupils are doing good work. Mobjack School Roll of Honor for October 1907: Alvin Philpotts, Stanley Walker, Gayle Walker, Clara Green, Clara Glenn, Estelle Philpotts, Vivian Philpotts, Myrtle White.

Wanted: 50 additional lady operators in the overall factory at Urbanna, Va. Present force earning from $30 to $40 a month. Light work, refined association. Board paid while learning. Apply Urbanna Manufacturing Co.

Piano lessons: Miss Ruth Shackelford, teacher of piano. Lessons given at the residence. Up-to-date methods. Can refer to parents of former students. Terms reasonable.

90 YEARS AGO

Thursday, Nov. 17, 1927

from the Mathews Journal

There will be a modern 5 and 10 cent store opened in the building on the corner of Main Street and Maple Ave. at Mathews Court House.  Carpenters are now at work arranging shelves, counters, etc., for the display of an up-to-date...