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Alabama Convention proceedings and members of the Democratic and Anti-Know-Nothing Party in 1856...

 
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Alabama Convention proceedings and members of the Democratic and Anti-Know-Nothing Party in 1856

(Transcribed from The Clarke County Democrat, Grove Hill, Alabama, January 31, 1856) PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC and ANTI-KNOW NOTHING CONVENTION, Held in Montgomery, Jan. 8, 1856 Pursuant to notice, and in accordance with the call heretofore made, the delegates from the several counties to the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothing State Convention, assembled in the hall […]

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PATRON + Can you believe a three-story Cotton Factory was located in Bibb County, Alabama in 1838?

This story has been transcribed from the Niles’s Weekly Register, Volumes 54-55 June 23, 1838 ALABAMA COTTON FACTORY The Tuscaloosa Monitor of the 30th ult., gives the following interesting description of this establishment: As we were travelling some two weeks ago, through rather a sterile and unimproved portion of our state, where the county of […]

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PATRON – In August 1892 –the cotton mill broke down in the town of Columbia, Alabama

(Excerpt transcribed from The Columbia Breeze, Columbia, Alabama August 25, 1892) PERSONALS Jim Bowdon paid Columbus a visit this week. Dr. J. I. Darby, of Americus, paid home folks a pop call Sunday. Paul Koerber, of Albany, is spending some time with his brother’s family. Mrs. Munn, of La., is visiting her sister, Mrs. G. […]

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PATRON + Good Ole Days – Suggestions for winter comfort from 1900

SUGGESTIONS FOR WINTER COMFORT (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama January 11, 1900) If you suffer with cold feet, wear overshoes rather than rubbers outdoors. For one whose circulation is defective, a light, knitted wool shawl will be found very useful for wrapping around the shoulders in bed. Knit it with large wooden kneedles […]

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