Humorous Department from the Detroit Free Press clippings
A collage of light anecdotes from the period includes a train ticket ruse where a man swaps tickets to confuse a brakeman and conductor, a pay‑for‑favor tale about a dog and a gun, a Missouri historian’s dinner quip about Claiborne Jackson, a cure testimonial misunderstanding, Senator Pettus avoiding a medical consultation, and German stair idiom in a Cincinnati court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Detroit Free Press
Lancaster and Chester News Roundup Observes Local Events
Sheriff J P Hunter traveled to Jacksonville Florida to answer to a horse stealing charge. Marriages unfold in Flat Creek township and at a mill community residence. Notable local events include revival success, mill life updates, a high profile legal stay, and a fatality amid a whisky-fueled disturbance.
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J. P. Hunter
Jacksonville
Fla
Joe Brown
Bracus Catoe
Lula Faille
Flat Creek Township
W. F. Estridge
Will Catoe
Lula Mungo
Lee Taylor
Bessie Catoe
Hosey Knight
Mary Sowell
Mike Sowell
Roberts
Mill
C. P. Carter
Grace Methodist Church
Southern
Camden
W. A. Clyburn
Clyburn
Lancaster County
Mr. Clyburn
Walter Davis
Cotton Mills
R. E. Turnipseed
First Methodist Church
E. K. Hardin
Clover
Chester
The Story Teller and the Last Gray Jacket Brethitt
A biographical tale tracing Brethitt from Civil War heroism to a lifetime longing for his old unit. He drifts through time clinging to a faded flag, finally rejoining Bonham's brigade in a dramatic charge and dying with honor, eyes on the colors he never abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brethitt
Carolina Hills
Brethitts
Mexico
Manassas
Little Hill Farm
Dixie
Lee
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Potomac
Maryland
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Grant
Sheridan
Mountuin Salutarius
Northern
Virginia
Confederacy
Seven Pines
Antietam
Malvern
Dan
Carolina
Bonham
South Carolina
Spain
Pennsylvania
Bob Lee
Florida
Ragged
Indians Seek Divorces in South Dakota Court Docket
Twenty petitions for divorce were filed in the Bonesteel circuit court as Sioux Indians on the Rosebud reservation use the new law. Cases allege desertion and elopement among several named individuals, with claims for child custody and alimony. The report also notes Homer Davenport commenting on supposed spotted Arabian horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonesteel
S. D
South Dakota
Rosebud
James Ghost Hawk
Bessie
Walking Soldier
Crow Creek Reservation
Mollie Three Thighs
Ghost Hawk
Thomas Two Sticks
William Stalking Bear
Alice Good Muskrat
Henry Muskrat
Flora
Alice High-Kicker
Star Boy
Jennie
Dog Soldier
Hollow
Picket
Mary Picket
Sweet Horse
Clara Sweet Horse
Homer Davenport
America
New York
Albany
Ore
Arabian Desert
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Hse
Arthur Herkimer
Missouri
St. Louis
Clairborne F. Jackson
Washington Star
Boston
Concern
Senator Pettus
Alabama
Indianapolis Star
Cincinnati
Copstairs
Harpers
Lancaster
W. B. Wyllie
Yorkville
City
Marion Harshaw
Annie Scott
J. G. Darby
Due West
Rebecca Spencer
J. D. McDowell
York County
James Chambers
W. H. Newbold
Gus Lee
Y. J. Pope
S. M. Jones
Wyllie Street
J. G. L. White
Hemphill
York Street
Wylie Street
Alma Hood
I. McD. Hood
Alma
Gaston
Gastonia
W.S. Haynes
Clara Mill
Effie Caldwell
Margaret Caldwell
Dallas
J. A. Hoyle
Hopper
Lucy Carolina Wylie
J. T. Wylie
W. H. Reddish
J. C. Galloway
Oakwood
Wylie
David Boyd
J. B. Boyd
Hollafield
Isenhower
Grayjackets
E. Crayton McCants
McClure
Appomattox Court House
San Juan Hill
Iren
Sally
Jimmy
Santiago Hills
Corsica
World Wide Magazine
Rayo Lamp
Standard Oil Company (Incorporated
Stationery
Alana
J.S. Wilkerson & CO
Hickory
L. M. Grist’s Sons
THE
Enquirer Office
Enquirer
L. M. Grist's Sons
Bank OF
Hickory Grove
C. W
Cain
BY Etta W. Pierce
Pear
B. N. Moore
Photography
West Liberty Street
J. R. Schorb
Yorkville Enquirer
Publishers
W. D. Grist
C. E. Grist