Local notes and social updates from Oxania and area towns
Mrs. Wallace Arnold recovers at home in Oxania after illness. W. F. Siggins is ill near Oxford but hopes for a speedy recovery. McCraw expected to win sheriff nomination and carry the county in August. Calhoun lodge, No. 42, Knight of Pythias, notified Emerson. Mrs. A. G. Witner and son pass through Selma from Rome. Martha Tumlin v Southern Railway trial ongoing. Edmondson & Anderson offer premier livery service. Dr. J. J. Wikle features garden seeds. West Anniston Hose Co. 4 plans a supper to fund uniforms for a May tournament. Ansley’s former shoemaker now at The Globe. T. H. Ferguson released from Avnostom Infirmary today.
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Lady Friends of
West Anniston Hose Co., No. 4
Alabama, North Georgia and Tenonesee Volunteer Firemen’s Association
Origins of Golf Balls Through the Ages Described
HM S Peters of St Andrews recounts early golf ball making from leather with feathers to gutta percha. He notes the hard process of turning feathers, stuffing and sewing, with open seams on veterans balls and water shedding on wet days. A 1848 gutta percha trial failed but caddies kept the rubber ball until it sailed farther, leading to modern balls.
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HM. S. Peters
St. Andrews
Gutta-Percha Golf Hall
Thomas Moncrieff
Home Journal
Women Remember This Husbands Wanted Notice
A brief humorous note from the Atchison Globe suggests women seeking husbands may find value in remembering this. The item highlights a man’s aversion to marrying into an entire family, framing marriage as a comical social consideration.
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Atchison Globe
Local Argentine Administrations as Party Strongholds
The piece notes a tight link between local politics and national-level power in Argentina. Local administrations serve as party strongholds used to secure broader political influence.
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Argentina Republic
Rich Men Go East Fashionable Society Moves East
New York society has gained several hundred million dollars in five years as wealthy individuals from the West relocate to the city.
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New York
West
Kennesaw 5c Cigar Sparks Cigar Buyer Buzz
The Kennesaw 5c cigar is creating a sensation among cigar smokers and is drawing attention from a leading local cigar dealer who reports strong sales and rising interest.
Orgraph Bicycle Mapping for Cuba Topography
The army engineers plan a three man pedal powered orograph to map Cuba. The machine records route direction and altitude changes with a 50 foot per inch scale, enabling rapid topographic surveys. A Brooklyn teacher previously mapped Catskills with a bicycle and notebook, producing a detailed, engraved map for broader use.
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Engineer Corps
Army
Cuba
Brooklyn
Catekills
Catskills
Kennesaw Best 5c Cigars and Local Goods
Mr. A Adler of the Bee Hive returns from New York with a large spring and summer stock of dry goods dress goods shoes notions and more. Donahoo Co sells coal at reasonable prices with prompt delivery and advertises a K of P lodge meeting noting esquire and knight ranks conferred. Telephone 82.
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Mr. A. Adler
The
Bee Hive
New York
Donahoo & Co
Notable Local Visitors and Travelers in the City
Personal mentions list numerous visitors and travelers including Prof Alfred H. Lough heading to Allanta to assist organist Clarence Holbly for a concert. Others include Mr. Raymond Randoph to Jerlmont, J A Moore returning from Atlanta, Rev R S Burd visiting, and Gen J W Aske in town as Mobie customs receiver. Additional notes include attendance at Mrs Bates funeral, arrivals from Mobile and Birmingham, and politicians Hon John B Cox and Hon John Purifoy passing through for business and campaigns.
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Alfred H. Lough
Allanta
Clarence Holbly
Submarine Raddatz Craft Faces Lake Michigan Hazards
The inventor of the Raddatz submarine and two engineers tested the craft off Milwaukee harbor. The boat struck a submerged bank in a clay bed at four miles per hour, became stuck for about thirty minutes, then freed itself. The incident showed the vessel’s potential despite the danger of sticky bottom conditions.
