Local notices and ads from city pages
Various short items include market notes on bacon pricing at Sterne's, police court assessments totaling 58.20 with four cases discharged and three continued, live retail ads for clothing and undergarments, rent notices for Tyler hill properties, a rescheduled church banquet, Easter gift and jewelry offerings, postponed Queen City Guards inspection, Easter flowers, gas ranges and coal ads, hauling services, and multiple local shop promotions and prices from Johnston Bros and Anniston Trading Co.
Adler Home on Leighton Avenue Contract Awarded
Plans by architect C. W. Carlton name Tyson as contractor for a modern nine room two story house opposite the institute for Mrs. A Adler. Construction has already begun.
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C. W. Carlton
Tyson
Leighton Avenue
Institute
A. Adler
Five Indispensable Drugs in a Humorous Tale
A humorous note from the Saturday Evening Post recounts a foolish physician declaring five drugs are water food air sleep and exercise. The patient seeks another doctor and the vain clinician dies poor.
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Saturday Evening Post
Cuyler Quote Inspires Kindness and Sympathy
A reflective quotation urges turning sorrows into currents of sympathy and deeds of kindness, suggesting such acts become a stream of blessings.
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Cuyler
Girard Condemns Lawless Outbreak
A mass meeting in Girard Alabama denounced Saturday night violence that injured five and killed a peaceful negro. The town council was urged to offer a reward for the shooter of two negroes and the Russell County grand jury was asked to investigate. A concurrent meeting of African Americans affirmed resolutions for law and order.
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Columbua
Girard
Ala
Ty Council
Russell County Grand Jury
Oh Yes in Nazareth Children Echo English Phrase
A correspondent notes that children and women in Nazareth Palestine routinely say Oh yes instead of yes when asked a question. The French listeners observed the same cheerful reflex among American and English speakers they met along the Rhone valley Provence and the Riviera.
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Nazareth
Palestine
Rhone
Provence
Riviera
The Military Pope Julius II and His Beard
The Military Pope Julius II who died in 151% allowed his beard to grow to gain respect among the faithful. He earned the nickname for his military stance. When Michelangelo asked to place a book in his hand the pope replied with a sword saying he knows how to wield it.
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Julius II
Michael Angelo
Anniston Market Prices for Cotton and Produce Report
In Anniston today spot prices include cotton and produce. Merchants quote chickens 25 to 350 cents per dozen, eggs low, sweet potatoes 1 dollar per bushel, trish potatoes 90 cents per bushel, white peas 2.50 per bushel, speckled peas 2 per peck, and corn 66 to 68 cents per bushel.
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Johnston Brob, CO
Anniston
The Baron's Order and a Doorkeeper Confusion
A Welsh baronet in Parliament wrote an admission order to the House of Commons. The recipient noticed two swapped letters in keeper and commons. The baronet replied that the doorkeeper will know which is which. Telephone BE M Lewis for Empire Montevallo or Jellico coal.
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William TV
BE. M
Lewis
Empire
Montevallo
Jellico
Bradfield Regulator Co
Atlenta
A Tombstone Lunch
A Philadelphia Record piece describes a waiter in a grim cafe, noting a corpulent patron eating lemonade and egg sandwich. He muses on going to college to become a doctor, saying curing dyspepsia brings more money and respect than causing it. He recalls a young man who once ate a so called tombstone lunch.
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Philadelphia Record
George Washington
Punishment in Baroda Echoes Brutal Indian Court Practices
An Exchange report recalls Baroda's harsh era with state funded elephants used to execute criminals. Torture began as a bound man tied to an elephant and dragged through streets, causing extensive injuries. If alive, the criminal’s head then faced decapitation on a block.
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Baroda
India
Device to lay cables worldwide in twenty four hours
An inventor discusses a patent plan guarded by a patent attorney. The device uses a balloon to lift a cable cell above the atmosphere and unwind as the globe turns, completing a circuit in twenty four hours. A later Washington quote urges courtesy and cautious trust in friends and charitable giving.
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Boston Herald
Wise and Green Reform Terse Exchange Cited
The fragment notes Wise abandoning politics and reforming, while Green is described as reformed. A later line questions Wise labeled as a plain burglar, suggesting a public clash over reputations.
Meat Market Ad Promises Quality Seasonal Dishes
An old style ad touts lamb or chop as the most appetizing meat of the season along with beef veal and pork. It also claims pretent poultry and a full line of canned goods for soups. The seller invites trade.
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O. H. Parker & CO
City News
Sterne’s
Tyler Hill
Car Line
W. T. Owen
Noble Street
Baraca Bible Class
M. F. Doering
Queen City Guards
Maj
D. Houston Smith
Maj. Smith
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Baptist Young People’s Union
R. M. Ingram
Deep Sea
Anniston Trading CO
Model Ice Co
Johnston Bros
George P. Simpson
County Court House
D. ©. Blackwell
L. H. Kaplan
MR. Lassiter
Mr. J. Lassiter
Selma
The
Southern Railroad
Wilton
City
Telephone 89
Donahoo & Co
Taylors
Taylor
Auditorium
Telephone 59 Model Ice Co
R. O. Watson
B. O Watson
W. F. van Arsdel
Noble St
J. T. Chrisman
Mrs. Adler’s
Carre-Field Shoe CO
Anniston Markets
Mer
J. L. Carr
Oxanna
Mr. Carr
Mr. Nixon
Washington
Thompson’s
Thompson
Edwin C. Burt
Edwin.c- Burt
Burt
J. W. Fore
Camille
Louise
Irginia
Ccentenr da
Pat Allen
Phon
Wigley & Moore
Donaboo & Co
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