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July 3, 2002
Hi Ya'll!
Happy Birthday America!
I'm still recovering from an in-law invasion... um... an in-law visit, and thus I'm still lost in the brain fog, and trying to catch up! But in the interest of getting this newsletter online before the July 4th holiday, here goes!
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Connections
Folks are making connections! I can't tell you how thrilled I am when someone finds a familiar name here on TheOldenTimes.com! I've begun adding a few of the interesting emails that I receive about this site and the old stories. I haven't had time to catch up with them all, but I'll keep working on it. There isn't a link yet from the main part of the site, but you can browse that section as you like.I'm still behind, as always, in getting everything online, but I'll keep working at it, so if you don't see something that you've sent to me, please be patient with me and keep watching...
Favorites
I have some favorite old newspaper stories and ads, and I began keeping a list of them, which I've decided to post to the website. As I've noted at the beginning of this list list of favorites, there are a number of reasons for which I might choose and article or an ad to list, ranging from "it's a great clue," and "what a weird tale," to the fact that it struck me as just plain funny!Do you have a particular favorite news story or ad on TheOldenTimes.com?
Is it because you found a family name? Or because you think it's the oddest thing your ancestors' peers ever did? Or because it sounds just like something your goofy Uncle Ed did once? Did it tickle your funnybone or tug at your heartstrings? If you'd like for me to add it to the list, please email me at favorites@theoldentimes.com with the url of your personal favorite and a brief explanation of why you like it.The Bookstore has a lots of new books, new gifts, journals, and photo albums, and a couple of new sections: Maritime History and Genealogy Charts & Forms.
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Please stay safe, and remember those glorious words, e pluribus unum.
Out of many, one.
As always, thanks for your patience, and thanks for visiting.
Barbara
Names Added Since the Last Update
Locations Mentioned Since the Last Update
Notable
Politician's Trip goes Awry, 1917 LARKIN
Ardena CONLEY Returns from Lectures by Hindu Philosopher in Dallas, 1926 Pure Roaring twenties! Or pure San Francisco?
Mother Dies of Broken Heart, TX, 1913 TURNER
John BAKER Learns Hard Lesson about Teasing his Wife, 1913
CAULEY Death at age 109; Delta County, Texas 1913; Native of Ireland
George HARRIS Loses Horses (briefly) in Snake River, ID, 1891
Exciting Horse Race in Harford County, 1871 CLAYMAN, STREET
ALVARODA Suicide, Goliad, TX, 1910
Brooklyn Glassmaker Found Frozen near Port Jervis, 1880 DALY
Turn of the Century Entertainment: a Heart-Dice Party, Atlanta, 1910 HEMPHILL, ESTES
Slavery in Louisiana, Conditions in Wartime New Orleans, 1862 DOW
Finally indexed: Oklahoma Divorces
Crimes & Politics (Am I being redundant?)
LAPHAM Trial Begins in Albuquerque, 1882 I don't know if this was a criminal trial or a civil trial; the wording leads me to believe it may have been civil, but I don't know.
Kentucky Farmer Killed in Argument about... what?! 1880 WEBSTER, STEWART
POLLARD Won't get new Trial, 1919 HOSEY
RILEY Indicted for Rape, ROBINSON Arrested for False Testimony, 1872 JOHNSON, CREW
Captain WISE Assaulted in Cincinnati, 1880 Superintendent of the Memphis Packet Line in a critical condition.
Churches
Bethel Church, San Patricio Co., Texas
Fraternal
BENNINGTON, Knights of Pythias, 1903
Diseases & Epidemics
Spanish Flu, 1918
"Apoplexy," better known today as a "stroke," or cerebrovascular accident, 1880 FITZSIMMONS, GARDNER, MILLER
Cemeteries
Melbourne General Cemetery, Australia
Immigration/Migration
MILLER from Idaho to Montana, 1891
RUSSELL from Wise Co. to Wichita Co., Texas, 1926
Ships
Military Mention
3 Oklahoma Soldiers die of Spanish Flu, 1918 Fort Dix, Camp Logan SELLERS, STARR, BEAVERS
VANSTON Death, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Essex Regiment; Munster Fusiliers, 1917
Judges Assemble for General Naval Court Martial, 1830 RIDGELEY, NICHOLSON, KENNEDY, JONES, SHUBRICK, MORGAN, KENNON, McKENNON, McKEEVER, MORFITT
Obituary of Gus W. ALLEN, 13th Tennessee Infantry Veteran, 1901 My great-grandfather!
Revolutionary War Veteran Daniel FISH Dies in Bristol County, 1837
The Union Army Stocks up at Holly Springs, Mississippi, Legalized pillage. 2nd Iowa, "Kansas boys," 1862 GRANT, BUDD, STUART, LEE
BABCOCK Death, 1862 Associated Press Reporter dies at Fortress Monroe, Virginia
General DOW Reports on Slavery in Louisiana, Conditions in Wartime New Orleans, 1862
More names from the Metuchen, NJ Roll of Honor, 1918
Accidents & Disasters
R. D. HOGAN Loses Second Child to Drowning, VA, 1872
A. H. GRAY Electrocuted upon Entering Saloon, 1913
Old Cartoons & Humor
A Dandy, his Vices, and Celestial Bodies, 1915
Recipes
Potatoes au Gratin, 1915
Special Contributors
The San Angelo Opera House, courtesy of Michelle Doss
My Families
Obituary of Gustavus Watts ALLEN, Sr.
Obituary of Gustavus Watts ALLEN, Jr.
Vintage & Collectible Postcards
Hartford, Connecticut: the Capital, the State Seal & the Charter Oak
Bird's-eye View of Norwich & Shetucket River, Connecticut, 1918
Main Street, Johnson City, Tennessee
Tri-State Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis
The JONES House, Concord, Massachusetts
The Wadsworth Atheneum, Morgan Memorial & Municipal Building, Hartford
New Wing of the Natural Bridge Hotel, Natural Bridge, Virginia
The Landon Hotel, San Angelo, Texas
The Naylor Hotel, San Angelo, Texas
Lake Murray, South Carolina
Poetry
Haunted The object of unrequited love has regrets...
Free Graphics
An Old-Timer, 1915
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