Dr Ouzts Travels Describe Virginia Trip and Washington
In a second letter Dr Ouzts offers a vivid account from crossing the James River to Charlottesville through the Virginia mountains. He notes a millionaire estate near Oakridge, Bull Run memories, and stops at Manassas as the route passes Orange Culpeper and Warrenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Lynuchburg
Charlottville
Oakridge
Charlonsville
Strom
Fande
Virginia
Bull Run
Thington
Manassas
Potomac
Occoquan Creek
Bull
Beaure
Johnto Hissid
Trentontown News Fragment Reflects Farm Lifts and Local Death
The item notes farmers sowing wheat and oars while boosting home supplies, mentions the passing of Mr. Jake DeLouch after a lingering illness, and records funeral rites at Harmony church led by Rev. Graves L. Knight. It also notes Miss Eugenia Robertson’s return to Abbeville and Thanksgiving visits by Miss Margie Ryan and Mrs. Geo. W. Ryan, with a line about not sleeping well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rip van Winkle
Jake DeLouch
Harmony Church
Graves L. Knight
Eugenia Robertson
B. J. Day
Abbeville
Margie Ryan
Geo. W. Ryan
Sheriff Halts Chicken Fight in Aikenyard Showdown
In Aiken on December 2 a staged chicken fight erupted at Barton's pond with a large crowd from Augusta Horse Creek Valley and Aiken. Sheriff Rabon and Policeman Busbee intervened as the 11th round began and roosters and owners fled. The event had been planned for Augusta but local authorities stopped it, drawing ire from the better citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aiken
Barton's Pond
Augusta
Horse Creek Valley
Tar Heel
Rabon
Ra' Tal Policeman
Busbee
Aikel
No Liquors Served For President Taft
Reported sentiment from President Taft’s abstinence aiding a ban on wine at public functions during his western tour. Two banquets altered plans to exclude intoxicants. In St Louis ministers objected to serving alcohol at a totally abstaining guest’s plate. In Pittsburgh a banquet moved to Soldiers Memorial Hall, with liquor prohibited by county commissioners guarding the venue.
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Tafthag
Taft
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Soldiers’ Memorial Hall
Fura and Muffs to Enter Major Cutback
Smith Marsh Co announces a large reduction affecting a few Fura and Muffs, signaling a planned scale back in production or staffing.
Johnston Notes Mournful Town And Thanksgiving Gatherings
Johnston residents mourn Dr. James Morgan Rushton who died of heart failure at his home. The town also observes Thanksgiving with services, charity baskets from D. of C. members, and a visit to the County Home by Mrs. J. H. White and Miss Zena Payne distributing food, clothing, and warmth to inmates.
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Wel. Coleman Bas
Green Hi
Geo. Pierce
Ninety Six
hNig
L. B
J.G. Bavaria J. Glover
W. B. Cogborner
Edgefield
Dr. Rushton
Dre
Wrat
Georgetown
Henry, Clark
Aiken
Hattie Rushton
Columbia
G. Mobley
Shipp
Atlanta
Andre, Strother
Batenburg
queMa
C. F. Struther
Telford
W. M
Wm. Toney
Ss. Reais Jordan
A. Ie D Jacobs
Foo Wea
J. H. Swearingenyd
W. Stimens
Miipa
Red
B- Agnew
Due Woat
Lillian
Ella Mobley
Garland Coleman
Florida
W.L. Coleman
H. W. Grouch
B. L. Allen
D. of C
M. T. Turner
Greenwood
J. H. White
Zena Payne
Baptist Church
Dorset
James Morgan Rushton
Hov
Johnston
County Association of Physicians
Knight of Pythias
Rushton
Wofford College
Anguata Medical College
Octavia Crouch
Tabitha Rushton
M. L. Barr
Missea Anna Bess
Kya
Jessie Rushton
Pierce Rushton
E. H. Beckham
W. 5
Mt. of Olives
Hhs
John Scurry
Mary Ann Buie
D. of
Zena
Payne
Scurry
Wade
Scarry
Prescott Social at Prescott Mansion Honors Many Guests
Dr and Mrs W E Prescott hosted a mansion party for about twenty five couples from evening until eleven. Guests entered a green and white hall, faced a flower contest won by Fred Mima and Robie Jones, and saw a fortune teller Miss Louisa Lyon. The evening featured weights at the hallway, punch in the vine clad room, hot chocolate and cake in the dining hall, and a popular young lady contest with Miss Lyon winning a cake. Guests included Mr and Mrs Jumper, Misses Beulah Blanche Jump er, Rev J T Littleton left for Greenswood convention, and an honor roll from Prescott school listing high scores for several Prescott students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Prescott
Wallace Prescott
Eddie Cheatham
Green
Alma Hammond
Urate
Fred Mima
Misa Robbie Jones
Louis Hammond
Misa Marie Prescott
Tonis Hammond
Pearle Shannon
Louisa Lyon
Misa Lyon
Shania
Peet
Mathews
Messe Young
Dud Wet S C
Willie Brown
Maybelle Strom
Prescott Lyon
Robbie Jones
Ernest Miller
Stoba Prescott
Beulah
F. Logan
Edgefield
Ida Miller
Harris Mathin
Ruth Miller
Harry Culbreath
Blanche Jumper
Thomas Williams
Annie Mathis
Ben Wood
Ola Talbert
Marie Prescott
Willie Jumper
Suesta
J. W. Jumper
Springfield
8. C
JT. Littleton
Greenswood
L. H. Prescott
Jumper
Mra. Jumper
Luke May
Homer Williams
Frank Maya
Fearle Shannon
Prescott School
Ellen Prescott
Mayme Pressley
Naomi Prescott
Rhett Hammond
Harold Prescott
Nora Prescott
MERTINS Offers Dress Deals At Augusta GA Store
A local retailer at 854 Broad Street Augusta Georgia advertises a black dress marked 18 dollars 00 cents and a gray and brown all wool garment priced 19 dollars 50 cents. The listing notes a value of 25 dollars for the dress and highlights shop stock available under FG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Stree
Augusta
Fragmentary county home note 17 residents outlined
A fragmentary OCR excerpt lists 17 at the County Home with race notes indicating 11 white and 6 black residents. The text is incomplete and lacks clear context or date.
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Alto
Washington
Mileane
Orange
Culpepper
Werton
Jelon
Lyon
Edgerd
Shanghai
Jackson
Stonewall
District of Columbia
Potomac River
Bubin
State of Mary
George J
United States
Washington Monument
Mt. Vernon
Museum
Treasury Department
Ferguson
Baltimore and Ohio
Baltimore
Pennsylvania Road
Medical Museum
Trenton News
Jake DeLoach
Johnston Serrer
U. D C
Gt County
Prescott
Mrs. Prescott
Ae Pears
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