Land Transfers in Rockbridge County Deeds of Record
The Rockbridge county clerk recorded four weeks of deeds ending June 15 1912 showing transfers of farms and lots around Lexington Goshen and Glasgow including parcels to Wm H Day Henry B Jones and Samuel W Anderson among others with prices from 35 to 11000. The file notes a final item on the arrival of Colonel Roosevelt in Chicago to personally oversee his presidential campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bargsia
Sale
Rockbridge County
E. A. Moore
Wm. H. Day
Woods’ Creek
Adj
W. & L. University
Lexington
A. T. Shields
Clark
J. E. Irvan
Glass
Ellis Humphries
G. H. Guinn
Goshen
J. K. Radcliff
Mill Creek
EK. M. Leckey
New Monmouth Church
Big Spring
Kerr’s Creek
Francis T. Anderson
Samuel W. Anderson
W. E. Davidson
Solomon Wenger
Frank Moore
Alexander P. Harrison
Buena Vista
W. M. Ramsay
Walter Campbell
Lucy Scots West
Marie P. Duvall
Washington Street
Letcher Avenue
Levina H. Lair
Walter Lair
Glasgow
G. A. Jones
W. E L. Stark
Plank Road
A. Lavell
Chas. A. Reynolds
Broad Creek
Lexingwn
Natural Bridge District
John A. Tolley
Henry Baxter Tolley
Sam
Smith Street
Edith Me.Houston
Wm.c. Firebaugh
White Street
BE. R. Flippo
R. S. Arehart
Fairfield
Ellie A. Snider
Josie Withrow
Rockbridge Baths
C. M. Shewey
Nannie J. Huffman
K. Mac. Coleman
Collier's Creek
Buffalo District
Alies McNatt Alexander
Ulysses G. Fisher
Nelson and
Randolph Streets
T. W. Hardbarger
G. W. McCullough
Goshen Iron Furnace
Balcony Falls Station
D. B. Gabbart
H. T. Gabbart
W. H. Bond
Gertrude Gabbart Mitchell
G. F. Avey
Cora Virginia Woodward
Roosevelt
Chicago
Lambs Killed in Wreck Near Raphine Train Disaster
Train No. 94 derailed one mile south of Raphine last Wednesday afternoon, four cars left the track and a car loaded with lambs carried 88 deaths. Passengers and mail were shifted to another train and reached Lexington by 9.30 p.m. Track cleared by noon Thursday. No serious injuries to people. stock buyer E. Redmond of Richmond bruised shoulder. Witness blamed truck failure under the stock car causing the derailment and freight car carnage with many lambs killed or injured.
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Raphine
Lexington
E. Redmond
Richmond
Staunton Daily News
Milwaukee
Progress of State Sunday Schools and District Associations
Since the Harrisonburg convention in April there is rising activity in organized Sunday school work across counties. County Conventions improve year by year, while magisterial districts report many new District Conventions and about a dozen new District Associations. Districts are seen as crucial to spreading new methods to teachers in all remote schools, bridging the gap between associations and educators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonburg
Richmond
Corn Frozen on Ground in Maryland Frosts Hit Crops
Cumberland Maryland reports heavy nightly frosts over the past week injuring corn potatoes and wheat in Garret County and the Allegheny region. Corn in many fields froze to the ground requiring replanting and fruit trees especially pears and plums plus berries suffered damage making this June front the worst since the 1850s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland Md
Garret County
Allegheny Mountain
Protests, War, and a Lexington Address by James L Slayden
Former Congress member James L Slayden speaks to the Washington and Lee Alumni Association in Lexington, reflecting on his Civil War era youth, the changing view of warfare, and urging young men to pursue reason over costly conflicts while acknowledging some wars as righteous. He recalls Appomattox, Rockbridge beauty, and the city’s mourning postwar atmosphere.
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James L. Slayden
Congress
Teas
Alumni Association of
Washington and Lee University
Kentucky
Washington and Lee
San Antonio
Rockbridge
Lexington
Appomattox
Virginia
Gulf
House Mountain
Rockies
Alps
Tere
Gettysburg
Marye
Wilderness
Chickamauga
Sermon at Virginia Military Institute Inspires Cadets
Rev W Cosby Bell former rector of Lexington church preached to the VMI cadets in Jackson Memorial Hall assisted by Rev John G Meem and Rev Oscar de Wolf Randolph. The sermon urged Christian soldiering virtues with music by cadets and Goldman family noted.
