Rockbridge County Land Conveyances and Sales End June 12 1911
Deeds recorded in Rockbridge county clerk's office show numerous land transfers and lots across Goshen Lexington Glasgow and nearby districts. Transfers include Arehart to Sanders 84 acres near Donaldsburg 6472 dollars and Ward to Blackwell 26 acres in Walkers Creek district for 2500 dollars. Other notable entries: Mathews trustee to Cleveland two Glasgow lots 60 dollars and Letcher commissioner to Cameron Seay house and lot in Goshen 7500? dollars. Several 10 acre to 175 acre parcels near Natural Bridge Brownsburg and Vesuvius with prices ranging from 5 000 to 75 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bargsin
Rockbridge County
C. H. Arehart
D.N
N. J. Sanders
Donaldsburg
W. S. Vowell
M. L. Cox
Rosa B. Pleasants
G. T. Decker
South River District
D. L. Ward
D. W. Blackwell
Walkers Creek
W. L. Teter
L. P. Wood
Goshen
Ida Watkins Sandridge
J. W. Hell
Walker's Creek
W. G Mathews
J. P. Cleveland
Glasgow
RT. Laren
C. B. Decker
White's
Gay Road
Adj
E. M. Vower
Martha J. Wash
A. Moses
Wast Nelson Street
Lexngton
C. M. Crawford
Edward C. Broomer
Thompson Resort Company
Cold Sulphur Springs
Maud P. McCluer
KE. P. Barger
John P. Houston
Geo. Shuter
Natural Bridge
A. ‘J. Shields
Curk
HK. G. Paxton
Glascow
G. D. Letcher
Janie Cameron Seay
Adj.teo
H. Guinn
Annie E. Sealy
C. Slusser
Jaylor Street
Lexington
W.S. Humphries
J. W. Shoemaker
Vesuvius
John A. McClung
Wilton E. Green
Wairfield
Alex. Lewis
J. W. Bartley
Bartley
Campbell
Tye River
Chas. B. Agner
Annie Moodispaw
Joton
Lexington and
Covington Turnpike
Jobo Sheridan
Hettie Huffmar
Joton Shields
Harrison Henderson
G. D. Leteher
Henry Port Mitchell
Brownsburg
Horace H. Bell
James Mi Oger
Frederick Mohler
John A. Harrah
Emmett Harrah
South Buffalo
W. F. Harrah
BR. A. Jenkins
Natural Bridge Company
W. G. Mathews
George P. Locher
Willow Grove
EF. Spencer
Lewis Street
Main
Randolph
Robert C. Agner
Brushy Hill
Lexington Presbyterian Church
Frank W. McCluer
Houston Street
G. N. Jones
Pocahontas Street
Yale Men Camp in Virginia Mountains for Study
Prof W F Bailey leads 25 Yale students camping at Wood’s Spring in the Virginia mountains for a season of geological research. The party is described as a fine looking group, with many problems presented for study in this unusually interesting section of the state. The report comes from Buchanan News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Mountains
W. F. Bailey
Yale
Wood's
Buchanan News
Hot Weather Milk Care Do’s and Don’ts
A Nashville Tennesseean summary from DC health officers warns that heat and bad milk breed typhoid and other illnesses. It urges absolute cleanliness in handling milk, advising bottles over open cans, no sun exposure, no air exposure, no above 54 degree storage, scalded vessels, avoiding mixing old and new milk, preventing flies, proper fridge coverage, and daily kitchen inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Hunt
Nashville
Carrie Nation Dead in Kansas After Suffering Paresis
Mrs. Carrie Nation, famed saloon smasher, died in Leavenworth Kansas last Friday night from paresis after months of nervous disorders. Born in Kentucky as Moors, she became known for hatchet raids on saloons across the United States and Britain, later retiring wealthy and moving to Arkansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Kansas
Leavenworth
Great Britain
Arkansas
Nation
Kentucky
Moors
Blackburn
David Nation
Texas
Educated Graduates Should Turn To Farming, Says Advocate
A speaker argues that many university graduates would be better served by shifting their studies toward agricultural industries. He claims there is no oversupply of educated farmers and that a university education, coupled with practical farming instruction, guarantees success on the farm proportional to ability and effort.
