Neighborhood Moves Stir Local News In Early January
County correspondents report Perry Tavins, Godwin, and Hammonds moving into nearby farms traded from O. Hidwit and Rosser on the Nashville Pike. Mrs. Watson of West Point buys, Chandler of Elmwood relocates, and many residents like Murphy and Oakley shift homes. Also notes visits, health concerns, and local social updates with a column on marriage and motherhood strains.
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Dank's Mint
Perry Tavinr
Godwin
O. Hidwit
J. J. Pademonda
J Hammonds
Gordon Rosser
Nashville Pike
Merete B
Watson
West Point
S. 2
Chandler
Elmwood
Joe Murphy
Meg Uan Oakley
M. Deal Hammonds
Oakley
J. Roan
WT. Roan
M. OG. Haimmonda
Sewell Mill Pike
Misses Core
Anna Murphy
Turkey Creek
Watton
L. White
Daley Roan
West Tennesser
Dr. Mangram
Biort
Samfields
Santa So
Garnett Rainey
Columbia
Walter Neabitt
Eloise Doyle
Minnie Lou Davis
Wallace Merritt
Spring Hill
Robert Cooper
Mamie Stacy
McCains
D. K.P. Davis
Arthur Chirch
B.C. Gardner
Arkansas
Ob McKee
Blanche Nichols
Mariel Greene
Theo. Greene
Florence
Alaba
W. C. Gordon
Tennessee
Steven Church
J. N. Murphey
Bob Greene
Neapolis
W. F. Passham
J. Chandler
Kentucky
Ethel Gardner
Mamie Ausba
J. H. Parrish
S. H. Roan
Lowell Mill
Bad Murphy
Jim Bates
Coumbia
Neerxes
Sunnyside Lantern Show Delights Town Residents
Sunnyside residents enjoy a lantern show on Friday as the new year begins, with a long list of local visitors and gatherings. The entry lists several families and neighbors visiting each other, plus notes on a religious speaker and community social moments.
Neapolis epee event with Claire Allen in school context
Fragmentary text mentions Claire Allen at Franxii school and a local epee event. Names appear garbled. no clear date, place, or outcome. Likely a brief school sports or club note with participants and activity.
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Claire Allen
Schoul
Franxii, Fe
Alisa
Sunday Cutting Affray Near Cotton Factory
Two white boys about sixteen, Nade Robertson and Joe Carter, fought Sunday near the Cotton Factory. Robertson cut Carter over the shoulder, inflicting a painful wound. the clash appears unprovoked. Robertson fled, believed to have jumped a freight train.
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Nade Robertson
Joe Carter
Robertson
Carter
Rovertson
New Great South American Kidney Cure touted for rapid relief
Distressing kidney and bladder disease relieved in six hours by the New Great South American Kidney Cure. It promises prompt relief from bladder and back pain and urine retention in both men and women. Sold by A. B. Rains Drugs, Apuls, Columbia, Tenn.
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A. B. Rains
Druggiat
Columbia
Tenn
A. B. Raina
Droggist
Tena
Bridle Thief Caught by Sheriff in Sunday Night Theft
Monday morning Sheriff Hight pursued a negro who tried to sell two pairs of bridles at a low price. The suspect, Frank Fitzgerald, was captured and the bridles identified as belonging to Mr. G. T. Hughes. The Hughes stable had been broken into Sunday night. Fitzgerald was placed in the county jail.
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Hight Beard
Frank Fitzgerald
G. T. Hughes
Fitzgerald
Common Dangers of Neglecting a Cold and Otto's Cure
A neglected cold can lead to consumption bronchitis asthma or catarrh. Otto's Cure, the famous German throat and lung remedy, promises to cure any cough or cold and prevent consumption. Sold by J A Titcomb, price 2 50 and 1 50 per bottle.
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Otto
J. A. Titcomb
Pension for unborn child linked to injury toll case
A Michigan man pursues a pension claiming his birth injuries trace to a pre birth incident and a wartime report of his brother’s death. The family endured shock when the brother was misreported dead, and the claimant was born crippled with no use of his legs.