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W. Cosby Bell
KR. E. Lee Memorial Episcopal Church
Lexington
Episcopal Theological Seminary
Alexandria
Corps of Cadets
Virginia Military Institute
Jackson Memorial Hall
John G. Meem
W Brezzil
Oscar de Wolf Randolph
R. FE. Lee Church
Edward West Nichols
V. M.1
Bell
Lengton
Jesus Christ
Board of Visitors
Alumni
Visttors
M. Sam Goldman
Whiting McCormick Couple Married at Berryville Church
Miss Bessie Taylor McCormick daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Province McCormick married Herbert Beverly Whiting of Lexington at Grace Protestant Episcopal Church Berryville Clarke County. The ceremony began at 8 pm officiated by Rev. Edward Wall with many relatives and friends attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchester
Bessie Taylor McCormick
Province McCormick
Herbert Beverly Whiting
Lexington
Grace Protestant Episcopal Church
Berryville
Clarke County
Edward Wall
Pridingroom
Thomas Marcus Reynolds
Marsal McCormick
Hoor
Pdith Garthwright
Roanoke
Margaret Ports
Shepherdstown
W. Va
J. Edward Harris
Harry Flood Hurd
Randolph Tucker McGuire
Harry Warden
Bowles Lippitt
Jane C. Moore
Archibald P Osborne
Alfred Kerfoot
Dr. Osborne
Bermuda
Heads Must Be Sent to Laboratory Within 24 Hours
The Virginia Health Department warns that heads of suspected rabid animals must be shipped directly to the Hygienic Laboratory in Washington and arrive within twenty four hours. Sending specimens via Richmond causes delays and may prevent examination. The lab offers free testing, but timely receipt is required for accurate analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Health Department
Washington
State Health Department
Richmond
Virginia
Health Department
Gymnasium Exhibition at Jackson Hall Captivates Audience
At Virginia Military Institute Saturday night a gymnasium exhibition showcased mat work rings chorus parallel bars a wrestling match boxing and pyramid building under Captain Alpha Brumage. Cadets Shotwell Jennings Blum Rountree Miller Clare Robertson Dillard Yancey Conquest Christian M Jones Rent Gutierrez performed with high efficiency. Robertson and Rountree wrestled with Rountree the winner. Robertson and Randolph boxed three rounds with a draw. Archer Owen awarded the Williamson cup to top year athlete. Monograms presented to basketball and baseball players by Rev Oscar de Wolf Randolph.
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Virginia Military Institute
Jackson Memorial Hall
Alpha Brumage
iGadets Shotwell
Jennings
Blum
Rountree
Miller
Clare
Robertson
Dillard
Yancey
Conquest
Christian
Jones
Rent
Gutierrez
Hountree
Randolph
Williamson Tiraham Cup
Ewing
Stroud
Leech
Clarkson
Lowry
Ower
Long
Reed
Moore
Throckmorton
Crave
Bryan
Cresswell
Witt
Dickens
Sewell
Dalton
Shotwell
Rents
Rounties
High Cost of Living Cited as Global Pressure Mounts
Norman JF Mack argues in National Monthly that rising living costs push nations toward reform and currency changes. He notes London moves to authorize gold and silver coins for India to stabilize prices and cites potential German social insurance and liability laws as responses to persistent price hikes and strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Norman JF. Mack
National Monthly
Freedom of Press Upheld in Beattie Trial Coverage
Judge Edmund Waddill of the Eastern District of Virginia quashed the federal indictment against the Richmond Journal Company over Beattie trial coverage. The ruling upholds press liberty and cites a thorough decision vindicating the Journal. A Boston divorce suit cites a wife's diary showing fines of $1 to $5 for demeaning conduct.
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United States
Edmund Waddill
Unite States Court of the Eastern Distric
Virginia
Baderal Grand Jury
Richmond Rvaninge Journal Company
Beattie
Hns
Rapidan
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Representative Slayden
Texas
Rabbi Ben Eira
V. MI
A. Mi
W. C. Bell
J Soldier
Whiting
Williamsburg
Electoral Board
Jackson Hall
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