(Here are some quick facts and names of charter members and early members of the Colonial Dames and DAR of Alabama. Most of the facts come from early 1900’2 when it was written.) The National Society of Colonial Dames of America was organized in Wilmington, Deleware, in 1892, having for its purposes the collection of manuscripts, […]
PAPER TELEGRAPH POLES (This interesting article was transcribed from the Geneva County Citizen, Geneva, Alabama, January 30, 1895) Parties have introduced a method of making poles from paper material which will not crack in a dry atmosphere, warp when exposed to heat or frost, nor dissolve when subjected to a long rainy or damp spell. […]
(Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) LOCAL AND PERSONAL Our esteemed patron, Wm. Boling, has presented to the DEMOCRAT one of the early receipts given by Mr. Neely for a year’s subscription to the paper, and 75c in payment for a cord of wood. Those were days when Marshall’s products were […]
PASTE FOR PAPER HANGING (Excerpt from The Courtland Enterprise, Courtland, Alabama, February 15, 1894) First heat water to boiling, then add flour, with constant stirring; to prevent the formation of lumps, the flour may be passed through a sieve so as to insure (sic) its more equable distribution. (continued below) Agitation is continued until the heat […]
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