Dissolution Sale Items Include Velveta and Brussels Ferries
A dissolution sale lists Velveta at 92 cents and Brussels items priced around 75 cents. Other prices show various goods with similar small-town retail urgency.
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1902
Page
2
Art Squares Mattings and Prices Noted
Fragmented OCR lists varied prices for mats and rugs with figures such as 27 50 23 50 22 60 18 50 14 50 12 60 9 00 10 000 8 50 3 50 2 75 and 16c 18e 15e grades. Context unclear but shows retail price points and grade markers for fabric items.
Thought Governor Was An Impostor
Governor Jelks traveled through the wire grass counties with stops at Newton Elba Enterprise and Geneva while reporting strong crowds except in Geneva due to smallpox fears. A late night ride from Kibas to Geneva led to a pine woods cabin scene with a wary hostess and a drunken prank accusation that was cleared when the householder intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Jelks
Newton
Elba
Enterprise
Geneva
Kiba
Henry Clayton
Pine Woods
Good Dame
Impounded stock to be sold at city hall October 24 1902
Stock taken up for running at large will be sold at the city hall on Friday October 24 1902 at noon for pound fees and charges paid. Items include a red heifer calf crop marks, several sows and pig stock with no marks. P O Bryan Chief Police. Call for Wartee's Hand Made cigars five cents.
Dr J C LeGrande Engaged To Mrs Finck Of Louisville
Birmingham gossip notes announce the engagement of Dr J C LeGrande, a leading Birmingham physician, to Mrs Finck of Louisville. The wedding is planned for October 29 at noon at the First Presbyterian church in Chattanooga. Bride Mrs Finck will soon live in Birmingham and Miss Katherine Morris and Mr Frank Myers wed in Atlanta tonight with a small home reception to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald of
J. C. LeGrande
Anniston
Birmingham
Finck
Louisville
First Presbyterian Church
Chat
Mary Huger
Katherine Morris
Frank Myers
Bride
Piedmont Avenue
Atlanta
Low Round Trip Fares Offered From Alabama Points to Birmingham
Southern railway announces round trip tickets to Birmingham at one first class fare plus fifty cents from all Alabama points and Atlanta Rome Columbus Meridian and intermediate stations. Tickets on sale Oct 20 to Nov 1 with a limit of Nov 4. See local ticket agents or contact J. CO. LUSK or F. B. JONES in Birmingham for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Railway
Birmingham
Alabama
Atlanta
Rome
Columbus
Meridian
Miss
J. CO. Lusk
F. B. Jones
Ala
Personal mentions of locals visit and arrivals noted
Mr. D. B. Lacey traveled to Cedar town this morning. Rev. J. T. Liston returned to Jacksonville. Mr. R. D. Allen went to Atlanta today. Mr. H. A. Adams arrived from Birmingham. James B. Williams greeted friends today. Hon. Elmore Garrett arrived from Birmingham. John B. Knox went to Birmingham this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Lacey
Cedartown
J.T. Liston
Jacksonville
R. D. Allen
Atlanta
James BE. Williams
Elmore Garrett
Birmingham
John B. Knox
Smorgasbord Customs and a Humorous Dining Tale
A vivid extract describing the smorgasbord as a whet for dinner with raw fish ham meat and accompaniments. It notes butter cheese pickles and corn brandy served from tea urns. A funny incident shows a country man overindulging and a waitress guiding him to his soup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monsieur
What If The Earth Met A Peer World In Collision
An astronomer notes Earth’s spin and asks about a collision with a globe of equal size. Heat would vaporize both bodies, forming gigantic vapor spheres. Estimates suggest the event could melt boil and vaporize ice equivalent to a planet 150,000 miles across.
Sun Myths and the Smith Name Debate at a Bayard Taylor Party
At a party honoring Bayard Taylor, a guest pressed sun myth talk until the poet proposed a theory. He suggested the surname Smith may derive from sun myth through variants like Sun myth S myth Smyth and possibly Smith, ending the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayard Taylor
Taylor
Smith
Max Muller
Sun
Smyth
Tax Assessor's Annointments for Calhoun County 1903
Tax assessor schedule lists tax appointment beats across Calhoun County Alabama for 1903 with dates from Oct 1902 to Dec 1902 and reminders to bring correct real estate numbers and itemized valuations. Delinquency set after January 1, 1903. D. B. Barnes, Tax Assessor, Aug 25, 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Barnes
Calhoun County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tabraare
Velveta
Brussels
Mattings
Ullman Brothers Department Stores
P.O. Bryan
Chief Police
Wartee
Social
Loisville
Tanooga
Love Drug Company
H. A. Adams
Cere
Ralston Health Oats
Ralston
Nudavene
Whetstone & Go
Wikle’s. Fountain
Wikle’s
The
Star and Republic
T. L Harvey
S. G. Wright
Jenkins
White Plains
Iron City
Choccolocco
DeArmanville
Burn’s X Roads
Boozer
Boiling Springs
Pekeville
Ohatchie
Peek’s Hill
Reeds
Duke
Alexandria
Hollingsworth
Lander’s Schoolhouse
Green’s Schoolhouse
Four Mile
Weavers
Greenwooods School House
Piedmont
Oxford
Oxanna
Burns
Roads
Pokeville
Ohatehie
Peeks Hill
Green’s
Greenwood
Arniston
Anniston National Bank
Anniston, Alabama
United States
WM. H. McKleroy
WM. A. Davis
Davis
W. W Mabe
F.cashter
Cashley
W.T. Brown
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