Talladega District Quarterly Meetings Schedule
Talladega District announces quarterly meetings for multiple circuits and stations. Dates span December through February including Childersburg, Sycamore, Munford, Aniston, Oxford, Plantersville, Masemville, Lecta, Hoedia, Alexandria, Talladega, Jacksonville White Plains, Wildenville, Colambiana, Spring Garden, Piedmons, with J. L. Barrrais, P. KB.
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Talladega Circuit
Jacksonville-—- White Plains
Wildenville
Electric Bitters Cited By Decatur Woman For Digestive Relief
Mrs H Newsom of Decatur Alabama says Electric Bitters saved her from three years of severe indigestion and stomach trouble. She reports improved appetite and weight gain after using the tonic. The ad claims Electric Bitters cure indigestion loss of appetite and related liver and kidney issues.
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Mra
H. Newsom
Decatur
Ala
Two Good Horses for Sale in Alabama Farm Ad
Two good horses for sale a gray mare nine years old sound and kind fit for carriage or delivery wagon a bay horse six years old suitable as a family horse and heavy enough for work a black jack four years old from imported Spanish stock also a Jersey cattle sale from seventy head offering fresh cows and good heifers call or write W. J. Miller manager Rural Delivery Anniston Ala contact number 103.
Snuffbox Incident In Czarist Court
The imperial snuffbox, strictly guarded in the czar’s room, is breached by Kaptoff who boldly uses the box to stay awake on duty. The czar, amused, allows him to keep the rest, remarking the box is not large enough for both.
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Natbor
Pauls
Kaptoff
Paco
Paul
The Capitol Dome in Iron Weighs 8 Million Pounds
The Washington capitol dome is described as an 8,000,300 pound iron hollow sphere, about 4,000 tons, with America the statue atop weighing 15,985 pounds. The dome’s load on piers adds 14,477 pounds per square foot, while 755,256 pounds per square foot would crush the supports. The cost nears $1,000,000.
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Capitol
Washington
America
Curious hot springs and Fiji moon greeting traditions
The article describes Reykjadal hot springs with steam rising from vents and boiling water jetting from rock, alongside a river and an uncharted grotto. It also notes Fiji tribes on Viti Levu greeting the new moon with a tapping sound on their mouths, as explained by an old chief who says the meaning is unknown.
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Reykjadal
Teeland
Suri
Fiji
Colo
Viti Levu
English sport and a German prince memory
In The Sketch of London the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland host a German prince who boasted of wounding eight or ten deer. The guest’s remark about English sportsmen implying envy closes the anecdote with a laced mirror of rival prestige.
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London
Short Talker Frederick William III Delivers Tiny Talk
A Prussian king famed for brief speech meets a Hungarian magnate during a Teplitz waters visit. In a curt exchange built on infinitives the king asks bathe and soldier while the magnate replies take waters and magnate. The police and king exchange concise affirmations and depart content.
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Frederick William III
Prussia
Teplitz
Repelling Fire With a Drum in Wales 1693
An 1693 Welsh fire from the sea near Harlech damaged hay houses and barns across Merioneth shire. A writer claimed moving grass killed cattle feed but could be repelled by loud noise such as a drum or horn.
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Wales
Harlech
Merionethshire
Legend of Frederick Barbarossa Awakening in Kyflausen Cavern
A German legend says Frederick Barbarossa lies in enchanted sleep with his knights at a marble table in Kyflausen cavern within the Marz mountains. His red beard grows as he waits for a destined moment to wake and rule, kept for four centuries awaiting release.
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Frederick Barbarossa
Kyflausen
Marz
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A Harrow
Talladega
Childersburg Circuit
Sycamore Circuit
Munford Circuit
Aniston
M. Oxford
P. Ma
Plantersville Circuit
Masemville Circuit
Lecta
Hoedia
Alexandria
Sayed
Foley
Bil
Stickney's Pharmacy
Hanatine & A
Laxabrola
Ares
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Noble Street
Julius Levy
W. J. Miller
Rural Delivery
Auniston
Wtf
Capitol Dome
Leeland’s
Ilet Springs
Wiilhelmina
Obie
Merting Remedy Company
Chicago
Montreal
New York
B. L. Paul
Southern Railway
Dowe’s Candy Kitchen
Kermott
Eastas
Kermpott
Martras
Empire
West Tenth St
Anniston Water Supply Co
Anniston
Alabadia
Rees
Soret
Uth
Ant Ted
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