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Train robbers captured in a shoot-out on April 30th...

 
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Train robbers captured in a shoot-out on April 30th

(Transcribed from THE WEEKLY ADVERTISER, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, APRIL 30, 1891) A ROBBER BAND AT BAY ATTALLA THE SCENE OF A TERRIBLE CONFLICT A Gang of Robbers Who Have Been Gutting Depots and Wrecking Trains are Cornered Most of the Gang in Gadsden Jail Talk of Lynching A desperate encounter took place near Attalla about 2 […]

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PATRON + Brighton was first named Woodward's Crossing

Brighton is an incorporated mining town in the southern part of Jefferson County, just north of Bessemer, which is its post office, and about 10 miles southwest of Birmingham. The population in 1910—1,502. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,640 people. At the 2010 census, the population was 2,945. The city really started […]

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PATRON – News from the towns of Hyatt, Cottonville, and Mount Vernon in 1903

(Transcribed from THE GUNTERSVILLE DEMOCRAT, January 15, 1903, Guntersville, Alabama) CORRESPONDENCE HYATT Frank Lang and family of Decatur, who have been visiting in this vicinity, have returned home. Miss Flirda Lyles accompanied them. Walter, Street and James Hyatt visited relatives in Cullman not long since. James Terril and family will start for Oklahoma Ter. Soon […]

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PATRON + MONDAY MUSINGS: Things I learned with age. . .

THINGS I LEARNED WITH AGE The older I get, the fewer things seem worth waiting in line for Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know "why" I look this way. I’ve traveled and some of the roads weren’t paved. One must wait until evening to see how […]

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Ways to repel Flies in the old days

This is an excerpt from the book Vinegar of the Four Thieves REPELLING FLIES Sponge your tabletops with white vinegar and water to discourage houseflies from landing. The branches of elder bush hung in the dining room will clear the house of flies. There is an odor in them that flies detest. To keep flies […]

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BIOGRAPHY: Samuel Watters, (1775-1848) Perry County, Alabama

This story is an excerpt from A Collection of PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES & GENEALOGIES VOLUME I PERRY COUNTY ALABAMA SAMUEL WATTERS BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY (1775 – 1848) Perry County, Alabama Samuel Watters was born in 1775 in New Jersey. He was the son of William and Mary Ann (Radford) Watters. Samuel moved with his parents to […]

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