Updates Newsletter: July 13, 2001
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Hello again, friends & fellow hunters!
My apologies for being so late, but as most of you know, we have a litter of new puppies to care for, two of whom we've lost, and their mama is fighting an infection. They're all doing well at the moment, and you can see them on the PoodleCam! Much better pictures of the parents can be seen here. I'm having help the babies out with tube feedings, etc., and it's been a 24-7 job. I'm pretty worn out, and if you asked me my name I'd probably have to check my driver's license. If I could find it.
Rather than waiting for a break in all this action to add everything to this newsletter that I'd planned, and because exciting new developments have been popping up in the Wharton Album story, I'll just get this edition of the Updates posted and get back to cleaning & feeding and cleaning puppies.
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.
For those of you who are new to this newsletter, I'm going to add a new page where you can link to past issues of Updates.
New Countries Again!
While the vast majority of my newspapers are from the United States, I've been trying to acquire more from the U. K. and Australia. I'm also looking for Canadian newspapers, though I don't have any yet. You can visit the Old English News, Old Scottish News, and Old Australian News pages now, and I hope they'll be growing.
Does it Look Like I Have Neglected Your State?
Does it look like I'm favoring old news from one area over another? I surely don't mean to do that, though I have more news from some areas than from others.
However, I plan to add as much old news from as many areas as I can collect papers for, limited only by time and money, of course. But aren't we all?
Here's how it works: I scan a part of an old newspaper page & then use all the stories from that page that I can, making one web page for each old story and indexing the names.
That's a lot more efficient than going back and forth between newspapers, especially when you consider the fragility of some of the old newspapers. The less they're handled, the better. Some are in such bad condition due to poor prior storage that I know I'll only get one chance to scan the pages, and then they're really history!
So if it looks like I'll never have anything on your favorite state or town again, don't worry. I'll be getting to it again, as long as I've got the newspapers.....so there will be new material to last for a long, long time!
Who wants to win some great free books?
I do! I do! I was hunting for something last week and came across the University of North Carolina Press' website, and they've got a little book giveaway going on! All you have to do is fill in your name & email address and you're entered for a free book package drawing. No skill required whatsoever (whew!). Good luck!
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.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again: ya'll truly are some of the nicest folks around, judging from your email, and I am so happy to be able to share this with you. I really enjoy it.
I am very grateful for your support, whether you've told someone about The Olden Times, or bought your printer ink through one of the links here to AllInk.com, a book through my links to Amazon.com, or simply emailed me to tell me that you like the website.
Any way you slice it, you've helped me out, whether a portion of your printer ink purchases or book buys have helped me pay for newspapers, or your wonderful emails have lifted my spirits and given me new energy.
I hope to live up to my end of the deal by continuing to provide good content...at a price you'll always like: FREE!
As always, thanks for your patience, and thanks for visiting.
Barbara Allen
African Americans, Freedmen or Slaves in the News:
Daughter of William TUCKER Killed by Tornado, 1909
Daughter of Wash MARTIN Killed by Tornado, 1909
Native Americans in the News:
Miss Lucille OVERSTREET, Pretty Choctaw Debutante, 1929
Notable:
This list of "Scotch Sequestrations," which I'm guessing to be something along the lines of bankruptcies or other business embarrassments, includes each individual's occupation.
Murder-Suicide: Who Should Get Up First in the Morning? PA, 1912
Disasters:
Tornado in Red River County, Texas. 1909
Diseases:
Odema (edema, or swelling) of glottis, Cancer, Alcoholism, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, "Exhaustion", Congestion of the brain, Measles, Peritonitis, Consumption (tuberculosis), "Inanation", Scrofula, Marasmus, Gastritis, Hemorrhage of Bowels, Pulmonary Phthisis (tuberculosis)
Accidents:
Dr. FISH's Runaway Carriage, 1853, NJ
SARKKINNEN Knocked off Boat, Drowned, 1881, OR
Rancher Injured While Roping Horse, 1913 PARMAN
Crimes and Politics...or is that redundant?
Shooting at "Charivari" Party, IL, 1885
Raid of an Illicit Distillery, "The whiskey was exceedingly bad." How'd he know that?
MYATT Still Destroyed, TN, 1879
Police Court Patrons, KY, 1900...Drunk & Disorderly? Disorderly? Or just plain drunk?
Murder-Suicide: Who Should Get Up First in the Morning? PA, 1912
More Kentucky Mischief: Housebreaking, Grand Larceny, Loitering, and Much Malicious Cutting, 1900
Thirteen year-old from Raton to Serve 18 mos. in Territorial Penitentiary for Burglary, NM, 1903
Military & Vets:
Capt. WESTCOTT, U. S. A., dies on passage from Panama to San Francisco, 1853.
Ships:
Migrations:
CRABB from Emory, Texas to San Marcos, Texas
THOMPSON from Shippensburg, PA to Altoona, PA
GARDNER from Marshall, Texas to ?
BOUGERE from Bayou Lafourche to St. John the Baptist Parish to New Orleans, all LA.
WOODBURY from New Mexico to California.
River News:
B. H. Cooke, Steamer Part of the Evansville & Nashville Brass Collar Line, 1879
Cemeteries
Cedar Grove Cemetery, Chambersburg, Franklin County, PA
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Adams County, PA
Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
The Family Album:
The MAY - CROWDER Family Collection:
Lincoln Bridge Postcard, Sulphur, OklahomaSwimming in the Paluxy River, Glen Rose, Texas
The Victorian Scrapbook:
Free Graphics:
Vintage Postcards:Old Blandford Church (Est. 1735), Petersburg, Virginia
Abner WHEELER House, Framingham, MA
Lincoln Bridge, Sulphur, Oklahoma
Swimming in the Paluxy River, Glen Rose, Texas
New State Pages:
And Two New Countries, too!
Scotland I will confess: I have only two newspapers from Scotland thus far, both on their way from the eBay seller at the time I began this page. I'm sure I'll be adding many Scottish news stories from British papers. But I had a feeling that neither my British nor my Scots-Irish ancestors would care to be mixed up with each other, so I'll have these two seperate index pages.
Australia Here again, I'm beginning with a very limited source of newspapers, but I'll do my best to locate more (assuming I don't go broke first).