“By the year 1819, when Alabama was admitted to the Union, there was not a community in the State without its blacksmith shop and its hardy frontier man-of-work. It was in blacksmith shops as well as in log churches that the first judicial courts of Alabama held session. Indeed, a blacksmith shop existed before even […]
(Transcribed from The Abbeville Times, Abbeville, Alabama. August 19, 1909) J. C. Holsapple and his sister, Mrs. C. C. Robinson, came very near losing their lives by gas suffocation in a most peculiar manner. Recently Mr. Holsapple and Mr. Robinson dug a storm pit at the home of Mr. Holsapple in West New Decatur. The […]
The newspaper was the major means of communication between communities in the past. Letters were written to the major newspapers about the state of a small community and posted in the newspaper. Many included news about local families. Here’s some articles from Lauderdale County that were posted in the Florence Times on October 6, 1905 Florence, […]
Our ancestors had many homemade ways to clean items in the 1890s, including this one for cleaning jewelry. It may have been good for diamonds, platinum, silver, and gold but it probably was not safe for all types of precious stones like pearls, ivory or opals. Ammonia is also very toxic so if you try it, […]
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