Lexington News and Socials Highlight June 1903 Gazette
Mies Mary Garing returns from Hanover. many Lexington visitors and guests from Covington Roanoke Richmond Staunton circulate. Virginia Tech honors for Rockbridge youths. VMI commencement notes. local weddings and marriages planned. emphasis on society, travel, and civic events in Lexington and area.
Virginia Military Institute Commencement Honors New Market Heroes
The Virginia Military Institute marked its 64th year with a weekend of ceremonies. Alumni Day drew over 400 veterans including 63 New Market participants, followed by graduation in Jackson Memorial Hall. A statue unveiling honoring the cadet corps and wartime deeds featured remarks from Upshur, Gordon, and Conrad, with Sir Moses Ezekiel as sculptor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Military Institute
F. W. Claybrook
Institute
New Market
Joseph R. Anderson
Bryde
R. E. Lee Memoria
Ehurch
Lee- Jackson
Confederate Veterans of
Lexington
Armistead C. Gordon
Staunton
John N. Upshur
Richmond
New Market Corps
Enileta
Virginia Military” Institute
Holmes Conrad
Winchester
United States
Cleveland
Moges Raekiel
Southland
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall
Unclaimed Letters and Local Property Sale Report
Unclaimed letters for week ending June 22 include Brannon Cleery Baker Miss Susan Cocke Rey A. P. wering Mrs Grae jarrie 8. M Hartless John Hardigan John Schoolcraft Rey O. J. Letters are advertised. Also notice of sale withdrawal for the Miss Mary Fitzgerald house on Main street with settlement made with creditor J. Ed. Deaver. sale to Paul M. Penick at $2000. property near W H Laughlin store formerly owned by Mrs. Graham. Also advertisement for Dr King’s New Life Pills utility claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Mary Garing
Hanover
J. E.A. Gibbs
Mies
Lillian Rawlings
Raphine
T. A. Lacy
Child
Covington
Mabel, Agner
Roanoke
Messrs
Thomas Robinson
C.e.kregloe
Harvey Patterson
Lexington
John Paul
Harrisonburg
G. D. Letcher
J. A. Gleason
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Clifton Forge
T. S. Wintfield
Gleason
Wintfield
Charles D. Denit
Salem Times Register
Mr. Brown
Tur Gazerre
John W. Moore
United States
Mexico
Lowndes
New York
J. P. Moore
Frank A. Bayliss
Harry Bayliss
Washington
Cincinnati
Richmond
FE. B. Bayliss
R. L. Leckie
Albemarle County
C. A. Lacy
Leckie
Philippines
United States Navy
Navy
Texas
Cervera
Santiago
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Rockbridge
J. Alex, Wilson
J.T. Wilson
William M. Paxton
Herbert Knick
Staunton Spectator
J. M. Davidson
Hell's Valley
California
St. Louis
Virginia
Mary Lee McNeel
John A. McNeel
Kerr's Creek
Leington High School
Paul McNeel
Pocahontas County
W. Va
Graham
Mary Preston Graham
John A. Graham
Nathaniel Beverly Tucker
Virginian Military Institute
Percy H. Montgomery
Pettibone Manufacturing Company
V. MI
Montgomery
John Montgomery
Collierstown
Kansas City
Missouri
Upper Main Street
Mary Fitzgerald
R. R. Witt
J. Ed. Deaver
Nelson Street
Paul M. Penick
W.H. Laughlin
Mr. Deaver
Joshua L. Deaver
Rock Quarry Blast Claims Two at Craigsville
William Key was instantly killed and Edward Bird seriously injured by a premature explosion at the Portland Cement Company's rock quarry in Craigsville on Wednesday June 20. A gang of workers had drilled a blast hole when lightning struck near the hole, triggering the dynamite charge. Key was blown apart and died instantly. Bird was seriously hurt but expected to recover. Both men were Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Key
Edward Bird
Portland Cement Company
Rock Quary
Craigsville
Quary
Key
Bird
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Sold At Local Drug Store
