Morrisville Social Items Mixed with Local Visits
Morrisville notes Aug 9 report good health in the community. Lizzie Yarbrough returns home from visiting relatives. Local visits include Donnie Johnson, Lucy Cannon to Belle and Callie Summerall, Archie Floyd from Anniston, Effie Martin guest of Emma Haynes, Vonu Ledbetter returns to Anniston, Fannie Haynes and Vona Ledbetter visit Ora and Erma Minty, N. Arnold of Jacksonville visiting parents. Sunday School progress cited. J. A. Ferguson, A. F. Johnson visited, Katie Hicks seen with Nellie Sides, J. W. Evans and George Bryant families fished on the river. Horace Howard family moved to Morrisville. Pink Scammerall visited last Wednesday.
Runaway accident at Bulaton on Nickleson hill
At Bulaton last Saturday a runaway harmed Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Watts and Mrs. John Watts, thrown from a wagon into rock beds. They were badly bruised but not in danger. The town also reports visits by G. A. Laney’s relatives, A. W. Laney delivering cantaloupes to Anniston, and a thunderstorm with lightning near Laney’s barn causing no stock damage. Nearby residents, including John Hand of Choccoloeco and Hinds of Anniston, visited relatives here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bulaton
W. A. Watts
A. W. Laney
Anniston
G. A. Laney
If You Suffer with Rheumatism
A fragmented ad style note promotes a remedy for rheumatism. The text mentions a dumbed message about healing and relief, with cryptic branding and unclear product naming. No clear date or organization is established in readable portions.
State Normal School opens September with strong programs
State Normal School, a state teachers college, reports 624 enrolled last session across all classes and 382 in the four Normal School classes. It serves 55 Alabama counties, with 800 boarders and 135 teachers. It offers strong professional courses, a well equipped manual training department, and prepares students for the state examination. Board is 10 dollars per month, expenses 75 to 125 dollars per session. Catalogue on request.
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Normal School
Alabama
Summer Diarrhoea in Children Uses Remedy
In hot weather the first loose bowel movement in a child requires prompt care to prevent danger. A few doses of Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy followed by castor oil cleanses the system. Rev M O Stockland of Little Falls Minn endorses the remedy for many summers disorders in children. Sold by J L Wikle.
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M. O. Stockland
M. E
Little Fall
Minn
J. L Wikle
Sun's long life, future energy and space progress
Authorities in Kelvin Newcomb and Ball suggest the sun's activity may be short on the cosmic scale, perhaps not exceeding 10,000,099 years, with only a quarter of energy spent and three quarters still stored for future planetary life. The outlook implies extended scientific progress and vast potential for human and planetary development.
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Kelvin
Newcomb
Ball
Luckiest Man in Arkansas Declares Dr King’s Cure
H L Stanley of Bruno reports his wife recovered after five years of coughing and pulmonary bleeding using Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption. He credits the medicine with the cure after twelve bottles and notes a money back guarantee. Trial bottles offered free at West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway & Houser.
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Arkansas
H. L. Stanley
Bruno
Dr. King
West End Drug Co
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Unnecessary Expense Promised Relief From Colic Remedy
Acute attacks of colic and diarrhoea come on without warning and prompt relief must be obtained. There is no necessity of incurring the expense of a physician's service in such cases if Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is at hand. A dose will relieve the patient before a doctor could arrive. It has never been known to fail, even in severe cases. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Flag reversed signals hope for missing crew at sea
A New York Press report explains why fishing schooners hoist the flag reversed at the mainmast head. Spectators see distress, while seafarers view it as a sign that missing crew may have been picked up or will yet return.
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Souta
New York Press
Stomach and Liver Tablets Offer Relief for Constipation
Edwardsville resident Charles Baldwin reports long term constipation and stomach troubles improved by Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The ad claims near cure with 25 cent price and free samples, for sale by J. J. Wikle.
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Chas. Baldwin
Edwardsville, Til
Chamberlain
J. J. Wikle
London Punch: origin of a famed satirical paper
In a tavern behind Drury Lane, London's Comite Paper Punch began as a joke among witty regulars. The landlord brewed punch, the men debated names, and the idea grew into a comic paper sold a year later for £100 to Bradbury & Evans. It gained renown and controversy across Europe.
