Interesting Memories of Calhoun County Pioneer McCain Home
In Calhoun County era history, Robert McCain, long a justice of the peace near Merrellton, built a 540 acre farm and led a productive life. His hewn log house and later additions with wooden walkways show frontier building methods. McCain, thrice married, left many descendants and valued enslaved laborers who remained loyal, while the piece reflects on war preparations at Camp McClellan and archeological relics from Native American history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Roberson
Merrellton
Robert McCain
John McCain
Oxford
McCain
Carolinas
Summerville
Chatooga County
Benton
Calhoun County
Alabama
Central America
John Hubbard
Seisjee
Martin McCain
Martin
Rome
Belief War Preparations May Be Final
The article notes a belief that current war preparations are the last ever, grounded in scripture predicting a final great struggle. Survivors are imagined to derive fuel from battlefield wreckage rather than cutting forest trees.
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Lief
Meridian men complain of rates across Alabama
Meridian businessmen allege discrimination in shipping rates between Meridian and other Alabama points. A representative of the Interstate Commerce Commission plus M M Caskie of the Montgomery chamber freight bureau will hear the case in Meridian this week. If the interstate rate is found fair and the intrastate rate too low, Alabama’s commission may be ordered to adjust it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Meridian
Alabama
Interstate Commerce Commission
M.M. Caskie
Montgomery Chamber of Commerce
Kae Fone
Public Service Commission
Alabama Commission
Peters Mineral Land Company Organized at Gadsden
Notice of the Peters Mineral Land Company organization in Gadsden Etowah county with authorized capital of 25000 and 8000 paid. Notables include Senator Alton Lee Probate Judge L L Hertberg and Mayor W G Bellenger.
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Montgomery
Peters Mineral Land Company
Gadsden
Etowah County
Alton Lee
L. L. Hertberg
W. G. Bellenger
Operation Averted by Violet Vegetable Compound Letter
Philadelphia reader Mrs. Thos McGonigal recounts severe female troubles and monthly cramps, saying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her after three bottles. She urged others to consider the remedy and permitted publication of her testimony.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Escaped Prisoner Caught in North Reclaimed in Wetumpka
Fish Marford of Jefferson county who fled the penitentiary with three companions about three weeks ago was returned to Wetumpka to serve a twenty five year highway robbery sentence. Brinsfield state transfer agent brought him back after recapture at Columbus Ohio. He had been hospital steward and now will wear stripes behind prison walls.
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Montgomery
Fish Marford
Jefferson County
Wetumpka
Marford
Columbus
Ohio
Brinsfield
Arrests for Enticing Labor by Two Negroes
Nelson James and Will Jordan, both described as negroes, were arrested by county authorities Monday on a charge of enticing labor from Alabama without obtaining licenses as labor agents. The law requires a five hundred dollar annual state license and two hundred fifty dollars to each county where they operate. It was charged that James had
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Montgomery
Nelson James
Will Jordan
Alabama
Iist
James
Freezone Corn and Callus Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An old notice touts Freezone from Cincinnati as a painless solution for corns and calluses. The tiny bottle supposedly soothes soreness instantly and loosens the affected skin so it can be lifted away with the fingers.
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Cincinnati
Delegations of Negroes Bound for Kentucky and Montgomery
A delegation of Black travelers bound for Kentucky was observed at Union Station while another group led by Jordan waited at a station near Montgomery. The report notes the presence of these two contingents and their travel arrangements.
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Union
Kentucky
Jordan
Montgomery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Camp McClellen
France
Anniston
Shivar
Shelton
S.C
RFLL
Rogers & Zemurray Copanyholesale
Chicago
Jacksonville
New Orleans
St. Louis
Atlanta
North
South America
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co
First Avenue
Buffalo Rock
South
Buffalo Rock Company
Birmingham
Ala
Inger Ale
Fisk
Reo
Fisk Tires
E. & B. Auto & Supply Company
LPL
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