Old county notes whisper of Christmas plans and humor
Local column reports residents planning for Florida winters and a Glendale church Christmas tree. It jokes about champion turnips, letters to Santa, and a horse foot study. Bates advertises horse care, while Mt. Pleasant readers see John Adams ad and a cooking job listing. Merchant prices and market notes accompany notices of weddings and engagements.
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Young's
W. B. Wood
Mr. Wood
Wood
Jonex
Glendale Methodist Church
R. G. Bates
South Main St
Mt. Pleasant
John Adams
S. W. Warfiekd
Pulasai Pike
Herald
Preas
Eit Herald
Weddings and engagements fill regional notices this week
In Dark’s Mill a youthful pair Collie West and Blanche Nichols wed at home in a Gretna Green style ceremony amid family objections. Other notices report John A. Pickard and Maud Hopkins marrying in Atlanta, Miss Marie Lou Hickey and Rugene Cronson to wed in Wheeling, and Misa Jeasta May Hickman’s December wedding plans in Lynnville. A runaway marriage near Columbia ends in a police court near the court house. A tragedy near Tyler involves a man killing his wife then shooting himself.
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Collie West
Blanche Nichols
Dark's Mill
Wemesday
Esq
Jasperne
Knob Creek
J. N. Meroney
Jaco. West
Dark’s Mall
Columbia
John A. Pickard
Maud Hopkins
Dinca
Atlanta
Pickard
Columbias
Missa Marie Lou Hickey
Rugene Cronson
Wheeling
Virginia
Jean
Janette Hickey
Waco
Tex Hickey
Nat Cheairs
Mayor and Aldermen Set City Budget At Forty Thousand
At adjourned monthly meeting the Board fixed a 35 000 budget for the year with allocations for workhouse charity expense railroad Ismps fire and water salaries schools and streets The tax rate for next year will depend on the upcoming assessment as it cannot be fixed yet A committee was appointed with the school board to sell the steam heating apparatus at the Athenæum.
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Athenaeum
Country press loyalty shown by Bryan in Commoner article
In The Commoner Bryan lauds the country press for lifelong Democratic loyalty during campaigns of 1806 and 1900 and the rear campaign since. He cites small weeklies and local dailies as vital to the party, urging Democrats to support their local organs. Large coal cases open before the Strike Commission with witness testimony noting payroll anomalies among miners.
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William Jennings Bryan
The
Commoner
Democratic Party
Country Press
Democratic
Democratic Standard
Republican Party
Wach Democratic
Ito
Riders Flee From Surrey After Cattle Stampede Near Town
Mr and Mrs John Giddens of Biggyville were thrown from a surrey near Harlan and Crouthwaits drag store after a cattle dash caused by a passing train. Mrs Giddens was badly shaken, the pair escaped without serious injuries. The horse ran on as mud and ruined garments marked the mishap. Separately, a bill to mark Confederate soldiers’ raven from Northern prisons was introduced in the Senate by Mr Foraker, proposing a $100 000 appropriation. Four killed and ten injured in a dynamite explosion at Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Co in South Wilkes-Barre.
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John Giddens
Biggyville
Surrey
Harlan & Crouthwait
Senate
Foraker
No. Hmine
Lehigh & Wilkenbarre Coal Co
South Wilkenbarre, Pa
Brother slays brother in Belleville scuffle after family feud
Fayetteville Tenn December 17 Monday evening Jack Reaves left town with his sister Cora and upon reaching his Belleville home attacked his brother Will with a knife. Will fought back with a club and killed Jack. The 18 year old sister was stabbed in the heart while attempting to intervene. The Reaves family is prominent. No charges will be filed against Will.
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Specia
Fayetteville
Tenn
Jack Reaves
Cora
Arevring
Belleville
Coles
Will
Reaves
N. & Reaves
Will Reaves
Tie Brother
Students' Club to Move Front Room Next Year at Dr Page's Office
The Students' Club held a meeting at the Reading Rooms chaired by Mrs W P Morgan with members including Meademea Pillow McFerrin Mitchell Hine Biddle Everett Hastings Church Miss Shields Wilkins Elam Carroll Plays Blackburn Bryant and zarua. A program on Growth of Personality in Fiction featured a paper on The Scarlet Letter read by Miss Blackburn and a review of Sea Miserable by Miss Kay. The club plans a Christmas holidays event at the Reading Rooms, votes funds for new library books, and will occupy the front room of Dr A Sk Page's office after January 1 as the current space is rented to osteopaths Collier and Duffield. The Reading Room will be open 2 to 4 on Tue Wed and Fri.
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W. P. Morgan
Meademea Pillow
McFerrin
Mitchell
Hine
Biddle
Everett
Hastings
Church
Mary R
Andrews
Anthony Hopes
Cecilia
Crawford
Mason
Adams
Castle Craneyerow
McCutcheon
Wisteria
Watonna
Zaugwill
Trial Begins For Maj. Ed win F Glenn In Manila
The court martial of Maj. Ed win F. Glenn opened Monday in Manila with Generals Chaffee and Smith summoned from the United States to testify in the case.
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Maj
Edwin F. Glenn
Manila
Chaffee
Smith
United States
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Sitka
Emyrna
Hart, Schaffer & Marx
Stein Block
Knox
Columbia Mercantile Storage Co
W. J. Dal
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Stock Yard
Nuptia
Lynnville
Xenn
Mixa Jeasta May Hickman
Ivovrock
Momer U Mier
Tullahoma
J. C. Hickman
George E Eubanks
Palusxi
Aymer
M. J. Hickman
Tyrd
Ei Can Be
Pe ‘Onpe
Ralombia
Esq. Gueat
Court House
John Glenn Osborne
Misa Mary Osborne
Robert Figueras Moseley
Davis
Mra. Wynne
Tyler
Tex
Mr. Wynne
Aldermen
the “Country” Press
Bigbyville
Satterfield & Dodson’s
Hauda
People’s Drug Company No
Jenbville
L. C. Burgard
J. P. Herndon
Jack
CLUB
Dr. Page
Bob Stokes
Dick Osborne
Shelbyville, Tenn
Santa Claus
B.C
Oxford
F. Swansburg
Dogtown
Osborne Rasiden
Stokes
Mina
Osborne
Calicova
Bolt
Sea Island
Csessia
Jeana
Childeon
Narmet Wright
Alicea
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