My friends - Today, we are resuming our review of the some early newspaper snippets from Calloway County. All of the items shown below came from the Calloway Times, in the 1896-1903 time frame. Before getting into that, however, it was reported that an earthquake, centered in Blandville, in Ballard County, shook some furniture last Friday, cracked some sidewalks, and registered 4.5 on the Richter Scale. Several of our subscribers have reported this, and I mention here because of the recent piece I posted on the great New Madrid earthquake in 1811. Thankfully, this one, from newspaper reports, does not seem to have done a great deal of damage. Back to the snippets - these items may include anything from visitation notices, birth and death notices, obituaries, tributes, marriages, criminal activities, etc. They give us an opportunity to catch a glimpse of life as it was in those simpler and sometimes gentler days. Subscribers to the JP and Calloway lists can obtain the text of a snippet shown in the listing below by sending a request to me. I will ask that the guideline of no more than three (3) items be requested, due to the length of some of the snippets. And, as always, your continuing assistance in not resending this entire message back to me with the request is appreciated. Tomorrow, we will move to Marshall County. -B +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Calloway County - Early Newspaper Snippets - Continued Abbott, Charles Powell | Gammon, Gertrude | Marriage Franklin, Noah (murder conviction) Ferguson, Ryan (visitation) Jones, Robert (Death) Gutherie, J.J. (Illness) Pitman, James (Illegal spirits) Underwood, Joel (Death) Cook, Salina (Death) Norsworthy, Doc (Child Injury) Davis, Lee (Death) Stubblefield, Toy (Visitation) Key, Garland (Move) Outland, John | Nannie, Bertie |Marriage Lamb, Austin | Calhoun, Ada |Marriage Futrell, Wallace | Holsapple, Bettie |Marriage Crouse, Coleman (Death) Salmon, Archie (Death) ~to be continued~ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++