115 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 1, 1910from the Mathews Journal
We are sorry to report the illness of Dr. Thomas B. Lane, who left on the steamer for treatment.
Mr. Herman Hollerith and family, are spending the month of September at their home “Brighton,” on East River.
Midshipman Jenifer Garnett will arrive home this week from the summer cruise up the Mediterranean, and will spend the month at “Poplar Grove.”
100 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 2, 1925from the Mathews Journal
Laban correspondent reports: The good old harvesting time has come again. In spite of all the dry weather the crops around here are fine.
We all are in sympathy with Mr. C.D. Hudgins who lost his store last Friday night by fire. The origin is not known. We are in hopes he will soon rebuild.
The community was saddened by the death of Mr. Martellus Hudgins on Saturday. Although he had been sick for some time, he was going about when death came.
90 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 5, 1935from the Gloucester Gazette
A U.S. army plane ...