Southern Car and Foundry couple seeks life of happiness
The note describes a wedding for the Southern Car and Foundry company associate and his bride, a charming lady, with plans to reside in Anniston. It mentions a 6 room house for rent, details on location, and a call to claim a lost bunch of keys from a black leather shopping cricket, offering a reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Anniston
Quintard Avenue
4Th
Loch Streets
Quintard and
Noble
E. E. Forbes Music Store
Retired Professor Sells Interest in Anniston Training School
Professor E K Smith sells his stake in the Anniston Training School to Prof. W A White who will run the institution with a UT graduate assisting in teaching. Classes resume January 5 and the move marks new leadership for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. KR. Smith
Anniston ‘Training School
W. A. White
University of Tennessee
Personal notes on local residents and a foreign order
Mr. E. J. Woodliff returned from Gadsden yesterday. Mr. J. H. Stead is visiting relatives in Louisiana. Mr. Miller Pope of Gadsden spent last night in the city. An order from South Africa for 18 000 eight horse plows has been received by a U.S. plow manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Stead
Louisiana
Mr.Miller Pope
Cladsden
South Africa
United States
Two Highlanders Back Kilts Vote in Regiment
In a forgotten Highland regiment a vote on adopting the Highland costume produced only two yes votes. The sergeant major named the two homes, Patrick O Brien and Michael Rooney, as the sole supporters. The exchange ended with the joke that at least two good Highlanders remained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O
Patrick O'brien
Michael Rooney
Wages in San Francisco 1849 Boom Era
In 1849 San Francisco clerks earned munificent salaries with five dollars daily as the minimum even at the custom house. A Baptist preacher reportedly drew ten thousand dollars a year while laborers earned one dollar per hour. Tools and skills commanded high rates with a shovel pick valued at ten dollars and a butcher knife at thirty. Carpenters, initially receiving twelve dollars a day, briefly struck for sixteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Sam-Did de pawson tell his flock about Saint Peter's gift
Remus claims Sam-Did told his flock that St. Peter would grant each a banjo not a hap. He says Sam-Did suggested Saint Peter would deliver a banjo to every believer, a playful twist in the Philadelphia Record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Pawson
St. Peter
Philadelphia
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Anniston Trading Co
10 Cent
Haviland
Toys and Dolls
Balls, Drums
Iron Toys
Dolla
Wave Crest
J. T. Chrisman
Noble St. Jeweler and Optician
Ulimans
Ity
Weather Forecast
Rcretary OF Agriculture
Chistmas
Robinson’s
Kesim
Lhce
J. C. Sproull
J. Houser
Mr. Sexton
Howard W. Sexton
Anniston Electric & Gas Company
G. G. Britton
Noble Street
O. H. Parker & Co
W. H. McCartney
Alva A. Hicks
Tenth Street
Mr. McCartney
Kent
Leighton
P.O
Dixie Hardward Co
Talladega
W. H. Langley
Dave Goodlett, Jr
Ross Green
Will Perkins
Horace Adams
Will Ross
J. A. Caldwell
Carondelet Street Church
Davis
LaFayette
North Alabama Methodist Conference
Dixe Hardware Co
R. M. Ingramm & Co
Cahaba
R. O. Watson
Trades’ Council
Anniston Ice Co
Phone 72
Rh. O. Watson
Calhoon Lodge No. 46
Knighta of Pythias
J. Katzenstien
J. A. Roberson
K. KR
M. B. Miller
O. Watson
Berry Coal and Wood Co
Eleventh
Moore Streets
Utshie
New Lot
Accident and Health Insurance
Columbus Smith
Fidelity and Casualty Co
New York
R. M. Ingram
Smith
Dixie Hardware Co
Prof. Smith
Black Creek
J. B. McClerkin
Nineteenth Street
Blue Mountain Avenue
F. J. Ulbricht
New Orleans
H. K. Davis
farre-Field Shoe Co
Norris & Little
Eixcellent
Robinson’s Book Store
Gibson
Gibson Tea
E.J. Woodliff
Gadsden
M. GC. Riker
Fountain Market
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H, Gerstman
M. F. Doerinc
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