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Updates: June 1, 2001
It's newsletter time again here at The Olden Times!
I hope your spring weather is beautiful and that you are enjoying this wonderful phase of renewal.
Spring reminds me of the ongoing nature of a family's story: we're born, we live and then we die, as individuals....but the story keeps going. It began long before we were born and will continue long after we're gone from this world. Even though each of us only gets to live in our little chapter, and we don't really get to read the rest of the story, we're each still part of a long, wonderful and complex family story.
For those of you who are new subscribers, this portion of The Olden Times is not indexed by the FreeFind search engine's spider, so you have the advantage of the updates and the bimonthly index of locations only if you're a subscriber.
For whatever that's worth. Hey - at least it's free!
As usual, this week's newsletter includes names added in the past two weeks AND locations, too, along with a few notable headlines.
Have you seen the Site Map?
I have finally added a Site Map to The Olden Times, and although it's still a work in progress, it might help make more sense out of my sprawling website for you. Of course, now that I'm moving another of my GeoCities sites over to The Olden Times domain, I need to re-vamp the site map, but it's a good start.
I have a special request for any readers who live in the Memphis, Tennessee area...
One of our readers is seeking an obituary which can be obtained at the Memphis Public Library. Alas, their fees are a little on the high end. If you are able to print a copy of this obituary from the library's microfilm for Sheila Jarrett, please contact her at sjarrett_81@yahoo.com. I know she'll really appreciate your help!
Folks are making connections!
I can't tell you how thrilled I am when someone finds a familiar name here on The Olden Times! I've begun adding a few of the interesting emails that I receive about this site and the old stories. There isn't a link yet from the main part of the site, but you can see the beginning of this new section on the Connections pages.
Click through the pages to see the newest additions. If I've left yours out, it'll be up there soon! I will continue to update the Connections pages through the coming weeks until I'm caught up...if that's possible.
Thanks again to those of you who have been using the Recommend-it button to pass the word about this site to friends. I sure can't afford to advertise, so your word-of-mouth has been really helpful. I know that they do send you some email afterwards, but it's extremely easy to unsubscribe from their list, and it's a great way to spread the word about this site.
If you belong to a mailing list whose members might be interested in a particular story, or in the website, please let folks know. I appreciate your help. Many thanks to those of you who have!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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I am very grateful for your support.
I've worked hard to put together a genealogy resource that'll always free for you to use, with content that you probably couldn't find anywhere else...even if you paid for it!
There's no "corporate budget" since there's no corporation. It's just me. This is all paid for out of my own pocket: the web space, the software, the computer, the historic newspapers that you read and the scanner that helps bring you the images, etc. The time that I spend on this is always a trade-off, and I'm usually trading sleep for time to work on this site. It's not an actual job, just a labor of love. The reward for me has been tremendous fun and satisfaction.
That's why your support means so much: you're helping to make it possible for me to continue to keep the site going. Hopefully, I'll be able to continue to occasionally acquire more wonderful old newspapers when they come up for auction on eBay, for even more variety in terms of time periods and geographic regions.
Thank you all for your supportive and positive emails! The best part of all of this is knowing that someone's found a little bit of treasure on these pages, or that you've found the original old newspapers to be educational and entertaining. I really enjoy adding the funny stories or the unusual ones because I know you're out there reading them and enjoying them, too.
As always, I'm behind, and I'd hoped to have far more added to various sections by the time I sent this newsletter, but I suppose I'd better get used to it. And if I don't give up and post this I'll never get it finished! I hope you'll enjoy it all!
Barbara Allen
African Americans, Freedmen or Slaves in the News:
MONTGOMERY Murders Grandfather, 1911
$100 Reward for Runaway Mulatto Slave William RUTLEGDE, 1813
Notable:
"Camp Meeting John ALLEN" Dies, 1887
LARNED Smallpox Death in Lansing, 1872
Kentucky Mountain Couple Walks 25 Miles to Marry, 1900
That RICHARDS boy sure is a fast one!
Those cotton-pickin' West Texas Baptists are at it again! 1912
Uh-oh...this BURNHAM boy might have sassed Daddy one too many times. 1887
Mayor of Kountze, Texas Marries in New Orleans, 1912
Robbed by his Brother-in-Law, 1887 BARKER, BICKNELL, BENOIT
SMITH, HURLBURT Arrested for Theft, 1872 HARGER, COMSTOCK
Accidents:
BURNETT Loses Fingers to Cotton Gin, 1912
Falling Rock Crushes Men in Big Bend Tunnel, WV, 1872
DIENER Killed at Railway Crossing, Chambersburg, PA, 1903
Charles SMITH Stuck with a Pitchfork, VT, 1887
Mate SCOTT Presumed Drowned in Boston Harbor, 1887
Mrs. MASTERSON of Jersey City Accidentally Shoots Husband, 1855
Mrs. ROSS Killed by Train, 1887
McMELLUS Disemboweled by Train, 1887
PECKHAM Killed by Horse, 1872 Warning: This story is NOT for men of faint heart.
Crimes and Politics...or is that redundant?
Burglars at Work in Holly, 1872 With commentary on the National House's Whiskey.
Attempted Murder, Salem, MA, 1887
MONTGOMERY Murders Grandfather, 1911
Robbed by his Brother-in-Law, 1887 BARKER, BICKNELL, BENOIT
Body of KENDRICK Found, CT,1 1887
Preacher Arrested for Abducting Girl, 1887
The Greenback Party...No, not that Ralph Nader bunch.
More Greenbacks ...who probably wore fur and used whale oil. ; )
Military & Vets:
Late husband of Margaret DIENER killed in Civil War.
Ships:
Migrations:
DIENER from Germany to Pennsylvania
Cemeteries
Fairfield Cemetery, Adams County, Pennsylvania
Elm Church Cemetery, Emory, Texas
Oakland Cemetery, Dallas, Texas, 2
The Family Album
Annie STULTZ Obituary (Mrs. George F. SITES)
The Knickerbocker School, circa 1910 (Texas)
In the WHARTON Album: George GOOD Photo, The DODSON Children
Recipes:
Vintage Postcards:Royall House & Slave Quarters, Medford, Massachusetts
The Colonel Samuel PICKMAN House, Salem, Massachusetts
The River Walk by Moonlight, San Antonio, Texas
Hume-Fogg High School, Nashville, Tennessee
New State Pages: