Cows that commit suicide.
Mummified body of woman on display at the town square.
Woman wrestling bear event.
Triplets born to family and article brags on the father...the mother is never mentioned.
Someone stole a person's lunch at the courthouse and is kindly asked to step forth and confess.
A terrible flood that washes away homes and businesses and kills several people in one family.
Miss So and So is visiting Mr. So and So and it could lead to something serious!
Mr. Jones is ailing and the county wishes him full recovery.
Moonshine, dirt roads, big snows, bigger politicians.
These are some of the interests written about in our local paper, published anywhere from the late 1800's to the 1920's.
They just don't make newspapers like they used to.
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