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August 18, 2002
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Hi Ya'll!
If you've been wondering what's happened to this newsletter.... don't ask! ;-)
Seriously, though, it's been wildly busy in our little household, and sure to get busier. We've had to decamp to a hotel to have the air conditioning fixed so that it no longer pulls air into the house through every pore... and dirt along with it. Homeschool has begun in earnest and we're all adjusting to the changes in routine. Tax time rolled around and rolled right over me. Top it all off with multiple doctors' appointments (advancing age = higher maintenance), and it's a wonder I remember my own name!
Well, here's one of those silly things I thought I'd try, just to see if I could get it to work: the Cursebot!
For those of you who are new subscribers, this portion of TheOldenTimes.com is not indexed by the FreeFind search engine's spider, so you have the advantage of the updates and the index of locations only if you're a subscriber.
For whatever that's worth.
Hey - at least it's free!
Many, Many Thanks!
Thanks again for all of your support! I deeply appreciate all of your kind emails - without those I would run out of steam much sooner!I wish I had time to answer all my email - but I'm lucky just to get to read most of it these days. Hopefully things will settle down soon.
I had so much more I wanted to add to this newsletter, but if I do, it'll never go out.
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?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
Why DATISMAN's Dog is definitely his best friend! Iowa, 1916 MAXWELL
Sue ARMSTRONG Frees Longtime Prisoner, OR, 1916
Minnesota's Oldest Bride, 1916 BENSON, DAHLBERG
Patent Carts & Wagons by John WILLIAMS, Inventor, Hartford, 1840
KORNS Found Froze to Death, South Portsmouth, 1898. Ohio druggist may have been dipping into the stock...
Mr. FOREMAN's Many Friends, 1898
Cassius M. CLAY to Publish The True American, 1845
Please claim the $10 you lost in the road between Gallatin & Hendersonville... TN, 1840 FLEK, PAYNE
Crimes & Politics (Am I being redundant?)
Joe DAY Nabs John FLAGG, OR, 1881
Pepper Bandit LOGUE Arrested in Chicago, 1916
Memphis Man Murders Clarksdale Painter, 1911 JONES, HUTCHINGS
G. W. DAVIS Convicted of Seducing Negroes Away from Service, TN, 1858
SENEGAL Accused of JEAN Murder, Louisiana, 1901
Peter IVEY Gets Caught! 18998
Dry commentary on Alexandria Politics, 1875 COX
Elderly Woman Assaulted, Robbed by Mulatto, VA, 1875 BROOKS, COLEMAN, HOWARD
Thomas Crooks WILLIAMS ID'd as the Crook! 1862
SAUNDERS Arrested in NJ; Suspect in MD Bond Robbery, 1872
Howard County Nominations, MD, 1871 Lots of names! Surnames include the following: CARROLL, LINTHICUM, GORMAN, WOOTTEN, TRACY, GORDON, BATSON, WORTHINGTON, JOHNSON, GAITHER, RODGERS, BUCKINGHAM, COOK, WEBB, HARDY
Lynching of Child-Murderer Martin MERA, IL, 1871
Churches
West side Catholic Church, Las Vegas, NM, 1887
The Cathedral, Cincinnati, OH, 1868
Cane Run Church, Mercer County, Kentucky
Christ Church, Cincinnati, OH 1868
First Presbyterian Church, Fort Worth, TX 1920
Baptist Church, Greenbrier, TN, 1920
Diseases & Epidemics
BUTZ Death, "Dropsy," PA 1881
MANLOVE Death, Diphtheria, TN, 1887
Don Albino ABEYTIA Dies of Pneumonia, NM, 1887
CHAVEZ Fading with Dropsy, Guadalupe County, NM 1887 "Dropsy" is the old-fashioned term for Congestive Heart Failure.
BRIGHAM Death at Boylston, Diphtheria, MA 1865
Death "...from an operation..." I'm not sure if they really meant that the operation was unsuccessful and she died from complications of the original disease or injury (peritonitis, for example, which might follow a ruptured appendix), or if they meant she died from complications of the surgery itself. HANNA, GOSE, 1926
Stomach Cancer Takes Mrs. OSBORN, VT, 1887
"Hemorrhage of the lung," OH, 1868
Patent Medicines
Persian Pills Promise Sovereign Power... Buy from Henry BENTON in Hartford, CT, 1840
Cemeteries
Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN, 1879
Churchyard of west side Catholic church, Las Vegas, NM, 1887
First Methodist Church, Greenwood, Mississippi, 1911
City Cemetery, Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky
Mustang Cemetery, Limestone County, Texas
Immigration/Migration
DIAMOND from Vermont to Kansas, before 1887
McVEAN from Scotland to New York, before 1870
GODFREY from Georgia to Texas, 1846
Ships
Military Mention
News from the Siege of Lucknow Cavalry Division Casualties, Part 2
Her Majesty's 2nd Dragoon Guards
Her Majesty's 7th (Queen's Own) Hussars
Hodson's Horse
Her Majesty's 52nd Light Infantry
Her Majesty's 1st Battalion 5th Fusiliers
2nd infantry, 58th Native Infantry, Regt. of Ferozepore
Revolutionary War Veteran Aaron BURNET Dies in New Jersey, 1837
OSBORN Death, Company H, 4th Vermont, 1887
GODFREY Death, Served in both Mexican and Civil Wars, 1916
Sutton's Company, Col. BELL's Texas Volunteers (Mexican war); Battle of Monterrey
LOWERY Death, Confederate Veteran, 12th Texas Cavalry, Parson's Brigade, 1916
HILLERY Arrested for Desertion, Co. C, 18th Regt., U. S. Army VA, 1873
More New Names on Metuchen, NJ Honor Roll! 1918 MOLINEUX, MORRIS, MUNDY, NICHOLAS
Thomas CARRUTH Not Captured by Rebels, 1862
BERNSTEIN Arrives Safely, 3rd Regt., 1918
More New Names on Metuchen, NJ Honor Roll! 1918 MAHONEY, MARKANO, MAYO, McGUINNESS, McKENZIE, MOGLIA
Accidents & Disasters
Benjamin BALDWIN Drowns in Flooding, CT, 1801
Schooner Future Lost at Sea, all are Lost, 1913
Negro Dexter COX Killed by Tree Limb, 1911
COCKCROFT Drowning, OR, 1881
Lineman Falls Through Skylight, Four Injured, Knoxville, TN 1920 HARRIS, MURRAY, BRODERICK, CHITTUM
Drowning in the Bigbee River: Mr. HARDWICK and Slave of Mr. MURDOCK, 1858
Lexington Factory Destroyed by Fire, LAWSON & ERDMAN Uninsured for Losses, 1847
Loaded? Unloaded? What's the difference? Richmond, VA 1875 SMITH, GARY
Old Cartoons & Humor
Patent Medicine Ads
WARNER's Safe Kidney & Liver Cure - For diseases of the lower half of the body, 1881
Recipes
Southern Corn Bread, circa 1900
My Families
Additional DOWDY family information
Vintage & Collectible Postcards
The John MARSHALL House, Richmond, Virginia
Allegan County Courthouse, Michigan
Free Graphics
Vintage Tools: Spokeshave, Champion Screwdriver, Bullnose Plane
Names Added Since the Last Update
Locations Mentioned Since the Last Update