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Michigan
Mrs Tom Thumb at sixty still bright and active
Mrs Tom Thumb now sixty and still lively though remarried to Count Gagin, her former lover. Once Lavinia Warren on stage, her birth name Miss Bump, born in Middleborough Massachusetts, is noted alongside her 1868 marriage to General Tom Thumb.
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Tom Thumb
Count Gagin
Thomas Thumb
Lavinia Warren
Miss Bump
Middleborough
Massachusetts
Uncalled For Letters in Office for Week Ending 1901
List of unclaimed letters in the office for the week ending Jane 1901 includes several names such as Campbell Miss W Lewis Miss Alice Ferguerson Fremao Lockheart Edd Gamore AEB Maynor KR Gothard WG Ryane Joseph Bettie Skinner Wm H Hampton Harris Miss Cora L Shirley J B Harris Mollie Terry Thas T y Mart Mal Thumb Jas B Johnson Whittaker and others. Levers due one cent. ALP Panias P.M.
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Campbell
Lewis
Alice
Ferguerson
Fremao
Lockheart
Edd
Gamore
Aeb
Maynor
Gothard
Ryane
Joseph
Bettie
Skinner
Wm H
Hampton
Harris
Cora L
Shirley
J B
Mrx Mollie
Terry
Thas T
Y Mart
Mal. Thumb
Jas B
Johnson
Eel Whittaker
Renee
Levers
Panias
P.M
Slaying at Carter's Creek Phosphate Mines
Sunday at the Carter's Creek vicinity a quarrel led to Richard Allen fatally slashing Tom Blackburn. Blackburn died Sunday night from throat wounds after Allen fled. A woman present at Blackburn's house reportedly witnessed the clash. Allen had been staying there and the feud began with heated words that afternoon.
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Richard Allen
Tom Blackburn
Carter's Creek
Allen
Blackburn
Newroes
Gates to be placed at South Garden and South Main crossings
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen has only passed second reading of the ordinance requiring the Lotteville and Nashville Railroad to erect safety gates at the South Garden and South Main street crossings. Despite this, railroad authorities have ordered the gates and they should arrive later this week and be installed next week.
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South Garden
South Main Street
Lotteville & Nashville Railroad
Robbery Attempt At Farnsworth Home On Hampshire Pike
Friday night about ten oclock thieves tried to burglarize the residence of Mr R G Farnsworth on the Hamp shire pike. Miss Farnsworth and others were awake when the parlor window was opened. The burglars fled leaving only a ladies gold watch on the piano. Alarm reached the police but no clue was found to the thief or thieves.
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R. GC. Farnsworth
Hampshire Pike
Flowers in England not art but decoration critique
The piece notes a bloom month in England with abundant displays in shops and homes while questioning reliance on florists for decoration. It compares English taste with Japanese practices, praising simplicity and nature inspired methods, and mentions a published English book on flower arrangements by a Japanese artist. It ends with a short humorous note on a West Point admission day.
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England
London
Bond Street
Regent Street
Japan
Chicago News
Death duties press Duke of Argyll in Gaelic appeal
The new Duke of Argyll faces English death duties that burden his finances. He has issued a Gaelic manifesto to tenants in arrears, urging payment and noting his own large obligation to the government on succeeding to his father's title, while acknowledging no immediate personal benefit from the estate.
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Duke of Argyll
Widow's Testimony at Richardson Inquest in Savannah Mo
The Richmond tragedy widow testifies at the Richardson home after illness delays the coroner's inquest. She repeats her story of Christmas Eve events and denies key points in the servant girl Bessie Phyllis's testimony, claiming visits by men in her absence. The scene draws a large crowd as the jury weighs the evidence.
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Savannah
Frank W.hitchardson
Court House
Richardson House
Booher
Charles P Chouteau Dead in St Louis Home
Charles P Chouteau, a member of an early St. Louis family, died at 6 p.m. Saturday at the Chouteau homestead after a brief illness from pneumonia following a cold. He had continued to work at his Security building office until recently.
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St. Louis
Charles Chouteau
Chouteau
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