Local Short Stories and Notices From West Annis ton Area
Fire department fought a blaze at fifteenth and Stephens in West Aniston destroying a small wood and coal house owned by Tom Collins. Community notices include a gas water heater ad and a call for an ice cream social at St Pauls M B church parlor. A Birmingham convention honored Calhoun County for dues and a Fonville family reunion described prominent local figures and careers in Montgomery.
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Fifteenth and Stephens
West Anniston
Tom Collins
St. Paul's
M. BF. Church
Evening Star wants ads provide quick real estate results
The Evening Star offers rapid rental and real estate ads in its Want Ads. The service is convenient and inexpensive, delivering immediate results for readers seeking property listings.
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Evening Star
Word morse debated by etymologists and readers
The piece discusses alterations in Scott's Monastery across editions. It centers on the tenth chapter sentence where morse supposedly replaces more. notes two etymology theories from Notes and Queries, cites Cotgrave and Latinate roots, and recounts a misprint theory resolved by manuscript evidence showing nurse as the actual word.
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Scott
Morse
Pather
Eustace
James’ Gazette
Paid in Full Inspiring Stenographers in Market Street Car
Two young stenographers discuss workplace worth on a Market Street car. The smaller recalls impressing a difficult employer by copying a misspelled letter with corrections, only to be fired as the result. The anecdote comes from the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
Expansion and Contraction of Air Paragraphs
A New York Telegram idea argues that sinking a hole to 46 miles depth would trap air denser than mercury at the bottom, while lifting surface air to 4,060 miles would expand to fill a sphere millions of tiles across.
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New York Telegram
Honor Rolls for Pine Avenue Public Schools
Public school honor rolls list multiple students by grade at Pine Avenue and Fifth Ward schools. Names include first through seventh grades with teachers noted, highlighting students such as Dewey Carlyle and Mamie Glosson among others.
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Pine Avenue
Fifth Ward
Miss Kernodle
Dewey Carlyle
Hubert Cornett
Roy Cornett
Ertis Daugherty
Raymond Glosson
Daniel Parker
A. G. Spinks
Glenn Trammell
Robert Bannister
Eva Guthrie
Nellie Hicks
Eula Ray
Lula Ray
Mary Bannister
Nellie Prigen
Miss Newton
Ruby Andrews
Fanny May Hicks
Eeith Gattis
Hugh Lee Wood
James Amos
Mary Collins
Lula Cochran
Edgar Baker
Fanny Ellison
Carry May Wortham
Ray Jones
Clarence Chastain
Melvin Hamilton
Vera Cook
Fred McKee
Jim Meee
May Allen
Maud Amos
Florence Goldsworth
Carrie Stewart
Rose Wilson
George Robertson
Miss Buchanan
Tra Ferguson
Elmer Johnston
John Warren
Ethel McQurry
Piedmont Social and Personal Notes
Mrs John W Hughes of Atlanta visited sister Mrs Josie M Kerr last week. Dr W T Morgan has Center avenue residence remodeled. W L Williams of Phillips Haden Co Birmingham was in town last week. T Ben Kerr was in Center last week on legend business. Jitd, daughter of Mr and Mrs W P Wharton, is slowly improving. Dr and Mrs T N White of Spring Garden were in town last Thursday.
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Star
Piedmont
John W. Hughes
Atlanta
Josie M. Kerr
W.T. Morgan
Center Avenue
W. L. Williams
Phillips, Haden & Co
Birmingham
T. Ben Kerr
Center
Jitd
W. P. Wharton
T. N. White
Spring Garden
Catarrh Cure Promoted With Hyomei Inhaler
An advertisement claims catarrh can be cured by Hyomei, a breathable remedy through a pocket inhaler. It asserts Hyomei reaches air cells, kills catarrh germs, and restores mucous membranes, with a money back guarantee if relief is not found. A complete Hyomei outfit costs $1.
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Sear Brough Drug Company
Wornout cotton spindles birthed fine screwdrivers
In days past worn cotton spindles were dumped on an iron heap to rust then sold as scrap metal. Someone ground one end into a wedge and flattened the other, creating a screwdriver of notable quality and yielding extra profits for cotton spinners.
Short Talks on Cooper Medicines and Claims by L. T. Cooper
L T Cooper explains that Cooper's New Discovery improves digestion and relieves common ills when used as a tonic. He acknowledges medicines cannot cure all diseases and cites a customer letter praising relief from headaches back pain and increased strength after use. Miss Jennie Isaacson of Duluth Minnesota endorses sales of the medicines.
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Hank
Nien Adamitay Cae
Cooper
Earth
Nature
Jennie Isaacson
18Th Avenue
Wese
Duluth
Mion
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Anniston Steam Laundry
H. McKleroy
A. Davis
The
Anniston National Bank
United States
iAs
Comptroller of the Currency
Oxford
Synodical College
Co. W. Cohen & Co
Noble Street
Calhoun County
M. B. Howell
Howell Cotton Company
Philadelphia
Trowell
Messrs
John VW. Noble
A. R. Noble
M. Lewis
Empire
Montevallo
Jellico
Montgomery Journal
Fonville
J. C. Fonville
Cliff Fonville
Western Union Telegraph Company
Percy Fonville
South Carolina
Parham Fonville
Western Railway of
Alabama
Call Fonville
Montgomery
Western Union
Mother
Father
Brother
Sister Ann
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Fifth Ward School
Edwin Borders
Claud Casey
Reese Jackson
Byron Shelton
Frank Montgomery
Fred Brandt
John Whelchel
Bessie Dunston
Y. Z. Richey
Rena Adair
Bessie Poote
Clara Shaver
Mary Butler
Dessie Butler
Rath Mayes
May Yeatman
L. T. Cooper
Miss Isaacson
J. L. Wikle
Evans Chemical
Alabaywia Hotel
Ine
Anniston Oak Tannery
W. M. Schroeder
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