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Do You Remember . . . ?(Looking backward through the files of The Prose)-50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEKTown Marshal Jule Jacobssent two to the cooler Monday evening. Drunk and disorderly.A SINGULAR ACCIDENT— Last Thursday evening two brothers. Bird and George Dow-dle, were digging a grave on lotia in which to bury Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Roper, who died the day before. They were working with their backs turned toward each other when Bird, In drawing back his mattock, struck George on the head with the axe part of it, clipping up a portion of the skull about the size of a dollar. He fell and apparently was dead for several minutes, but finally revived and bids fair to recover.25 YEARS AGOThe Wilson Construction Company, contractors for the Georgia road, started building camps last Wednesday at Otto and Tryphosa for the accommodation of the force which Is soon to be put to work on the road.
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Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian
Franklin, North Carolina, US
Thu, Feb 23, 1950
Page 13
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USA 23 May 2025
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