Phoebe
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Re: “The Secret Mansion in Annesdale-Snowden”
Thanks for posting - I've been wanting to see the grounds and inside of this house for about 18 years - it was amazing and absolutely worth the entry fee. It's sad to see the Snowden family belongings being sold off, though...
Re: “Conversation Piece”
So, is that last item a special stretcher?
Re: “The Frisco Bridge Mystery”
I must stop! I just love mysteries too much...seriously, if I had my way, this is all I would do all day.
Scotty Lipe definitely seems to be highly regarded...the article is on pg. 9 of the newsletter, I think...
http://www.newslink.com/pubs/ALAB/ALAB0407…
Re: “Charles Bowman — The Legless Key Tag Maker”
here's what i've got - i can't figure out what's going on with this guy! so many moves! so many careers!
http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/s/Stroman,J…
..."a letter, 1917, from Chas. R. Bowman offering to sell a silver key tag with name and address made by Bowman, who was disabled; and other items."
so that was the first thing i found placing him, time-wise...
i also found these
A 1910 ad for a Chas. R. Bowman who is an artificial limb manufacturer (!) in Jacksonville, FL in 1910 (and a corresponding census record that lists a wife and a son)
http://brokert10.fcla.edu/DLData/SF/SF0000…
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqowe…
This is to the SC 1920 census with presumably the same Chas. from the Jacksonville census, since the ages match...however, this time he's listed as a farmer of special livestock (what are special livestock, anyway?)
http://persi.heritagequestonline.com/hqowe…
AND THEN (I hope this link works) Charles and Thelma in Sharp County, Ark. with his occupation listed as Key Tag maker!
http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/view.as…
Despite all evidence to the contrary, I want to assure you that I do have a life outside of reading your blog and trying to figure out the "mysteries" posts! I've just been doing a lot of Memphis history research and genealogy research lately so I've been having fun trying out all the newly discovered resources...
Re: “Fairyland Park”
Here are link to the sections with Overton, Fairyland and East End from the Guide and Map of the City of Memphis by the Memphis Abstract Company (1908):
http://www.wdbj.net/shelby/directories/190…
http://www.wdbj.net/shelby/directories/190…
Re: “Charles Decker - The Littlest Man in Memphis?”
According to two articles I found, one from Hot Springs and one from Galveston, TX he did live in Memphis at some point and he was born in Pontotoc, MS. I'd be happy to send you PDFs or JPGs of the articles that I found using the TSLA 19th Century Newspapers database. Awesome resource that I discovered today!
Re: “Bianca Knows Best ... And Helps a Doormat”
I completely agree with your advice. It sounds like the husband already considered himself to be in an open relationship, the wife had no idea til last year, and then she was persuaded to just join in on the cheating by a husband who, for whatever reason, would rather keep her hanging around than go through the hassle of a divorce. I think that this situation is much different than a couple who agree from the outset that they will have an open relationship...this retrofit or "new phase" of their relationship is so one-sided that i cannot imagine it ever working out to the wife's satisfaction.
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