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London Punch
Drury Lane
Punch
Dion Boucicault
Bradbury & Evans
England
Europe
Dr. King's New Life Pills End Malaria Poison Cure
An advertisement proclaims a new remedy named Dr. King's New Life Pills for yellow fever and malaria related poison. It promises to purge disease germs and constipation and guarantees cures, listing Elam Otwavy & Houser's and West End Drug Co as sellers at 25 cents.
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Dr. King
New Life
Elam
Otwavy & Houser’s
West End Drug Co
A Mussalman’s Code and the Hypocrisy of Tolerance
A London Spectator excerpt argues that a Mussalman will strictly follow his creed, rejecting alcohol, veiling customs, and life insurance, regardless of health, business, or personal consequence. The piece notes creed dictates behavior like a rigid operative law, with limited exceptions for gain, and warns of brutal reprisals for defiance.
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Mussulmans
Ratber
London Spectator
His Too Thoughtful Wife
A physician recalls a tale where his wife’s careful plan saves him from missing a critical late call. He returns exhausted at 3 am, undresses in the dark, then finds a note pinned to his pillow directing him to a distant patient at once. The anecdote underscores wives’ diplomacy in safeguarding husbands from unnecessary night work.
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New York Press
Electric Bitters praised by Belair pastor in ad
The Rev. J. C. Warren of Sharon Baptist Church Belair Ga calls Electric Bitters a Godsend curing back pain stiff joints and collapse. He credits two bottles with restoring strength and improved walking. Ad claims remedy for weakness and stomach liver kidney issues sold with guarantee at West End Drug Co. and Elam Ordway Houser at 50 cents.
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J. C. Warren
Sharon Baptist Church
Belair
West End Drug Co
Elam Ordway & Houser
Fine foliage plants at one half value buyers urged
Surplus fern stock offers ten kinds of fine shapely ferns in all sizes at half price. Large plants discounted to make room for smaller sizes. Ships at about 10 percent extra. Shipping paid on orders of five dollars or more by F. J. Ulbricht, lock box 675, Anniston Alabama, Phone 503.
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F. J. Ulbricht
Anniston
Ala
Donahoo Co Turnouts Promoting Rides
Advertisement extols Donahoo and Co turnouts inviting customers to try a ride. It lists contact as phone number 82 and urges action, reflecting a vintage dealer promotion style. The brief mentions quality and appeal of the turnouts without additional details.
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Donahoo & Co
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Morrisville News
Morrisville
Ent
Lizzie Yarbrough
Donnie Johnson
Lucy Cannon
Belle
Callie Summerall
James Martin
East Lake
Archie Floyd
Mins
Effie Martin
Peaceburg
Emma Haynes
Miss Vonu Ledbetter
Fannie Haynes
Vona
Ora
Erma Minty
Peacebury
N. Arnold
Jacksonville
Bessie Ledbetter
Mary Presley
Mises Sallie Lloyd
Jas. A. Ferguson
Family Sunday
Mr. A. FP. Johnson
Katie Hicks
Nellie Sides
J. W. Evans
George
Bryant
Horace Howard
Mr. Pink Scammerall
John
Watts
Nickleson Hill
Mrs. Watts
McFall
John Hand
Choccoloeco, Vis
Mr. and
Mra, Hinds
Mra, E. C. Winfield
Ens
Ley
V. i. Wikie
Ness
City National
Anniston, Ala
Jacksonville, Ala
C. W. Daugette
Lenus
Anniston Banking & Loan Company
Wellborm
Evans Chemical CO
Womer
London
Comite
A Mussalman
Wm. Cerst Brewing Co
Nashville, Tenn
M. Markstein
M. F. Doering
D. M. Boozer
15Th and Pine
Brown Shoe Co
St. Louis
Anniston Electric & Gas Company
Noble and Tenth Sts
Thomas’ Drug Store
W. 10Th St
Allj
Aderhold & Co
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