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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1902

Page

6

Tax Assessor Appointments for Calhoun County Alabama 1902

Tax Assessor D B Barnes lists appointments across Calhoun County Alabama for 1903 tax assessments. Beat numbers cover Jenkins White Plains Choccolocco DeArmanville and many towns with dates from October through December. Taxpayers must bring accurate real estate and personal property values. delinquency begins January 1, 1905.

D. B. Barnes Calhoun County Jenkins White Plains Choccolocco DeArmanville

Tax Collector Appointments For Abate and County Taxes

The notice lists scheduled tax collection appointments for the year 1902 with delinquencies after November 81st. It names beats and towns such as Jenkins White Plains DeArmanville Burns X Roads Boozer Pokeville Chatchie Peeks Hill Piedmont Oxford Oxanna Anniston Jacksonville Hollingsworth Green's School House Four Mile Boiling Springs Reeds and others, with dates from October 1 to December 1.

White Plains Lion City Choccobocco DeArmanville Burns X Roads Reeds Duke Alexandria Hollingsworth Landers Green's School House Four Mile Weavers Greenwood'’s Piedmont Jacksonville Oxford Oxanna Anniston

Election Notice for Calhoun County November 1902 Voting

Sheriff M W Woodruff announces polling places for Calhoun County Alabama on Tuesday November 4 1902 to elect governor lieutenant governor attorney general state officers and legislators with appointed inspectors and returning officers for each voting Beat and special deputy sheriffs to enforce order and limit access within fifty feet of polling places.

J. M. W. Woodruff Sherif Calhoun County Alabama Agriculture and Industries Congress Fourth M. W. Woodvurr H F Montgomery Joe H Privett John Burke W L McGinnis Jule Lumpkin Norris Woodruff J M Bowles J M Owens D F Weaver J R Lambert B Skelton EK Parker Pickens Harrison Edgar Morse M Griffis Murphy John Morris J B Waddle A J Boswell Ht Jones O E Asry J D Price J M Martin TL Holt MeeBee G W Bradley H Il Boozer N J Stephens J R Atkins Hollingsworth R OC Alexander W Landers J A Stephens H T Boozer W D Nixon E N Abbott Will Rowland Joe Green W J Alexander W E Williams C N Thompson OB Clarke

Costly cigarette robs Polish man in Warsaw

Constantin Kardax, a young Pole, walked with a stranger to the Imperial bank in Warsaw and accepted a cigarette. After smoking, he fell ill, woke in a drug store, and discovered the man and rubles had vanished. the druggist noted the cigarette's odor and suspected drugging.

Constantin Kardax Imperial Bank Warsaw Constantin

The Waistcoat Trade That Led To Diamonds

Herr Saltzmann of Bloemfontein recalled a farm offered by W De Beers in exchange for a waistcoat. He declined, believing no value lay in the arid land. Later diamonds were found there, making the tract priceless.

Herr Saltzmann Bloemfontein Griqualand W. de Beers de Beers

Twain Letter Reveals Autograph Hunter Humor

A typewritten note from Mark Twain defends autograph requests while joking that asking a doctor for a corpse keeps respect intact. The anecdote shows Twain’s leniency toward strangers at times, contrasted with his usual stance against autograph hunters.

Mark Twain Mr. Twain

A Queer Clock in Backwoods Town Spouts Every 38 Seconds

A peculiar clock in a small backwoods town uses a geyser as its power. The geyser blasts hot water in a precise 38 second cycle, striking a lever to advance the clock hands by 38 seconds each time. The mechanism is a simple face with hands and a lever.

Officials fund summer palace repair after degradation

A Chinese journal notes that 40 000 taels, about £6 000, has been subscribed for repairing the summer palace at Peking. The funds come entirely from officials who have been degraded, implying those spared severe punishment still surrender large taels.

Peking London Exchange

Can and Will Joke Sparks Maryland Canning Debate

Skidmore quotes Chicago motto I will as Detroit Free Press notes. Poin dexter adds I heard. Skidmore claims Maryland leads in canning and tweaks motto to I can to draw a connection.

Chicago Skidmore Poindexter Maryland Detroit Free Press

Feeding In Society at Fashionable Dinners

New York letter notes guests decline many good dishes due to lack of knowledge of proper eating etiquette. The piece highlights how ignorance or uncertainty keeps diners from enjoying courses served at high society events.

New York

Worth Sifting Coal Prices Stir Public Demand

A fragment notes coal being cheap per ton and hints at a public call or offer. It mentions names and phrases suggesting a promotional or auction-like context, but readable details are limited. The text implies interest in coal deals or employment related to coal supply.

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Wirat Peeat Boozer Pokeville Obhatchie Peeks Hill Green’s Greenwood Schoolouse Iron City Burn’s X Roads Boiling Springs Pekeville Chatehie Peek’s Hill Lander’s Schoolhouse Green's Schoolhouse Greenwoods School House Dee Chatchie Ber Peeks’ Hill Green’s School House D. Z. Goodlett Williamson & Ross West Tenth Street KR A Love SJ Pose Dave Jennings Johto B Hyatt Knox Slayes A M Morgan T N Watson Poland C Waddy Thompson James Hughes Tom Coleman W H Davis Choceobeco James Morris J W Hughes Turatin J W Dodgins John D Wright Joshua Draper J M Stewart W T Dodd James Mebarg M H Harrison Jesse Vinson T Ben Martin J O’brien Oliver Richards J N Boyer J M Sweets Fred Landt, Sr Atterberry Will Langley G Bardette J Burgess Captain Smith Lon Kieh G@ Adams J A Caldwell A Norwood Henry Edmundson W Allison J W Towle D Savage John O’ Bryan W_ Bennett Tom Allen Q G@ Norton H. H. Constantine J VY. Watkins R. F. Hanna W. B. Autry Emmett F. Crook M. W. Woodruff I. E. Watson M. W. Wooprver Cotton Belt Memphis Texas Oklahom Indian Territory Museqre Gatesville Singy Gan Angelo G NTO Freey Hreveport Mouston Squrkin Ston Baird T.P.A Atlanta, GA W. Labeaume G.P T. AL ST. Louis Hot Springs Diseg P. P. Lippman James Newton Aberdeen Ohio P. P Mot Springs Ark W. T. Timmons Waxahatchie Tex Hi Springs Mineral Wells K. F. Ballantyne Ballantyne & McDonough Iron Foundry Savannah Lippman Brothers Lippman Bell- Weatherly Company J L Wikle Morris Mic Bell Telephone Morrisville, Ala California Washington Oregon Northwest Missouri! Pacific Railway Rehlander Chattanooga Tenn Ripans Tabales Ripans T .Bules Atich Tod Pecmes Bortin
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