Today In History

April 11, 1889 — Little Lillie, the youngest daughter of Jude Brand, met with a painful and what might have been a serious accident one evening last week. In undertaking to leave the sitting room […]

April 10, 1889 — Notwithstanding the beautiful weather of the previous week and the general belief that winter had given place to spring, last Saturday witnessed one of the severest snowstorms ever seen in this […]

April 9, 1887 — The handsome little merchant mill belonging to Mr. Adam Seekford at Alma, in this county, was destroyed by fire last Tuesday night. The mill was operated by a steam engine, and […]

April 8, 1965 — State Trooper R. Loring Bruce, 36, son of Mrs. Marie Bruce, of Luray, apprehended and arrested three men and a woman Thursday afternoon of last week shortly after two of the […]

April 7, 1887 — Last Tuesday evening as Dr. Keller was driving into town his horses took fright on Main Street opposite Mr. F.W. Berry’s hardware store and ran at great speed from that point […]

April 6, 1911 — Mr. Geo. W. Judd has been doing some good work on his portion of the roads, and is getting them in good shape for which we are thankful. There is no […]