This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lexington Gazette
Location
Lexington, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1909
Page
2
Rates shown for obituaries over ten lines and tributes, with per line charges. Local notices priced at 10 cents per line for first insertion and 5 cents per line for subsequent insertions. Includes contact details and advertising rate information.
Roanoke Times discusses plans to extend the Valley Railroad south from Lexington to Roanoke, with Baltimore and Lexington backing the project and local officials weighing financial and construction details. City actions include bridge work decisions at East Lexington and permits for new structures as the Virginia State Christian Endeavor Convention unfolds in Roanoke.
Richmond Times Dispatch editorials urge a grand monument to Stonewall Jackson placed near Lee to symbolize the two leaders. A Jackson Memorial Association would manage fundraising, possibly via All Southern Tag Day on January 21, with South-wide subscriptions and newspaper co-operation to sustain the drive.
Miss Mattie Shannon died Thursday June 17 near Mint Spring from a digestive complication. Survived by J Boyd Shannon Mrs Jno M Gabbert nephew and niece Harry and Janie Shannon of Augusta county and Mrs E B Knighton and R B Shannon of Roanoke. Four brothers J A Shannon El Paso Texas C L Shannon F H Shannon Illinois. Funeral Friday June 18 at 8 pm with interment at St Johns Church. Also an advertisement notes a $300 piano offered at 185 by Hobbie Co. Roanoke and Lynchburg distributors.
A V M I Dance at Charlottesville featured 30 couples in a formal opening figure. Cadet leaders included Charles S Drayton and Lucy V Malone with many cadets and chaperones in white gowns and medals. The evening highlighted elaborate decorations, music by the V M I orchestra, and a praised display of period attire. Real estate transfers listed two weeks of deeds in Rockbridge county.
Recent pieces include Percy MacKaye on American pageants and their promise, General Green’s Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief study, Major Mott’s The New Army School of Horsemanship at Fort Riley, and a Meredith poem Ireland. Scribner’s July issue also features tales by Wharton, Ergom Taylor, Jane Barnett, Louise Imogen Gurney, and a Pages serial with a love scene.
A mixed reader page blends a banana dessert method using Jell O and cream with social notes from Henderson Kentucky, including a Virginia Military Institute ball led by Cadet Edwin Hodge Jr. and Miss Carolyn Banks. Also advertised are Dean's Reguleta and Dean's Ointment cures, wheat shipments to Baltimore, and local harvest notes.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.