Enormous Birmingham Stock Purchase by Shelnutt Mercantile
Yesterday at 5 o'clock the Shelnutt Mercantile Company bought from Underwriters Insurance the Chalifoux stock in Birmingham valued at 84 953 dollars of shoes clothing and furnishings. Fire damaged upper floors but the first and second floors held intact stock bought for 35 cents on the dollar. The Shelnuttps will move the vast stock to Anniston next week.
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Shelnutt Mercantile Company
Chalifoux
Birmingham
Gents
Chaufoux
Shelnutts
Anniston
News Forecast Highlights Next Week Across Government
Special to the Star reports a near standstill in Washington as officials depart for holidays. The navy advances plans for a Pacific fleet while events unfold in Indianapolis and Wisconsin with monuments to Morton and Nelson Dewey. Illinois leaders celebrate Lovejoy and the Lincoln campaign, plus a local building and loan meeting in Chicago.
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The
Star
Washington
D. C
Supreme Court
Navy
Pacific
Navy Department
Indianapolis
Indiana
Oliver P. Morton
Hanly
United States League of Local Building Cnd Loan Associations
Chicago
Folk
Ford Barrington
Clayton
James P. McCann
Cured of Lung Trouble by King’s New Discovery
C O Floyd of Kershaw S C writes that after suffering coughing and weight loss he used King’s New Discovery for six months and his lung trouble vanished restoring his weight to 170 pounds. Thousands healed yearly. Trial bottle free at local druggists.
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C. O. Floyd
Kershaw
Ordway and Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Co
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlante
How to Fish Tale of the Trout and the Fly
A narrator recounts a fishing scene from How to Fish detailing a large trout rising steadily. An angler resolves to cast a fly into the fish’s mouth during a midges strike, hoping for a precise moment to hook and land the trout.
Paris Dolls Dresses and Snake Venom Trade Revealed
The report notes Paris earns large revenue from dolls dress sales and cites animal venom trade data. It lists 350 Hebrew officers in the French army and details venom production, viper killings, and salaries for vipers’ heads. It also records Captain Humbert criticizing colonial troop officer numbers and mobilization potential.
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Paris
Puy de Dome
Jfn
France
Electric Bitters Promised Cure for Back and Kidney Troubles
J R Blankenship of Beck Tennessee touts Electric Bitters as a proven remedy for back and kidney distress. He reports relief after the first bottle and full cure after several bottles, with a guaranteed product sold at Elam Ordway and Houser's and Scarbrough Drug Co. for 50 cents.
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J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
Elam, Ordway and Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Co
The Secret Out
Local joke reveals how information passes between spouses and neighbors as a wife relays gossip from husband to wife to neighbor in a Detroit Tribune cartoon.
Value of Dead Languages in Apothecary Costs
A Washington Star quote notes the Latin drug names can dominate purchase price. The apothecary asserts value in studying dead languages for price understanding and accuracy in labeling.
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Washington Star
Extreme marital clash quoted in Baltimore American
A discussion quoted from the Baltimore American shows Young Wife claiming her husband says she must toe the mark and foot the bills to get ahead, while Mother-In-law asks in concern what he meant by these statements.
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Tom
Baltimore American
Bracer Sought for Support on Trip
Chicago News notes Harry Yachter seeks a bracing solution to prop up a fragile situation during Eunice's first journey. Comment suggests using the bracing air discussed previously to steady progress.
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Harry Yachter
Eunice
Chicago News
What a Woman Thinks of You Says a Peckham Marry
The Philadelphia Press records a quip from Peckham advising a lovelorn youth to marry to learn a woman's thoughts. The exchange captures a wry take on romantic knowing and social wit of the era.
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Peckham
Philadelphia Press
Often Enough Rich Aunt Quips at Money Requests
A humorous exchange from Harper's Weekly features a spendthrift and a rich aunt. The aunt rebukes visits tied to money, and the spendthrift defends infrequent visits, highlighting a comic social dynamic from the period.
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Harper's Weekly
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Shelnutt Mercantile Co
J. Bryant Shelnutt
Straus
Department , Commerce and Labor
San Francisco
Honolulu
Puget Sound Navy Yard
Humbert
the Secret
Detroit Tribune
United States
Chattanooga Brewing Company
Rey
Annista City Furniture
Cmpany
Noble’& 12Th Sts
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