Eastbound and Northbound Southern Railway Timetable Overview
Railroad schedule lists eastbound routes to Atlanta Macon Washington New York Florida Heflin Birmingham Meridian Texas Greenville Memphis Shreveport and Birmingham area. Northbound services connect Rome Chattanooga Knoxville Jacksonville Piedmont while southbound runs toward Selma Talladega Meridian and New Orleans Shreveport with multiple arrival times and connections to Gadsden Cartersville Calera and Montgomery.
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Atlanta
Macon
Washington
New York
East
Florida
Marsh Cup Water Plant Described in Hudson Bay Region
In Blackwood's Magazine a plant found in Hudson Bay waters is praised for its beauty and water storage. Its ground hugging leaves form a flat bed while bell shaped flowers hold frost resistant ice within the calyx. Locals could drink refreshment from the flower bells during hot autumn days.
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Hudson Bay
Blackwood's Magazine
Health in the Canal Zone Tempts Young Artisans
The Panama Canal project offers high wages that lure skilled workers though fever and malaria fears deter many. Electric Bitters is promoted as a safe preventive and cure for blood poison, biliousness, and kidney troubles, sold by Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co. for 50 cents.
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Panama Canal
Elam, Ordway & Houser and
Scarbrough Drug Co
Legend of the White Sky Calf among the Kiowa
The Kiowa lore tells of a sacred white desert herd of white buffalo with black tails. Medicine man Ne ka ta mah vowed to build a tepee from the skins if he could collect them. A bright light appeared at night and a white calf descended, leading the herd northward, after which white buffaloes vanished from view.
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American
Ne-ka-ta-mah
The Touch That Heals Bucklen Arnica Salve
This advertises Bucklen arnica salve as a universal healer for burns scalds ulcers sores and piles. It promises cure regardless of age and guarantees by Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co with a price of 25 cents.
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Bucklen
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Southern ice manufacturers in session in Atlanta
The annual meeting of the Southern ice exchange opened in Atlanta with about 100 members from Birmingham Richmond Jacksonville Augusta Wadneh Greensboro Wilmington New Orleans and other Southern cities. The gathering is expected to run through the week with important business planned. Officers listed are President W. K. Worth of Wilmington Vice President Leon Berton of Helena Ark and Secretary Treasurer M. W. Thompson of Greensboro.
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Star
Atlanta
Southern Ice Exchange
Birmingham
Richmond
Jacksonville
Augusta
Wadneah
Chattanooga
Wilmington
Greensboro
New Orleans
South
W. KE. Worth
Leon Berton
Helena, Ark
M. W. Thompson
This Date in History Highlights Key 14th to 20th Century Events
A compilation of notable dates including Peter of Castile’s defeat at Montiel in 1360, Edward IV’s return from exile, John Bedford’s death in 1555, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations charter, Admiral Byng’s execution in 1757, Galvez capturing Mobile in 1780, reform bill in 1831, John Y. Mason’s 1844 appointment, Burnside assault in 1812, Deadwood gold discovery in 1875, Osman Digna’s retreat in 1884, a 1910 New Orleans lynching, 1895 Illinois hour day ruling, McKinley signing gold standard bill, and Northern Securities Co. ruling in 1904.
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Peter of Castile
Montiel
Edward TV
England
John
Earl of Bedford
Rhode Island
Providence Plantation
John Byng
Don Galvez
New Orleans
Mobile
Osman Digna
Soudan
Hennessy
Ilinois
Supreme Court
McKinley
Northern Securities Company
Sheridan's Oude Speech Stuns Parliament in Impeachment Drama
The London News notes Sheridan did not deliver the Oude speech during the Hastings trial but in the previous year in the Commons. It describes a record-breaking five hour forty minute address that earned unprecedented applause and a rare adjournment move by Pitt.
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Sheridan
Warren Hastings
The
London News
House of Commons
Pitt
London Chronicle
Macaulay
Burke
Cinchona Cultivation in Java Drives Quinine Trade
Java relies on cinchona cultivation as a principal industry. Dutch processes yield high quality sulphate of quinine. Bark is stripped, dried, and exported from Holland. Cinchona plantations line the lower hills of Java with trees ranging from saplings to thirty feet tall.
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Java
Olland
Lost and Found Drug Store Pill Box Sought
A box of Dr King s New Life Pills was lost or misplaced between 9 30 p m yesterday and noon today after being found at Hiam Ordway Houser drug stores and Scarbrough Drug Company. The pills were advertised as a cure for biliousness malaria and jaundice priced at 25 cents.
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Hiam, Ordway & Houser’s
Scarbrough Drug Company
Dr. King
Fooling the Boers on the veldt trail
Frederick R. Burnham known as the American scout uses a bloodhound like search on hands and knees to locate a Boer commando on a kopje. He warns the commanding officer to keep his head down, noting the Boers are spotted on the heights.
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Frederick R. Burnham
Col Her’s
Burnham
SOME NEW YORK FIRSTS
A historical list notes New York firsts including governor Peter Minuit appointed in 1626 and the first engineer Kryn Frederick authorized to supervise a fort on Manhattan Island. It cites Jean Vigne born 1614 as the first male child of European parents and Sarah Rapalla born 1615 as the first female. It mentions Dr. Johannes La Montague as early physician starting in 1636 and a 1626 first meeting room for religious services on South William Street. A rudimentary 1026 warehouse is also described with Indians visiting for fire water.
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Peter Minult
Jean Vigne
Sarah Rapalla
Johannes la Montague
Kryn Frederick
Manhattan Island
South William Street
Peart
New York Herald
Hollanders and bad luck haunt gift giving
The New York Press notes that giving a kitten as a gift to a washwoman could bring misfortune in Sjolland where thanking a friend for a present is believed to invite bad luck. The piece jokes that modern men seem Dutch in their ungratefulness, as favors are not honored.
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Avoir Dupois
Sjolland
New York Press
Eczema and Skin Ailments Treated By Chamberlain Salve
The advertisement lists eczema tetter salt rheum ichthy as ring worm herpes and barbers itch as conditions. It claims intense itching is relieved quickly by Chamberlains Salve with potential cures after continued use. Price is 25 cents per box and it is sold by J L Wikle.
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Chamberlain
Hed
J. L. Wikle
A Denver Bridegroom Finds Room Rate Shock
A Denver hotel story recalls a country couple checking in and misunderstanding six dollars a day as six dollars a week. The groom jokes by snapping a photo to prove he was a real sport in Denver before leaving with his bride.
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Denver
Denver Post
Short Talks by L. T. Cooper on General Debility
The article urges irregular eating and haste as causes of general debility and weak stomach. It promotes Cooper's New Discovery to restore stomach function with two bottles, citing a Detroit testimonial and urging readers to inquire about the medicine.
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Cooper
McCadey
Dix Ave
Detroit
Mich
Notice of Sale of Land and Personal Property in Calhoun
By order of the Probate Court of Calhoun County Alabama the administrator of Martha A. Jordan deceased will sell at public auction on April 1 1907 at the premises in Calhoun County Alabama cash for the estate. The sale includes personal items such as a water stand bureau bedstead looking glass dressing table five chairs chest two pair irons kitchen safe sewing machine dining table cot and undivided one half interest in the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter and south half of the northeast quarter of section twelve township sixteen range eight.
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Probate Court
Calhoun County
State of Alabama
Martha A. Jordan
Alabama
Hias
Township
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