Oxford notes social events and civic reminders in city column
The column lists meetings of Oxford Lodge I C O F and a first regular meeting in September. It notes sidewalks must be kept clear, reports visitors from Al bertville Gadsden Delta Athens and Commerce. It mentions Percy Clark of Selma addressing farmers at Oxford Lake and Mandy Love's death, Kathleen Sharp's departure, a Pythian convention program, and visiting Heflin residents R Hicks and family plus Miss Pinson hosting events.
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Oxford Lake
Percy Clark
Selma
Clark
Harriet Pope
The Yellow Stamp Is Dead for Humphries & Co
The Busy Grocers Humphries & Co offer new premiums including hat racks. A coupon with every 10c cash purchase and rebate checks. Return 15 in cash checks to earn 50c in trade. They continue to carry their pure fresh line of groceries and invite customers to use them.
Oxford Notes from Aug 16 Farmers' Union picnic and local visitors
Sam G. Wright of Jacksonville spent last night in Oxford after attending the Lake Farmers' Union picnic. Misses Belle and Lou Andrews visit Birmingham for two to three weeks. Rentals offered for rooms or board. E. A. Walker family returned from a country stay near Cold Water. A large crowd enjoyed the Lake show with Zampa praised. Chas Whiteside returned from Ocala. C. F. Douglass heads to Chattanooga and Memphis then Mississippi for vacation. Alice Bullard returns from Birmingham to visit. Self Culture club held a called meeting this afternoon and handled various business matters.
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Oxford
Sam G. Wright
Jacksonville
Farmers’ Union
Belle
Lou Andrews
Birmingham
Do You Suffer From Kidney Troubles
Advertisement offering Smith's Sure Kidney Cure with a money back guarantee through Searbrough Drug. The claim promises relief or cure at a price of 50 cents.
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Smith
Searbrough Drug
Anniston Cash Store Liquidation Bargain Treats Plastering Materials
Anniston Bass and Heard announce a going out of business sale offering white rock plastering and cement at 75 percent off. The store highlights 60 2001b barrels priced originally at $1.50 per barrel with rapid sale anticipated.
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Anniston Cash Store
Co's Turnouts Ride Offer Referenced by Phone
A brief ad notes inviting readers to try a ride in one of the companys turnout vehicles and provides the contact phone number 82 for inquiries.
Wedding Ban’t Wish Granted Dog License Mixup
A London wedding ends in embarrassment after a fast-moving cab rushes past a registrar’s clerk in the street. The clerk delays the couple and reveals a clumsy error has occurred, as his old registry mistakenly records the bride and groom as married with a dog license.
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London
Gury
Zebras to Drive Zanzibar Streetcars Ordered by Uganda Farm
Lord Howard de Walden, owner of a 10 000 acre zebra farm in Uganda, has ordered four zebras to pull streetcars in Zanzibar. The animal reportedly endures heat better, is stronger, and immune to tsetse fly attacks, making it suitable for the job.
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Zanzibar
Lord Howard de Walden
Uganda
Africa
Luckiest Man in Arkansas Credits Dr King’s New Discovery
H L Stanley of Bruno praises Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption for curing his wife after five years of coughing and lung bleeding. He notes improvement after one bottle and a full cure after twelve, with money back guarantee. Available at West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway Houser. Trial bottle offered free.
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Arkansas
H. L. Stanley
Bruno
Dr. King
West End Drug Co
Elam, Ordway & Houser
World’s Largest Room in St Petersburg Reveals Vast Hall
A colossal chamber in St Petersburg claims the title of the world's largest room under one roof no pillars. It spans 620 feet in length and 150 feet across. By day it hosts military displays with a battalion maneuvering inside. At night 20 000 tapers illuminate the arched iron roof creating a striking glow.
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St. Petersburg
Girl defeats father for school trustee in Colusa County
Florence Berker unseated her father P F Berker as school trustee after a heated campaign. She joined the race likely to defend a female teacher friend from dismissal, defeating the incumbent in Colusa County California.
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Colusa County
California
Florence Berker
P. F. Berker
Hera
Thrifty Farmer’s Lesson On Prepared Homes
The article urges preparedness for sudden illness, noting dysentery diarrhoea and cholera morbus may strike any household without warning. It promotes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best known immediate treatment and mentions J. L. Wikie selling it.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikie
Foxy Groom Sparks Paris Divorce Plot
A Paris man planning divorce bribed his groom to elope with the wife. The groom fled with the wife and carried off her jewels plus several thousand dollars from the husband’s funds.
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Paris
Quote on Indians recalls college students in Dalts note
In the Chicago Dalts News, Van Albert jokes that Indians resemble college students, saying you cannot tell their songs from their whoops. The comment frames cultural contrast with a light, provocative tone.
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Rodrick
van Albert
Chicago
Dalts News
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Gadsden
A. Britt
Delta
Mell M. Stephenson
Athens
Mandy Love
Kathleen Sharp
Commerce, Ga
EB. Gunnels
Committee On
First District Pythian Association
Hon. C. F
Douglass
J. H. Disque
Grand Lodge
Jas. Balfour
Oxford Lake Park Pavillion
B. C. Jones
R. H. Hicks
Heflim
A. Shaddix
Florida Pinson
Miss Jackson
Miss Pinson
Humphries & CO
E. A. Walker & CO
Dick Whiteside
Church Street
E. A. Walker
Coldwater
the Lake
Zampa
Chas. Whiteside
Ocala
Florida
C. F. Douglass
Chattanooga
Menphis
Tenn
Mississippi
Iness
Alice Bullard
Mrs. Bullard
Magic City
Self Culture Club
Bass
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Anniston
Aderhold & Co
Anniston Electric & Gas Company
Noble and Tenth Sts
D. M. Boozer
15Th and
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Brown Shoe Co
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Pullman
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