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November 17, 2002
Hi Ya'll!
Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since I've managed to get the newsletter out! Well, it's been eventful around here, as always, including a biopsy (benign, thankfully - ladies, get those screening mammograms!), among other things.
I also lost a dear aunt, Virginia Lou Allen Scott of San Angelo, Texas, whom I will very much miss. I will be forever grateful to her for providing me with most of the source material I have on my dad's side of the family, and for her wonderful encouragement and wisdom.
The amazing self-dirtying house has finally been fixed. I learned that - due to the inept installation of our original central air conditioning system - the AC and heating unit has been operating in such a way as to put the house into a "negative" pressure. As I had long ranted and raved, though no on would listen to me (boy, was it making me NUTS!), my house was literally sucking in dirt from outside! Through every one of its many 1927-era gaps, cracks, and "pores!" No wonder I killed a computer a year!
Such adventures!
Message Boards!
I would like to announce the new Message Boards, and I hope you'll stop by to say "hello" soon. I am red-faced over my inability to keep up with my email, much less my site & newsletter, but perhaps the message boards will be a great place to post your "Connections," your queries, to help others, or just to say "Howdy!" Be sure and link from your post to any news story on this site that you might be referring to in your post. If you have extra information about a story, please post it there! We'd all love to know!I had to pay (ka-CHING) to get these boards, and hopefully they'll work out well, but if there are problems I may move over to Yahoo's Groups. Personally, I still need to read through their Java Help page before I make up my mind.
Post a note and let me know what you think - do you like traditional message boards like the new one we have here, or do you like Yahoo Groups? Hint: whatever it is has to take the least amount of time to manage and have the EASIEST learning curve for ME!
I can't believe how many people have signed up for this newsletter since it was last published - wow! It's taken me most of this evening just to update the mailing list, which I do by hand. I'm just amazed that so many folks like this old stuff as much as I do.
I wish I could just have a big BBQ and invite everyone on the list! Wouldn't that be fun? Unless I had to do the dishes.
Disclaimer: if you haven't figured it out yet, I'm not a computer expert. I appreciate your boundless patience with my amateur efforts here!
With luck I'll be on a more even production schedule around here soon, but... let's keep our fingers crossed! Besides, it's deer season here in Texas and I have a freezer to fill.
Now, since this delayed newsletter so already sooooo long, I'll quit the chatter and get this unwieldy thing online.
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!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 loads of new selections in just about every area, so if you haven't stopped by there yet, remember that Christmas is coming soon! Some of the merchants, like Alibris, have one-of-a-kind items that may not be available by the time you see it. I try to keep the links current, but if you click on a link to that long-lost book and they don't have it, I'm so sorry! I hate it when that happens!
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Your purchases from the sponsors help me to defray my costs, which is deeply appreciated. And very much needed, I might add!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
A New State Index Page!
Notable
Watch out for the Tobacco Police! WI, 1905
RUMMEL Rescues DUFRESCH from an Icy Bath, New Orleans, 1912
This one would've called for a lot of explaining..."Sweets for the Sweet:" Ad from S. I. TUCKER, Raleigh, 1841
Need cordials? Dog calls? You name it, he's got it!"For Cot sake, Get those shackasses im-me-di-ate-ly!" 1st PA Cavalry, 1862 RICHARDS, FREMONT
GLASS Suicide, TX, 1913
Surprise BENTON - REDFERN Wedding! 1901
Crimes & Politics (Am I being redundant?)
