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"Miss Anderson Plans To Attend Howard University"
This is a newspaper clip about Mildred Anderson and her plans to attend Howard University.
"Negro Looks in Window: Slain"
Newspaper article about William Summerhill, who was killed by Ms. Charity Marie Rowell after he looked into her bedroom window.
"Nurse of Two Governors Dead"
This is a newspaper story about the death of Henrietta O'Neal, who was a "gift" to Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. O'Neal by Dr. Alfred Moore of Virginia.
"One Negro, Three White Officers Hired"
This is an article about the officers hired to replace Bob Carl Bailey, and others, who were fired by the Huntsville Police Department.
"Prominent businessman Bob Goldston dies"
This is an article about the life of Bob Goldston, who passed away in 2007.
"Sheffield Woman Celebrates Her 102nd Birthday Wednesday With Her Children"
This is a newspaper article about Mrs. Mattie Gipson, of Sheffield, Alabama, who turned 102 in 1969.
"Uncle" Ben and Wife Nancy Hawkins' Death Records
The Wednesday, July 30, 1873 Florence Times-Journal death notice of Nancy Hawkins (ca. 1808-1873), the wife of "Uncle" Ben Hawkins (1802-1879).
The 1880 Lauderdale County, Alabama Mortality Schedule enumeration for Ben Hawkins, a "laborer" and…
"Uncle" Ben Tucker's 1919 Death Notice
The Thursday, September 11, 1919 death notice of "Uncle" Ben Tucker, who lived on Waterloo Road, said to be 107 years old.
95-Pounder
This is a photograph of Amos Webster with a 95-pound watermelon.
A Narrow Escape
A Wednesday, October 2, 1889 Florence Herald article reporting on how an African-American brakeman on the Memphis & Charleston Railroad named Oscar Jones, by his "bravery" and "great presence of mind," risked his life and narrowly averted disaster…
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