Author: Virginia H. Jewell
Illustrator: Liz Jewell
1992
Lanzer Printing Co.
Union City, TN
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The Cat in the Pillowslip (entire book)
Introduction
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Early Days
- When the World Went Beserk
- Pioneer by Profession
- Father White’s Reminiscences
- Indentures
- Cordelling
- Susan Victoria
- Kentucky City
- A Low, Wet Muddy Place
- The Woodyard
- Fogs Interfere with Steamers
Chapter 2: Middle Bar
- The Packet Boat Fire
- Middle Bar Formed
- Map of Old and New Columbus
Chapter 3: Columbus Before the Flood
- A Step Back in Time
- A Bird’s Eye View
Chapter 4: Columbus — The Flood of 1927
- Down on the Levee
- The Day the Levee Broke
- The Cat in the Pillowslip
- The Water Tank
- Choosing Lots
- The Cheerful Housemover
- The Sweet Potato Field
- Once More, Farewell
- Port Status Today
Chapter 5: Columbus — Other Scenes
- Belmont Tied to Columbus
- The 24-Hour Ferry
- The Whirlpool
- Columbus Race Track
- Corn Liquor — Wolf Island
Chapter 6: Civil War Memories
- Seventh Kentucky Infantry
- The “Arkansas” Ram
- Battle of Belmont (Phipps)
- The Battle of Belmont, I Presume?
- A Civil War Letter
- Personal Enemies Never
- Diary Refers to Columbus Fort
- Fisherman Discover Chain
- Soldiers’ Home
- Sale of the Battlefield Lots
Chapter 7: The Civilian Conservation Corps
- Marion Rust
- Columbus Park Built
- Mortar Mixed with Hoe
- Camp Ashby
Chapter 8: Molasses and Barbecue
- Barbecue
- Them Molasses
- Nunley’s Special
- Wool Gathering
- Land O’Cotton
- Pickers Averaged 200 Pounds Daily
- Gins at Oakton and Clinton
- Making Hay
- Baling
- The Wheat Binder
- Spite Fences
Chapter 9: Eastern Hickman County
- The Potato Patch
- The Beeline Railroad
- Little “Okefenokee”
- Cypress Harness Racing
- Fulgham Tent Revivals
- Good for What Ails You
Chapter 10: Women
- Christine Cole
- Laverne Snell
- J.G. Walker, Editor
- Why the Club?
- Colleen Doreen
- Carrie Jackson Brummal
- Hettie Hicks
- The Valentine
Chapter 11: Customs
- The Shivaree
- Edged in Black
- In Memoriam
- Visiting Cards
- Freight Hopping
- Pranking
- The Hen That Got Away
- Namesakes and Nicknames
Chapter 12: The 1937 Flood
- Water Upon the Earth
- All Boats in Use
- Memories of Other Floods
- The Breadmaker
Chapter 13: Churches
- The Presbyterians
- St. Denis Picnic
- Sweet By and By — Clinton Methodist
- No Synagogue
- Pioneer Church — Clinton Baptist
- Mid-Continent Baptist College
- Greenwood Christian
- Beulah Baptist
- Some Other Churches
Chapter 14: The Hospital
- Miss Ila Caldwell
- The Claytons
Chapter 15: Glances Backward
- That infamous Winter
- World War I and II Memories
- When a New Car Was a Happening
- Jerkwater
- Flour by the Barrel
- The Livery Stable
- The Shoemaker
- Glass Caskets
- Jewell Brothers Grocery
- We Walked from the Train Station
- The Poor Farm
- The Corn Crib
- Closed on Sundays
- Spring Hill Courthouse
- Spring Hill Band
- Tuff Glass
- Homemade Powder Puff
- A Whiff of Hickory Smoke
- Road to Mobile
- The Wedding Day
Chapter 16: Making a Living
- Clinton Was Chicken Coop Capital
- Chairmakers
- Trapping
- Raleigh Man
Chapter 17: Education
- Oh, About Normal
- Trials of a One-Room Teacher
- Gordon Wilson
- Kane School
Chapter 18: Dreamers
- E. C. Mays
- “Live Forever” Jones
Chapter 19: Clinton
- Jinx Day
- When the Lights Blinked
- Watered Turned to Sand
- Bacot’s Hatchery
- That Bakery Aroma
- Hotel Jewell
- Upstairs Windows Stare
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