Place

Shoe-shop and dwelling house on Miss Fanny Massy's Academy lot

A small shoe-shop and a dwelling house that, the People's Journal reported in June 1910, Miss Fanny Massy had built on her Academy lot and rented out.

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What the sources support

The People's Journal of June 1, 1910 reported that Miss Fanny Massy had built a small shoe-shop and a dwelling house on her Academy lot, and that both were rented out.

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The People's Journal of June 1, 1910 reported that Miss Fanny Massy had built a small shoe-shop and a dwelling house on her Academy lot, and that both were rented out.

What the source supports

That in 1910 a woman had built two buildings on a lot of her own and let both.

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. The Academy lot is not located, the item names no tenants, and whether the shoe-shop was run as one is 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 on Miss Fanny Massy's buildings, printed page not recorded

Relevant passage

Miss Fanny Massy has built a small shoe-shop, and a dwelling house on her Academy lot; both houses are rented out.

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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