Tag: Alabama history

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Mrs. Lilly Gardner Kills the Wife of Her Paramour in 1900 Bibb County – Part IV

This is the final story of what happened to Lilly Gardner and Festus Caddell. (Transcribed from The Centreville Press, Centreville, Alabama, April 25, 1901)…

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PATRON – Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852

Some Divorce, Marriage and Adoption Acts of the General Assembly of the state of Alabama By Alabama 1851-1852 ( transcriptions) [No. 84.] AN ACT…

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PATRON -A personal letter written from Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Alabama on October 21, 1918 about the Flu Pandemic

In the following transcribed letter, Lucy describes her work to her son in the influenza ward at the Camp Sheridan hospital. Transcribed letter from…

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PATRON – Pizitz Department Stores – started by a man who arrived in America without a dollar in his pocket

PIZITZ AD, Montgomery Advertiser September 11, 1921 Do you remember Pizitz Department Stores in Alabama? The Pizitz chain was founded as a family business…