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February 1, 2010

By Dorothy Brush / dcb1@frontier.net The Crossville Chronicle Mon Feb 01, 2010, 12:00 PM CST

January 1889

+It is generally believed the state of Tennessee, close upon a hundred years of age, has the most obnoxious, unfair, unjust and dishonest system of revenue on the continent. Three times the people of the state made constitutions and not one of them has reached the place of fair and equal taxation.

+Unless the land of Iran goes down below the sea it will surely become Russian by the mere force of gravitation. Nothing can hold back the increasing weight of the great empire pressing toward the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea. It may be that the time has not yet come for the absorption of Persia by Russia but there is no earthly power that can long postpone it.

+Anybody in need of a razor-back hog will find them on the streets of Crossville

January 1920

+On his return to the naval base at Hampton Roads, Virginia, last week, Roy Bishop looked up the Crossville boys who are there. He found Ray Rector, Ralph Watson and Paul Dayton, all feeling fine and liking the service splendidly. Roy will be sent to Newport, Rhode Island, for further training looking to entering Annapolis for final training as a naval officer.

+Varmint prices here are bringing unusually high prices this year. J.W. Lewis, Erasmus, recently caught a black skunk and a gray fox out of the same hole and a few hours after caught seven skunks in one hole. The whole bunch brought him $25.

January 1976

+The Cumberland County Election Commission has initiated a postcard registration. Citizens can now permanently register without going to the office as has been the custom in the past.

+“Let’s Cook Good Food with the Cumberland County B&PW; Club” is offered for the bicentennial year. It features favorite recipes of the members and sells for $4.50.

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