Saturday, February 1, 2020

Pilot intentionally crashes his plane in Alabama – amazing archival film....

 
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Pilot intentionally crashes his plane in Alabama – amazing archival film.

We ran across this amazing old film and could not find out more about it. The pilot’s name appears to be Blaine and it looks like the film was made around the 1930s  or 1940s. I can’t imagine why he wanted to fly his plane into the ground as  a stunt.  Please share any information […]

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PATRON + Pioneer Talladega, Its Minutes and Memories Chapter 16 Taxes of today are light as compared with the olden time

PIONEER TALLADEGA, ITS MINUTES AND MEMORIES By Jehu Wellington Vandiver CHAPTER XVI For thirty-seven years Whig and Democrat had battled for the presidency, with victory perching on the banner of the Democrats. Indeed it seemed to the wind-broken Whigs that victory had really gone to roost on the oriflammes of the great unwashed. But in […]

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PATRON – Names of some runaway slaves captured around the State of Alabama

(Transcribed from Advertiser and Register, Mobile, Alabama, March 13, 1840) COMMITTALS Committed to the Jail of Mobile County, on the 14th day of December 1839, by Moses Ryan, Esq. A Justice of the Peace in and for said County, a runaway slave who calls himself JACKSON, and says he belongs to Jesse Debrull, residing in […]

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PATRON + SATURDAY SECRETS – Can you believe gin and honey were used to clean silk in 1890?

I haven’t this methods for cleaning silks. If you attempt them, proceed with caution and not on a valuable piece of silk. How To Clean Silk Ribbons Half a pint of gin, half a pound of honey, half a pound of soft soap, one-eighth of a pint of water. Mix the above ingredients together; then […]

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