SHOOTING IN HUNTSVILLE 1854 (Excerpt Transcribed from The Jones Valley Times (Elyton, Alabama) April 1, 1854) James Burton was shot on Monday last by Matthew Grubbs at a public sale on the plantation of Edmund Townsend, dec’d, in the northern part of this county. The facts, so far as we have learned them are these: […]
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! MAUDE The Story of a Horse That Had a False Mane and Tail1 (Transcribed, unedited story from 1939 – some language used may not be appropriate today) written April 4, 1939 by WPA WRITER MARIE REESE Lowndesboro, Alabama Maude was a beautiful animal and as she was […]
Click to learn how to Become a Patron! Extracts from Jan. 16, 1890 – Calera news of hanging, a death and Aldrich, Alabama (Transcribed from THE SHELBY NEWS, Calera, Alabama, January 16, 1890) DICK HAWES The Supreme Court has affirmed the decision of the lower court in the Dick Hawes case and he is sentenced […]
Technology has really changed our society. Even copy machines are becoming outdated today but this anecdote is still very humorous “Several years ago we had an intern who was none too swift. One day he was typing and turned to a secretary and said, “I’m almost out of typing paper. What do I do?” (continued […]
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