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A Strange Family Tale From Alabama and Other Notices
An 1874 tale from Brazoria County Texas ends in a pardon, with Pendleton reuniting with his wife after a wrongful prison sentence for a murder he did not commit. The item then notes evolving public holiday debates in Louisiana, a bread theft anecdote with a humane cop, and a collage of colonial era curiosities and local color from Missouri to China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Double Springs
Ala
Geo. W. Pendleton
Octavia
Brazoria County
Liverpool
Texas
Mr. Hinton
Hinton
Pendleton
Velasco
Bastrop Bayou
Penitentiary
de Witt
Atlanta
United States
DeWitt
California
Georgia Asylum
North
Carlina
Winston County
Alabama
Dr. Witt
Breckinridge
Detroit Free Press
China
Pekin
Castoria