Murder in the Tick Hill smithy leads to hangings
A peddler is murdered in a Tick Hill vicinity smithy with a large wallet and peddler’s valise missing. Henry Scott is accused but later linked to blacksmith John Steele and his son Richard, whose guilt is proven by the recovered hammer and valise. Steele and son are hanged for the crime. Scott is a key witness and later implicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coninbro
Sheffield
Thoskeen
Henry Scott
Scott
Doncaster
Charit Youn
O’ Brien
O'Brien
John Steele
Richard
Mr. O’brien
Steele
O’brien
Mr. Steele
Holderness
Richard Steele
Hammer
Villian
Nolle
Wickhill
Smith
York
Apparent Court Notice From The Appeal Publisher
Fragmentary OCR note shows a Friday morning issue reference and a sequence of legal order actions tied to an appeal. Specific names, dates, or locations are unreadable, leaving only mentions of expiration and payments associated with court orders.
Cotton Culture System for Southern Belt
Col C C Duncan of Perry won a $100 premium at a Atlanta fair in 1870. An essay outlines a step by step cotton culture system: break ground by March 1 with turning and scooter plows, plant by early May, form narrow beds, run fertilizes in furrows, plant within three days, sweep and chop to a stand, thorough plowing and frequent hoe work, and keep grass down. Emphasizes land preparation and strong plow teams as keys to success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macon Telegraph
Liverpool
Col
C. C. Duncan
Perry
Atlanta
The Clay Randolph Duel and a Birth Day Query
The tale recounts the Clay Randolph duel with Randolph firing into the air and Clay wounding Randolph's coat. The two men became friends until Randolph’s death in Philadelphia with Clay among mourners. A child asks if birthdays continue after death, pondering Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay
Randolph
Henry Clay
John Randolph
Philadelphia
George Washington
Lawyering in the family tale gone awry in Detroit
A Detroit youth obsessed with law entangles family life with legal puns and mock lawsuits. He parodies court procedure over daily needs, finally steal away from reform to play near the wood pile, signaling an end to studied legal antics. The piece ends with unrelated glossy notes on manners and a San Francisco aviation company.
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Detroit
Old Chancery
Old Equity
Griswold Street
Detroit Free Press
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Etide
Corcaster
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Arbus Stienhyolle
Birmingham Independent
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Sosi Ad
Masonic
J. J. Harper
M.G. Parkerson
Guthbert
Washington Lodge
No. 19
Elock
A. M
Sind
Cuthbert
Board of Instruction
A. Hflewellen A. M
Meton
Lewellen
Diety
Dewed
Col. Douglass
Appest
Roan
Ap Art
Quitman
Chiyum Rellyue
Sash. Guerry
A&ttorney
Law
Oper
Dawson
Robertson
Suygeon
Spee
Westmoreland
PET Ts TT
Spa
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Ce. Aresent
South Ray Csats
Tenis
BR. Eykennon
Fort'gaines
United States
Maylily
Ee PS Powele
Oon Oo
Clay-Randolph
San Francisco
Cal
Marriott
Airoplane Navigation Company
Burke County
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