History and politics clash in an Alabama letter to the editor
Aniston businessman H. B. Rudisill writes to The Evening Star criticizing Alabama officials and courts over prohibition violations. He cites municipal corruption in Birmingham and Montgomery, calls for tougher enforcement, and portrays Judge Coleman as determined to punish liquor violators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. B. Rudisill
Anniston
Evening Star
Birmingham
Montgomery
Alabama
Tennessee
Patterson
Democratic Party
Coleman
Grand Grand Jury
Thomas W. Coleman
Calhoun County
Recorder’s Court
Judge Coleman
Bad Blood Purifier S S S Promises Cure For Many Diseases
An old advertisement explains inherited bad blood and how S S S is claimed to purify blood. It links weak blood to skin eruptions, rheumatism, catarrh, and ulcers, and touts U S S Swift Specific Co of Atlanta as the remedy maker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
S. S
U.S
TNE Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Ga
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Pleases Children
Medicine for young children should be pleasant to take. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy uses leaf sugar and root flavoring to resemble maple syrup, making it easy to swallow. It is promoted as effective for colds croup and whooping cough and is sold by all dealers.
Leopold's Daughter Wasted 1.2 Million Fortune in Scandal
Princess Louise, daughter of King Leopold and former wife of Philip of Coburg, has squandered 1.2 million inherited from her father and seeks further loans. After the king’s burial she continued her costly lifestyle, threatening more funds from an aunt’s large estate. King Albert of Belgium balks at approving loans, jeopardizing the advance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise
Leopold
Philip of Coburg
Europe
Charlotte
Mexico
Belgium
King Albert
Social Roundup in Jacksonville Visitors and Local Guests
Misses Postello and Esther Currin spend the weekend with parents Mr and Mrs Carrier. Mrs Bondurant left for Talladega to visit her daughter Mrs Warwick. Willis Hudson is ill. Cary Ayres from Rome visits relatives. Several locals and guests from Oxford Selma Anniston and Cedartown visit Jacksonville. Prof Daugette leaves for Montgomery for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Postello
Esther Curring
I, N, Currier
C. E. Bondurant
Talladega
Warwick
Willie Hudson
J. R. Arnold
Cary Ayres
Rome
Maude Vance
Hot Springs
C. W. Daugette
Montgomery
Edith Parsons
Anniston
Joe Harris
J. D. McCauly
Mr. McCauly
W. C. Whiteside
T. Ben Kerr
Tom Williams
Ivylyn Barksdale
Florida
P. W. Roberts
Edward Fulmer
Matthews
Cedartown
Jim White
J. P. Allgood
Atlanta
Ida Wingo
Bessie Harris
Sam Estes
Nashville
J. W. Harbour
Lon Aderhold
Ladies’ Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Posey
Margaret Barlow
J. H. Wright
Pine Mountain
N. Thompson
Sycamore
Hubert Warnock
Will Woods
Moody to Install New Soda Fountain at Drug Store
Moody plans a handsome new soda fountain soon at his drug store. Sparks to build an eight room concrete house, Hebble to construct a two story seven room home on Center avenue, with work starting at once. Numerous social visits and local notes follow including guests from Anniston and Talladega and updates on health and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
March
M. T. Moody
Nf. O. Sparks
Harry Hebble
Center Avenue
Lydia Pinkham Remedy Cures Baltimore Girl Says
A Baltimore mother reports her fifteen year old daughter Alice was cured after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Doctors diagnosed Green Sickness, but after three bottles she regained health. The company cites many similar letters and invites others to seek guidance from Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Alice
Lydia E. Pinkham
SSS
Lydia EK
Pinkham
L. A. Conkran
Rutland Street
Baltimore, Md
Lynn
Mass
Chinese Fan Making in Southern China Consul Notes
The Swatow consul describes the long established fan industry in Pengchow near Swatow and Chaochowfu. Families produce open fans with bamboo ribs and handles from wood ivory or bone. Retailed prices range from 25 cents to 4 Mexican dollars with yearly exports around $5000, now declined by Japanese straw fans' rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Pontius
Swatow
Pengehow
Ampow
Chaochowfu
Pengchow
The Weight of the Earth and Its Density Revealed
A discussion on earth mass versus weight, noting Newtonian gravity, historical density estimates by Mitchell Cavenish and Boys, and the varied pull at different surface points measured by pendulum experiments. The text compares cubic foot densities of water and earth and explains weighing concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iself
Mitchell
Cavendish
Prof
Boys
Earth
Woman's statement explains court martial of Captain Smith
Mrs George Barnett wife of Lieutenant Colonel Barnett commander of the marine corps at Philadelphia navy yard testified she was a complainant against Captain Guy B Smith formerly of the United States infantry. Her charges were serious enough to warrant the officials action at his court martial and dismissal from the service Captain Smith has appealed to President Taft for reinstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barnett
Barnett
Marine Corps
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Guy B. Smith
United States Infantry
Captain Smith
Basil Gordon
Baltimore
Smith
Taft
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Praised by Resaca Mother
Mrs. T. B. Kendrick of Resaca Georgia says her baby cries for Chamberlains Cough Remedy and that it is the best cough remedy for coughs colds and croup. The product is for sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
T. B. Kendrick
Resaca
Reading Ads The Key To Advertising Value
The passage argues ads must reach readers and pay for themselves or the store gains nothing. It emphasizes that if an advertisement performs, it yields revenue. if not, the ad wastes space and resources for the business.
Foreclosure sale of Anniston property under 1903 trust
Harvey B. Lutz as successor trustee will sell at public auction on March 27, 1911 in Anniston Calhoun County Alabama the mortgaged premises described as part of the South Anniston land and improvements including buildings machinery and rights but excluding manufactured products and supplied materials. The sale follows default on bonds secured by a deed of trust recorded in 1903 and transferred to Lutz in 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Sproull
W. W. Stringfellow
W. A. Davis
Calhoun County
State of
Alabama
Harvey B. Lutz
Anniston
State of Alabama
Towit
South Anniston Land Company
Division Street
Oxford Lake
Anniston Electric and Gag Co
City of
Chas
F. Douglass
Atty
Mon&Thur
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News of Jacksonville
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Tom Posey
Laura Henderson
Ruth Henderson
Maurice Faughender
Palestine
James Sanford
D. B. Sanford
Pearl Sparks
Mattie Sparks
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
H. A. Young
J.T. Gardner, JR
Asa’t Cashier
G. A. Hagan
Ass’t
Chichester S
Chichesters Diamond Pride
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