110 YEARS AGOThursday, Nov. 20, 1913from the Mathews Journal
If there is a favored spot in dear old Mathews, it must be the country around Soles, for our barns are crammed, our corn cribs are full and our hogs are fat.
The ladies of Locust Grove Methodist Church are planning to hold a bazaar at Capt. Alex Soles’s home sometime in December.
The farmers around here have been very busy the past week shredding corn.

100 YEARS AGOThursday, Nov. 22, 1923from the Gloucester Gazette
Master James Tyler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert West, had the misfortune to be badly burned Thursday at his home near Glass. He is getting along nicely.
Mr. Johnnie West came home from James River Thursday, bringing a fine load of oysters.
The Sadlers Neck school has ordered a new basketball.
Around Laban, people have begun to kill hogs in the neighborhood. Mr. E.T. Minter being the first to start his harvest.
Messrs. Aubrey and Reid Diggs came home Saturday. They have been employed on the fishing steamer Joseph W...