Siberian frontier towns rise with rail line
Between the Ural mountains and Omsk Siberia the Siberian railway links frontier settlements along the Tobol Ishim and Irtysh routes. Kurgan on the Tobol and Petropavlovsk on the Ishim grow as dairy and rail hubs, while older villages fade from view as Russian colonization expands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ural Mountains
Omsk
Siberia
Obi
Tobol
Ishim
Russia
Cheliabinsk
Kurgan
Petropavlovsk
Peter and Paul
Kirghiz
Petropavlosk
Trumbull White
Chicago
Not the Same Necessity Drives Courage in Asheville
The Land of the Sky region in western North Carolina offers a dry, healthful climate famed as a natural sanitarium. Asheville, the mountain city of 12,000, sits where the French Broad and Swannanoa join, with wealth visible in estates like George W. Vanderbilt's four million dollar property. The area functions as an all year resort, protected by mountains, with calls for descriptive material routed via Southern Railway to Chattanooga.
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North Carolina
Asheville
Denver
George W. Vanderbilt
Ashe Ville
Southern Railway
C. A. Benscoter
A. G P
Chattanooga
Tenn
Notice of Letters of Administration 1899 Calhoun County
Letters of administration granted October 8 1899 for the estate of Thomas W Hayes Sr by Judge Emmett F Crook of Calhoun county. All persons with claims must file within the legal period or be forever barred. Tuoman W Hayes Jr signs as administrator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Hayes
Emmett F. Crook
Calhoun County
Tuoman W. Haves, JR
Revival of Posting Returns as Electric Road Transport Emerges
The article discusses a Paris based International Electric Posting company reviving stage coach era mobility with electric relays along carriage roads. It envisions recharging depots and lighting routes across France and Belgium and later other nations, transforming land travel and boosting autocars and hotels for travelers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambers’ Journal
Paris
International Electric Posting Company
France
Belgium
Pronghorn Antelope Protection Resolutions Forsake Hunt
The League of American Sportsmen proposes laws in Montana Wyoming Idaho Colorado and Utah to ban living of antelope for ten years to prevent extinction amid ongoing slaughter. The draft resolutions urge legislatures to act before the species vanishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
League of American Sportsmen
Montana
Wyoming
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Weekly clothes pressing service advertised
Wanted twenty tips to have their clothes pressed weekly at one dollar per month. J Lev appears in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lev
Tax Sale Notice for Calhoun County Lands in Anniston
Probate court of Calhoun County Alabama decreed lands and lots, due taxes and costs for 1900 and prior years, to be sold by Tax Collector on Monday June 18 1900 at Anniston courthouse door. Notices list numerous plaintiffs with tax and costs amounts, with references to homesteads and subdivisions in Anniston and surrounding parcels.
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Calhoun County
Alu
Anniston
Tax and costs listed for Anniston properties in Calhoun County
An archival tax roll shows numerous entries for properties in Anniston and Oxanna with tax and costs due, including names such as McLean J B, Qindy, Norwood GOs, Minnie est, Owens Mts A Flota, Randolph GB, Sheldon Mrs, Sides H W, Simpson Jno, Smith Howard F, Taylor Isom, Thompson W A, Vickers TJ, Walker Mrs, Wallace Mrs Julia, Wiggins, Williams, Worth, Woods, and Yancy G12. The document, dated May 15 1000, lists map and non-map properties, sums of taxes and costs, and advisory values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Anniston
McIntyre
Norwood
Anniston CL Co
Anniston CL. Co
Owens
Costa
Randolph
Ned Ne
Southern Mutual B& L Ass
IML
Annniston
Sheldon Mrs Mw
Simpson
Sima Jno
Smith Howard F
Middle
Stewart & Mynatt
Tyler
Maggie
Davisave
Taylor Isom
Thompson
Vickers TJ
Anniston Tex
Walker
Wallace
Juliah
Woods Green
Yancy
Loyds
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Chrisman & CO
Lelang
J.T. Chrisman
Cor
Optician
Anniston Steam Laundry
and Noble
Sts. Wilson & Rose
Prop
Dixie Hardware Co
Anciag
Rof Afkner
Montgomery
eNfa
Anniston Armory
Jen Gent
Lou
Jones
Clark’s School of Embalming
South
Wilmer Street
Wilmer Hotel
Aniston College
He A. Battle
Ada
Asiatic
Chicago Daily News
Asheville, N. C
Allen
Betes
G. W
al LinWbal
Hight & McCoey
Babiitz
Adolph
Homestead
See
Wilh
Baker
SI Bannister
TJ. Lis
Barnes
Barton Geo
Brannon
Chare Florence
Auuinvon Loyd
Creagh Miss & Wand
Coats
Calhoun L
Marvin
Erickson, Chase
Eaton E G
Etheridge
Edwards O FE
McMillian
Holcombe
Hannegan
Annisston CL
Johnson
King Mary
Lewis
Larned J RK
Sand Nz
Ledbetter
Adv &l McClellan F
McReynolds Minnie
Mobley J
Burnett & Hubbell
le Oxanna
Nickerson
L Choccecolocco
Goodlett
Lincoln
Liver
Lincoln Medlcine CO
Columbus
Oto
Colvesmners
van M. Millers
Stickley
Job
Wekle
Sam Seeatman
West Tenth Street
Wilson & Rose
Prof’s
Twelfth and
Noble Streets
Anniston Locomotive and
Machine Works
Anniston, Ala
B. Julius Williams & Bro
Postoffice
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