Oxford News Briefs Highlight Local Visitors and Small Events
Luther Jenkins from Buckhorn transacted business in Oxford while Maj. Scott from Montgomery visited a leading Baltimore firm. Miss Beatrice Jones journeyed via Oxford to Birmingham on a short visit. Capt. Thomas Barry was ill at home in South Oxford, improving today. An executive committee meeting of the commercial club is set for tonight at 8. Gussie Bagley Ruth Miller and W. H. Treadwell escorted Mrs. Davenport to Feichelberger springs with Mrs. Cathreil joining later. Lost a Gold K of P ring with initials F C B. reward offered. Odd Fellows lodge meets tonight. Mrs. E A Aderholt of Meading is ill. Local visitors M. Weeks and J. M. Cole report good health back home. WANTED regular or summer board in Oxford. Mrs. Will Jackson visiting on Choctooe street. Civil service exam piers depart for Huntsville. Porcey Allen wins silver ladle at Oxford lake park theater. Lily Wright and Miller Reaves marry and reside in Anniston. Harry Wheeler joins J. W. Fore, Anniston. Mrs. Lydia Stewart and Stephen Stucky return from Gadsden. Mr. and Mrs. Dee Simpson wed in Anniston and stay with Mrs. Lizzie Morgan on Choccolocco Street. Oxford extends cordial welcome.
Elderly Gentleman Meets Coasts Village Native in Scotland Carriage
An elderly traveler chats with a local in a railway carriage about health and the village coast. The villager replies he stays well because the doctor keeps him at home and lets him be, noting the area as healthy and bracing.
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Scotland
K. G
V. W
Neever
How He Got a Drink
An Indiana traveler recalls a tale on a train where a man rushed to the smoking car asking for whisky after a woman fainted. A chorus of flasks appeared and the man drank from the largest bottle, remarking it helped him feel less queasy to see a woman faint.
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Indiana
Cleveland Plain Dealer
William Osler
Bats Hibernate Yet Wake in Warm Spells
The article notes that nearly all bats hibernate but can awaken during mid winter warm spells. It describes a true hibernation trance with very low pulse, heart action, and respiration, and suggests bats could endure brief water immersion like other hibernators.
Just the Other Way
A witty exchange between two friends about domestic harmony. The caller praises Mrs. Henpeck for agreeing with her husband in all matters, and Mrs. Henpeck responds that it is actually Mr. Henpeck who agrees with her in everything.
What would you do if you had a million dollars
A humorous exchange features a judge asking Sam what he would do with a million dollars and Sam replying he would marry after waiting two years. The dialogue plays on dialect and rural humor about wealth and a wedding plan.
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Sam
Preference. The Court Six Years at Hard Labor
A courtroom scene discusses sentencing with a burglar seeking a trade via correspondence, asking to learn by correspondence as part of six years of hard labor. The exchange features a judge and considerations of future education within the penal sentence.
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Burelar
Cities Reject Municipal Light and Water Ventures Across States
A survey of recent ballots shows Colorado City rejecting a municipal heating bond, Willisville Lil voting against an electric light plant, South Sharon Pa declining bonds for lighting, Lake Forest Ill voting down waterworks purchase, and Waterloo la preferring a franchise. Muncie Ind abandons municipal ownership as its plant machinery is sold. Bryan Ohio defeats a 40000 bond for lighting and water upgrades as officials cite cost and performance concerns. Beverwly Ohio records service issues, Rutherford NJ opposes municipal gas or electric plants after a yearlong inquiry finding more failures than successes.
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Colorado City
Willisville
Lil
South Sharon
Jin
Lake Forest
Lake Forest Water Company
Pittsburg
San
Bryan
van W. Welsh
Beverly, O
Luce
Rutherford
N. J
Goldsmiths Generosity Among the Poor and Friends
A historical note recalls Oliver Goldsmith giving alms on Fleet Street to a beggar, defended as benevolence. A later tale shows his compassion for a tailor’s debt, where Goldsmith gave money to a friend in distress, denying himself to help another.
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Oliver Goldsmith
Fleet Street
Lili
Goldsmith
Man legally bound to live with two wives in same house
An unusual case in Hungary compels a man who married two women to reside in the same home with both spouses. The ruling enforces cohabitation as the punishment for bigamy.
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Hungary
An Error of Mortal Mind in Council Bluffs
The Scrap Book notes a Christian Science scene in Council Bluffs where a prominent woman’s child misses school due to sickness. In class the boy recounts his mother mended toy trousers while he lay in bed, illustrating the local faith’s reach.
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Council Bluffs
Joe
Omaha Excelsior
Whitman on animals and the ideal of a tranquil life
The speaker admires animals for their placidity and self containment. He contrasts their contentment with human woes, noting animals do not sweat under burdens nor obsess over duty to God or ownership, and neither kneel to past or present powers.
Moltke and the Battle Cigar Tale
A chancellor recalls Moltke during wartime calmness with cigars. He notes Moltke chose the better cigar in 1866 near Koniggratz, illustrating the general’s composure and unlikely optimism amid the battle’s tension. The anecdote links smoking with strength and resilience.
