RECIPE FOR SPLIT ROLLS (from an 1872 newspaper) SPLIT ROLLS One egg well beaten; one tablespoonful of sugar; one yeast cake dissolved in a cup of warm milk; two teaspoonfuls of salt; flour enough to make a stiff batter; set to rise; when risen, work in a large spoonful of butter, and flour enough to […]
SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from The South Alabamian, Jackson, Clarke County, Alabama, October 1, 1887) STATE NEWS The Troy Normal school opened with thirty normal pupils, besides two hundred and fifty in other departments. The Congressional politicians in the First District are warming up to their work. The contest, with […]
Legal notices like these from Walker County, Alabama are a good source for family research SCROLL DOWN TO CONTINUE . . . (Excerpts transcribed from Daily Mountain Eagle, Jasper, Alabama, January 6, 1886) NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT The State of Alabama, Walker County. In Probate Court, December Term, 1885. Came this day Thomas Davis administrator the […]
The following Epitaph, from the Churchyard at North Shields, England, has been the subject of much laughter on account of its absurdity: In memory of James Bell, of North Shields, who died 16th Jan., 1763, aged 42 years. Margaret, widow of the above said James Bell, died Dec. 30, aged 49 years. She was wife, after, to Wm. […]
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