Notable visitors and local social notes
Local page records arrivals and departures including Mr J G Adair of Columbus Ga visiting relatives in the city and Oxania. Mr Id Reid leaves for Chattanooga on a combined business and pleasure trip. Dr Sidney Vann of Collinsville visits his brother Dr Paul D Vann in town. Chief of Police J L Johnson of Edwardsville hosts a stay and Mr Fred Hicks travels from Birmingham to spend time with family. Commissioner G B Randolph travels to Birmingham for business then Hon S D G Brothers goes to Jacksonville for legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Adair
Columbus, Ga
Oxania
Id Reid
Chattanooga
Adjourned Circuit Court Term Sets Civil Cause Dockets
There will be an adjourned term of the circuit court beginning Monday June 4 1900 and continuing two weeks to dispose of all civil causes at issue. All parties interested are notified. I B Watson Circuit Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. BE. Watson
Water Board Check Returned For Missing Funds
Notice references a lost City of Anniston check payable to Anniston Water Supply Company for 950 dollars. Request for its return to JOHN H. FRYE, Treasurer. Also includes an advertisement for Banner Salve by Elam Drug Co and a 1900 Southern Baptist Convention travel notice with reduced rates from Hot Springs via Southern Railway May 7–10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Anniston
Anniston Water Supply Company
John H. Frye
Southern Baptist Convention
Hot Springs
Ark
Southern Ry
Southern Railway
Magic City
Birmingham
Globe and Elam
Anniston Excursion Co
Married Today at Court House
Judge E I Crook presided at a county court house wedding this afternoon. Sam Bryant and Lula Atkins were the contracting parties and will reside in West Annis ton where they have many friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. I. Crook
County Court House
Sam Bryant
Lula Atkins
West Annisjton
Kennesaw Smoked? A Parade of Quick Quips in Brevities
A collection of humorous exchanges from various papers. Banter touches on social pretensions mansions and hats, a kitchen joke about baking dough and a remark about autograph requests tied to a tailor bill. The items showcase light interchanges and witty comebacks with no single unfolding story.
Atwater Man Claims Kidney Cure After Four Days
Chas Replogle of Atwater Ohio could not work due to kidney trouble. After four days with Foley's Kidney Cure he was cured. For sale by Elam Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Replogle
Atwater
Foley
Elam Drug Co
Executrix's Notice for Estate of Thomas L Houser
Executrix Berrit J Houser announces letters testamentary were granted April 28 1900 by Judge Emmett F Crook. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legal period or be barred. May 4 1900. May 4 law3w.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas L. Houser
Probate
Calhoun Co
Emmett F. Crook
Berrit J. Houser
Rheumatism Tied to Uric Acid Says Science
Science reports rheumatism stems from uric acid in the blood and is expelled by healthy kidneys. Foley's Kidney Cure is advertised as restoring kidney function. For sale by Elam Drug Co. Also ad for Eldridge's market offering beef roasts and steaks at 14 W. Tenth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Alwaya
Elam Drug Co
Eldridge’s
W. Tenth
Forney
Bale
Russian Railways Run by Soldiers
A Chicago Record writer describes the Transcaspian railway in Central Asia where soldiers staff stations and crews. Officers command dining cars and platform ceremonies, while booted uniforms and rigid rank precedence shape daily travel and service amid desert stations and military spectacle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Asia
Transcaspian
Empire
Turkestan
Transcaspia
Trumbull White
Chicago
When is an apple pie what conundrum ends club
A group entangles in a riddle about when an apple pie is. Anderson stumps the Conundrum Club with a nonsensical question until police rescue reveals the pastry logic. The episode ends with the club dissolved and the joke clarified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
London
Surprised Her Host Alexander MacArthur Dinner Revelation
The article recounts writer Alexander MacArthur a popular Paris life author and pupil of Rubinstein who, while living in St. Petersburg, had thrilling adventures. In Chicago his publisher hosted a dinner where Lillian MacArthur revealed she had written under his name since leaving Dublin causing a swift reshuffle but a successful event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander MacArthur
Paris
Rubinstein
Paderewski
St. Petersburg
London
Chicago
Lake City
MacArthur
Lillian MacArthur
Alexander
Dublin
Saturday Evening Post
Lyddite and its firing mechanism described
The text explains how Lyddite is made by fusing picric acid into a dense state and coating shells with a varnish. It notes that detonators must be strong and that the government reportedly adopted four primers of picric powder, a mix of ammonium picrate and saltpetre, ignited by a standard service fuse.
Confederate Veteran Reunion Trip Offered by Southern Railway
Louisville, Ky is the reunion site in May 1906 with Southern Railway selling tickets at one cent per mile each direction. The trip promises scenic routes through East Tennessee and Kentucky’s Blue Grass region, past Lookout Mountain and famous battlefields. Inquiries directed to Southern Railway agents or EB Jackson, Traveling Passenger Agent, Birmingham, Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Southern Railway
East Tennessee
Kentucky
Lookout Mountain
Chickamauga
Missionary Ridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
H. Brightman
Tennessee
G. B Randolph
Sidney Vann
Collinsville
Paul D. Vann
J. L. Johnson
Edswardsville
Fred Hicks
D. R. P. Dimmick
City
D. G. Brothers
Jacksonville
Circuit Court
Crand
Court House
Yonkers Statesman
Tracy
Boston
Philadelphia
N. O. Times-Democrat
Tailor’s
Philadelphia Press
Boyer
THE
Conundrum Club
Lyddite
EB. Jackson
Birmingham, Ala
Prof
Afkner
Montgomery,okfa
Rar
Jefoarte
Murray Hill Club
M. Markstein
Pabst Beer
Opera House
L. G. Jones
Jones
Clark’s School of Embalming
Wilmer Street
Wilmer Hotel
Dieci
Julius Levy
Dixie Hardware Co
Elgin
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