Oxford Lake Park Promises Bright Spring Improvements
The Oxford Lake Park continues improvements this spring making the park more attractive and commodious. The Street Railway Co plans further enhancements and invites liberal patronage from Anniston and Oxford citizens as open cars will resume when weather permits. A 14 mile ride is offered for parties notifying the conductor, with round trip tickets at 20 cents including a 10 cent boat hire coupon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Lake
Street Railway Co
Anniston
Oxford
Oxford Lake Park
Southern Railway and Alabama Great Southern Sell to New Orleans
The Southern Railway and Alabama Great Southern Railroad announce a special excursion to New Orleans for the Southern Baptist Association meeting May 9 to 16. Tickets from all lines are one fare for the round trip, sold May 7 and 8 with return by May 20, 1901. extension to June 5, 1901 possible for 50 cents if ticket is deposited by May 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Baptist Association
New Ns
Southern Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
New Orleans
Eturn
Alabama
Southern Railroad
Annis ton Steam Laundry Ad Promotes Trial Wash Service
A fragment urges readers to try the Anniston Steam Laundry on Noble Street, inviting customers to mail a card or telephone for wagon call service and fair trial of their best work.
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Anniston Steam Laundry
Noble Street
Southern Railway Timetable Excerpt with Connectors and Sleeping Cars
Historical timetable from Southern Railway showing station stops between Mobile and New York, with connections Mobile Birmingham and Birmingham New York. It notes Pullman sleeping cars between Mobile and Birmingham and Atlanta to Brunswick, dining services en route, and multiple daily trains with times and station list across Alabama Tennessee Georgia and the Northeast officials and agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Mobile
Selma i
Ham Tv
Sidarn
Jr Nes Rm
Krnexville Ly
Bristol
Lynenbralvi
York
Birmingham
New
Eveese
Akron
Greensboro
Marton
Meridian
Mapolis
Ieee
Rhatnae
Unfont'n. Tv
Sos
Oassoe
Marion
Selma
Montevallo
Calera
Fdpm
Columbiang
Childersburg
Talladega
Anniston
Jacksonville
Piedmont
Cave Springs
Sam Oo A
Rome
Atlanta
Sam
Racer
Ami
Birm'ham
Pell City
Heffin Oo
Bere Wardsville
Ebnes PE
Ruithurst
Tallapoosa
Bremen
Douglasville
Lithia Springs
Iar
Saahaalgts
Birming
Anniston Lynneee
Sem
Brunswick
Doom
Pullman
Decksonville
Biriingham
Roe
Opie
Knoxville
Hot Springs
Asheville
Salisbury
Washington
New York
Chattanooga
Ansimury
Cincinnati
Louisville
Pullman Sleeping Car
Cinelunath
Kullman
Ear Piter Chattandaya
Cini and
Louis+i
Birmioonum
Charlotte
Lynchbury
Hington
Pullma Library
Danville
Atlante
Jackson
Ala
Freeman
Gannon
G.M. Recewtenves
D.C
SH. Hakowick
Washington, D. C
A.benscoter
Tenn
Store Call If You Visit East Tenth Street
An old notice offers to show goods at No 25 East Tenth Street and invites customers to visit or write with their requests.
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Tenth Street
Mortgage Sale Notice of Anniston Property
Mortgage sale under a 1858 deed by trustees of St Paul Methodist Episcopal Church Anniston Calhoun county Ala to the undersigned. Sale set for May 4 1901 then postponed to June 4 1901. Property described as parallelogram lot bounded by Leighton Ave and 14th St 140 by 190 feet in Anniston.
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St. Paul Methodist Episcopal Church
Anniston
A.g
Calhoun County
Ala
Leighton Avenue
Fourteenth Street
14Th Street
Board of Church Extension
The
Methodist Episcopal Church of Philadelphia
State of Pennsylvania
Maggie the Mare Delivers Mail on Local Route
The Chicago Record recounts Maggie a dark gray mare driven by J S Dresser of Dekalb Illinois. For six months she hauls the mail wagon along a country route about 25 miles daily except Sundays. Maggie guides the route by watching for carrier activity and aims for boxes only when mail is present.
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Maggie
J. S. Dresser
Dekalb
Ill
Mag
Chicago
The Elephant's Mouth Sights and Teeth Remark
The elephant's mouth is a queer sight in the animal kingdom with no front teeth and only eight teeth in total. Each side carries two large yellow molars, positioned above and below, two inches thick and the width of a man's hand.
Local Kite Maker Builds Towering Skies in Michigan
A Ypsilanti man creates giant kites that soar hundreds of feet high. His designs include a 12 foot tall kite and tandem tethered boxes a 5 and a 14 foot box kite drawing crowds and admiration from nearby youths.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Enormous Kite Scares Farm Chickens and Women
A giant kite lifted into the air near a farmhouse causing chickens and turkeys to retreat to their coops. Women cried out about a hawk while the farmer watched from his home, then chose not to fire on the soaring object.
Evarts Jests About Laurels In Witful Exchange
In Washington the former secretary of state William M Evarts met a popular young author applying for a consulship. Evarts congratulated him on his fame and added with a smile that laurels on the brow do not permit one to browse on them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Ceame
William M. Evarts
Washington
Mr. Evarts
A Natural Boy Versus Statesman and Study
A fragmented verse reflects a boy who rejects statecraft and study, prefers playing in the yard, and mocks Webster and Blaine while imagining tribal play and mischief with tomahawks. The piece appears as a garbled early American text with unclear authorship.
Mutual Life Insurance Trust Plan Promises Lifelong Income
An advertisement for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York promotes life insurance with a trustee to guard the payout after death. It argues many investors mismanage funds, urges selecting a first class company, and offers illustrations by writing to the agent with birth dates and beneficiary details.
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Mutual Life Insurance Company OF New York
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VIA
M. K. & T. Railway
JO. P. Daly
Atlanta, Ga
Leeting
FD. C. Austin
Cor
Loth and Noble
Baldur
E.e.forbes
R. J. Miles
China
John Wilson & Co
Board of Caereen Extension
A. BP
Mr. Evarts’ Wit
Websters
Blaine
Boone
Ninhe
Rerlen
Cosione L
Bartlett
WN AN
Murray Hill
M. Markstein
Opera House Beer
Brokers
New York Chicago
New Oreans
Flist National Bank
Dence
G. B. Flinf
Nish For Furniture and Chain
Thomas’ Drug Store
West Tenth Street
Anniston, Alabama
St.Louis
Alabama General Agency
the Mutual Life Insurance Company
Richard A PicCurdy
President
Columbus Smith
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