A regional ad urges readers living remotely to keep Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for Burns Cuts Wounds Ulcers with a supply at B W Gorrell’s Drug Store, claiming it as the best on earth and priced at 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
B. W. Gorrell
Two Thousand Strangers In Lexington On Summer Day
An excursion train from Roanoke brought about a thousand visitors, plus nearly four hundred from Lynchburg, with many others arriving earlier in the week. The ideal summer day led to a pleasant turnout as Lexington hosted a busy scene of visitors and locals alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Roanoke
Tusny
Lynchburg
Sale of William White Property on Main Street
The Main Street residence once owned by William White and later by Washington and Lee University was sold on Monday to J. Ed Deaver of Lexington for 2000 cash. The notice mentions a cold remedy at the end with a drugstore slogan and a product signature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William White
Main Street
Washington and Lee Palveraity
J. Ed
Deaver
Lexington
Sermon at cadet ceremony praises Christian manhood
Rev Frederick W Claybrook of VA pastor and veteran cadet speaker delivered a Sunday sermon in Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall on a theme from Ephesians stressing personal salvation as vital for young men. The event featured a military atmosphere with cadet musicians and officials present, praising faith and duty. On Tuesday morning dedication events for the New Market Battle Monument continued with opening prayer by Rev Dr BR Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadet-Dialectic Literary Society
Jackson Memorial Hall
Marshall McC. Milton
Sidney A. Loughridge
Carroll D. Hagan
Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr
Henry D. Whittle
Milton
Robert 8
Hudgins
James A. Merrett
Henry JD. Whittle
Ellie S. Caldwell
United States
Marshall McC
Reuben Ragland
Gilbert Marshall
Nicholas
Morris
Sludgins
Caldwell
Harris
K. J. McBryde
H.C. Ford
EK. W. Nichols
Upshur
New Market
Hllstory
Figgnin
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hall
Frederick W. Claybrook
Claybrook
Baptist Church
Kilmarnock
Christ
Cadet Young Men's Christin Association
Krause
Joseph Pennington
A. Ebeling
Vanover
Herman Krause
F. L. Klieker
Thomas Delaney
Washingtond Lae University
Beott Shipp
de. Claybrook
New Market Hattle Monument
Virginia
Alumni Association Honors New Market Heroes at Jackson Mall
An Alumni Association meeting in Jackson Mall presided by Alexander Hamilton honored New Market Battalion veterans with bronze crosses. A cablegram to Sir Moses Ezekiel in Rome conveyed comrades’ congratulations while expressing regret at his absence for the unveiling. The fund for the message totaled $18.25 from 58 contributors, all New Market enders. General Joseph R. Anderson was re elected president, with Capt. Samuel B. Walker Jr. as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alumni Association
Jackson Mall
Alexander Hamilton
Board of Visitors
New Market
Moses Ezekiel
Rome
Italy
Joseph R. Anderson
Richmond
Samuel B. Walker, Jr
Lexington
Call graduates list with names and states across multiple lines
The document catalogs graduates by name and state, listing individuals such as Thomas Agustus Dewey N C and Jefferson Burnett Sinclair Va, along with others like George Steele Dewey N C and Henry Preston Rankin Va, in a dense roster format with occasional repetitions and mispunctuation. It also notes engineering graduates with initials and state abbreviations, including T A Dewey and L flowerree, Miss, in a fragmentary OCR style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Agustus Dewey
N.C
Jefferson Burnett Sinclair
George Steele Dewey
Henry Preston Rankin
Henry L. Plowetree
Miss
William T. Blackwell
Lewis Harlowe McAdow
Mort
John Paul
Edward Southard Shields
John Doniphan Owen
Sydney Smith Lee
