Local Short Stories and Notices Mix of Ads and Updates
A semi monthly meeting of Mountain Oak encampment No 25 approved three membership applications while a ministers association gathering was scheduled at First Methodist in Anniston. Ads promote gas ranges water heaters wallpaper and coal by Model Ice Co and Hood Lawrence. Local court motion discusses Degg hearing in Gadsden and Mountainboro conspiracy case looming. Bishop Beckwith to visit Talladega and Sylacauga.
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Mountain Oak
Hood Lawrence
Phillips
Gadsden
Lawrence
Frank Thomas
Mountainboro
Anniston
His Horse's Intelligence
A farmer promises a horse is sound though the animal often stops. A summer boarder asks if the horse is bulky. The farmer says the horse is fine but fears people will say whoa and he won’t hear it, so he stalls.
Electric Bitters praised by Gettysburg veteran for cures
David Parker of Fayette N Y who lost a foot at Gettysburg credits Electric Bitters with major health gains after years of stomach trouble and costly medicines. The ad touts the tonic as grand for the aged and for female weaknesses, as well as a remedy for back pain and weak kidneys, priced 50 cents through local druggists.
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Gettysburg
David Parker
Fayette, N. Y
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Fleet Bridge in London Destroys and Rebuilt with Pineapples
The Fleet Bridge connected Fleet Street to Ludgate Hill and was described as a stone bridge. It was destroyed in the great London fire and replaced by a wider structure adorned with pineapples and the city arms, per Hatton.
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Fleet Bridge
London
Fleet Ditch
Fleet Street
Ludgate Hill
Stow
Hatton
London Graphic
Nitaba Island Maintains Peaceful Native Villages
On the northeast coast of New Guinea Nitaba island, ringed by eight coral walls, with cliffs 260 feet high outside and 40 to 100 feet inside, hosts thirteen native villages. Since their traditions began, war crime and poverty have been unknown.
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New Guinea
Nitaba
Corsa
Strength Al In Her Wishbone
A young girl explains the difference between aspiration and perseverance in doing something. Her friend laments failing to follow through, and the girl quips that the reason is a strong wishbone but a weak backbone, per the Philadelphia Record.
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Philadelphia Record
New Discovery Cures Coughs and Lung Ailments
A testimonial-style notice touts a medicine called New Discovery that allegedly cured long lingering coughs and lung illnesses. It claims a dramatic recovery from severe symptoms and promises small trial bottles free, with prices listed at 50 cents and 1 dollar from local druggists including Elam, Orflway & Houser, and Scarbrough Drugs Co.
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Clark
Westfield
Ery
Elam
Orflway & Houser
Scarbrough Drugs Co
Swede Boy Name Stirs Classroom Memory
A garbled exchange from a Nebraska paper recalls a Swede boy and a teacher asking about his name and age. The fragment hints at a classroom moment and a student named Yonnty Olsen, leaving the full story unclear.
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Laxative Remedy Ad
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin promoted as a valuable treatment for liver and related troubles. Claims it is better than pills oils and purgatives and offers refunds if not beneficial. Advertisement states it is sold in dollar and half dollar sizes and invites requests for a free booklet and sample via postal card.
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DR. Caldwell
Pepsin Syrup Co. Listings in Monticello
For sale by Scarbrough Drug Co Elam Ordway and Houser Wholesale Distributors Monticello Illinois.
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Pepsin Syrup CO
Monticello
Scarbrough Drug Co
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Why Rhodes Never Married
Frederick Vallers met Cecil Rhodes in South Africa and recalls Rhodes keeping a hat in every room. The hall and windows always had a hat ready, a habit noted as Rhodes' peculiarity. Villiers’s secretary reports Rhodes is not a woman hater but avoids marriage to protect his ventures from potential indiscretion.
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Frederick Vallers
Cecil Rhodes
Sout
Africa
Rhodes
Mr. Villiers
Pearson's Weekly
The Torch Through Time The First Lamps and Candles
The article traces early illumination from cave fires to torches and evolving wicks. It notes the transition from a single burning stick to bundled splinters, then to a wax wrapped fuel candle with outer leaves forming the wick.
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St. Nicholas
Force of Habit Prank Delays Theater Night
A Columbia University philosophy professor, famed for absent mindedness, plans a theater outing with his wife. She criticizes his attire and urges him to change. He dutifully goes upstairs, but returns undressed and climbing into bed, trapped by his own habit and a late curtain.
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Department of Philosophy
Columbia University
Devou
Listle
New York Tribune
Baggage Rules Across European Railways
Baggage at European stations must be registered at least twenty minutes before train departure. Italy Switzerland and Holland levy modest charges by weight and distance. France allows fifty six pounds free with a railway ticket. You can rail baggage to any point without a passenger ticket by paying transit charges.
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Europe
Italy
Switzerland
Holland
France
Agnes Irwin LL D Honored by Carnegie for Achievement
Miss Agnes Irwin dean of Radcliffe College Cambridge Mass receives LL D from Andrew Carnegie representing St Andrews College at a Philadelphia Franklin bicentennial event on April 17 1906. The Buffalo Times notes her rare honor reflects personal achievement and her role guiding women in education.
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Agnes Irwin
Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Mass
Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Carnegie
St. Andrew's College of Scotland
Miss Irwin
Witherspoon Fall
Philadelphia
Negle
Doan's Kidney Pills End Patient’s Decade of Suffering
Col T V R Matthews, a prominent attorney from Anniston, testifies he suffered kidney trouble and backache for 30 years. After trying many remedies with little relief he found immediate benefit from Doan's Kidney Pills, reporting renewed vigor and normalized kidney function. Sold by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents. price 50 cents.
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Col. T. V. R. Matthews
Matthews & Matthews
Caldwell
Quintard Avenue
Dean
J. A. Wikle
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Doan
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E. M. Lewis
Empire
Montevallo
Jellico Coal
Jn23
Yohlande Degg
Aubrey Womack
C. W. Cohen & Co
Noble Street
George
Peterson
G. H. Brummel & Co’s
East Tenth St
Baraca
U. S
Felix Doering
B. M. Stradley
Mr. Perry
Telephone 59 Model Ice Co
I. 8. Ingrath
Government Scientific Agricultural Demonstrator
Fatowah County
Charles M. Beckwith
Episcopal Church
Beckwith
St. Peter’s Church
Talladega
Sylacauga
Model Ice Co
Auburn College
Gley Club
Noble Street Theatre
Fall
Stepmu Tig
Nhs
Sansas City
Rother’s
Union
Planet Jr
Tim
Studebaker
Anniston Hardware Company
City of AnnIston
State of Alabama
First National Bank
M. B. Wellborn
W. W. Stringfellow
H. A. Young
A. J. Goodwin
Cashier
A. W. Bell
J. B. Knox
A. L. Tyler
J. M. Garvin
W. L. McCaa
A. L. Tyler Jr
J. B. Goodwin
J. C. Sproul
E. L. Turner
E. L. Turner & CO
G. H. Brummell & CO
Brummell & Pinson
Twelfth Street
Quintard Ave
White House
We Pound
Whetstone & CO
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