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From: "Nancy" <>
Subject: The Stories of Jessie Ruth Guffy
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 09:50:32 -0500

I was first introduced to the stories of Jessie Ruth Guffy when her
daughter-in-law posted one on a Rootsweb list. I wrote to Lois, asking
permission to post it to another list. "Yes," came the answer, "would
you like to see any of the others?"
One after another, they came, each more engaging than the one before,
on every subject from camp meetings to home remedies (see list below).
I was thrilled when Lois said I could share them by placing them online
because, though Jessie Guffy grew up in Oklahoma in the late 1800's,
her stories are so similar to the ones my mother told about her parents'
lives in SW MS at about the same time. These wonderful stories give a
glimpse into the everyday lives of our ancestors, I believe, no matter the
location, in rural America during that time.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Nancy
www.thepastwhispers.com/Olden_Days_Jessie_Guffy
The Stories:
Early Living Conditions in the Cherokee Strip
Early Day Houses
Early Schools
Old Fashioned Things
Literaries in the Old Days
Old Time Camp Meetings
Old Time Box Supper
Old Time Straw Stack
Early Days of Baseball
Early Day Fuel was Different
Medicinal Treatment
Pioneer Huckster
Saturdays Once a Big Deal in Rural Areas
Sitting Up, Neighborly Thing To Do
Eavesdropping on Country Phone
Games in the Snow: Fox and Geese
Coal Oil Lamps
-30- End of Story by George Hughey, Newspaper Editor



Nancy, researching:
Baldridge, Cain, Courtney, Curtis, Carmichael, Dawkins, Doty,
Garmon, Garrett, Hanon, Jackson, McCormick, Matthews,
Osborne, Sharp, Stampley, Stringer, Turrentine, Warren

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