1802: We hear from America that dissentions have lately arisen between the Cherokee Indians and the Anglo-America settlers on their confines. The Cherokees have, in consequence, burnt their own plantations of corn, retired into the woods and are making preparations from which a war with them is expected to be the immediate result.

Wanted in a private family in the country near this city - A Good Cook who thoroughly understands soups, made dishes, pastry, pickles, preserves etc. Wages 15 guineas a year. Apply through the Printer of this paper.

Mrs Manners respectfully informs her friends and the public that her Boarding School for Young Ladies at No.48 Foregate Street, Worcester will re-open on January 24. The fee for Board including English Grammar and Plain and Ornamental Needlework is 20 guineas a year. Each young lady is required to bring a pair of sheets, four towels and a table spoon and tea spoon.

1902: Lord Hindlip is among the many well-known Englishmen who have this winter started out on exploring expeditions. He will be absent from Worcestershire for about nine months and expects during his travels to take in Egypt and to visit Khartoum.

There was an alarming fire the day after Boxing Day in Messrs. Roberts' Three Springs Leather Works at Tallow Hill. George Middleton, engine driver, was burnt badly about the hands and face, and George Priest, a machinist, of The Moors, jumped out of a window to escape the flames and suffered cuts to his hands and body. The factory was severely damaged and, at one time, it was feared the flames would spread to adjoining houses. The occupiers moved themselves and their valuables to a distance.

William Batchelor, 23, a shoeing smith of St Nicholas Street, and Rose Reynolds, 34, married woman of 3 Court, Lowesmoor, were charged at the City Police Court with an act of gross impropriety in Trinity Street on Tuesday night. They were each fined 10 shillings or 14 days in gaol.

1952: During November and December, Worcester City and County Fire Brigade answered 329 calls. This high figure is, says Chief Fire Officer, Mr Gerald Eastham, due in part to a large increase in chimney fires - a total of 168 which is 73 more than in the same two months last year.

Mrs Marion Neal, Superintendent of the Dr Barnardo's Home at Hallow Park, has been awarded the British Empire Medal in the Queen's New Year's Honours for a limetime of service in that organisation.

Alderman Sir George Eddy, who has been four times Mayor of Kidderminster, has announced his engagement to Miss Elizabeth Booth, for the past 12 years Matron of Stourbridge Hospital. They are to be married in April. Sir George's first wife died in 1949 and there are two children of their marriage - Major H.G Eddy, managing director of B. Hepworth and Co., and Mrs Margaret Read of Hartlebury, the county tennis player.