Local notices preview new businesses and civic changes
The city finds new attractions on Noble street and a Model Ice Co outlet opening. A new gas main on Quintard Avenue nears service while plans for a cot tage on Wilmer Avenue progress. Former Chief Joe Dill has been replaced by C M Sweets as city police chief. A large excursion from Sylacauga and Talladega to Hobson City is planned next week. Architect C W Carlton travels to Heflin for court house work and a Tallapoosa river fishing trip. Coal and drug services remain available by phone.
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Joe Dill
C. M. Sweets
C. W. Carlton
Heflin
Heflin Court House
Tallpoosa
Curious Hearts of Invertebrate Creatures
A St Nicholas article explains that many caterpillars and other crawling animals have long heart tubes running along the back from tail to head. It notes that worms like earthworms also possess this elongated heart placement, contrasting with animals that have heart placement in the back or near the shell.
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St. Nicholas
Mysterious Gossip Writer Fueled by Clever Ruse
Whitman Bennett describes a New York society gossip source hidden by disguise. The man deceives with concealed identity, pays by his wife’s name on checks, and feeds sensational club tales averaging about ten pounds weekly. His wealth grows from selective leaks, sustaining luxuries.
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New York
Whitman Bennett
Bohemlan
Healing cure stories from Dr. King's New Discovery
In Mound City Mrs. E. D. Clapp reports her son near death from lung and throat illness. Exhausting coughing spells stopped after using Dr. King's New Discovery, which she says saved his life. Guaranteed for coughs and colds throat and lung troubles. 50¢ and $1.00, trial bottle free.
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South Dakota
Mound City
E. D. Clapp
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Inmate Cooperation Seen as Path to Recovery
The asylum superintendent notes that individual attacks by inmates are not unusual but if two or more inmates collaborate, it signals movement toward recovery. He argues group plotting would reveal progress rather than threat.
How He Caught Them by a Grammar Axiom
An old English observer recalls Archbishop Whately’s fondness for catch questions in grammar. A famous example asks for the vocative of cat. The usual answer is O cat, but Whately would smile and correct with puss, puss.
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Archbishop Whately
United Kingdom Household Joins In Naming Heir
The dialogue notes a royal household assembly with England, Ireland, Scotland and Liverpool as references. A son and heir are named in a context implying united monarchy roles as a birth or succession moment described through regional identities.
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Smith
Jones
United Kingdom
Liverpool
Dialog on marriage from London Tit-Bits
A brief exchange notes that marriage broadens a man, with a witty retort that it can be said to flatten him. The remark reflects light social humor from London periodicals.
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Benedict
London
Slang Through the Ages From Walpole to Burney
The piece surveys slang evolution showing words once vulgar becoming respectable while others never shed their coarse aura. It cites 18th century figures Walpole and Frances Burney to illustrate enduring phrases like sneaked out and idioms reflecting youth culture.
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Horace Walpole
Frances Burney
St. Louis Republic
Hyperbole used by Rochester minister provokes dictionary humor
A Rochester clergyman known for using scientific terms faced a deputation demanding explanations for technical words. He illustrated hyperbole by noting that saying all his congregation sleep is hyperbole, but one half asleep is truth, sparking the deputation’s plea to skip explanations.
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Rochester
Tooay
Rochester Herald
Peculiar Post Office Name From Cass County Tale
A Cass County minister urged a new post office for a growing hamlet and suggested a locally pleasing name. The Washington office accepted the idea and adopted the quirky moniker Peculiar, a name that remains in use today.
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Cass Colinty
Washington
Post Office Department
Kansas City Star
Bucklen Arnica Salve Endorsed By LeRaysville Merchant
O S Woolever, a leading LeRaysville NY merchant, testifies that Bucklen Arnica Salve cured his piles twenty years ago. The remedy is guaranteed for sores wounds burns or abrasions and costs 25 cents at local drug stores Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
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O. S. Woolever
LeRaysville
N. Y
Elam
Ordway & Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Co
Horseshoe superstition crosses cultures and classes
The article notes a universal belief in horseshoes hung over doors to block witches. It cites Turks, Jews, Christians, and infidels alike embracing the amulet, with similar motifs in Tunis, Constantinople, Spain, and Sicily. Crocodile images in Cairo also bear horseshoes on snouts and tails.
Seneca on Insults and the nature of offense
The fragment questions whether insults are deserved or not and argues that a just penalty is not an insult. It contrasts justified punishment with unmerited mockery and defines insults as expressions about common visible flaws such as baldness sight or leg weakness.
Capuchine Cure Promises Quick Nervous Relief
A vintage ad touts Hicks Capuchine as a quick remedy for throbbing head and bodily aches. It claims immediate liquid relief easy to take and available for purchase everywhere, urging readers to buy a bottle today to prevent a nervous system upset.
A Moment of Gladness and Style Secrets in Pocket Dialog
Citizens exchange light talk about clothing and law. A lawyer comments that large checks will dominate lawsuits this season. A line notes nervous habits and skepticism about brain illness, as characters discuss attire and propriety.
Sunday School Lessons From Genesis and Exodus Texts
A summary of lessons covering Jacob’s vision and God’s promise, Jacob renamed as Israel, Joseph’s misfortunes and triumphs, Moses’ call and education, the Passover, and Israel’s deliverance from Egypt with emphasis on faithfulness, repentance, and God’s continual guidance.
Remarkable recovery tale from Winterton patient
Abraham Brown recalls doctors misdiagnosing his condition as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach liver problems. His wife urged Electric Bitters which restored his health after one bottle. Sold for 50 cents by Elam Ordway Houser and Se Through Drug Co.
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Abraham Brown
Winterton
N. Y
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Through Drug Co
Evening Star want ads prove quickest path to real estate deals
The Evening Star urges readers to use its want ads as the fastest and easiest, least expensive method to locate real estate and rental opportunities, emphasizing immediate results and low cost.
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Evening Star
Saved From Disgrace by a Charleston Butler
Mrs Ravenel recalls Jack the butler of Charleston a man said to be the town's best trained servant He corrects etiquette from wine to spoons his mercy saves a senator from public embarrassment by noting rice does not accompany fish Jack's tact preserves propriety in dining and earns a quiet triumph for his master.
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Joseph
Egypt
Israel
Charleston
S. C
Jack
New Home Decor Patterns At Bargain Prices
There is new and up to date design selection offered with choice picking. Rolls of wallpaper priced at 10 15 and 20 cents per roll. Papers suitable for any room in the house.
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Slowmann
Chinner
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Holdtite
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Diod
Jacob
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Jesus
Lusson
Potiphar
Abraham
Alot
Moses
Letael
Isaac
God's Schvol
Desert
Incram
Wigley & Moore
Ann. Upholstering & Mattress Factory
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Harry Borkar
Geo. W. Persell
Pendie’s Market
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Noble
Alabama
Anniston Banking & Loan Company
M. B. Wellborn
Cater Grocery Co
Anniston Oak Tannery
W. Me Schroeder
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