Lightsey Letter Reflects on Family, Soldiers, and Birthplace
A long New Year greeting from Lightsey in Wayne County recalls Christmas quietly spent with relatives, mentions the burial of old comrade Joel Morgan, and reflects on aging veterans. The writer tours Sandersville area, notes Magnolia graves, and recalls his birthplace near the Jasper Jones line, describing his family's early homestead and move to Bogue.
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Lightsey
Wayne county
W. J. Lightsey
J. O. Kelly
Sandersville
John
Will Hinton
Julia Thigpen
Ben Thigpen
Ben
Paulding
Joel Morgan
Father recalls pioneer life and early roads in Indiana
The writer reflects on a wooden covered home held by pegs rather than nails that stood sixty years, mentions bears, and lists neighbors in a sparsely settled country. He recalls moving to Paulding, Jasper county in 1854, notes ox wagon trips of twenty-one days, and observes that all railroads in the United States have been built within his recollection. He ends with best wishes for the paper.
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Paul
Ben Thigpen
Sandersville
Boguehome
John Lender
Edward
Thomas
Treats
McGill
Fergusons
Jim Cooper
Holifields
Walters
Blackridges
Smiths
Paulding
Jasper county
Mobile
United States
J.B. LIGHTSEY
Great Sweeping Sale Opens With Hickory Grove Lot
For sale. Lot in Hickory Grove addition. Twenty five dollars cash. Mrs Emma Gass. The talk of the county. The Great Sweeping Sale. Jake Kastlewan. Ten days starting Saturday. Pate de Foi Gras at Laurel Grocery.
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Hickory Grove addition
Emma Gass
JAKE KASTLEWAN
Laurel Grocery
Lost certificate for Laurel Oil & Fertilizer Co. shares
A lost certificate for three shares of Laurel Oil & Fertilizer Co capital stock, certificate No. 196, is reported. The owner may recover the document by returning it to the undersigned or to the Laurel Oil & Fertilizer Co. office in the city.
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Laurel Oil & Fertilizer Co
Mrs G L Denham Suit Sale at Heidelberg Bros
Mrs G L Denham advertises a ten day sale offering suits priced 20 2250 25 and 2750 at Heidelberg Bros with prices cut to 15 dollars each during the promotion creating a bargain window for shoppers.
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Heidelberg Bros
Gulf Coast Rail Schedules and Local Notices 1909
Train timetables show Gulf & Ship Island routes with Jackson Hattiesburg Gulfport and Columbia division times effective January 1 1909. Notices include legal summons to J C Bennett probate matter and local ads for clothing Laurel area and Anchovy products along with a short local update on W A Pruitt returning home after work in Louisiana.
Card of Thanks to all for kindness and sympathy
Mrs. Laura Wheelis thanks friends for kindness during her husband’s long illness and death. She prays God’s blessings on each reader. Also notes Heidelberg Bros has something doing and invites view of their windows.
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Laura WHEELIS
Heidelberg Bros
A M Plays YMC A in February basketball game
The Agricultural and Mechanical College team will meet the Y M C A boys on February 3 in a highly anticipated game. Several Laurel players are on the Starkville roster as the teams prepare to clash. A brief Laurel grocery note follows.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Laurel
Starkville
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GRAVES TRADING COMPANY
Star Restaurant Bldg
Miss
G. L. DENHAM
Gulf & Ship Island R. R
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Columbia
S. D. Borston
Gulfsport
State of
Mississippi
J. C. Bennett
Chancery Court
Jones county
Lucy E. Bennett
J. H. CRAWFORD
W.A. Pruitt
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L. ADLER, BROS. & CO
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