115 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 8, 1910from the Mathews Journal
The old Marchant store house is being rapidly improved internally and will soon be ready for the new firm Messrs. Jarvis & Pugh.
Mr. G.S. Marchant left on Monday for the North where he goes to buy goods for his large department store.
Revival services will begin at Macedonia Baptist Church on Monday night.
100 YEARS AGOThursday, Sept. 10, 1925from the Gloucester Gazette
“The York,” splendid, commodious new ferryboat plying between Gloucester Point and Yorktown, was put into commission late last Saturday night. On Monday, she had a good test of her carrying capacity in handling the Labor Day crowds, frequently carrying from 30 to 35 cars on a trip.
W.T. Ashe, proprietor of the Gloucester and Yorktown Ferry, has received many congratulations on the splendid new equipment provided, not alone with regard to the new boat, but also on account of the fine concrete roadway and new ferry slip, which have been provided for the grea...