Young Physicians Take the Hippocratic Oath at Jefferson Medical College
The Hippocratic oath was administered for the first time at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia during the eighty sixth annual commencement. One hundred seven graduates vowed to practice medicine with uprightness and honor, keeping patient confidentiality and avoiding wrongdoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Senator Curtis proposes memorial home and farm bill for colored citizens
Senator Curtis of Kansas introduces in the Senate a bill to use $200,000 held by the Freemen's Bureau from departed colored soldiers estates to fund a national memorial home for aged and infirm colored people and working girls. The plan calls for a Washington building and a Virginia farm to support the home. Funds released to the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People after the attorney-general verifies incorporation status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
Kansas
Senate
Treasury
Freemen's Bureau
National Memorial
Washington
Virginia
Home For
Atorney-General
Degrees for College Soldiers Who Served Confederacy
The article calls for other state universities to grant bachelor degrees posthumously or to living Confederate veterans who left studies to serve. It notes eighty survivors at a North Carolina university received diplomas, under a law honoring old Confederate soldiers and urges Virginia to authorize similar action for its undergraduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Virginia
Washington and Lee
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Liberty Hall
Stonewall Brigade
Petersburg
Measuring The Mind Machine and a Bryan Wedding
A piece notes aRoyal Anthropological Society treasurer's invention to quantify mental capacity, arguing it mirrors natural human insight. It also reports the June 5 wedding of Miss Grace Dexter Bryan to Richard Lewis Hargreaves in Palmview Crete officiated by Rev Harry F. Huntington with W J Bryan Jr as best man and bridesmaids Miss Lilly Tyler Miss Helen Sewind and Mrs W S Stein as matron of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Anthropological Society of England
Grace Dexter Bryan
W. J. Bryan
Richard Lewis Hargreaves
Lincoln
Palmview
Harry F. Huntington
Crete
Bryan
W.J. Bryan, Jr
Tucson
Ariz
Lilly Tyler
J. Hoge Tyler
Virginia
Helen Sewind
W.S. Stein
Hargreaves
Miss Bryan
Crosses of Honor Awarded to Confederate Veterans and Descendants
Confederate Memorial Day honors were given on June 3 to 28 recipients, including 11 veterans and 17 descendants of Confederate Veterans. The list names numerous veterans by name and unit such as James L. Glendy, William C. Gordon, J. M. Henkle, and J. W. Zollman, plus descendants like W. K. Beeton and H. C. Bowyer among others who received the badges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Glendy
14Th
Virginia Cavalry
William C. Gordon
Rockbridge Artillery
J. 1. Goodloe
1Ath
J. M. Henkle
11Th
Virginia Infunry
J. W. Lackey
Mth
RS. Miller
2Nd
J. S. Rhea
1Th
James BH. Spider
Porterfield Swann
1St
Virginia Artillery
KE. L. Waddell
Sth
Virginia Infantry
J. W. Zollman
W. K. Beeton
J. H. Beeton
27Th
Virginia Regiment
H. C. Bowyer
D C. Bowyer
W. Henry Boley
W. A. Boley
Bedford Artillery
E. L. Graham, Jr
E. L. Graham, Sr
J. L. Parrent
F. M. Parrent
M. A. Rhodes
J. J. Rhodes
5Th
Reid White
J.J. White
Virgin Infantry
J. P. Welsh
John K. Welsh
Bees Swarm Hat Found By Children In Ulster County
In Kingston New York a peach basket hat left by a summer boarder in the Lackawack Valley sparked excitement. John Satterlee, a Sundown farmer, saw children mount the hat on a fence. Bees swarmed when the hat was removed, stinging the little girls. The hat held a wax block and honeycombs with white clover honey weighing over twelve pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston N. Y
Lackawack
Ulster County
John Satterlee
Sundown
Commoner warns against Underwood tariff on wool
The Commoner condemns the Underwood bill resulting in a 20 percent tax on wool calling it a backward step while tariff reform sentiment moves forward. It argues the wool levy costs far more than it brings in and could be offset by duties on raw silk and rubber. The piece urges Democrats to watch the Ways and Means chairman for protectionist leanings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Underwood
Unuttwood
Ways and Means Committee
Tribute to Cardinal Gibbons Marks Golden Jubilee
A historic Baltimore service honored James Cardinal Gibbons’ fiftieth year as priest and twenty fifth as cardinal. Prominent figures across faiths and nations joined this non sectarian tribute as wheels of government paused, with President Taft, Ex President Roosevelt, Ambassador Bryce, and Speaker Champ Clark among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hemisphere
James Cardinal Gibbons
Baltimore
Taft
Roosevelt
Bryce
Champ Clark
Ancient Prayer Forwarded From Jerusalem
A fragment describes a blessing prayer asking protection from evil and eternal dwelling with the Lord. It claims copying the prayer for nine days yields great joy and delivery from anxiety, with a warning of misfortune for those who ignore it. The message credits RB and mentions Jerusalem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Koiruk Gazerre
Jesus
Jerusalem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Woods
Oil City
Woods
Grace Hamilton
Fayette City
Penn
James J. Hill
Confederacy
Daughters of Confederacy
Cardinal Gibbons
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