Most Productive Month: 1881
“Census___ During the year 1881, there were 88 marriage licenses issued in Cherokee, county.
The month of December seems to be the most productive of matrimonial engagements, fifteen licenses have been granted during the month of the shortest days.
“There are 139 births recorded for the year, and sixty deaths. Those two latter items are known to be sadly incorrect, but physicians are paying more attention to the law than formerly. ”____Jan 5, 1882
Latest Wire On Tax
A Washington telegram of the 20th says: The Ways and Means Committee, on the question of the repeal of the income tax, stand five to four, the majority being AGAINST it.
I hope you enjoy these articles, the contradiction of the news then and now is just amazing to me. The last article is about the prices of what farmers were getting for their crops in 1870.
Market prices for 1870 were always to be found in the Times since Van Der Cock and Van Epps made an attempt to keep the paper posted on the latest increases or declines in prices.
On series of market listings put forth by the noted general store, during this time, showed wheat to be selling at 50 cents per bushel, corn brought forty cents a bushel, potatoes seventy cents, and onions were going strong at $1.25 per bushel.
Muslin could be purchased for twenty cents per yard while nails were selling for seven cents a pound. Dry cord wood could be sold for $4, but the green wood brought only $3.75.
I have now covered for the most part four pages of the seventy eight page edition of the centennial celebration of the Cherokee Times. To me it is amazing what they chose as news. As I was folding these fragile pages this little two liner caught my eye: “Mr. Jones, the editor went to Meridon, which is about seven miles from Cherokee, by horse back.”
Can you imagine how big our newspapers would be if all “news” was reported such as this? So far I haven't seen any heartbreaking news in this paper. Next week I will be looking into the Courier.
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