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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
2
Readers are presented with a garbled account of the Scranton mansion in Oxford, detailing its location on Twenty Lane in Oxford and references to its builder, ownership history, and fittings. The text mentions rooms, water supply, and the surrounding grounds, with scattered notes on previous residents and nearby properties, all in anostalgia-filled local history style.
Fragmentary reminiscence of slavery era on Change Water to Anderson area describes planter life, Brister Andrews as enslaved child, later freed with a plan to move. details include Sylvia Dien and Abraham Andrews, family struggles, a whipping post, and a long life of Andrews who saw Civil War service by four sons.
A flood of local social notes describes households hosting relatives for Thanksgiving. Families including the Guest, Dion Mistakesteing Day, and the Tilson clans shared meals and music with neighbors and friends.
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