Hello January shows a picture of Consolidated Mercantile founded in 1901 and the statement provided everything needed for households in Wylam. Wylam A longtime Wylam Resident One time when I was a little girl, we lived back over here at #4 coal mine. Poppa was doin something there. Some Italian people lived behind us. Some of them said they were brought in here to break the strike. I remember gettin a whippin and made to come in the house,because when the Italian men would come out of the mine they would strip naked in the backyard. They didn't have no bath house,you know. So Mama spanked me and made me stay in the house. You see people turn up their nose at the Italians. Them old hunkies,them old strikebreakers. And some of them have turned out to be some of the finest people and the backbone of Wylam. But they got it rough when they got brought in here. I got back to Wylam in 31 with three young uns,one baby in my arms,had nothing. Let me tell you one thing:people in Wylam were wonderful. They all stuck to me. We made it Wylam is getting to be an old folks place. The young people are moving out as they marry off- to Pleasant Grove,Hueytown,Forestdale. Historical dates noted on the calendar for January Jan 1st 1910 Birmingham city limits expands to include East Lake,Woodlawn,Avondale,North Birmingham,Ensley and Pratt City Jan 2nd 1930 Southern Natural Gas delivers natural gas to Birmingham for the first time Jan 6th 1932 The League of Women Voters Employment Bureau reports that 11,00 people are begging for jobs in Birmingham. Jan 9th 1921 Brother John Bryan,minister of the 3rd Presbyterian Church,is named citzen who rendered greatest service to the city in 1920 Jan 20th 1927 The Bankhead Hotel opens Jan 14th 1914 The City Commission ask for Chief of Police Bodeker's removal after he was charged with 17 counts of harboring vice especially prostitution. Jan 15th 1901 Sylvester Daly- Irish immigrant,rolling mill puddler and bar tender- dies after a succesful career in city politics Jan 20 1898 Robert Jemison and partners form the City Land Company which will develop the neighborhood of Glen Iris Jan 26th 1891 The town of Woodlawn is incorporated Jan 30th 1922 After a series of ax murders of Italian grocers,the Italian Protective Association is formed