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Newspaper

Lexington Gazette

Location

Lexington, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 28, 1911

Page

6

Lexington Real Estate Sale Offers Many Fine Homes

Rockbridge Realty Corporation lists Lexington area properties including new residences, brick business buildings, and suburban lots. Highlights include a 6 room residence on Houston Street, 5 acre and 15 acre rural tracts, 2 story Main Street building, and Oak shaded lots in Lexington Heights. Several farms and 100 plus acre tracts near Lexington, Buena Vista, Goshen, and Rockbridge Baths priced from 400 to 20 000 dollars. Listings emphasize proximity to Lexington institutions, schools, churches, rail access, and national highways with ample water and timber, some with outbuildings and tenants.

Lexington Washington and Lee University Virginia Military Institute George Washington Robert F. Lee New York Atlanta Rockbridge County Alleghany Blue Ridge Mountains Shenandoah Valley Virginia Washington City Natural Bridge Rockbridge Alum Springs Goshen Pass Rockbridge Baths Wilson's Springs Lexington Heights Main Road Churchus Buena Vista Southern Seminary Young Indies Buenas Vista West Lexington Niles Sycamore Street Nelson Street Main Street Post Ofce Pease Edmondson Ave Edmondson Avenue Lower Main Street Goshen Bratton’s Run Rockbridge Co Rockbridge Alaw Springs Itoshen Furnace Co Fairfield Nice Patrfield Jackson Avenue Looxtto A. BP Lewis Streets Botetourt Buchanan James River S Bates

Local Board Officers Named in Wharton County

The document lists T. S. Borwell as Treasurer and E. S. Shields as Secretary, naming two key officers for the organization.

T. S. Borwell E. S. Shields

Public Sale of Lard and Land in Rockbridge Kerrs Creek

Public auction at the Rockbridge Court House front door on June 28 1911 at 12 M for 110 acres known as the RE Johnson land with dwelling and outbuildings, adjoining Orbi500 farm, plus 33 acres as EF A Johnson lands sold by special commissioners E M Pendleton and G D Letcher. One third cash, balance in one and two years by bonds with security. Special commissioners Hugh A White E M Pendleton. Deputy clerk R K Wri tt.

Circuit Court of Rockbridge D. Welsh & Co B.A. Johnson Et Als Court House Kerr's Creek RE. A. Johnson Forks of North River EF. A. Johnson E. M. Pendleton G. D. Letcher

Found Dead in Cistern Farmer Slain Wife Arrested

Peter Larson a retired farmer was found dead in a cistern behind his Powter Indiana home. His wife Mrs Lar son is in custody pending examination after quarrels through the night. A bloody axe lay in the barn with pools of blood on stalls and walls. The coroner’s testimony conflicts but suggests Larson was injured in the stable and dragged to the cistern.

Peter Larson Powter Ind Larson

Beeskind Sense of Bees and Buckwheat Bloom

Bees work within three cities of the hive but travel eight miles to buckwheat fields for honey. They favor buckwheat bloom and have a finely developed scent that guides them from the hive to distant flowers by following the aroma of nectar in the wind.

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