Gold Fever in Tallapoosa
Tallapoosa county rumors speak of large deals and vast expenditures in the northern section while promoters stay reticent. Mines run by Major Hanson and Preston and Gould & Co. south of Dadeville continue as M M Austin of Winchester Indiana touts Dr King's New Life Pills for his wife’s long illness cured by the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dadeville
Tallapoosa
Hanson and Preston and Gould & Co
M.M. Austin
Winchester
Ind
Noble Institute Commencement Week
Commencement exercises at Noble Institute run from Saturday May 18 to Wednesday May 22. Activities include infant drills and music, a Gravechurch sermon by Rev Francis L Coyle, art receptions, an annual music and elocution concert, and graduating exercises with a medal awards ceremony and roll of honor reading led by Bishop Barnwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble Institute
Ermon
Gravechurch
Francis L Coyle
Bishop Barnwell
Nickel-Holding Cane of Senator Jones Gains Fame
The Nevada millionaire Senator Jones keeps a cane that holds 100 nickels. It started after a streetcar fare mishap when he pledged to own such a walking stick. Judge Goodwin helped raise funds to manufacture the ebony cane with a hollow interior for the coins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Ones
Nevada
Senator Jones
San Francisco
Jones
Willett Estate Seeks Bids for Anniston Property Sale
The Willett Estate offers three lots in Anniston for sale by sealed bids with terms of one third cash and the balance in one and two years. Bids open June 1, 1901, with award to the highest responsible bidder. all bids confidential. Agent J. J. Winterr announces the sale and highlights the prime locations near the courthouse and post office site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noble and
Twelfth Streets
Noble Street
Anniston
Twelfth Street
Leighton Avenue
City of
Parker Memorial Church
Nobie
Twenty-first Streets
J. J. Winterr
Willett Estate
Fought For His Life By Dr King’s New Discovery
J T Weatherwax of Wayndotte Mich recounts his father and sister dying of consumption and his own recovery after using Dr King’s New Discovery for a severe lung illness. He credits the medicine with restoring health and weight. Guaranteed bottles 50 cents and 1.00 at Elam Doug Co’s drug store. Trial bottles free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Weatherwax
Wayndotte
Mich
Elam Doug Co
Ex Presidents and Their Lifespans Through History
The article reflects on how long former presidents remained alive across eras. It notes Harrison’s death leaving Cleveland as the sole living ex president, compares later ex presidents Grant Hayes Arthur and others, and recalls Civil War era survivors Tyler Van Buren Fillmore Pierce and Buchanan. It also mentions Adams Jefferson Madison during Lafayette's 1824 visit and laments increasing strain shortening post term lifespans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison
Cleveland
Grant
Hayes
Arthur
van Buren
Tyler
South
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
Lafayette
Washington
Adams
Jefferson
Madison
Jong
He Is a Wonder Collier of Cherokee Iowa
Mr C F Collier of Cherokee Iowa is described as lively and erect after suffering chronic kidney trouble. He credited three bottles of Electric Bitters with curing backache nervousness loss of appetite and kidney problems. Elam Drug Co sells it for 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. F. Collier
Cherokee
Iowa
Elam Drug Co
The Gro Day Sold Cures and Quinine Laxative Pitch
A garbled note markets cures and tonics including quinine laxative. It mentions children and a dubious claim to relieve head pain and illness. The fragment shows advertising language typical of an old shop section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sermott
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Irisman & CO
Jewelers
Opticians
T. Christian
Stag
Constantine Building
Imore
Ogly
J. H. Letcher
Birmingham
Tenth Street
J.T. Ross
Carter Gibbons
Pst
Security Bank
Julius Williams & Bro
W. M. Norris
Col
Preston Cure
Preston
THE
Preston Cure Co
Philadelphia
Via
Union Pacific Railroad
Colorado
Utah
Montana
Idaho
Oregon
Aglar
St. Louis, Mc
Wonder
Oxford
Frank McIintyre
Frank M icIntyre
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
By Mail
the Sunday Sun
the Sun
New York
Union Depot
Southern Railway
Rome
Louisville « Nashville Railroad
Alabama Mineral Division
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