Prominent Local Labor Leader H. U. Sawyer Dies Suddenly
H U Sawyer district organizer for the American Federation of Labor and president of the Anniston Trades Council died suddenly at his home on South Noble Pythias Street from a congestive chill. He leaves a wife and three small children. Interment was at Hillside Cemetery with Knights of Pythias and local union officials in attendance. A white rose pillar from the Anniston Trades Council expressed the council’s high regard.
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H.D. Sawyer
The
American Federation of Labor
Anniston Trades Council
H. UD. Sawyer
Pension Examiners Meet in Anniston for July 1901 Sessions
The Board of Pension Examiners for Calhoun county will convene on the first Monday in July 1901 at Wikle’s Drug Store in Anniston and continue ten days to review applications. Under the amended law, discharge or parole may prove service without two witnesses. rejected applicants may reapply with grounds of refusal to be stated. widows proven by two witnesses if the deceased was on roll. All applicants must appear for examination unless travel is impossible.
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Board of Pension Examiners
Calhoun County
Anniston
Wikle
Sermons and Times at Morrisville Methodist Church
Special Correspondence from Morrisville notes Rev. C. O'Neal's sermon as highly instructive. Sunday school is progressing well. Farmers oversowed corn and cotton seed hoping for day labor coal, but few hands are available. Many would hire workers with good wages until crops are laid by. Wheat crop shows rust and potential injury.
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Morrisville
C. O'Neal
Morrisville Methodist Church
Miss Flora Murfee Accepts Post at Anniston College
Talladega Mountain Home reports Miss Flora Murfee, principal teacher in Isbell College, has accepted a position in Dr. A. J. Battle's school at Anniston. The note praises her accomplishments, sociability, and wishes Battle success in securing her services for the sister city.
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Talladega Mountain
Flora Murfee
Isbell College
A. J. Battle
Anniston
Murfee
Lr. Battle
Bucklen's Arnica Salve cures sore in five days
P A Danforth of LaGrange Georgia suffered six months with a frightful running sore on his leg. He writes that Bucklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days for ulcers wounds and piles. Cure guaranteed. Only 25c sold by Elam Drug Co. Tickets for Chautauqua available at McElreath Wikle and Dave's.
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P. A. Danforth
LaGrange
Bucklen
Elam Drug Co
Tent notes from PeeEpene event season
Fragmentary OCR line reads as a tentative note about a tent event. Names, places, dates, or outcomes are not clearly legible. The text provides minimal readable cues for a brief news item.
One Day Cure Promoted For Cold Relief
An advertisement touts Ken Notts Chocolates Lavetive Quinte as a remedy for a cold in the head and sore throat. The copy mentions a remedy for everyday ailments and highlights a brand name.
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Kennott's Chocolates
Non-Resident Defendant Required to Answer in Alabama Suit
Abstract of Publication from Calhoun County Alabama requires John Buffington to plead or demur to Annie Buffington's bill in Anniston City Court. Publication in Evening Star for four weeks ending June 18, 1901, or Decree Pro Confesso will be entered. ClerK A H Shepherd, May 17, 1901.
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Chattanooga
Tennessee
Evening Star
Anniston
Alabama
John Burlington
A. H. Shepierd
Wood Impresses at YMCA Impersonations in Geneva
Genevan audience enjoyed G Le Forest Wood at the YMCA Auditorium with impersonations and dialect stories. The entertainer, praised as a born humorist, drew enthusiastic notices and likely a return engagement amid strong requests. The East Lake Chautauqua program featured the Symposia band led by C E Summers, pairing music with Wood's acts for visitors.
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Geneva
N. Y
Daily Times
Wood
G. le Forest Wood
Burgess
Atlanta Constitution
East Lake
Chatauqua
Symposia
C. E. Summers
George le Forest Wood
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Anniston Banking & Loan CO
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Welilborn
Pros
Jacksonville, Ala
Cataogue
W. Daugette
Anniston Trades’ Council
Sud
Denly
Mr. Sawyer
Hillside Cemetery
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Knights of Pythias
Anniston Lodge
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Council
New Orleans
Cater Grocery Company
M.F. Doerings
Doering
Southern
Ll. & N. Railways
J. F. Walker
M. T. Ledbetter
Anniston College
B. L. Paul
McElreath’s
Wikle’s
Dave’s
Ohio
Enquirer
Elliott Band
Oxford
Annie Buffington
John Buffington
City Court of Anniston
Talladega
Birmingham
Montgomery and
J. Fl. Hendricks
Talladega Springs
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Stare
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