Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 18, 1874 The Beulah Baptist Association planned to hold its next annual meeting in Hickman. The German Seminary in Hickman announced classes in drawing, music, French, Italian, German, Latin, Greek, Natural Philosophy, English Literature, Mathematics, Bookkeeping and Civil Engineering. The school headmaster was A. W. Swanitz, an American educated in “one of the best European schools,” an engineer, and former United States Surveyor. The Hickman City Council met on September 14th to pay the hardware store of Baltzer & Knoerr $25.90 for “repairing tools” and passed a motion that “all parties…
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The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will meet at the Calloway County Public Library, 710 Main Street in Murray, KY at 10:30 am on Saturday, September 28. The program will focus on a forthcoming book documenting churches – buildings and congregations — that have passed from the scene in Callaway County. They remain, however, important parts of the history of the county and the communities they served. Forms will be available to order the forthcoming book, which is sponsored by the Calloway County Genealogical and Historical Society. The book reports on the research involved as well as the history of…