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    A Horse Scrape, 1889, Oxford

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    A Horse Scrape.
    Late yesterday afternoon Mr. Leon Ullman ordered a horse from the livery stable to take a ride down to Oxford. The animal was hitched to the same post the horse of J.W. Harris was standing tied, and Mr. Ullman made the mistake of riding off on that gentleman’s horse.
    In the mean time Mr. Harris had half of the police in the city looking for the horse-thief, while Mr. Ullman was congratulating himself upon having secured such a good riding animal. His feelings can better be imagined than felt when an officer tapped him on the shoulder and informed him that he was under arrest for horse stealing. The matter was explained and a good laugh was had at his expence. He brags on the many different gaits of Mr. Harris’ horse.

     

    THE EVENING NEWS, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1889

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    Tonight in my X feed.

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    Mr. Boll Weevil + the Farmers’ Foot Race | Prices Switch, 1932

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    Notes from Prices Switch, October, 1932

    • The health here is very good, except headache and colds. The weather has changed from real hot to very cool. Look for frost soon. The farmers and Mr. Boll Weevil are racing to see who can gather the cotton crop first.
    • Several of our neighbors took dinner with James Garrett Sunday, it being his 58th birthday. Jim and I are not as young now as we were 50 years ago. Not as good either as we were when our father used to play a tune with “hickory” on our legs, and we had to dance to the music. It was no enjoyment to dance at that time.
    • Miss Ruth Summers of Birmingham is visiting relatives at Maxwellborn. Mr. Summers section will extend to Prices Switch after Friday.
    • We notice that our editor is bringing up some very interesting old records from Jacksonville and surrounding country. We surely do love to see the old things in print. Some day we will see our old friends and loved ones who are almost forgotten. Thank you, Mr. Johnson. ‘Tis a great improvement in our paper. I hope to write something about the old times in the future.
    • Mr. Booler, our peddler, said he was badly disappointed week before last when The Journal arrived and the deacon was absent. Every subscriber likes the Prices Switch News, and we love them all. We would like to go into every home every week, but some people are so contrary that they won’t subscribe for the paper, but are your best friends to borrow the paper every week. We are glad to lend, but think they oughta subscribe.
    • Mr. John Jackson is building a house to live in. He says it is impossible to rent, and when a fellow can’t stay in the other fellow’s house he’d better get a tent.
    • Work had better open up. Farmers will soon be out of a job. Then what?

    PIEDMONT JOURNAL, FRIDAY, OCTOBER, 1932
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    F.G. BECKNELL NOT DEAD AND IS GLAD OF IT PIEDMONT, ALA. , Jan. 5.

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    In some mysterious way the news got circulated that Mr. F.G. Becknell, formerly of Piedmont, but now of Anniston, had died. Nearly everyone you met was under the impression our old friend had passed off the stage of action, but his family and intimate friends here were very much gratified to find when calling up his family in Anniston, that Mr. Becknell was not dead. Not only that, but stated that he had not even been sick or even feeling bad, so “I’m glad to tell you that I’m not dead, and glad of it,” was his comment to his friends.

     

    F.G. BECKNELL NOT DEAD AND IS GLAD OF IT
    PIEDMONT, ALA. , Jan. 5.

    THE JACKSONVILLE RECORD, FRIDAY, JANUARY, 1933

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    Jeanne Robertson | The “Interments” of Cousin Rudolph Elroy

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    We’re coming up on the anniversary of the passing of my all-time favorite speaker, Mrs. Jeanne Robertson. I was rewatching one of my favorite clips from her recorded specials earlier today. Since it’s one of those tales that’s lived rent-free in my head for a decade or so, I thought I would l share it here. It’s called ‘the Interments of Cousin Rudolph Elroy’ a/k/a ‘Rudolph Elroy Branch’.

    Here’s Jeanne’s story about a relative who traveled a long way, ages after his death, to finally (at least we hope) find his final resting place.

    If I ever find myself in Mr. Branch’s part of Mississippi, I know I’ll have to stop in and eat some fried chicken and potato salad, and pay my respects.

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