Local Notes and Social Roundup from Androwe
Androwe December 31 reports a New Year social scene with weddings, visits, illness notes, and church services. Hugh Porter wed Miowetta Richardson in a small ceremony at two o’clock amid relatives. Various locals including the Sharbers, Dooleys, Fergusones, and several named families are visiting or traveling, with Christmas trees and holiday gatherings mentioned. Also notes a Catarrh cure advertisement and school activities, ending with warm New Year wishes from the community.
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Leeraand Fergueson
Lexas
Marion Moore
Gendiuk
J. A. Flowers
Welburn Patterson
Bryant Station
Jim Dillensy
Porter Hardison
T. W. Bowell
Leftwich
Joe Dillehay
Sima Watson
Mary Z
Rebecca Sowell
Jessie Rummage
Ilona
Leftwich Ridge
Patrick Dooley
Murfreesboro
Vai
West Point Herald Readers Send Holiday Notes
West Point readers resume letters after a silence, thanking the editor for a fine calendar and praising the paper. They share holiday greetings and personal updates including visits, moves, and family news from Fitzgeralds, Aldersons, Woolpaves, Walters, and Nashwithe relatives, with locals recalling the “Raven Loces” event.
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West Point
Econo Fitzgerald
Botanic Blood Balm touted as universal cure
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for numerous ailments including cancer ulcers eczema and blood poisons. It shares testimonials from Robert Ward and Geo Williams praising dramatic recoveries and urges readers to request a blood test to prove its efficacy. Local holiday notices and greetings follow, mentioning visitors and Christmas celebrations.
Hayes and Lawrence Lead in Grocer Prices on South Main
Prices at Hayes and Lawrence Grocers remain high with fresh oysters at 15c per dozen. Mr Leslie Wright is very ill. Angaste Voorhies and Mrs Hanna Toumes show mixed health. Linder Jr. progresses slowly. doctor notes gradual recovery. Reed reports Lander back to work in Erwin. Voss boy and Elizabeth Bailey children ill at home. Mrs J B Dedman glad to be out after grip. Dow family shows improvement after long illness.
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Alts
Hanna Toumes
Linder, Jr
Lander
Erwin Voss
von A. Voss
Elevanth Street
Mary Ellasbeth
W. M. Ouiloo
G. W Bailey
Ninth Street
J. B
Dedman
Cancer Cured by Radium in New York Case
New York reports radium cured a 62 year old Newark man with cancer on the right cheek. After initial treatment caused by a physician nephew using a small radium tube the swelling subsided and the growth vanished with continued therapy. A stronger tube from Paris completed a six week course leaving the cheek normal.
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New York
William Hoffman
Newark
N. Y
Hoffman
Paris
Roeski Escape Attempt Found In County Jail
Chicago jail guard discovers attempted escape by a car barn bandit as a cell is towed and bent open. Roeski moved to a new cell and guarded. Also report from Dublin that the Marquis of Seso died at Westport house in Mayo, born 1824.
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Chicago
Whitman
Bary
Roeski
Marania
Mike
Dublin
Sso
Westport House
Westport
County Mayo
Japan Seeks Immediate Action as Russia Ties Hands
Tokyo warnings to foreign diplomats say Japan must act if Russia blocks final terms. Reports from Paris and St Petersburg note Moscow’s patience fading and a crisis approach, with Formosa armed and no deadline set for Russia’s reply to Japan’s latest note.
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Berlin
Lokal Anzeiger
Tokio
Japan
Russia
Rausin
Yokohama
Privy Council
Formosa
Gas plant blast damages barber shop window
A gas powered equipment testing plant in A. B. Smith's barber shop at Lone Tree exploded on Tuesday. The blast blew out the plate glass window, causing slight damage with no injuries reported.
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Msyleston
Lone Tree
A. B. Smith
Through Friendship for Billy Amends Prior Testimony
Morton House manager Pantlind amends testimony to acknowledge he gave a hotel room key to McKnight during the Salsbury bribery case and admits friendship influenced earlier statements. Pantlind says no payment was involved and the key was returned the same day. Nichols previously testified denying any approach to Garman for false testimony.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Boyd Pantlind
Murton
McKnight
George R. Nichols
Touta
Suloma- Hon
Pantlind
Lant K. Salsbury
Clip
Meg Wright
Morton House
Garmen
Salsbury
McKnight and Nichols
Will of Washington Corrington funds Carrington Institute
The will seeks probate in Peoria with the estate valued at three quarters of a million to finance an educational institution named Carrington Institute and university. Trustees include Prof. John M. Culter of the University of Chicago. The estate is to grow until it reaches a real million and a half before construction begins on the home site just outside Peoria.
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Peoria
Washington Corrington
Carrington Institute and University
John M. Culter
University of Chicago
Winter Resort Destroyed by Fire in New Mexico
The Highland hotel, famed winter resort in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was totally destroyed by fire caused by defective wiring in the hotel office call bell board. Several invalids had narrow escapes but no casualties occurred. Loss estimated at $60,000 with $25,000 insured. guests lost clothing and personal effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
Wee
Highland Hotel
New Mexico
Call Bell Board
Demand for higher wages by Chicago engineers
The Stationary Engineers union in Chicago demands a raise from 28 to 37 and a half cents per hour for 125 box office buildings workers. They halted a five year contract, threatening strikes if the rise is not granted, and call for a similar wage increase for hotel proprietors next Tuesday. Col Abraham M M Ryan, notable East Orange resident and former colonel of the Third Arkansas Cavalry, died suddenly on a Lackawanna train en route from New York to East Orange.
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Chicago
Stationary Engineers’ Union
Abraham MM, Ryan
Oranger
Lackawanna
New York
East Orange
Ryan
Arkansas Cavalry
Deaths and funerals mark Maury county notes
The notice records multiple deaths in Maury County and surrounding areas. Mrs. Moore of Harmpahire nearby, and Exquire Daniel McKennon, a longtime Maury County figure, die within days. Others include Mrs. Davie, Thomas O Neal, James Harvey Parrish, and Mrs Mollie McKay with services and interments at local cemeteries and churches.
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Daniel McKennon
Mt Pleasant
Rameey
Hampshire
Kay
McKennon
Maury County
George W. Bailey
Columbie
John W. Floyd
A Trip to Atlantic City at the Opera House
A small audience enjoyed the Wille Musical Comedy Co. in a tepid engagement at the Opera House. The company offered a leaner program than in prior shows, with an oddly dry yet still engaging performance. Chicago actor One Sin, the leading comic, died of pneumonia at Stratford Hotel after a four day illness following a charity performance.
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Atlantic Cuy
Wille Musical Comedy Co
Let v Virtus O Company
Chicago
Dee
One Sin
Stratford Hotel
Mr. Sytres
Hillionaire
Three Ewes Killed and Licenses Issued This Week
A flock loss reported as three ewes killed by dogs near Mr N E occurred Tuesday. County Clerk Thomas records several marriage licenses granted in the past week including A Black to M Balllo A and F Nichol to Mina Margaret OTB among others, with multiple entries listed.
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N. E. Due
Sonide
Due
County Clarice Thomas
A. Black
Mins Balllo A
Carpan
Ide Alderson
Aaugh B. Porter
Mite Etts
Richard
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