First Rural Free Delivery Reaches Mansfield Town
A Mansfield town memory recalls the first rural free delivery letter in the 19th century. An anxious wife faced a brutal postal extortion by rival Tom Turner, whose theft of a husband's letter ends with a moral reversal as justice arrives and a restored family letter returns to its rightful owners.
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Mansfield Town
Mansfeld
Conn
Ruth Fuller
Shillin
Tom Turner
John Fuller
John
One Man She Would Marry Ends In Embrace
A woman sighs that only one man in her life merits marriage. He wonders if he resembles her, then she clings to him seeking the secret power behind men’s sense of being loved. A blend of literary quotes appears in the page.
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Chicago Herald
Parlor Observation and Cafe Dining Cars Between Memphis and Atlanta
Elegant parlor observation and cafe dining cars operate between Memphis Tennessee and Atlanta Georgia. Depart Memphis 8 15 p m via K O M B R R to Atlanta 10 16 p m via Birmingham and Southern Railway train 36 returning Atlanta 6 a m arriving Memphis 8 05 p m on train 35 to Birmingham then K O M B R R to Memphis. Through service in addition to Pullman sleeping cars Memphis to Atlanta.
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Memphis
Tenn
Atlanta
Birmingham and Southern Railway
Southern Railway
Birmingham
One Day Cold Cure Ad Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Kermortz's Chocolates Laxative Quinine as a rapid cure for colds and sore throat. Eeely claims the product treats cold symptoms quickly with a cant remedy. The copy emphasizes fast relief and a chocolate flavored option.
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Kermortz
Calhoun County Clerk's Sale Highlights Gamble Defendants
The State of Alabama Calhoun County clerk sale notice lists Mary Lou Phinizy as trustee and complainant against defendants T C Gamble and Thomas O A Gamble acting as agents in a court action. Aimed at public sale under court authority.
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State of
Alabama
Calhoun County
Mary Lou Phinizy
Administrator's Sale of Calhoun County Real Estate
Public outcry sale ordered by Judge Crook of Calhoun County Probate Court. Administratrix M. L. Sawyer offers: BW 4 of SW for section IL in Township 16S R5E with a one acre triangular exclusion. plus Lot 1 Block 190 Glen Addie frontage 70 feet with 70 foot depth. a four foot by 70 foot strip to an alley. and Lot 12 Block 262 frontage 524 feet to an alley in Anniston. Sept 14, 1901.
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Emmett F. Crook
Calhoun County
M. L. Sawyer
B. D. Sawyer
Ala
Section IL
Township
Glen Addie Street
Fourth Street
Gurnee Street
Anniston
S. D. Sawyer
Nonresident Annie King in Equity case urged to plead
In the City Court of Anniston, Calhoun County Alabama, Annie King is required to plead answer or demur to the bill in a publication ordered in the Anniston Evening Star. The defendant, a nonresident with unknown residence, must respond by October 7, 1901, or a decree pro confesso will be entered. Clerk A H Suerverp certifies.
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State of Alabama
Calhoun County
Anniston
Mary Lou Phinizy
Annie King
Alabama
A. H. Suerverp
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Weekly Republic
the Republic
the Anniston
Weekly
Republic
The
the Office of the Republic
Eleventh Street
New Court House
Proprietors
U.S
Geo. H. Lez
Gen Passe. Ag
Little Rock, Ark
the Gaines Marble Co
Cartersville
D. R. Gaines
Fourteenth Street
Connecticut
Ladies’ Home Journal
Vuillips Brooks
Clerk’s Sale
W. A. Hobbs
City Court of
Hight and
McCoy
City of
A. H. Shepperd
T. McC. Gamble and
Thos. O. A. Gamble
McMillian
Hight & McCoy
24Rd
24Th Streets
Noble Street
R. J. Saywell
Machine Shop
Moore and Eleventh Sts
L. & N. Depot
Morrisville, Ala
Bell Telephone Connection
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
Gelms Lehiv
New
Bears
York
UNION
Rome
Louisville
Nashville Railroad
Alabama Mineral Division
Arriv
Departa No
Rupual Pair Assoctatior
Jas. Crook
Oxford
Howard W
Ecretary
Annison, Ala
Empire
West Tenth St
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