1885 :: 03-22 from L.V. Sikes

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1885 L. V. Sikes letter
Sunday, March 22, 1885

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8) "Nely['s]...little reel footed baby..." - Don't understand this terminology, but perhaps it means the foot is turned under so that he reels when he walks? Any clarification to this would certainly be welcome.

9) "Three of my children go to school." - This must be: Charles Edward Sikes / Sykes, b. 07 April 1873, Luther S. Sikes / Sykes, b. 04 February 1877, and Florence Virginia Sikes / Sykes, b. 29 May 1879 to Lou Vicy Jane [Vick] and William Holiver Sikes, Jr.

10) "My little girl has just been going two weeks..." - This must be Florence Virginia Sikes / Sykes - [See 9) above].

11) "Billy's youngest brother, Bob Sikes was married last November." - Robert James Sikes / Sykes, b. 07 October 1859, Sumter County, Alabama to Julia A. [Hopper / Harper] and William Holiver Sikes / Sykes, Sr. He married Lorena Maxine Van Cleave on 06 November, 1884. [Note: This is further proof the date of this letter is March 22, 1885]

12) "...Aunt Manda..." - Amanda Sarah Boyd, b. 9 April 1833 in South Carolina to Mary [McDowell] and Andrew Boyd, Jr. [See 3) above].

13) "...Aunt Nancy..." - Nancy Younge [Boyd] Richey, b. 11 September 1839 in Mississippi to Mary [McDowell] and Andrew Boyd, Jr.

14) "L. V. Sikes" - Lou Vicy Jane [Vick] Sikes / Sykes, b. 03 September 1854 to Louisa Catherine [Boyd] and Hartwell D. Vick.
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• Waco, Texas, Dec. 1. A new "tonic, brain food and exhilarant" is on sale at Wade Morrison's Old Corner Drug Store. Morrison came here from Virginia after his courtship with a Miss Pepper was ended by the girl's father, Kennneth, who also happened to be young Wade's boss. Lovesick and jobless, Morrison headed west and bought the pharmacy, where a clerk named Charles Alderton had concocted the new drink. Morrison named it after the most influential man in his past -- Dr. Pepper.
  
  
• Mount McGregor, N.Y., July 23. President Ulysses S. Grant died here today at the age of 63.
  
  
• New York City. According to "Harper's Bazaar", When a woman went out for a drive in 1875, she would be dressed in all black. Now, oranges, pinks, blues and lilacs with lace flounces are everywhere.
  
  
• Montgomery, Alabama becomes first Southern city with streetcars.
  
  
• New York City, June 19. Statue of Liberty arrives from France.
  

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