Patrick TOOLEY Immolates Wife over Improperly Cooked Steak, NY, 1875
W. A. JONES & Son Shot in Ambush, Lenoir Co., 1901
HELBERT Implicated in Murder of PATTERSON Sisters, Tazewell, VA 1927
Martha LINK, Colored, Convicted of Highway Robbery, WV 1927 MORRIS, SOUTHERN
Busy Burglars in Camden, 1893 BEAR, BRADSHAW
COOPER Executed for 1871 SWING Murder, OH, 1872
Death of Insane Murderess, NJ, 1893 BOWERS
George WOOL Residence Burglarized, Detroit, 1872
Gamblers Caught & Fined, Baton Rouge, 1914 ODOM, VAY, SICARD, HERNANDEZ, LIEALD
Kansas Shooting Leaves One Dead, One Injured, 1902 BARTLETT, CROSSWAITE
Nathan HEARD Seeks Thief, MA, 1801
PRESTON Fratricide, Virginia, 1901
Negro Driver BRAIFFORD Assaulted by Highwayman, Mobile, 1914
Churches
Edenton Street Methodist Church, Norfolk, VA, 1901
St. Mary's Church, Appleton, WI, 1905
Methodist Episcopal Church, Philippi, WV, 1927
Presbyterian Church, West Galway, NY, 1916
First Cumberland Presbyterian, Nashville, TN, 1879
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Fort Worth, TX 1914
St. Mary's, Snainton, Yorkshire, England 1881
St. Mary's, Dublin, Ireland, 1917
Derinturn Chapel, Co. Kildare, Ireland, 1917
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, San Angelo, TX 1914
Christian Church, Owens Chapel, 1919
2nd Presbyterian Church, Alexandria, Virginia, 1875
Episcopal Church, Alexandria, Virginia, 1875
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Emory, Texas, 1913
Methodist Church, Emory, Texas, 1913
Diseases & Epidemics
Heart Disease, NM, 1897
Pneumonia, Fort Worth, TX 1914
Diphtheria, Louisiana, 1877
Patent Medicines
Gloria Tonic Tablets, Rheumatism Cure, 1905
Cemeteries
Mt. Hope Cemetery, Franklin, Williamson County, TN, 1919
Calvary Cemetery, Fort Worth, TX 1914
Union Cemetery, Lowndes County, GA, 1910
Catholic Cemetery, Iota, LA, 1914
Chord Burial Ground, Dublin, Ireland, 1917
German Lutheran Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA, 1893
Lone Star Graveyard, TX 1913
Immigration/Migration
NYE from Wisconsin to Montana, before 1905
O'NEILL from ? to Texas, before 1870
REDDELL from San Antonio, TX to Allegheny, NY, 1906
RINEHART from Missouri to Texas, 1917
FUNSTEN & COOK Marry in VA, Move to AR, 1875
REYNOLDS Marries KEHRER, moves from Indiana to Oklahoma, circa 1911
GILBERT from New York to Michigan, before 1881
Ships
Steamer General Clinch, 1862
Gunboat No. 2, 1862
Military Mention
Death of War of 1812 Veteran Samuel HIGH, VA, 1876
Battle at James Island, SC, 1862
Col. LAMAR's Battery, Mathews' Artillery, Capt. Thomas Y. SIMONS' Company, Charleston Light InfantryMaj. Thomas S. RICHARDS, 1st PA Cavalry, 1862
King's (8th) Regiment, 1881
North Carolina Civil War Vets to Visit Gettysburg & Chancellorsville Battlefields, 1901 METTS, McRAE, PAYNE
Her Majesty's 2nd infantry Division, Siege of Lucknow
Spanish American War Photo: Illinois Artillery Non-Commissioned Officers' Mess, 1898
Death of Major General G. B. DAVIS, 1914
Accidents & Disasters
Fire Destroys Opera House in Aberdeen, 1914 ELIXSON, CUNNINGHAM, SYKES, WILMAN
Brownwood News: a Fire, the Railroad, and Out-of-Town Visitors, 1886 JOHNSTON, YOUNG, SHROPSHIRE, CROWDER, McLAIN, LOWERY, TEMPLE. JACKSON, JONES
Old Cartoons & Humor
Editorial Cartoon from Stars and Stripes, France, "Roman Ruin at Trier," 1919
Patent Medicine Ads
Gloria Tonic Tablets Mrs. Jacob SEXAUER of Wisconsin suffered 33 years before finding this miracle cure! 1905
Cure Piles Without the Knife! 1901
Simmons' Liver Regulator, 1872
Got Pimples? Gone Bald? You need Vegetable Balm! 1880
Poetry
Church Belles, 1869
Fall, 1855
Recipes
Dandelion Wine, 1915
Lemon Pop, 1915
The Family Album
Stephen and Eliza Jane ARTHUR Family Reunion Photo
My Families
Family Histories:
Vintage & Collectible Postcards
Sugar Loaf Hill near Del Rio, Texas
Bird's-Eye View of Buckner, Illinois
Vintage Virginia Postcard: U. S. Government Pier at the Jamestown Exposition, 1907
Bureau of Printing & Engraving, Washington, D. C.
Evansville Cotton Mills, Indiana, 1908 REYNOLDS
Christmas 1909, Rockport, Indiana REYNOLDS
Christmas, 1910, Rockport, Indiana REYNOLDS, MASON
Christmas, 1911, Rockport Indiana to Tulsa, Oklahoma KEHRER, HUFFMAN
The Victorian Scrapbook
Class of 1901, Rockport, Indiana Graduation Program
Free Graphics
Grapes, 1855
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