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Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
3
Local society notes list guests visiting from Winchester Staunton Harrisonburg Charlottesville and Louisville. The editor reports a minor injury from a fall and updates on legal and county affairs including a February 15 meeting and a 200 dollar poor house appropriation.
Roll of Honor lists students across grades First Primary Second Primary and Fourth Grammar. Names include Alva Black Leon Rodeniser James Hickman Clira Rodeniser Maggie Hickman Kate Vandere Leon Worth Willie Jeffries Stuart Swink Harry Hogue Andrew Toomas West Frank Swisher Herman Worth Willie Black Coral Vonness Efffe Rodeniser Roxy Hickman Hobart Worth Carne Hogue Eva Hogue. Total enrollment noted as 51 and daily attendance around 26.00 remains encouraging amid cautious optimism.
Hon James O Lamb will not succeed Hon Harry S Tucker as professor of constitutional law at Washington and Lee University. He will remain in Richmond to preside over the Chancery Court. A friend says Lamb has no plans for the professorship and will not leave Richmond.
At her residence in Raphine on Saturday morning last of paralysis, Miss Mary Meer.
The Gazette Walden Shaw reports the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Shaw of Browneburg died Tuesday morning January 27 after membranous disease. Dr. Martin and Dr. Glasgow of Lexington treated him. Funeral at New Providence church conducted by Rev. Dr. G. A. Wilson. Remains buried in the church cemetery.
Mrs Mira J Rice widow of J E Rice died at her home after a lingering illness. Funeral conducted by Rev T A Hall with Rev J H Light. interment in Lexington cemetery. She was 59, daughter of late Robert Donglace, and survived by several children listed in the notice.
Mrs Caroline McKenney Remney of Whistle Creek residence died Tuesday morning. She was the wife of John McKenney and noted as a able Christian character greatly beloved by all who knew her.
Glasgow guardian for the children of Mrs. F. Williams, deceased, sold the house and adjoining property to J. B. Shannon for $1,000 cash, subject to court confirmation.
Mr W G McDowell prepared a detailed map of Lexington cemetery marking 239 Confederate soldiers graves. He presents the map to Lee Jackson Camp as a generous personal gift honoring those who served.
The Christian Endeavor Society of Trinity Methodist Church plans an event next Sunday evening to mark the 21st anniversary of the movement. Dr. W. W. Smith of Lynchburg, chancellor of Randolph Macon system colleges, will be the chief speaker with the talk titled Seize the Opportunity. He will also preach Sunday morning on Building According to Pattern.
A quiet ceremonial union took place on January 23 in Buena Vista between J. B. Huffman and Josephine Sweet conducted by Rev. W. B. Aol. A missive from Xenia, Ohio dated January 23 reports Myrtle Reynolds and J. W. Ford, both young, wed at a relative’s home and then vanished. A double marriage on January 23 at Sempleton House united two Collierstown couples led by Rev. BR. M. Tuttle, all youths from the same parish community.
While repairing a baler near Midway, Mr. Howard Womeldorf suffered a severe hand injury when his hand was caught by the plunger. The incident broke his arm and caused deep lacerations. doctors treated the fracture and fear amputation may be required.
A. Parrent shipping clerk with Huger Davidson Sale Company of Lexington died Friday at his father's home in Cornwall South River from membranous croup after a cold. A promising young man aged 24, he was buried today near Fairfield with funeral services at Mervin chapel.
Excitement grows over who will fill Professor H St George Tucker’s law school chair at Washington and Lee University. Trustees meet in February to decide, with several prominent lawyers named as likely candidates including members of the Louisville bar.
A batch of submerged mail from the Christmas wreck on the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad at Lynchburg arrived at the Lexington post office. Water from the Post Office Department in Washington carried largely checks for the two backs of Laington.
Forebruary issue enlarges the magazine with country life themes. Frontispiece shows a New England woods road in winter. Features include Skibo Castle Andrew Carnegie home, A Sniff at Old Gardens by J. P., Mowbray, vestiges of Hudson Stives manors, and Cuckoo illustrated poem by John Barroasks.
The February issue includes Miss Porter’s romance Those Days in Old Virginia illustrated by W S Saylor, Blethon’s Girls of Flat G, The Russells in Chicago satire, Wu Ting Fang essay My Impressions of American Women, and Doemopolitan piece The Naval Strength of Nations by Sir Charles W Dillke. Kipling’s The Islanders in World's Work, Norris Frontier Zone at Last, Captain Mahan growth of our nation, plus art articles, fiction, poetry by Churchill and Wharton and others.
Miss Mary J Baker daughter of George B Baker former Third National Bank president and niece of B N Baker Atlantic Transport president receives high praise in New York society for private concert singing. She trained at Miss Randolphs School Girls Latin School Peabody with Minnetti studied in New York under Madame Francesco de Verona and Professor Scherhey.
Joe Higginbotham, confined at Roanoke jail, declares he will never be hanged for the Webber murder. Officials set death watch, two guards to monitor him around the clock, and plan his removal to Lynchburg for execution with restricted access to the jail.
An advertisement touts Dr LaBord's Caronia Wafers as a dry home remedy for many female ailments. The piece claims safety, exclusivity in the United States, and free consultation by The Fuller Company, offering a one month supply for one dollar and full treatment for five dollars with private, no-pressure advice.
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