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Fair River Notes Highlight Local Harvest and Elections
The Fair River column reports a dry month with cotton nearly finished, corn gathering, molasses making, and potato digging in progress. A Sunday picnic near Mr. Perry Smith’s is recalled, with many returning home before night. News covers a marriage on Oct 21, school improvements, prayers, and Thanksgiving plans. Prof. C. M. Wallace’s efforts to raise colored teachers’ standards are noted, plus election-night broadcast plans with Associated Press returns and a special Western Union telegraph wire for live results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.C. Williams
Grandma Robertson
Mattie Flippin
of Wesson
Perry Smith
John King
Sar Yeaast Hear
Maxwoll's Mill
J. M. Ritchie
P. C. Mallen
Monticello
River School
Western Union Telegraph
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