Maine Will Be Tested Thursday
New York dispatch reports the Maine, built at Cramp’s shipyards since 1899, will leave for trials Thursday off the Delaware capes and likely return to the yard Friday. The battleship, aimed to be the fastest in Cramp’s output, must reach eighteen knots, like the Russian Retvizan. Laid February 15, 1899, launched July 27, 1901, the Maine measures 388 feet long, 72 feet 24 inches beam, 24 feet 10 inches draft, and 12,500 tons displacement.
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New York
Battle Maine
Cramps
Delaware Capes
Philadelphia Dispatch
Herald
Maine
Cramp Yard
United States Navy
Retvizan
Havana Harbor
Mary Preble Anderson
Portland
Commodore Preble
Souvenir Night at Oxford Lake Sees Allen Shine Again
In Oxford Lake Park the performer Mr Allen has delivered eleven weeks of popular shows in 1900 and again this year. Vaudeville bills remain strong with Allen consistently drawing applause. The Railway company offers a 25 cent song book featuring Allen’s picture to patrons with reserved seat coupons tonight.
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Allen
Oxford Lake Park
Oxford Lake
Hairpin in Surgery Turns to Emergency Aid
A physician details fifteen uses for the hairpin in emergencies to ease pain or save life, including as a probe, needle, drainage substitute, foreign-body remover, vessel compressor, and wound closer. The piece cites James Howell and includes a brief humorous exchange about legal costs and convincing oneself of money for a fight.
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James Howell
Gilbert's Gravel Weed Cure Promises Revival of Health
An Huntsville Tribune feature extols Gilbert's Gravel Weed Compound from Thos Gilbert's Medicine Co claiming cures for kidney and liver ailments. It highlights engineer BE Mays restoration from near death to active work and cites wide local use with 50 cent bottles sold by J L Wikle in Anniston.
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Thos. Gilbert
Gilbert
BE. C. Mays
Huntsville
Huntsville Evening Tribune
Squaw Vine Medicine CO
Ala
Botanic Blood Balm Promises Cure for Blood Diseases
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison cancer ulcers eczema carbuncles and related skin infections. It asserts the medicine cleanses the blood to heal sores and reduce swelling and pain. A sample is offered free by mail from Blood Balm Co. Atlanta Ga with free medical advice.
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Blood Balm Co
Atlanta
Summer School of the South trip tickets to Knoxville
The Southern Railway offers round trip fares from Knoxville for Summer School of the South with travel dates June 17 to July 13 1902 and return by August 15 1902. Extensions up to September 30 1902 available with deposit and 50 cent fee. For details, contact a Southern Railway ticket agent. New fall clothing samples arrive at J N Boyers the tailor.
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Southern Railway
Knoxville
Tenon
J. N. Boyers
R. R
Mounli
Brannon, Guardian
Anniston
A.a
Ross Blackmon
Alabama Chautauqua Assembly Train Fare Notice
Southern railway announces special round trip fares for the Alabama Chautauqua Assembly at Talladega from Rome York Atlanta Parish Akron Huntsville Florence and intermediate stations. Tickets sold July 12 to 25 with return by July 27 1902 at one fare for the round trip.
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Talladega
Ala
Alabama Chautauqua Assembly
Southern Railway
Rome
York
Atlanta
Parish
Akron
Huntsville
Florence
Roanoke Ladies School Opens Seasonal Prospect 1902
Rosnoke Va opens Sey 38 1902 one of the leading schools for young ladies in the south with new buildings pianos and equipment campus ten acres grand mountain scenery in valley of Va famed for health European and American teachers full course conservatory advantages in art music and elocution students from thirty states for catalogue address Mattie P Harris president Roanoke Va
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Rosnoke Va
Valley of Va
Mattie P. Harris
Roanoke
Monteagle Assembly Bible School Ticket Sale 1902
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from points on its line to Monteagle Tennessee for the Monteagle Assembly Bible School event. Tickets go on sale July 2 3 23 24 25 with a single fare round trip and final return limit August 30 1902.
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Southern
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Marksteln's
Hagan
Lyon Manufacturing Co
South Fifth St. Anniston Evening Star
Brooklyn
N.Y
Uff
Reid Bros
Anniston Hardware Co
Creek Nation
Mounds
Beggs
Okmulgee
Winchell
Henryetta
Alabama
Wetumka
Foster
Holdenville
J. N. Cornatzar
Memphis, Tenn
Mr. Ludlow Allen
Tie
Ife
Chicago
Owens
Orrice
E. B. Wrathers
Elkton
The
Floyd Medicine Co
Detroit
Mich
E. B. Weathers
Mick
M. F. Doerings
F. Doering
L. & N. Railways
Thos
Love & Little, Druggists
West Tenth St
Summer School of the South
Knoxville, Tenn
Boyer’s
Chautauqua Assembly
Seaboard
Air Line Railway
Atlanta, Knoxvike and Northern Railway
Atlanta and
West Point
Western Railway
Atlanticc Coast Line
Louisville and Nashvile Railroad
Louisville Henderson and St. Loui
Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis
Northwestern Railway
South Carolina
Baltimore Steam Packet Company
Brunswick & Birmingham Railroad
Richmond, Freericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Charleston and Western Carolina Railway
Washington Southern Railway
Chesaprone Steamship Company
Seaboard Aline Railway
Columbia, Newberry
Laurens Railroad
Georgia Railroad
Western
Harry K. Krouse
C. P
T. A
Kimball House
Atlanta, Ga
Wm. B. Clements
C. B. Walker
Depot Ticket Agt
Union Station
W. H. Fulton
Equitable Bldg
Hente
W. FE. Christian
Atisenta
Monteagle Assembly
Bible School
Monteagle
Tenn
Prevcer
Tha
Cater Grocery Company
Guardian
E. F
Koth County
G. M. Scott
Eugenia Holmes
Calhoun County
Genia Holmes
Teenth Street
Bancroft
Teenth Streets
Bancroft Street
Thirteenth Street
Thirteenth
Point of
Ning
Belp
Eugenia Molaf Blackwell & Ager
Candy Cathartic
C. L. Quinn
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