Ordination and notices sweep through small town letters
December 26 entry notes family improvements with JH Corbin and visitors from surrounding areas. The piece covers Christmas visits, deer hunting, and local social calls before detailing the ordination of L. E. Campbell by a presbytery led by I. W. Burts and W. B. Hawkins, followed by a deposition of Rev James A Heath in Kansas City. Additional items include Georgia Populists planning a 1902 state ticket, and praise for Dr. Curry’s Madrid appointment reflecting U.S. posture toward Spain.
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Brother I. Campbell
I. W. Burts
J. D. Chapman
Wm. Brown
W. B. Hawkins
R. W. Burts
T. D. Chapman
L. H. Gamph
Brother Campbell
North Carolina Arrests Tied to Cherry Tree Co Case
United States Marshal arrested M. Morest City. George Pateet. Grandison Ramsey. Alvin Biggerstuff. and Drury Hill of Ellenboro in a fraud by mail scheme linked to the Amos Owen Cherry Tree Company. Bond set at 1000 for the first, 500 for the others. case bound for Charlotte Federal Court. R. J. Herndon, a local musician, displayed a picture of Amos Owen to York County residents.
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North Carolina
M. ©. Padgett
Mmorest City
George Pateet
Grandison Ramsey
Alvin Biggerstuff
Drury Hill
Ellenboro
United States
Amos Owen
York Coury
Spartanburg Journal
Tutt's Pills for Torpid Liver and Health Claims
An advertisement touts Tutt's Pills as a remedy for torpid liver and related ailments including sick headache dyspepsia constipation rheumatism and sallow skin urging no substitute and proof by trial. The second item notes Schley case closure with Parker stating Schley seeks vindication via full pay and trial costs reimbursement.
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Tutt
New York
James Parker
Perth Amboy
N. J
Admiral Schley
Schley
Congress
Cash Prize Contests Promote Savannah Cotton Receipts
The Atlanta Constitution and Sunny South offer a $3500 cash prize contest running January to April 1902 to Savannah cotton receivers and agents. Prizes range from 250 to 1000 dollars with extra shares for close estimates and a consolation pool for near-miss entrants. Subscriptions to The Atlanta Constitution and related papers fuel eligibility, while readers are urged to send in figures and include Savannah receipts for September 1901 through April 1902.
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Savannah
Gas
Atlanta Constitution
Agenta
Agunta
Faa
Mberal
Kent
Atlanta
Fiavannah
Bavannah Sotton
Thorn
Shiv Ig
Constitution
Keowee Courier
Sarahnah
St. Louis
Allo Diveoti J
Redding
South
The
Clarl
Howell
Koby Robinson
Sunny South
Woman's Department
Mary J. Bryan
Koowoo Courier
Qoonoo County
Sunny Gouth
Koowoo
Lgent Catimato
Aiddress All Exdora
Kekowek Courier
CANDY LON CHARAPANE STAMPED C. C. C WARNING DEALERS
Fragmented local notice mentions C C C candy with stamped markings and warnings against bulk sales. Also reports racial and criminal incidents, including threats and shootings, in a Confederate era context. Names Roosevelt and Mildred Leo appear in Political and social notes.
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Second Battle of Manassas Exhibit Opens at Charleston Exposition
The Charleston Exposition unveils a cyclorama depicting the Second Battle of Manassas in a vast building on December 21. About seventy hundred guests including city officials attend a tour through a tunnel to a dramatic scene of Lee and Jackson’s forces clashing with Pope’s army, a costly Paris production valued at $100,000.
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Charleston
Manassas Wis
Leo
Jackson
Pope
Niles
Diannaans
Bull Run
Gannion
Gon
Paris
France
Magnitude of St Louis Exposition Size and Cost
The St Louis World’s Fair is about twice as large as prior expositions with estimated area 1,200 acres and a projected cost of 20 million dollars. Earlier fairs covered varying acres and costs, while the city plans further growth to 40 million by completion. The 1903 event promises vast infrastructure and civic expansion driven by public and private funding.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Buffalo
Louisiana Territory
St. Louis
United States
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
Profitable Investment in Digestive Aid Claims Cure
A man from Somorvillo, Indiana, recalls seven years of stomach trouble and hospital bed rest before using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. After a few bottles he says he is entirely well, asserting the medicine helps the stomach digest and assimilate food so one can eat freely without dieting.
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Saya
Domick
Somorvillo
Ind
J. W. Boll
Christmas Eve shooting matches and local notes from Jocasoao
Christmas Eve shooting matches conducted by Mr William Brown and Mr Wiwnkin. A dance at Mr James Alexander's home and visits by families from Little River and Salem. Bridges rebuilt after floods near Chapman's Ford. Local sermons, visits, and farming updates fill the period.
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Jocassoo
William Brown
Wnkin
Jaméa” Alexander
Jrick Canteell
John Weldon
Missa Minuto
Mary Holden
Noomie Cantrall
Little River
Joonance
John Crow
Salem
Patternon
John Ht. Whitin
John M. Grow
Branghow
Chapman's Ford
H. Snead
Midai
Aevant
RP Moore
Mount Carmochurch
Willie Crow
Hhjom Thin Wook
Goo
Hiko
Jamoa Crow
Grp
Kodol Dyspepsia Gurs Digeste what you eat
The text references Southern Railway and discusses railway dining services, Pullman cars, and passenger routes from Atlanta to New York and Washington. It mentions imports and crop notes, with scattered, unclear marginal details about trains and schedules and a list of stations and connections.
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Southern Railway
Money counterfeiting scam floods Cleveland with altered bills
A Cleveland report describes a counterfeit operation altering one dollar bills by clipping sixes from internal revenue stamps and reissuing them as fives. Bank clerks and cash handlers detect many notes, but some counterfeit notes pass to naïve and careless holders amid a citywide ripple.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Innocant
Carless
Atlantic Coast Line Trade Dept. Freight Line South Carolina
Trade department outlines service line between Charleston and Columbus and winter routes southward. plan aims to extend freight and passenger connections along the Atlantic coast with operational adjustments and future expansion.
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Charleston
Columbis
Wpper
South Carolina
AU Opto Disse
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