Consoling Thought from a Versed Authoress
A timid young writer, long unable to sell manuscripts, confides that when faced with disappointment she seeks funeral stillness for relief. The motionless coffin and the idea of eventual rest comfort her, even as she imagines the editor who refused her. The remark reflects a somber, reflective mood.
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Lippincott’s
Riis and the Pretty Girl A Humorous Clash of Hearts
Jacob Riis visits a printer's desk and bonds with a weary helper who jokes that typists may marry their employers. In Washington a Texan subchief faces a clerk dispute and learns that civility governs government service.
Bids Sought for Farmers' Union Warehouse in Anniston
Sealed proposals due July 22 1907 for constructing the Farmers' Union warehouse in Anniston Alabama Plans and specifications available from W L Jones secretary board of directors An niston Ala The board reserves right to reject any or all bids jy10-10t
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Farmers’ Union
Anniston
W. L. Jones
Board of Directors
Ala
Gentle coercion and a cautionary medical anecdote
A deputy confronts a clerk with a stern session and a report protocol while a chief orders restraint. The scene shifts to a tale of a harsh function and the hot water cure from Dr Osler, warning against misapplied medical precision and patient obedience.
The Old New England Sabbath Description
A nostalgic description explains how the Old New England Sabbath unfolded over two days. Observers recall Friday sunset to Sunday worship lasting eight hours with a one hour dinner break, rough benches, town meeting seating, long prayers, a 160 to 250 page sermon, baptism, and communal sermons led by Minister C.
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New England
Thumb and spoon shaving tale from a Tarascon barber
A sailor recalls a French barber who claimed to plumb out cheeks using a spoon or thumb to aid shaving. He chooses the thumb, finds it hygienic, and continues the shave while the memory lingers.
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France
Los Angeles Times
Anniston Steam Laundry Promises Pristine Laundering Service
The Anniston Steam Laundry shows satisfaction on customers by clean laundry with no rough edges or torn button holes. It guarantees spotless laundering for ladies shirt waists, men’s linen, colored shirts, collars, and cuffs.
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Anniston
Beautiful decorative papers by Cohen and Kircus
Cohen and Kircus at 921 Noble Street advertise a wide range of wallpaper designs. The catalog includes flowered papers for bedrooms stripes and dignified plain colors for parlor hall or dining room with contact phone 550.
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Cohen & Kircus
Noble St
Notice of Sale of Alice B. Martin Estate Real Property
Administrator of the Alice B. Martin estate will sell at public cash sale in front of the Calhoun county courthouse at noon on Thursday July 18 1907 the Lot 12 Block 137 according to Marvin hill map with 40 feet off the east side. Sale is subject to a mortgage in favor of Anniston Banking and Loan Company which currently owes 214.18 dollars and 18 cents.
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Calhoun County
Alabama
Alice B. Martin
Court House
Marvin Hill
J. D. Hunter
Draper-Riddle Land Company
Anniston Banking and Loan Company
Special Stockholders Meeting for Anniston Mercantile
Notice of a special stockholders meeting of the Anniston Mercantile Company at 12 noon July 29 1907 in Anniston Alabama to renew extend and make perpetual the corporate existence under the current charter Dated June 27 1907 Rutherford Lapsley secretary
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Board of Directors
Anniston Mercantile Company
Anniston
Alabama
Ala
Rutherford Lapsley
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Oxford News
Oxford
Luther Jenkins
Buckhorn
Maj. Scott
Montgomery
Baltimore
Beatrice Jones
Rockland
Birmingham
Thos
Barry
Commercial Club
Council Chamber
Gussie Bagley
Ruth Miller
W. Hi. Treadwell
M. L. Davenport
Feichelberger Mineral Springs
George F. Cathreil
P.ring
J. P. Story
Oxford Lodge of Odd Fellows
E. A. Aderholt
Meading
M. Weeks
DeArmanville
J. M. Cole
Choccolocco
Annie Borders
Will Jackson
Talladega
C. Morgan
Choceoloeco Street
Mesars
Will Lestie
Arthur Sharpe
Civil Service
Company 1
Calhoun Rifles
Huntsville
Porcey Allen
Oxford Lake Park Theater
Lillie Wright
Miller Reaves
James A. Wright
Harry Wheeler
J. W. Fore
Mr. Wheeler
Lydia Stewart
Stephen Stucky
Gadsden
Dee Simpson
Lizzie Morgan
Choccolocco Street
Simpson
Addie Houghes
J. T. Williamson
Newton County
Tripoli
Missouri
Seneca Tripoli
Walt Whitman
von Moltke
Bismarck
Count Moltke
Moltke
Koniggratz
Jacob Riis
Gil
Mr. Rijs
Weill
Washington
Texas
Ife
Sherif
Anniston Steam Laundry
Stafford
Robinson's Book Store
State Normal School
Jacksonville, Asa
C. W. Daugette
Pat
Stockholders’ Meeting
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