Oxford Notes From Friends and Local Happenings
Rev. W H Wright of Roanoke visits son J F P Wright on Stewart street and old friends in Oxford. Mrs Roberts and daughter Lydia visit Lincoln. Vista Bagley travels to Bastaboga. Rev. W H Preston ill with pneumonia at a friend’s home in Oxanna. condition uncertain. Girls band meeting at Methodist church Saturday afternoon. R J Wakefield of Randolph county visits Oxford. E A Walker ill at home. Louie Aderholt hosts dinner for sister Mrs Silas Lawrence of Menlo Ga. Miss Lebeasher ill at Mrs M E Reed’s home. Miss Hallie Jenkins returns from Colorado. Chester Payne brings cotton to be ginned. Oxford ginnery and warehouse report strong cotton activity. New Spring street building rising rapidly for Erwin Pope colored. Pope Maynard Smythe of Gaffney visiting Oxford with D Smythe. Mrs Tom Allen of DeArmanville shopping in Oxford. W M Gannoway of Silver Run among Oxford visitors. Charles Smith returns to Lineville after visit. Captain Barry learns of death of Charles Huge of San Antonio in Baltimore. Sunday schools invited to First Methodist church Anniston for important conference. Prof Lane frees several students from school at 10 a m.
Commoner Speak Draws Crowd As Tour Reaches Anniston
A political tour moves through Anniston en route to Birmingham to hear the great Commoner speak. The gathering reflects momentum for the speaker and the candidate's national appeal.
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Anniston
Birmingham
Bet on turkeys circling the world ends in retreat
Two boys enter a room where a puzzled editor settles a wager about turkeys from last Christmas. One claims they could circle the world if lined end to end. the editor quietly asks them to consider the scale. The spokesman pays a coin, and the other jeers with a cheeky bet.
Zoroastrian Family Life in Yezd and Attendant Notes
Jackson reports Yezdi Zoroastrians largely opposed to polygamy with rare cases, women enjoying freer home life and modest attire without veils except in public. Men and women dress distinctively from Moslems, seclusion not evident, and dual marriages generally discouraged. Krause endorses Dean's Regulats for mild bowel regulation.
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Yezd
Eckamedes
A. V. Williams Jackson
Century
Fatal Ambition at the Penitentiary
A philanthropic visitor questions a prisoner about his presence. The inmate claims he wrote for the national currency but was arrested by secret service for possession of tools. The anecdote appears in the Philadelphia Record.
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Secret Service
Philadelphia
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold
Batesville Indiana resident A J Nausbaum reports a three month summer cold and hay fever relief after using Foley s Honey and Tar in the yellow package. His wife also had success with the remedy as promoted by Elam Ordway Houser.
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A. J. Nausbaum
Batesville
Indiana
Foley
Elam, Ordway & Houser
London Bridge Jump in a Sack Feat Recalled
A porter named Fuller at Billingsgate market once bet he could dive from London Bridge tied in a sack with a knife to cut free on water touch. He completed the jump and was rescued by friends in a boat, unharmed.
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Fuller
Billingsgate Market
London
London Bridge
A Lesson in Health Kidney Cure Advertisement
A health notice touts Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy to purify blood by strengthening kidneys and curing kidney and bladder diseases. The ad claims improved overall health and promotes Elam Ordway and Houser as the sellers.
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Foley
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Graves and Gravediggers Old Superstitions of the Trade
A gravedigger explains superstitions surrounding grave digging. Never buy a new spade to avoid death in the family within a year. Graves should not stay open overnight and should be dug on the day of the funeral. A cock crowing during digging is said to presage deaths among the digger’s friends.
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Oxford
A. J. Adair
Choccolocco Street
Miller & Sons
Ala
Hamp Draper, Jr
Alliance Warehouse
Main and
Snow Streets
Oxford, Ala
City Cash Store
W. H. Wright
Roanoke
J. FP. Wright
Stewart Street
Earl Roberts
Lydia
Lincoln
Rob
Erts
Miss Vista Bagley
Bastaboga
W. H. Preston
Delta
Oxanna
Matthew
R. J. Wakefield
Randolph County
Oxford Friends
James Warnock
Rela
White Plains
Jearm
E. A
Walker
Louie Aderholt
Silas Lawrence
Menlo, Ga
Hallie Jenkins
Luther Jenkins
Antioch
Colorado
Chester Payne
Clay County
Spring Street
Humphries & Co
Erwin Pope
Pope
Maynard Smythe
Gaffney, 8. C
D. Smythe
Silver Run
Out of
Mrs. Charles Smith
Lineville
Mr. and
Y. L. Graben
Barry Street
Barry
Charles Huge
San Antonio
Tex
Baltimore
Mil
Num
Texas
First Methodist Church
Lane
George B. Krause
Walnut Avenue
Altoona
S. S
THE
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, GA
First National Bank
Anniston, Alabama
U. S
Banking House
City of Anniston
State of Alabama
Jas. B. Goodwin
H. A. Young
M. B. Wellborn
Sapssaga Tringfellow
A J. Goodwin
Judson College
Marion
Alabama
South
Wigley & Moore
Noble Street
Southwest
Cotton Belt
Paessau Doute
L. P. Smith
T. P. A. Cotton Belt
Equitable
Aliance
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