Local ads and notices mix in Gadsden page
Local items advertise gas ranges water heaters and coal weather. Gerson and Quinn travel to St Louis for business deals. Auburn glee club to perform at Noble Reel Theater May 6. Donahoo & Co. promote stables buggy runs and roller Champion flour. Several church ministers attend anti saloon meeting in Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Gerson
A. H. Quinn
St. Louis
Busiess
Mr. Gerson
Quinn
Secon
Gadsden
Ed D. Smith
Auburn Glee Club
Noble Reel Theater
Theuburn Club
Annis
Auburn
Andrew J. Notestine
Mr. Briscoe
Methodist and Baptist Churches of
Jacksonville
First Methodist Church
This Date in History Highlights Major Events and Births
A scattered list notes Chevalier Bayard killed at Sesa passage in 624, Francis Xavier de Laval Montmorency born in 1708, Fontenoy in 745, US Navy department established in 798, Count von Roon born 803, Roman Republicans repulse French in 49, Sir Henry Bishop dies 855, Rev. Phillips Brooks elected bishop in 1891, Ferdinand Ward’s Sing Sing term ends 1892, Marlborough dowager marriage 1895, Louisiana Purchase exposition dedication 1903, plus a stray quote about Saxon work in a church with an Old Man character.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevalier Bayard
Francis Xavier de Laval Montmorency
Quebec
Fontenoy
Navy Department of the United States
Gress
Count von Roon
Prussia
France
Sir Henry Bishop
Home
Sweet Home
Phillips Brooks
Massachusetts
Ferdinand Ward
Sing Sing
Duchess of Marlborough
Lord William Bereford
London
St. Louis
Short Talks By L. T. Cooper New Discovery Ad
An old advertisement advocates Cooper's New Discovery as a seasonal tonic for run-down people. It cautions not to overuse medicine and to maintain regular habits, claiming a reader improved after two bottles and praising the product from Sallie Middleton of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Earth
Cooper
Sallie Middleton
Central Avenue
Cincinnati
Ohio
Apicius Style Salacacady Recipe Noted in Historical Text
The fragment describes Apicius finishing life by self-inflicted death after immense wealth spent on table pleasures. It provides a recipe titled salacacady with a mash of herbs and spices, bread, meat, and cheese, mixed with oil, wine, and honey, then aged briefly before serving with snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apicius
The Missouri River a Crooked Ally to Landowners
George Fitch portrays the Missouri as a mischievous force that reshapes riverbank land for profit. A Kansas City tale shows how river erosion and deposition alter 160, 200, then 500 acres, benefiting a distant owner while wrecking adjacent plots. The piece mocks river power and legal finesse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Kansas City
Missouri River
George Fitch
American Magazine
Pianist double act at conservatory becomes local legend
A Brooklyn Eagle item recounts a humorous afternoon at a conservatory near New York. Signor Novello performed Beethoven and drew praise for his mane while James Jones, posing later as Liszt performer, hid his identity after a barber visit. The stunt boosted crowd appeal for classical music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Conservatory
Signor Novello
James Jones
Lizst
Fortay
Beethoven
Liszt
Doctor Nurses Wounded Dog Then Disappears
A Saginaw physician tended a dog with a wounded foot each morning, redressing the wound and changing bandages for several days. The dog healed, the doctor patted it and left, and the next morning the dog was gone. The doctor now believes in dog intelligence and gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Cotrier-Herald
Absinth Foretold in Paris Letter Cites St John
A Paris paper publishes a temperance letter citing St John the Evangelist to warn absinth as a dreadful scourge. The correspondent links Revelation chapter eight to wormwood and the star that falls to poison rivers and waters, causing thirst and death in the third part.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Cause of Temperance
Also Mentioned on This Page
Anniston
C. W. Cohen & Co
Nole Street
Model Ice Co
Sarah Law
Birmingham
H. ©. Davis
Donahoo & Co
Donahoe & Co
J. A. Wallis
Marvin Hill
W. A. Smith
Cyclist
Puneh
L. T. Cooper
Miss Middleton
J. L. Wikle
California Fig Syrup Co
T Company
Syrnp Five
Elixir of
United States
Secretary of Agriculture
Washington
San Francisco
Cal
England
New York, N. Y
Louisville, Ky
U.S
Savannah
Atlanta
New Orleans
Aim
Thomas E. Kilby
J. Houser
JAS
State of
Alabama
AnnIston City Furniture Co
Noble and Twelfth Streets
E. L. Turner & CO
G. H. Brummell & CO
Brummell & Pinson
Twelfth Street
Quintard Ave
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