Friday, January 24, 2020

Florence Alabama October 6, 1905 – Suicide of a prominent citizen....

 
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Florence Alabama October 6, 1905 – Suicide of a prominent citizen.

WARNING: This transcribed news article is graphic. HEADLINES FROM THE FLORENCE TIMES DAILY October 6, 1905 KILLS HIMSELF IN DESPONDENCY Old and Highly Respected Citizen Suicides by Shooting Through Head Mental Faculties Undermined by Continued Ill Health Prompts Fatal Act Saturday morning the people were shocked by the news that passed from one to the […]

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What is the strangest thing you ever ate?

(I never thought about this before, but I bet it happens a lot.) A Pastor has to eat some strange meals. Here are some examples. And He Ate It Anyway! I have been very fortunate with edible food, have had no really unpleasant incidents.  My late husband is a different story.  As a young pastor […]

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PATRON + Description of Avondale Mills, Stevenson, Alabama – from 1939

(Transcribed from Short Sketches of Jackson County, W. P. A. story from Alabama Department of Archives and History,) AVONDALE MILLS Ollie Rudder (white) Stevenson, Alabama Interviewed by Mr. Johnson (white) Written by Jennie Sue Williams (WPA Author) Bridgeport, Jackson Co., Alabama February 15, 1939 The Avondale Cotton Mill located in Stevenson, Alabama, is one of […]

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PATRON – Etowah County, Alabama Legal Notices, and politics March 17, 1932

Excerpt transcribed from The Etowah Observer, Alabama City, Alabama March 17, 1932 NON-RESIDENT NOTICE J. H. Stewart, Complainant vs. Ida Stewart, Defendant, Circuit Court at Gadsden. In Equity. In this cause, it is made to appear to the Register by the affidavit of J. H. Stewart, Complainant, that the defendant, Ida Stewart is a non-resident […]

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PATRON + FUNNY FRIDAY: I trace family history so I will know whom to blame

Searching through records in dark attics and basements and wandering through old cemeteries for a trace of an elusive ancestor can be challenging. A good laugh now and then always helps. Here are a few of my favorites.   Genealogist caught trying to chop down family tree! Genealogists never die they just haunt cemeteries. Genealogists: […]

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