notes on the news

2 inches of snow! Dr. Cheatham & daughter Lizzie left for New Orleans to go to Mardi Gras HTW Jr. is selling some hella woody land really nice cemetery monument just went up, it’s called “the silent city of the dead” “Henderson Is Progressing;” new Chinese laundry in town. a “thrifty son of the Flowery Kingdom” has set up shop in the Cheatham building Accident in DC! A wagon delivering the mail ran over a guy’s head (he lived) Burwell Hall last night?

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A poem by Zeb Vance that begins “How dear to my heart are the pants of my childhood” Man killed by railroad agent Beware Mercury-containing ointments Review of Reviews - All the magazines in one! GRIND YOUR OWN BONE MEAL Alkaline Water Oscar Outlaw: Tonsorial Artist

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Alkaline water “Oscar Outlaw, Tonsorial Artist” ad Pennyroyal Pills LeBrun’s G & G for either sex (for those Ailments of the Generative Organs) Do You Wear Pants? McKinley vs. Bryan discourse Clean jewelry with hot soap suds and ammonia. Dry in sawdust. Hood’s Sarsaparilla

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Strangely familiar: protracted griping about the election; how can it be possible that a Black man was legitimately elected to congress, etc (this is in reference to Henry Plummer Cheatham)

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H. T. Watkins, trustee, selling stuff Thanks-Giving, that new holiday Samuel Watkins’s has great cape-making materials such as Astrachan A Rabbi from Richmond: Rabbi E. N. Calisch of Congregation Beth Ahabah led services for the Jewish citizens of Henderson. (At the Baptist church. Apparently not long before, a Baptist church some ways away had burned down and the closest synagogue had offered their space for worship while it was rebuilt, so this was a gesture of thanks) SELFISH MEN, an ad with a drawing of Fish Men, for Watkins’ store Parker’s HEADINE!

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Jennie & Lizzie Cheatham return from a visit to Washington, DC R. A. Bullock headed to Dallas for the Presbyterian General Assembly Dr. Cheatham & Dr. Tucker went to Baltimore for the AMA meeting, then they’re off to Goldsboro for the NC med soc Confederate monument unveiling in Raleigh next Monday [iirc it’s gone] - Seaboard Air Line is running a special on train tickets Our popular and accommodating young Clothier on the Corner, Mr.

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Henderson ought to have a graded school Confederate reunion in Warrenton J. B. Watkins building supplies Miss Sudie Watkins ice cream party A little “fistic encounter” between the Mayor and Street Commissioner James H. Bullock, trustee, selling 2 tracts in Nutbush Mrs. R. A. Bullock returned from visiting her sister in Townsville. Young master Walton Moss filled in for Postmaster Cheatham & Asst. Thomas while they were at the Vance Guards encampment Ad: YOUR FACE.

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Dr. Cheatham just got over the grippe, which is going around right now. H.T. Watkins, Trustee, selling property at auction Buy furniture at Watkins! Also, carpets! Hall stands! Shoes! Mattresses! Hats, cravats, shirts, &c, something new & good, at WATKINS’S. Bureaux, bedsteads, washstands, Art Squares, Druggets. Cheap and beautiful. Dr. Cheatham invited to the meeting of the State Medical Society of New York [where he is made an honorary member] Henderson Storage Co.

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“We take it that this is hot enough for you without repeating the oft-asked question.” Old Bob, Mr. Amos’ horse, had to be shot Parker’s Drugstore: it’s a cool place Professor Gruber is in Culpeper these days. Who? The guy who plays a mouth harp, fiddle, bass fiddle, and drum at the same time Picnic at Satterwhite’s Mill Earthquake on Tues. night – recalled the Charleston quake of 8/31/1886. Sounded like a train before and after the wave of “oscillating motion” lasting several seconds Many of Henderson’s top citizens quite sick.

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Page 1 has some great ads. Electric Truss! Scary dental illustration! Precious Ointments! “Dromgoole’s Bitters,” etc

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