Chattanooga Spring Festival Ticket Deal
During the Chattanooga Spring Festival from May 6 to 11, railroads will offer round trips from Decatur Alabama Jellico Tennessee Middlesboro Kentucky Morristown Tennessee Harriman Tennessee Atlanta Georgia Birmingham Alabama and other points to Chattanooga Tennessee and return at one fare. Tickets good May 6 to 10 for trains arriving in Chattanooga by forenoon May 12 with return by May 13 1901. Obtain details from Southern Railway or Alabama Great Southern Railroad agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
The
Southern Railway
Alabama Great Southern Railroad
Decatur
Ala
Jellico
Tenn
Middlesboro
Morristown
Local Druggist Praises Kennett Ext Blackberry Remedy
Mr Kh EF Swift of Parkersburg West Virginia says he was laid up with cholera morbus and cured with one dose of Kennett Ext Blackberry. He would not be without it even at high price and recommends it as the best remedy for summer complaints including diarrhoea and cholera morbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kh. EF. Swift
Jon Mullioch
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kennett
Kermott
Swift
Guess the Amount Puzzle From Historic Newspaper Note
A fragmented OCR note hints at a guessing game with a $50 stake tied to a patron. The garbled text mentions years such as 1891 1392 18938 1305 and a prompt to guess what it will be in rgot. It recalls 1896 as a reference point and contains stray phrases about a currency amount and an entry in a column.
Will Crawford Arrested Again in Atlanta Case
Will Crawford a well known Atlanta youth faces new charges for impersonating a detective and bilking jewelry owners of small sums by promising to recover lost property. He is also under Hall county indictment for false swearing in a murder trial and has historical ties to Anniston and Camp Shipp. Electric Bitters advertised as a cure for kidney trouble. 50c at Elam Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Will Crawford
Crawford
Hall County
C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Elam Drug Co's
Notice to Contractors for L and N extension work
Call on the Alabama Construction Co. office in Aunis Jun or in Selma BD Bo Bacy, President, to contract for sub grading and trestle building on the Selma to Sardis extension. Contact details appear jumbled in the notice but indicate location and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma
Sardis
Alabama Construction Co
Aunis Jun
Bo Bacy
Played Hanging Fatal Prank Kills Two in Davenport
In Davenport Iowa Emil Mohr and Charles Reis died when a pulley rope tied around August Blaocick’s waist to simulate hanging failed. The rope’s fastenings gave way from sixty feet above striking Reis and a falling beam fatally injuring Mohr. Blaocick escaped with minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Iowa
Emil Mohr
Charles Reis
August Blaoick
Independent Malting Company
Mohr
Reis
Gus Siems
Blunick
Blusick
Foley's Honey and Tar Promoted as Early Stage Cure
An early 20th century health claim touts Foley's Honey and Tar as a universal cure for consumption in its early stages. The advertisement urges taking no substitute and credits the McElreath Drug Co as distributor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Mc- Elreath Drug Co
Uncalled For Letters Listed At Anniston Post Office
A notice lists uncalled for letters in the Anniston post office under Gentlemen and Ladies sections with names such as Bryant Connelly Fisher Gadidis Hind Johnson Jones Kenuna Minor Morrison Moore Pickerd Pointer Sears Shanklin Smith Whiloun Wood Ambrose Book Harrison Odum Phillips Smith Sprayberry Smrrg and others. An accompanying advertisement promotes Dr King’s New Discovery, claiming it cured consumption and pneumonia with a guaranteed success. Trial bottles are offered free at Kiam Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F—Fisher
Jake
Gadidis
Hind
M G
Hood
Kick
J—Johnson
J G
Jones
William K
Kenuna
Wim
Merrigan
John
Minor
J H
Morrison
Lawrence
J Moore
Morris
D P
Momby
Frank W
McCann
W Pickard
Pointer
J. T. Weatherwax
Wayndotte
Mich
Kiam Drug Co
Reunion of Confederate Veterans Tickets to Memphis 1901
The Southern Railway offers reduced round trip fares to Memphis Tennessee for the Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans May 28 to 30 1901. Tickets from beyond 200 miles good May 25 26 27 return by June 4 1901 with possible extension to June 19 by depositing at Memphis joint agent and paying 50 cents. Consult local Southern Railway agents for details and sleeping car service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Confedrate
Memphis
Tenn
Southern Railway
Memphis, Tenn
Unclear Product Name Mentions Cold Cure Laxative
Fragmentary OCR notes mention a cold remedy described as a cure and laxative with quinine and throat relief. The text is garbled, lacking clear action, date, or product details to identify a specific item or seller.
Special Low Rates to Western States by Union Pacific
Weekly Tuesday rail offer via Union Pacific Railroad to Colorado Utah Montana Idaho Oregon Washington. For details contact J. F Aglar Gen. Agent St Louis MO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Washington
J. F, Aglar
New Spring Woolens Arrive From Im ported and Domestic Lines
Spring samples arrive from Junius Levy, a merchant tailor at the Columbian Building Noble Street. The line features the best fabrics and latest weaves in imported and domestic woolens in fashionable colors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junius Levy
Merchant Tailor
Columbian Building
Noble Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Locke, Mountain & Co
Landa
Wood Yard
Railroad and
5Th Street
B. McClurkin
Anniston Banking Loan CO
M. B. Weliaborn
Clale Perma
Jacksonville, Ala
W. Daugette
New Orleans
Cater Grocery Company
M. F. Doerings
IL BP
Doering
Southern
L. & N. Railways
B. L. Paul
Yquirer
Fpnquirer Company
Cincinnati
Anniston
Shipp
Wonder
the Great Secourge
Gentlemen's
B—Bryant
F. C—Connelly, Henry
Crock
Sears
Shanklin
Clarence
Smith
Spencer, Bet
Sparkes
Thos
Whiloun
Wood
A—Ambrose
Belle
Charlotte
Hi—Harrison
al. O Odum
Dorothy
P—Phillips
Nettie
R—Rocker
Alice S—Smith
M. Sprayberry
L. T. Smrrg, P.M
Reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans
Via
Union Pacific Railroad
St. Louis, Mo
the Anniston
Weekly Republic
Republic
Proprietors
England House
C. H. Hall
Anniston, Alabama
13Th Street
Union Depot
West Tenth St
Bpruce Bt
New York
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