Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 11, 1874 The coming trade year was predicted to be “necessarily hard on businessmen of small capital” since many farmers would be forced to carry over their debts into the next year due to the serious drought. The Hickman Young Men’s Christian Association met on September 10th and elected Reverend J. D. Bush as President and James Wearn as Secretary. The Association was to meet again on September 11th. The Hickman Circuit Court met on September 7th where the newly elected Judge W. W. Robertson and Commonwealth Attorney Bernard Neale assumed…

Stories of Interest from the Hickman Courier from September 4, 1874 The Hickman City Council met on August 31st to settle debts, pay private contractors and resolve claims against the city. H. A. Tyler was awarded $30 for putting rock on the riverbank before Lot No. 1 in old Hickman. The Acting Chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee of the First Congressional District of Fulton County published an invitation to other county committees to meet in Paducah on September 8th to discuss holding a Congressional Convention. Nick Combs of Hickman grew a sweet potato that weighed over six pounds and…