Oxford News Roundup Reports Local Notables and Weathered Tales
W Bannister of Wicks at 101 years recalls Oxford Civil War era and top memories. Baptist church age party planned with penny donations by attendees for foreign missions. Local folks, cotton prices at 13 cents, and several visitors noted. Death of James Hughes reported from Belcher, Sr. Foster Draper returns from a year in Kansas City. Multiple residents and visitors named with brief updates on health and travel.
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Oxford
W. Bannister
Wicks
Bannister
the Baptist Church
Belcher, Sr
James Hughes
Hughes
Mall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claims Blood Remedy
Local applications cannot reach the disease and catarrh is a blood or constitutional ailment. Mall's Catarrh Cure is presented as a genuine prescription remedy, composed of tonics and blood purifiers acting on mucous surfaces. Testimonials are offered, with F. J. Cheney & Co. as proprietors and Toledo as location, price 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Nathan Strauss funds pasteurized milk aid for Cassel typhoid epidemic
Nathan Strauss the New York philanthropist known for dispensing pasteurized milk to save lives has offered 200 Home pasteurizers to Cassel Germany. The Mayor Mueller accepted the gift after Strauss telegraphed from Carlsbad. The aid aims to protect Cassel residents from typhoid fever through safer milk.
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Nathan Strauss
New York
Cassel
Germany
Mr. Strauss
Carlsbad
Mueller
Heidelberg
Agee Leads Anti Amendment Tide in Anniston County
A. P. Agee chairs a formal anti amendment committee in the county. The group lists 21 precinct leaders as Agee warns voters of liquor law drastic provisions and possible jury abolition. He says many prohibitionists oppose the amendment despite strong leadership and alleged moral issue.
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A. P. Agee
Anniston
E. G. Caldwell
A. P. Weaver
C. C. McDowell
James Woodruff
B. F P. Jones
Shep Kennedy
J. M. Martin
J. P. Bohannan
A. 8. Waldan
James Cherry
C. E. Barlow
William Anderson
Clark Morgan
L. F. Greer
M. J. Williams
Harrison Burgess
J. B. Goodwin
William Flood
J. A. Burgess
J. H W. Edmondson
F. Fry
Applegate
M. A. Whisenant
A. McCollan
J. P. Starnes
J. D. Hubbard
Agee
Sanders Favors Amendment In Prohibition Debate
Col. W. T. Sanders a former railroad commission member and anti Comer figure, writes from Athens supporting the amendment. He says he doubted submitting it now but as a prohibitionist he will back the amendment, arguing defeat would signal the end of the prohibition movement and affect the next legislature.
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W. T. Sanders
Railroad Commission
Athens
FP. M. Jackson
Judge Coleman Not Sustained In Etowah County Case
Gadsden October 7. The dispute over Judge Lee’s instruction on the Fuller law divides the bench and leading attorneys. The question centers on the definition of manufacture and whether farm milk processing at home or homespun textile work counts as manufacturing in legal or commercial terms. Domestic wines and cordials are cited in the debate.
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Lee
Grand Jury
Inter
Circuit Court
Etowah County
Gadsden
Alabama
Disque
Boykin
Dunlap
Chancery
Murphree
Dortch
Goodhue
Blackwood
Motley
Acker
Anniston
Weakley
Birmingham
Coleman
State School Fund Rises to 1 798 416
State Superintendent H C Gunnels announced the 1909 10 school fund totals 1 798 416 an increase of 78 825 from last year Raising per child from 2 49 to 2 61 with a total school population of 380 042 whites and 307 232 negroes Since his arrival ten years ago the per capita has risen from 43 cents
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Montgomery
H. C. Gunnels
Gunnels
Abercrombie
Statewide Statute Repeal Debate Prompted by Election Wager
The speaker urges repeal if the statewide statute is not upheld and campaigners will press the issue. He predicts a repeal majority could shape the next Legislature if the amendment fails at the polls.
Here Is How Trains Arrive at Union Station
Train arrivals at Union Station are listed with departures and fares. The notice outlines schedules and prices for services, indicating specific times and route details for passengers navigating the station.
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Union Station
Roads Are Prospering Says Southern Railway Agent
W C Crutchfield of the Southern railway based in Anniston was in the city for a few hours yesterday. He reports increasing railroad business with freight at capacity, and argues the roads have about all they can handle.
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W. C. Crutchfield
Southern Railway
Anniston
When Wife Manages Money As Husband Earns It
The saying notes that a home prospers when the wife spends with as much care as the husband earns, illustrating shared financial responsibility and harmony in domestic life.
Free Book On Homeopathic Care For The Sick
A compact pocket volume with precise directions for treatment and care of the sick and a specific remedy for each disease is mailed free with postage paid on request. Address Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company 156 William Street New York. It reads like an offer for medical guidance and remedies.
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Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Company
William Street
New York
Parole Application for John Whatley in 1909 Case
Nancy Whatley announces a parole or pardon request for her son John Whatley convicted of assault with intent to murder Charley Carr in the Spring term 1909 of the City Court of Anniston Alabama. He was sentenced to three years in the penitentiary. This Oct 5 1909.
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John Whatley
Charley Carr
Anniston
Calhoun County
Alabama
Grand Falls Mills Opened by Anglco Newfoundland Trust
In St John s Newfoundland Oct 7 the Anglog Newfoundland Development Company opened the Grand Falls paper and pulp mills with the Exploits river water turned into penstocks. Lord Northcliffe backs the project and 800 guests attended a free transport and company dinner. The mills cost over 5 million dollars and mark Newfoundland s largest industrial venture. In four years the company has built mills stores homes railways shops and other facilities constituting a major industrial center.
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ST. John’s
Newfoundland
Grand Falls
Anglog Newfoundland Development Company
Lord Northcliffe
Exploits
Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company
The Florist Shop to Become Musical Play
Henry W. Savage will interrupt the current tour to stage the piece as a musical. Oliver Herford has finished new lyrics for the revised version. Only minor changes are planned for the eastern run.
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Thatereason
Henry W. Savage
Oliver Herford
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