Social Scene Highlights From Christmas Week in Birmingham
Miss Mattie Brockaway of Birmingham arrives as guest of Miss Kesa Lela Weller for Christmas lace events. The Columbian club hosts a German this evening drawing many couples as a top social occasion. Eminie Darden returns from Talladega where she sponsored the Anniston football team on Christmas day. Mrs J N Boyer and Mrs Stephen Noble return from Talladega and Crowan Cottage visits. Helen Smith arrives from New York with guests Miss Dimmick and Miss Douginas of Philadelphia for her planned gathering.
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Mattie Brockaway
Birmingham
City
Kesa Lela Weller
Eminie Darden
Talladega
Lillie Onanap
Miss Darden
Anniston
Helen Smith
New York
Dimmick
Douginas
Philadelphia
Oxford lodge elects officers and hosts social events
Oxford riders report Independent Order of Odd Fellows lodge No. 185 voting W. O. Hill as noble grand and W. L. Moon as secretary with D. Houston Smith as vice grand A. M. Humphries as treasurer and F. Mearfield as grand lodge representative. After the meeting refreshments and a smoker followed. Also noted are visits and social gatherings around town including engagements of Miss Maud Cunningham and plans for tonight's entertainments at Miss Mary Low Mims and Miss Badin Wareeck homes.
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Oxford
Oxford Lodge No. 185
Odd Pellows
W. O. Hill
Neble Grand
W. L. Moon
D. Houston Smith
A. M. Humphries
F. ©. Mearfield
Grand Lodge
Mary Low Mims
Reduced Holiday Rail Fares From Southern and G S Lines
The Southern railway and Alabama Great Southern announce holiday fare sales one and one third the regular rate for round trips from all points. Tickets sold December 23 24 25 30 and January 1 1902 with final return January 3 1902. Matinee daily 25 and 50 cents offered tomorrow afternoon. Also notices of local sales and ads for meats and coal plus specific product names listed.
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The
Southern Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Young Man Shot in Negro Dive Ends in Fatal Wounds
Joseph Weston, a noted young man, was shot and fatally wounded last night in a Negro gambling den. The bullet pierced his side below the heart and passed through his body. Witnesses say he entered as an officer attempting to arrest gamblers and was shot by a Negro. Conflicting statements surround the incident. Weston is not expected to live through the day.
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Babirield
Joseph Weston
Megro
Weston
Reception and Dinner Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Sunday School
Christmas week featured a well attended dinner and reception for Grace Episcopal church Sunday school Tuesday evening. Masters Lewis Tapley Kiela hosted at the Klein home on Quintard avenue and Sixteenth street from 2 to 5 o'clock. Mrs Kiela assisted, ensuring guests enjoyed the event.
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Grace Episcopal Church
Masters Lewis
Tapley Kiela
L. M. Klein
Quintard Avenue
Boers Capture English Guns in Night Raid
London December dispatch from Lord Kitchener Datelined Johannesburg reports General Rundle saying Colonel Firman’s camp at Zeefontein was rushed by De Wet’s commando night of December 24. Three Yeomanry companies and two guns seized. Casualties feared. Two Light Horse regiments in pursuit.
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Rundle
Firman
Zeefontein
DeWet
Personal visits note prominent Birmingham area figures
Mr. W. H. Williams returned to Birmingham. Prof. W. Y. Titcombe traveled to Lincoln this morning. Mr. P. W. Roberts of Piedmont is in the city on business. County Commissioner X. H. Bagley is in Birmingham. Me. E. EK. Limbicem and Dr. KE. C. Andersen also went to Birmingham this morning.
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Messrs
Bloyd Builth
Joe Morgan
White Plains
Jim Lester
Atlanta
J. M. Stewart
Glen, Ga
W. H. Williams
Birmingham
Prof
W. Y. Titcombe
Lincoln
P. W. Roberts
Piedmont
X. H. Bagley
Me. E. EK. Limbicem
KE. C. Andersen
Clifton four flour guarantee ad from Bransford mills
Purest and Best. Clifton four, made at Brans ford mills Owensboro Ky, is the only four sold Armiston under an absolute guarantee of its purity. Every sack of Clifton flour bears the Anti Adulteration League trade mark and the League pays $100 reward to anyone who exposes adulteration. Call for Clifton and get the purest and best.
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Bransford Mills
Owensboro
Armiston
Clifton
Finest comedy coming south Other People's Money
Afternoon show features the comedy Other People's Money with prices 25 and 50 cents.
Poisonous barytes found in flour from six mills
The Illinois State Pine Feed Commission reported by the Chicago Chronicle finds barytes, a poisonous mineral mined in Tennessee, Missouri, and North Carolina, in flour from six mills across six states. It traces the main crushing factory to Lyvehburg Virginia and notes 83,000,000 pounds used last year to adulterate four. It urges choosing guaranteed flour such as Clifton made at Bransford Mills Owensboro Kentucky.
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Lllinois
Clifton
Bransford Mills
Owens
Tere
Clerk's Sale in Anniston Alabama 1902
The State of Alabama Calhoun County Mary Lou Phinizy trustee files a complaint in the City Court of Anniston in Equity against C G Schonherr. By decree from October 1901 the sale of Lot 1 in Block 20 of the Hight and McCoy Addition is set for January 6 1902 at the City Court front door in Anniston to satisfy the decree with cash to the highest bidder. A H Suerrero clerk conducts the sale.
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City Court of
Calhoun County
Alabama
A. H. Suerrero
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Columbian Club
J. N. Boyer
Birmingham Age-Herald
Oscar B. Beith
T. G. Bush
Mrs. Pas Allen
Stephen Noble
Childrem
Misses Noble
Crowan Cottage
the News OF Oxford
J. R. Draper
DeArnanville
Morgan
Clark Morgan
Karl Roberts
Eastaboga
Maud Cunningham
College Hill
Mrs. Cooper Brook
Ida Turner
Larsous Burns
R. O Watson
King William Scotch
Cascade Lincoln
Levi's
Ullman Bros. Dept. Stores
Megroes
Mrs. L. WH. Kiela
Grace
Sixteenth Street
London
Lord Kitchener
Johannes
Burg
Om Sten
Clerk’s Sale
State of
Mary Lou Phinizy
C. G. Schonherr
H. Pelman
West Tenth Street
Thomas’ Drug Store
Wort Zenich St
Malaga
Florida
New York State
Iebeles
Wheeler & Wilson
Anniston Hardware Company
the Star
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