Law at Balaams Cross Roads Opens Turbulent Family Feud
In a crumbling southern plantation setting the Hill at Balaams Cross Roads becomes the scene of threats and confrontation as Bob Yancy, Hannibal Wayne Hazard and others clash with Dave Blount. A confrontation at Ox Road forks ends with Yancy dispatching Blount and Hannibal riding home, while Charley Balaam arrives with a demand and a sealed document foreshadowing further trouble.
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Unitards
Byonathan Crenshaw
Bladen
Bob Yancy
Hannibal Wayne Hazard
Yancy
Balaam
Crenshaw
Bob
Sammy Bellamy
Dave Blount
Uncle Bammy
Fayetteville Road
Ox Road Forks
Hannibal
Uncle Bob
Nevvy
Mr. Blount
Nervy
Blount
The Encounter at Scratch Hill Court Ends in Debate
In Cumberland County NC 1835, Bob Yancy faces a warrant for assault on Dave Blount. Magistrate Balaam presides as the court weighs whether Yancy knew of a court order. Uncle Sammy accuses Fayetteville authority of overreach while Betty Malroy says goodbye to Hannibal and hints at a future reunion near Belle Plain.
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Ton
Uncle Sammy
Yancy
Halaam
Hit
Tom Carrington
Forks
Mr. Carrington
Carrington
Sammy
Kentucky
New Orleans
Baltimore
Hob
Bob Yancy
Dave Blount
Bob
Balaam
Balasam
County of
Cumberland
David Blount
Fayetteville
Robert Yancy
Scratch ‘Hill
Blount
Scratch Hill
DE Lancy Balaam
North Carolina
Staelt
Mr. Yancy
Mr. Blount
Tou Ile
Dave
Mankes
Vaney
Squire
Squire Balaam
Co’t
Co't
Betty Malroy
Hannibal
Scratch Hiller
Mr. Yancey
Murrell
Crenshaw
Mourrell
Betty
West
Iennessee
West Tennessee
Memphia
Belle Plain
Mr. Crenshaw
Miners Wives in Bowhill District Pride in Fashion
A Bowhill area writer describes Fife miners and their families. Husbands rise early for shifts at six and return by two, while wives manage households and school runs. Wages are good yet many wives stay home, with millinery buying spurring row fashion. Accidents loom, churchgoing is strong, and miners’ communities show close ties amid risk and devotion.
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Broughty Ferry
Scotland
Bowhill
Fife
Catches Lion In His Coat From Mountain Climb Trapper Heroics
Richard Tovey, a trapper, climbed a tree to pursue a mountain lion. He caught the beast headfirst in his coat as it leapt, saving both from harm. The lion struggled but was not injured. Tovey remained gripping the coat as they fell.
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Yancys
Meeker
Cole
Richard Tovey
Tovey
Fanile
Lion
Needle in Woman's Arm Revealed by X Ray in Altoona
In Altoona Pennsylvania doctors revealed an X ray showing a sewing needle lodged in the right forearm of Mrs Margaret Myers after eight months of treatments and pain. She cannot explain how it came to be there and has no memory of injury.
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Altoona
Margaret Myers
Abe
Entil
Two Smiles and a Poet at the Authors Club in New York
Ezra Found, the poet, attended the Authors Club in New York where talk centered on Shelley's cremation. A wavering, ribald note surfaces about sepulture and a widow’s peculiar thoughts, with remarks about a wind overturned urn and a widow’s second husband.
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Neg
Ezra Found
Authors’ Club
Shelley
Amile
George
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Stentor
Charley
Balsam
Rit
Bellamy
Vaughan Kester
BR Melvill
Tee Evans-Rewan
Memphis
New Vy
Auchterderran
Colorado
Beast
Eer Clements & Clements
Stig
Laee CO
Cart Father
Conveniencer
STROM
Cook CO
Ilta
Gra
N. A., FT. Wayne
Fort Wayne
Stop Wayne
Coma
Abraham
Law
Eliza
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