New Coca Cola Bottling Plants Owned by Anniston Firm
The Alabama Coca Cola Bottling Company is formed to purchase the Coca Cola business of Mr. Frank W. Ledbetter in Gadsden Talladega and the city. Incorporators include V Rainwater Florence C Smith J Henry Edmondson Anniston I F Edmondson Chattanooga and L Brown Athens Ga with capital stock of 50000. Rainwater and Edmondson are well known in Anniston and Edmondson will move here from Villa Rica Ga where he is a Southern Railway agent.
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Alabama Coca Cola Bottling Company
Frank W. Ledbetter
Gadsden
Talladega
V. Rainwiaster
Atlanta
Florence C. Smith
J. Henry
University of Alabama glee club entertains Annis ton
Social gossip notes the University of Alabama glee club at Nobile street theater Saturday night. Director Tom Garner is praised for training the group and singers Chappmas Hobbs and Maraschal are repeatedly enced. After the program the troupe was hosted by Mr and Mrs John B Knox on Tyler hill. Mrs J De Simpson and children expect home from Birmingham and Miss Mary Blackwell travels there this morning.
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Nobile Street Theater
University of Alabama Glee Club
Tom Garner
Chappmas
Hobbs
Maraschal
John B. Knox
Tyler Hill
Anniston
Kennedy Named Secretary of Alabama Railroad Commission
The Montgomery Times reports Mr. P. Kennedy, famed Alabama railroad expert, has been elected clerk of the Alabama railroad commission. Formerly with Southern Railway at Anniston, he served as train dispatcher, commercial agent, and general agent in charge of terminals. His clerical skill and railroad knowledge expected to aid the commission.
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P. Kennedy
Aunatonian
Alabama Railroad Commission
Montgomery Times
Railroad Commission
Kennedy
Anniston
Southern Railway Company
Manis
The First Marlborough Portrait by Norbert Pan
Norbert Pan portrays the Duke of Marlborough as a mix of selfish hoarding and military genius. The subject is described as deceitful yet humane with a calm temper and decisive plans.
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Norbert Pan
England
Duke of Marlborough
Firiguer
Critician
Ile
Tie
Do Your Worst Prompted Desperate Piano Move
Hicks and Wicks recount a tense moment where a woman confronts a man. He dares her to do her worst and, defying expectations, remains calm as he begins to play the piano. She acts on his challenge, but the scene remains non-graphic and focused on dialogue and behavior.
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Hicks
Wicks
Quite a Difference May Paw Quote
A Milwaukee Sentinel item presents a humorous exchange about aging and wealth. It contrasts a rich man reaching eighty as a ripe old age with a poor man being merely old and decrepit, highlighting social perspective on aging.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Trigg Steele Co Opens Spring Furniture Display
The Trigg Steele Company held a spring opening that drew many ladies to view an elaborate display. The store showcased old mahogany suites, downstairs furniture lines, elaborate stove displays, and upstairs music from a stringed band, with customers praising the variety and elegance of the stock.
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Trigg Steel Company
Trigg-Steele
Haussome
Trigg-Steele Company
The Blankall Atwood Co Opens at Noble Street Theater
The Blankall-Atwood company will open a week’s engagement at Noble Street Theater tonight after a run in Atlanta at the New Eldorado. Local presses praise the company, with the opening bill set as the melodrama The Tide of Life.
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Blankall-Atwood Company
Noble Street Theater
Atlanta
Eldorado Theater
They Called Him Vanus in a Church Christening Tale
An amusing anecdote recounts Dean Burgon reacting to the name Vans for a christening, confusing it with Venus and Vanus while the infant’s grandfather is invoked. The exchange highlights clerical prejudice toward heathen names and the family’s insistence on the sobriquet Vans.
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Vanus
Payn
Dean Burgon
Vans
Venus
Ile
Sylvanus
Spring millinery displays dazzle Anniston shoppers today
Three Anniston stores staged sunlit spring openings with lavish millinery, featuring mushroom and princess shapes, long plumes, and vivid colors. Ullman Bros and Johnston Bros showcased ready-to-wear lines, dress goods, and exotic hats including maize mushroom styles priced up to 50 dollars, drawing high praise from visitors.
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Anniston
Sirship
Copenhagen
Ullman Bros
Maud Cunningham
Johnston Bros
Johnson Bros
Daniel
Notable Local Attendees At Heflin Chancery Court
Chancellor Whiteside Judge Blackwell and Hugh Merrill attend chancery court in Heflin. Tom Bell returns to Howard College after a short visit home and in Atlanta. Morris Allen Wilmer Lacy and D B Lacy travel to Birmingham on morning business. H W Davis of Atlanta visits the city and plans to return tonight.
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W. W. Whiteside
D. C. Blackwell
Hugh D. Merrill
Chancery Court
Heflin
Tom Bell
Howard College
Atlanta
Messrs
Morris Allen
Wilmer Lacy
D. B. Lacy
Birmingham
H. W. Davis
Doctor Declines Early Bill as Patient Prods for Statement
A sick man urges the doctor to present his bill. The doctor declines saying he does not want to worry the patient. He finally suggests sending the bill to the executor in due course.
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Catholic Standard and Times
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Story
One hundred dollars reward offered for an uncured catarrh case by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney Co of Toledo is backed by local wholesalers Walding Kinnan Marvin in affirming Cheney's trustworthiness. Cure is described as internal and blood-borne with testimonials free. price 75 cents per bottle. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
Weather update from Anniston reports showers forecast
The March 18 report lists barometer 30.27 and temperatures from 54 to 80 degrees. Southeast wind at 3 miles per hour with cloudy skies after a mild night.
Notice of Condemnation Proceedings in Alabama
The State of Alabama Calhoun County Probate Court warns Mary Moore and John H. Moore that the Atlantic and Birmingham Air Line Railway seeks a thirty foot right of way for a branch railroad through block fifty six from West Anniston lands. A hearing is set for April 10, 1907 at 10:00 a.m. at Anniston courthouse.
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Alabama
Calhoun County
Mary Moore
John H. Moore
Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Railway
West Anniston Land and Improvement Company
Anniston
Emmett F. Crook
Coal for Telephone 59 Model Ice Co. mh2 tf
Coal allocation referenced for the Telephone 59 Model Ice Co. project, indicating fuel supply details and related handling terms. The item notes specific usage within the 59 model equipment and outlines delivery or storage requirements.
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Telephone 59 Model Ice Co
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Berlin Journal
Geo. J. Friedkin
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