115 YEARS AGOThursday, April 16, 1908from the Mathews Journal

A sock social will be given by the Ladies Aid Society of Providence Church, on Tuesday, April 21, 1908, at the Bohannon school house at 7 p.m. There will be ice cream, cake and hot chocolate served and the social promises to be an enjoyable event. The proceeds from the entertainment will go for the purpose of repairing the walls of Providence Church.

110 YEARS AGOThursday, April 17, 1913from the Mathews Journal

Special! 500 men’s dress shirts white pleated bosoms, plain and fancy madras coat style, cuffs attached, all good styles, worth 50c and 75c; special 39c. We desire to call your attention to our millinery department. We have just received a large shipment of the newest shapes, also a nice line of panamas at special prices. —Wyatt Wolffe

100 YEARS AGOThursday, April 19, 1923from the Gloucester Gazette

The passage through the county and village of the wagon train of the 34th Infantry, en route from Ca...