Covering Marshall, Texas and surrounding communities
January 18, 2026
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When you read that title do you think of the recent bombings in September of this year in New York and New Jersey? Or did you think further back to the bombs left at the Boston Marathon in April of 2013? Perhaps you even thought of Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber, who terrorized this country…
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Photo is a comparison map of the United States courtesy of ehstoday.com
I grew up in Holyoke, Massachusetts. The city is located on the west bank of the Connecticut River beside the Hadley Falls. The Hadley Falls has a drop of sixty feet, making it the largest drop in the entire river. Holyoke was one of the first planned industrial communities in the United States. A dam…
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The forty-year old native Texan pilot taxied the airplane, not down a runway, but across the bay. The pilot had previously set several world speed records. It was a blustery day with wind gusts of 20 mph and the temperature had risen from 47 degrees at daybreak into the mid-sixties. On board the aircraft were…
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Map of the proposed route of the Erie Canal
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Eight years before the Declaration of Independence was signed by the men who comprised the Second Continental Congress, a proposal was made to dig a ditch across the width of what is now the State of New York. This was two years prior to the Boston Massacre. In 1770 the population of the colonies was…
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Bennett Henderson Young was born in Kentucky in 1843. While attending Bethany Academy In the spring of 1861 Bennett was involved in a dispute concerning the flying of a Confederate flag at that school. In September 1861 he entered Centre College in Danville. In October of that year Young contracted typhoid fever, and he was…
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It is interesting how much trouble can be created when people or documents are not precise. I remember reviewing a loan once that called for bi-annual payments, when clearly the intention was to have semi-annual payments. A couple of years ago I wrote about a dispute that hinged on the difference between permanent and in…
Read More about Doc Halliday: Ambiguity and CoincidenceI am an active member of the First United Methodist Church of Marshall, Texas. I have repeatedly stated that I respect everyone’s right to practice their own religion as long as that religion does not engage in or espouse violence towards another religion or individuals who are members of that religion. I would hold…
Read More about Doc Halliday: The Hanging of Mary DyerBy William ‘Doc’ Halliday On Saturday, June 1st, I called my wife as I left work. This has been my habit to see if she needs me to stop for anything on the way home, or if there is any reason for me to stop on the church or anywhere else. It was after 6…
Read More about Doc Halliday: “Butterscotch”By William ‘Doc’ Halliday Let’s not confuse Memorial Day with Veterans Day. Memorial Day is the holiday for remembering those men and women who have died while serving our country in one of our Armed Forces. On the other hand, Veterans Day celebrates the service of all those who have worn the uniform of one…
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Doc Halliday's columns can be found on the Piney Woods News.
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If I was charged with a crime, I would hope that I would be able to get off, whether I was guilty or innocent, even if it were on a technicality. Certainly a not guilty verdict would be the best outcome, but a technicality is better than being found guilty. Or is it? Sometimes people…
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