George Moore Shelton
Tex
William Hooper Tate
Claiie Sutton Millen
Thomas Wilson White
Richard Henry Brown
J.pex
Prate J, Helberger
Marshall McCormick Milton
John Featherston Philips
Stafford Gorman Whittle
Milton Ernest Bord
D.C
William Leigh Carneal
N. C
Jeferson Barnett Sinclair
Henry L. Flowerree
ODMR
D. Owen
P. J. Heiberger
M. Shelton
M. M. Milton
Wooddlill
W. Touldin
Via
Philips
Mullen
W. A. Tate
H. MeAdow
Mont
M. Fi. Pord
D, C
Shields
T. W. White
G. Whittle
DM. Prench
I’. A. Dewey
B. Sinclair
Dewey
P. Rankin
Plowetree
Virginia Military Institute Class of 1880s Cadet Ball Honors
The final military German at VMI was danced in white with American Beauty roses. Cadets and many named chaperones attended. Readouts list numerous cadets and partners from Virginia and surrounding states, with couples from Roanoke, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Richmond, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Military Institute
R.A. Marr
Hunter Pendleton
M. B. Corse
Wh. L. Owen
G. M. Shelton
Miss Bowiden
Houston
P.L. Minor
Mira Dunlap
Roanoke
W. T. Mackwell
Misa Louie Roller
Harrisonburg
H. P. Rankin
Miss Minor
Uniontown
W. L. Curneal
Miss Payson
Washington, D. C
Ell
Floweries
las + king
Lexington
Calot B.S. Shields
Misa Kosnel
Tucker
Mahone
Miss Gordon
Richmond
MeAdow
Miss Hammer
Lynchburg
S. Dewey
Miss Morton
Clarksville
Miss Jones
Norfolk, Va
S. Mullen
Ridgeley
M. M. Milton
Fe, Lew
Gileucester
J. H. Elerson
M. M. Payne
A. Claggett
Brockenbrough
J.B. Sinclair
Sidgeley
J.D. Cowen
Died at Home Near Wimber Ridge A. H. Henry
A. H. Henry died yesterday after months of illness at his home near Wimber Ridge. He was about 60 and leaves a large family of grown children. A longtime school trustee in South River district, he was respected as a citizen and friend. His remains were interred at Timber Ridge church this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. H. Henry
Wimber Ridge
Henry
South River District
Timber Ridge Church
Still At It General Store Offers Various Bargains
Overlong ad outlines stock and discounts for hose at 25 cents, low-cut shoes, slippers, and four hose sets. Promotions mention parasols, overstocked shirt waists, chino matting, and crobeella goods with price hints, urging customers to view before buying and promising price cuts to clear overstock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Sam Ordain
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Fred
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Harbaugh
Jennie D. Wheat
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Washington and Lee University
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Dr. Upshur
Sir Moses Ezekiel
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F Brown
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Stuart
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Heathsville
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W. T. Shields
T. W. Shelton
Norfolk
Battalion of Cadets
Petersburg
EH. Johnson
William Cowper
T Gordon
Dawley
Dallas
W. W. LaPrade
Otter Dale
C. Pearson
Pearisburg
Var
W. Crowdus
Lofewich
W. C. McChord
Springfield
Chaegett
K. Mankhouser
A Loughridge
Lexington, Ky
Steadley
T. A. Dewey
N.G
Binclair
Hap
Rankin
Loo
W.T
Blackwall
Carneal
Brown
Minor
Penn
Ik H
Flowerree
Jackson-Hope
J. B. Sinclair
Vin
Lewis Harvie Strother
John Imboden Hudson
A. Horace Neary
Gray
E. Z. Benomme
Cohoes, N. Y
Fee
Ayer
Lexington Produce Market
Lexinging
Strain & Patton
Collins and Cuts
Hig
Lexington Hotel
Athens
Clothiers
Fernishers
Lexington, VA
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Lyons, Mundy & C O., Clothiers, Tailors and Gents’ Furnishers
Corner Main and
Nelson Streets
Lexinoroy, Va
Warner’s
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Adair
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