Births and notices in city columns prompt a busy week
A series of brief city notices records births for Mr and Mrs A Culberson a boy and a girl for Mr and Mrs T R B Gordon a boy. The Oxanona Hotel entertainment by Cumberland Presbyterian church ladies was postponed due to rain and rescheduled for tomorrow at 7 45 pm with 10 and 15 cent admission. Deputy Sheriff Meharg took Kate Humphries and Mary Hoke to Wetumpka for penitentiary terms. Also listed are classified items including a two to three seamstress position and tailored clothes ads, railroad drayage services, and a London sale of sack suits at Ullman Bros. Additional notes mention Woodstock mills bids, Gardner Yare mills naming, and staff movements at The Evening Star with Russell W Rose named city circulator.
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Oxanoa Hotel
Cumberland
Ma Sweete
Danters
Frank Meharg
Wetumpki
Kate Humphries
Mary Hoke
Local notes mention Kennesaw and garden tasks
The item references the word Kennesaw as slang for a top cigar in Anniston, notes Mrs J L Miller expanding her residence on Wilmer and Twelfth, urges readers to plant their gardens now with Edmondson Anderson offering service by phone 88-3, and reports G W Staples returning from a business trip to Talladega.
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J. L. Miller
Wilmer and
Twelfth Streets
Kennesaw Smoker’s Delight Featured With Military Panoramas
Mrs. Benj. Micou of Washington arrives from Birmingham to stay with Cant. and Mrs. A. P. Agee. A military panorama of the Transvaal War and life like depictions of battles in the Spanish American War are on view in a Gar nee and Tenth streets store room. Admission ten cents with good music. Also advertisements for sale of horses and carriages.
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Garnee and
Tenth Streets
Aniston Tannery Promises Best Prices For Hides and More
The Aniston Tannery advertises top cash prices for hides beeswax tallow and tan bark. It emphasizes immediate cash payment and high value offers for animal products and byproducts.
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Aniston Tannery
Special sale of all wool suits continues to April Fourteenth
Ulman Bros announces a special sale of men suits priced at $6.99 to continue until Saturday night, April Fourteenth. The store promises all wool and worsted suits in sizes 33 to 42, with money refunds if not satisfactory.
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Ullman Bros
Red River on a Rampage in Dennison Texas
High water on the Red River has risen ten feet in twenty four hours affecting Dennison Texas. The piece notes a strong surge with claims that no previous run exceeded the quantity of the Kennesaw. Local hauling firm Edmondson and Anderson offers prompt service, contact via phone 28 3.
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Dennison
Texas
Red River
Edmondson & Anderson
Chinese Dinner Invitations and a Witty Portrait Remark
A traveler Dr Sven Hedin notes that Chinese dinner invites arrive in a large envelope with a tiny card to keep if you accept and return if you decline. He adds a timing quirk that a 12 o clock banquet may start at 2 pm. Sir Robert Teel recalls a friend comparing a portrait to a quiver lip and arrows from it in a humorous exchange.
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Sven Hedin
Robert
Teel
Sir Robert
Dyspepsia Quip From Philadelphia Press
A wry exchange notes MecJigger K rusty suffering from dyspepsia and a blessing in disguise. Thingumbob remarks that the bad mood can be blamed on the ailment, reflecting a humorous line from the Philadelphia Press.
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MecJigger
Krusty
Thingumbob
Philadelphia Press
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LAM Drug
Anniston AL Raya
Haviland China
Anniston Trading CO
Hawes
Ansley
Anniston Shoe Co
Ansley’s
Miss Daniel
Columbian Building
Bowling Alley
Noble Street
J. G. McKinney
Mra
A. Culberson
T. RB
Gordon
Donahoo & Co
Anniston
Ala
John Floyd Smith
Oxford
Junius Levy
A. F. McGhee
Woodstock
J. T. Gardener
Thomason
Gardner Yare Mills
D. G. Brothers
Jacksonville
Julius Levy
James Crook
H. Ritter
Youngstown, C
J. A. Edwards
Union Depot
Marshall
Edwards
Cuba
iSif
Edith McMillian
Rome
C. H. Hiton
Will Collier
Little
Bicycle Hospital
Tenth Street
C. Sykes
Russ W. Rose
Evening Star
Rose
Atlanta
Kennesaw
G. W. Staples
Tallas Deg
J. N. Dobbins
R. P. Thomson
Anniston Yarn Mills
Nobby
Manhattan
Eclipse
Douglas Shoes
Ullman
BROS
Sternes Grocery
J. P. Reynolds
Gaines Marble Co
Cartersville, Ga
D. R. Gaines
19Th
Quintard
Ition
Atlanta Journal
Outing NewMan
Atlanta, GA
Jim Newman
Stickney’s Pharmacy
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