Friday the 18th Through History and Folklore In Tennessee
A fragmented Almanac style entry notes Friday as Forrest Day in Tennessee and surveys beliefs about Friday superstition linked to Freya. It lists celestial bodies and phases, a 1488 birth myth of Araula Southiel, and a 1787 Northwest Territory ordinance as first governance outside the original colonies. It also briefly recounts the 1798 execution of Jean Paul Marat, Corday’s assault, and marks July 13 1894 as a statehood date with motto Industry and the Sego Lily flower. It ends with Captain George W. Johnson’s 1908 arrival in New York by shell boat.
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Forrest
Tennessee
Freya
Venus
Knaresborough
Yorkshire
England
Satan
Agatha Southiel
Araula Southiel
Toby Shipton
Mother Shipton
Northwest Territory
Congress
Death Sentence for California Woman in Husband Murder
A California woman was sentenced to die on September 24 for murdering her husband, Eric Madison, a film studio employer. She faced the judgment calmly, becoming the second woman in the state’s history sentenced to execution. The piece also lists notable nativities and a brief astrology snippet.
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Eric Madison
Nellie Madison
Los Angeles
Madison
California
Litchfield Notes Highlight Local Social and Church News
Mrs Walter Richards visits family then heads to Atlantic coast for four weeks. Local residents host gatherings while Miss Alberta Roe visits friends at a lake cottage. Congregational Church schedule lists services and a minister's sermon with youth clubs. Community members share visits, teaching careers, and travel, with many callers from Oberlin and Elyria.
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Litchfield
Walter Richards
T. H. Case
Richards
Atlantic Coast
Alberta Roe
J. J. Barth
Morse
Oberlin
Boyd Griswold
Columbus
F. H Schott
Wendell Schott
Congregational Church
Christian Endeavor
Young People’s Club
Mgr
Hubert Root
Medina
Chippewa Lake
J. E. Ford
Edith Thatcher
Alice Peck
Lille Starr
Thatcher
Peck
Miss Starr
Etta Nickerson
West Salem
Wade Rogers
Baby
Boon
Miss Repp
Wellington
Nickerson
Carrie Fahrion
John Fahrion
A. W. Hinkle
D. T. Lloyd
Georges Gamsia
France
Big Home
D T. Lloyd
Springfield
Baptist Sunday School
Herbert Rising
Alex Yosa
Ely Tia
N. L. Megargee
Uniontown
Rey
N.L. MeFargee
Marinor Beach
the Baptist Church
Alvan Steller
Howard Wieck
C. B. Waltz
Hastine
Veronica Madroe
Lakewood
Evelyn Holmes
Ruth McQuate
Geraldine Holmes
Glenn Wensz
Suller
Eberley
Toledo
Henig
Art Holmes
McQuate
Weiser
Ray Hastings
George Hastings
Penfield
A. Canfield
Millersburg
Alvin Stellar
Howard Weick
C. E. Waltz
Elyria
HE. A. Paquignot
Frank Walter
Dorothy
Beach City
Phyllis Louise
Barbara Mae
Will Fabrion
Clearwater
Florida
Court Musser
Donie Musser
Wesley Kemp
Mallet Creek
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Clark Kinnaird Reright
Mercury
Mars
Saturn
Jupiter
Jean Paul Mara
Marie Anne Charlottes Corday
Kor-Da
Barbarola
Marat
Hauer
Pantheon
George W. Johnson
New York
St. Augustine, Fla
Nathan Bedford
Ku Klux Klan
Johin Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob Astor
Sidney Webb
Baron Passfield
Mary E Woolley
Phillips Lord
Seth Parker
Georgia
Jamaica
Riverside Tavern
Coonville Bridge
Oxfords
Warwick
N. Y. Ueh
Cain
SILK
St Loy Balle
WoMore
Mo Mars
Hanos
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