Old Time Friends and Rural Life in 1898 Excerpts
The column blends verse references to Civil War era figures with local notes from Zalma and surrounding towns. It mentions P. W. Smith as the town’s best horseshoe pitcher, road overseer appointments, migrations to Eastland and Malden, hog cholera, parties at Herbert Burdnoe’s, a kissers’ anecdote, weather and a rain, mail delays, and a Dingley tariff example illustrating tax transfer to mill owners alongside a critique of per capita statistics. It references Adolph James’s move to Eastland and J.M. Allen's travel, plus Robins’s political ambitions and county clerk speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. W. Smith
A. T. Long
W. R. Speer
Cyinney
Greenbrier
J.M. Allen
Brownwood
Rev. Biffle
Bill Brooks
Malden
Dick Whittaker
J. Monroe Robins
Adolph James
R. James
Eastland
Texas
Zalnia
Herbert Burdnoe
Robins
Hill of
Advance
J. W. Slinkard
A. F. Boyer
Castor
Tus Preas
Zalma
Naroon
Tus
Paris
Pussisuer
Local News Briefs From The Area
Our correspondents report health steady as rain eases and farmers rush to plant spring crops. A Swindell plans to move to Greenville soon. R P Dalton and wife visited from Jack son. A Shrum’s little son died recently. James Bollinger has been ill for weeks. Mrs Mary Nugent of Fredericktown visited town and promotes quilting machines. D F Bollinger was thrown from a mule and broke his arm. Ladan of Perry county sold fruit trees this week. News is scarce as everyone stays busy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Swindell
Greenville
R. P. Dalton
Jackson
Andrew Shrum
James Bollinger
Mary Nugent
Henry Nugent
Fredericktown
Glen Allen notes from town readers and events
Reader contributions from Glen Allen mention Mrs. Pinnell illness Dora Miller visit by Monday and Johnny Rhodes wandering about. Weather and ducks provide talk of rain impacting track walkers. Weddings continue in the area and Mrs. Summers visits Bismarck. The bicycle remains a local attraction with m. Peal at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Allen
Pinnell
Dora Miller
Johnny Rhodes
Summers
Bismarck
Salma Town Sees Quiet Days Amid Sparse Trade
Local merchants report few shoppers as farming dominates daily life. Fishing and horse activity fill time while Herman Hose reportedly kept a saloon near the twelfth of May. Townsfolk lament the lack of beverages and wonder what to do for drinks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Hose
Greek army falls back in Thessaly as Larissa is abandoned
The Sunday Republic reports the Greek army retreating about 25 miles, abandoning Larissa and regrouping at Pharsalia for an impending battle. Edhem Pasha’s forces were reinforced, Greeks at Mati driven to Tirnavo, then back to Larissa. Turks remain in Larissa as Crete war continues. Behem Pasha reportedly wounded and dead. Colonel Manos arrives at Janina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thessaly
Larissa
Pharsalia
Edhem Pasha
Mati
Tirnavo
Crete
Behem Pasha
Manos
Janina
Peon
Why does everyone watch a newly married couple
A quote questions why single people and married peers watch newly married couples. It notes singles expect love making while married viewers anticipate a quarrel, attributed to Pue.
County board reduces land assessment and adjourns
The Board of Equalization lowers the valuation of 160 acres in section 4 township 29 range 8 from 160 dollars to 95 dollars per acre and orders corrections to assessment books. County Court adjourns the February term with usual officials present. The court approves a school fund bond, fixes back tax records, and appoints John Luke and F M Jones to the County Institute Board for 1897, with further appointments for the board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Board of Appeals
County Board of Equalization and Appeals
Nenninger
Robins
W. A. Davault
Wm. B. Yount
John W. Cobb
W. A. Dayault
John Luke
F. M. Jones
County Institute Board
T. A. Caldwell
J. A. Richards
W. A. Leoffler
J. M. Slagle
W. A. Dann
A Mountain Encounter With Polly and Bill Davis
A September afternoon on a western North Carolina mountain road brings a wary traveler face to face with Polly, a quick gun, and a wary plan to ambush. The scene shifts to her modest, hospitable family as the stranger explains he is a Civil Engineer working on a forthcoming railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Bill Davis
Bill
Bear Crick
United States
Polly
Follerin
Northern writers sketch meetings with her queer visitors
An Exchange snippet notes she is authoring a book on queer talk and the varied visitors during the simmer, reflecting on how northern writers cover such accounts for newspapers.
Incorrigible sailor and a forger sent to prison
A Washington Star quote describes a hardened seafarer resistant to reform and addicted to tobacco. The tale contrasts his health impact with a leisurely mentor's plea. Dan Haines of Malden, former Cotton Belt agent, receives a two year prison sentence for forgery amid several indictments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Matey
Dan Haines
Malden
Clai
Cotton Belt Railroa Company
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the Legion
Algiers
Hohenlinden
John Moore
Mary
Cato
Plato
Hamlet
Solilloquy
Light Brigade
Death
Reaper
Bingen
The
Rhines
Frank L. Stanton
Atlanta Constitution
New York World
Governent
Patton
Salma
Cardus
Chattanooga Medicine Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
W.laddison
Cary
Mies
Diogenes
Stu
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