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Scientific American
How Much Americans Spend On Food For Groceries
The article cites estimates of national grocery spending excluding meats, totaling around 1.95 to 2.34 billion dollars. It projects 165.6 million U.S. families at 130 dollars annually or about 2.32 weekly per family, noting sugar and canned goods shifts in share and highlighting grocery distribution as a major trade sector.
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Wiconzin
United States
The Gray Horse Tricked the Stable Alarm System
A Maine company manager kept horses on Fore street with a feeding device using two alarm clocks to drop feed at four. The gray horse learned to pull the wire at dawn, causing morning hunger among the other horses. After the trick was stopped, a man began feeding at four as intended.
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Maine Provision and Cold Storage Company
Mr. Vose
Fire Department
Fore Street
Portland Daily Press
Salt Damage to Essex Soil From High Tide Study
A paper presented to an English society analyzes saltwater impact on 30 000 acres in Essex with 2 percent salt remaining in soil after tide, 20 times normal, causing earthworm destruction and poor 1898 crops. Rain is washing out salt gradually, soil clay becoming gelatinous due to chlorides and silicate changes.
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Essex
The Sunshine Society Seeks Mutual Help in New York
The Sunshine Society, an international group formed in New York, promotes mutual helpfulness and acceptance of the law, citing Sydney Smith on contentment and effort. The group notes its delicate work and lists ANNISTON St HamM LAUNDRY 12th and Noble streets as a point of contact.
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New York
International Sunshine Society
Sydney Smith
Curian
Anniston St Hamm
Ant Noble Streets
Value of inner beauty over outer looks in life advice
The Philadelphia Inquirer quotes urging women to cultivate agreeableness and thoughtfulness rather than chasing beauty. It argues beauty fades, whereas a cultivated heart and mind endear others, with love surpassing mere admiration.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
A Boer Shell Damages Balloon Over Ladysmith
Lieut.-Col. Sir Henry Rawlinson aloft in a reconnaissance balloon when a shrapnel shell passed through the gasbag and burst beyond. The balloon sank but did not immediately crash, and on the next ascent a black patch marked the impact point.
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Ladysmith
Sir Henry Rawlinson
Boarding House Members Demand Somber Look at Soup
Women residents insist every man in the boarding house display a sad far away gaze when the soup is served, a ritual labeled Tome Sweet Rome. The line captures a humorous, idiosyncratic social custom among the inhabitants.
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Tome
Rome
Aichioan Glote
Den a prompt service by Mondson and Anderson
A brief note credits Ma Mondson and Anderson for prompt service with contact phone 38 8 for inquiries.
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Mondson & Anderson
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Elam
China
Anniston Trading CO
Wallace Arnold
Oxania
Gret
Ullman Bros
W. F. Siggins
Oxford
McCraw
Esquire
TH. A. Emerson
Calhoun Lodge
Knighta
Pythias
A. G. Witner
Selma
Donahoo & Company Hand'e Coul
Martha Tumlin Ve
Southern Railway Company
Edmondson & Anderson
J. J. Wikle
Ansley
the Globe
Dove
T. H. Ferguson
Avnistom Infirmary
Kennesaw
Routhborne Lodge
K.of P
Asa Allen
Allen
Cohen Thompson
George Winity
Raymond Randoph
Jrelmont
J. A. Moore
Atlanta
R. 8
Burd
Heflin
Mic
G.G. Britton
Tdrming Bana
Lon Baker
Birmingham
Gen
J. W. Asrke
Mobie
Jacksonville
City
John Turner
Mobile
the Lattor
Bates
Emmett Vaughas
Abniston
Will Mootg Nuery
Tio. Curragh
Bedwardsville
Congress
T. Ben Kerr
Piedmont
Leon A. Serie
Albany, Ga
W. M. Hames
D. B. Barnes
Dave Cowder
Chatchie
John B. Kox Veet
Talladega
Reg Il
Park Bowie
Bowie
Airs
W. ©. Sproull
Frank Bowie
John Purifoy
State Comisioner of Agriculture
Gadster
J. Z Walker
Lweek
Washington
Madras
Pereales
India
Llman Bros
Department Store
M. W Ruff
Cater Grocery Co
the Sunshine Society
Fala Sez
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