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(Transcribed from Wiregrass Farmer, Headland, Henry County, Alabama June 11, 1914) CLASSIFIED AND LOCAL ADVERTISEMENTS I am exclusive agent for the Votan line of…
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In the United States, the modern Thanksgiving holiday tradition is commonly, but not universally, traced to a sparsely documented 1621 celebration at Plymouth in…
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Train wreck at Woodstock, Alabama - Shannon Hollon I remember as a child my late grandmother telling me of this deadly train wreck…
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