Ben Jefferson's New Store

A store that Mr. Ben Jefferson announced in the People's Journal in June 1910 as a "New Store!", back at his old stand, "the Brandy place".

What the sources support

The People's Journal of June 1, 1910 carried an item for Mr. Ben Jefferson's "New Store!", saying he was "back at his old stand, the Brandy place".

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The People's Journal of June 1, 1910 carried an item for Mr. Ben Jefferson's "New Store!", saying he was "back at his old stand, the Brandy place".

What the source supports

That Ben Jefferson announced a new store in 1910 at a stand he had kept before, known as the Brandy place.

Uncertainty

The wording is a transcription of the People's Journal, which condenses some entries; the newspaper OCR was not re-read for this claim. The printed page was not recorded, and the reading notes do not say whether the item was an advertisement. What the store sold, and where the Brandy place stood, are not stated.

Source

Reporting

Evidence role: supports. The June 1910 item.

People's Journal, Berryville, Va., 1 June 1910, Vol. XVI No. 173

G. L. D. Harris, editor and proprietor · 1910-06-01 (publication)

Locator: Item among the issue's businesses, printed page not recorded

Relevant passage

Mr. Ben Jefferson -- "New Store!", "back at his old stand, the Brandy place".

Checked: Original inspected. A digital reproduction was inspected; no original has been handled.

Open source

Source family: peoples-journal. Multiple passages from one source are not independent witnesses.

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