02 Jan 1896
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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1896
Page
1
Fragmented OCR lists names such as Jane Grimley Grimsley and Grimsley family members with prices and fees, plus scattered references to Wardens, counts of dollars, and a note that over sixty percent of spring woolen clothing orders are placed abroad. The piece ends with a census remark and a pistol of unrelated text.
A collection of anecdotes and reflections on thorns as life annoyances guiding humility and faith. Pauls thorn, household and professional woes, moral lessons from mission school praise, and a London street joke illustrate resilience, trust, and character under pressure.
Qualified as executors notify all claimants to present claims for payment by December 14 1896 or be barred from recovery. Debts to estate to be paid promptly. Dec 14 1895. M G Shearer J G Palliam Executors L N Perkins
Mr Graham Davis of New Bern, N C writes that Allen G Thurman descended from a North Carolina family long prominent in the Albemarle region. He notes Nathaniel Allen of Edenton and the elder Thurman line connected to Edenton’s firm Collins Dickerson & Allen and Lake Scuppernong developments. Also mentions Sir Richard Everard as ancestor of Benjamin Harrison and Shermans NC roots. A Chicago anecdote about a firehouse drill in Dearborn Street ends with a comparison to Chicago.
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