Remembering Moulton Families and Civil War Echoes
The reminiscence sketches Major David Johnson Gondlett and Martha Mann Hansen, their Alabama era, and descendants. It traces births, marriages, and deaths, noting D. C. Goodlett’s public service, and details from Orpha Elizabeth to Martha Spartan, Waddy Thompson, and the Goodlett lineage. The piece closes with nostalgic questions about Moulton’s past influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
David Johnson Gondlett
Greenville
S. C
Martha Mann Hansen
Lawrence County
Alabama
Presbyterian Church
John Spartan
Hickey
Memphis
Milton LaFayette
Nashville
H H. Mastin
David Crockett
Mary Kyle Dinsmore
Josephus Shackelford
C. Goodlett
Chancery
Waddy Thompson
R. O. Pickett
Martha Angelina
George Wood
Orpha Elizabeth
J.G. McAlister
Robert Nelson
Hillsboro
J. W. Spear
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Robert Young
Chenault and Sherrod Guide Lawrence County Politics
The Montgomery Advertiser highlights G. O. Chenault of Lawrence County and Senator Charles M. Sherrod as prominent local Republicans. Chenault recalls near-miss as lieutenant governor candidate in 1910 and remarks on Republican margins in nearby counties. Sherrod states plans to attend the Baltimore convention as an alternate delegate, hoping party norms favor a Democrat without recent honors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Lawrence County
G. O. Chenault
North Alabama
Supreme Court
Chenault
Senate
Walter D. Seed
Franklin County
Baltimore
Underwood
Charles M. Sherrod
Exchange Hotel
Alabama
State Game and Fish Comm issioner Wallace issues wardens order
Commissioner John H Wallace Jr directs Alabama game wardens to hunt for licenseless hunters and to note robins are temporarily in Alabama. He cites robins as destroying weed seeds and insects, aiding crop protection, and warns common carriers have pledged not to transport unlicensed hunters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Game and Fish
John H. Wallace, Jr
Alabama
Wallace
Education for the Farmer Boy Education for the Farmer Boy
A speaker urges farmer boys to pursue broad education beyond the common school. He argues for specialized agricultural study to grow respect from city peers, improve farm life, and elevate the farmer's social standing, blaming teachers and parents if neglected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Boy
Nature
Classified Clippings Show Quirky Wants and Finds
An elderly lady seeks a furnished room with lights while a young man wants a room with double doors. A green leather purse is lost, a pool rider is sought, and a German-speaking horse handler is wanted. A lightweight overcoat is found, a boy who can open oysters is sought, and an organist plus a boy to blow the same are listed.
Boys Corn Club notices from USDA agents
A letter from L N Duncan and J B Harpy of the USDA Bureau invites Moulton Alabama school officials to enroll boys in the Boys Corn Club. It explains mailing lists, bulletins, and advises plots preparation with soil turning and manure before seed. It notes future name enrollments and offers departmental service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Stephenson
Moulton
Ala
For Sale Berkshire Boars and Gifts from Leslie Ennis
A Tuscum bia Alabama hog seller offers several high bred registered Berkshire boars and gifts at low prices to move stock. He has more hogs than he can care for and invites correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Ennis
Tuscumbia
Ala
Bar gains in commerce advertised in The Moulton Advertiser
A promotional pitch extols the newspaper’s reach and drawing power for advertising dealers. It urges merchants to reserve space, promising beneficial returns from ink and experience rich results and wide readership in the Moulton Advertiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton Advertiser
Public Auction of Personal Property at Kimo Alabama
T J Holland of Kimo Alabama announces a public sale on February 10 1912 at 10 A M 24 miles northeast of Moulton. Items include a 2 horse wagon harness mower and rake cook stove No 9 one mule one mare and colt two yearlings household furniture bacon cotton seed corn fodder tops and other articles. Cash for under $20 and on time with security for over $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Holland
Kimo, Ala
Satanic Sermon Excerpt Declares War on Alcohol
A fragment from a 19th century satirical pamphlet or letter in Hartselle Alabama portrays Satan declaring a war of alcohol on earth. It accuses governments churches and leaders of enabling vice through distilleries saloons and licenses from Washington. The piece ends with a prayer for more vice and damnation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Ameni
Winter Cabbage Plants Ready for Sale at T N Almon
Frost proof cabbage plants now ready to be set out. 200 plants growing well and looking like flags of prosperity. Price 2.00 per 100, cash with order. Call on or send orders to T N Almon at this place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Hell
W. OC
T. A
T. N. Almon
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Promises Cure for Indigestion
Advert says Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin cures indigestion and stomach trouble with laxative ingredients. Testimonials from T W Worthy of Forsyth GA and Rudy Kasner of Moline IL claim lasting relief after using the remedy. A bottle costs fifty cents to a dollar. free samples available by sending address to Dr W B Caldwell, 402 Caldwell Building, Monticello IL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Rudy Kasner
Moline
Ill
Dr. W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Building
Monticello, III
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G. Lynch
the Goodletts
Roddy
Texas
John Preutt
Henry Goodlett
Henry
Harris
Wolf Springs
Oklahoma
Martha Spartan
M L. Goodlett
Lee
Old Place
Frank
Lennie Delashaw
D. OC
Mary K. Goodlett
David Dinsmore
Nellie Angeline
Mattie Matilda
Dinsmore
Addie Landers
Nellie
Albert Windham
Colorado
Mattie
A. H. Mastergon
Hartselle
D.C. Goodlett
Mre
Easter Angeline Dinsmore Farley
R. Y. Goodlett
Marie Alexander
Thamas Jefferson Alexander
Vera
Earl
Chenault and Sherrod
Boys’ Corn Club
Earl. M. Hodson
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Auburn
L. N. Duncan
J. B. Harpy
Satan
H. M. Gili
Hartselle, Ala —R
Grant Hodges
Vinetta
Cremole
Crumone
Sinnaretti
Eor Saliee By
Moulton Drug Company
Moulton, Alabama
Lawrence County Medical Society
J. R. Howell
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