Kodak Sells Amateur Gear at Alcorn’s Drug Store
Water Valley notes Mr Ed Hight and Mrs Wied visit Turkey Creek while Bob Baker battles pneumonia. J P Johnson and Bertha Mai visit kin near Bethel. Kinzer sisters return from West Tennessee. Wakefield couple visit Turkey Creek guests. Oma Harrie returning from West Tennessee. Christmas wishes extend to the Herald family amid local notices and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water Valley
Ed Hight
Mies
Turkey Creek
Bob Baker
Jobs
Ridley Stetson
Rela- Mir
Lage
Kinley Station
Jones Kinzer
Annie
Adllisn Kinzer
Opportunistic Opportunity Ad Promises Easy Earnings
An OCR fragment from a 19th or early 20th century periodical advertises quick money for women with leisure time. It promises prepaid “diverse” earnings, urging readers to respond via a listed address in Roxbury with vague wording and low credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiiver
Roxbury Musa
Bigbyville Christmas Wedding Unites Dr W E Scott and Minnie Bryant
In Bigbyville on December 24 a wedding joined Dr W E Scott of Lyneville and Minnie Bryant at the bride’s home with Rev J H Peoples officiating. Attendants included James F Scott, Ethel Bryant, Dr R S Perry, and Florence Heatt as guests enjoyed a festive dinner. The event followed by community notices of clubs, travel, and local school plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bigbyville
W. E. Scott
Lyneville
Minnie Bryant
LB. Bryant
J. H. Peoples
Colombia
James F. Scott
Ethel Bryant
R. S. Perry
Florence Heatt
Lynnville
Philomacean Club
SteOg
T. H. Neelley
M. B. Harper
Justin
J. W. Nowlin
Clarkaville
Birmingham
Annie Scott
Ben
Heliay
Chenault
John W. Faires
Haford's
Falres
H. E. Thomas
Department of Univeristy of
Tennesee
Nashville
Parente
B. BE. Regen
Millan Voices Thanks From Hemer Hall West Point LA
A severe cold settled on his lung causing obstinate cough. Several physicians offered no cure. When all believed doomed he used Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption and was cured, losing 27 pounds before recovery. Trial bottle free at W B Woldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemer Hall
West Point
W. B. Woldridg
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Song Fragment
Fragmentary Christmas hymn lines reference Jesus Christ and Bethlehem. The garbled text mentions God rest ye all and Jesus Christ our Savior born on Christmas Day with distorted names and phrases. No clear event, date, or source can be verified from the readable portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeans Christ
Bethlehem
Christ
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
Cbriatiana
Dinah Maria Mulook
What Girls Should See In Color For Their Complexions
Advice from American Queen on choosing colors to suit each face and figure. Emphasizes individuality, planning outfits to match skin tone and hair, and avoiding harsh contrasts. Suggests color strategies for brunette, blonde, and plain features, with practical tailoring tips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yiere
Parrots Named Peter Stir Harlem Flat Mischief
Two parrots named Peter live in a Harlem apartment house with one free in a fourth floor flat and the other in a third floor cage. Their owners exchange visits leading to a chaotic scene as the birds wreck furniture and end up hidden behind a painting and a mantel. The tale is recounted by the New York Mail and Express amid quirky domestic detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Harlem
Turey
New York Mail and Express
Mortgage 100 Years Old Affects 21a Fitzwater Property
The 1794 mortgage on 21a Fitzwater property remains a lien despite long lapse. James Clow and wife borrowed from Archibald McCall, secured by 333 1 3 Spanish milled dollars, a term used in the revolutionary era. Houck heirs may respond. court must determine if debt was acknowledged within 20 years. No record shows any payment for over a century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Philadelphia
James Clow
Archibald McCall
McCall
John Hoark
Houck
Tle
Old People Who Work Discussed by Era’s Notables
A column notes aged leaders and thinkers continuing active duties. Gladstone, Pope Leo, Spercer, Morrill, Evarts, Bradbury, Pettis, David Wark, Verdi, Sage, King Christian, Julia Ward Howe are cited as sustaining influence and public work well into advanced age, illustrating enduring productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Larleton
Gladstone
Pope Leo
Herbert Spercer
Morrill
Evarts
Bradbury
Maine
Pettis
Alabama
David Wark
Canadian Senate
Verdi
Russell Sage
Christian of
Denmark
Julia Ward Howe
Word for eponymous coinages and the drift of tongues
A Spectator reader seeks a term for words named after individuals such as boycott macadamize dolly and gamp. Possible labels like cognominal unikonym anorthroponom ic are discussed. The piece notes how languages fade when speakers die and cites Dolly Newtreath of Cornwall as an example of a living tongue becoming extinct.
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Spectator
Dolly
Mackintoxh
Gamp
Peeler
Robert
Bobby
Whitehead
Hareper’s
Dolly Newtreath
Cornwall
Smell clues map city districts in New York humor
A salesman in The Swamp explains how different odors betray one’s location in New York. He notes spices near Fulton street, tea near East River routes, sugar near William and Front streets, perfumes near Leonard or Chambers, soaps near Pearl or Murray, drugs around Pul ton or Cortland, tobacco by Pearl or Pine, hops near Whitehall, and shipping scents along West and South streets.
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New York
New York Times
Gold
Chit
Frankfort Street
Fulton Street
East River
Front
Pearl
Water Street
William, Wall
Front Streets
Leonard
Chambers
Grand Street
Mearl
Murray Street
Grenwich
Hutson
Ozone Diet Sparks Colorado Health Food Debate
Edgar Wallace Conable of Colorado Springs argues in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat that ozone in mountain air makes food unnecessary and that a once every 15 days fast could sustain body and nerve. He predicts Colorado could export irrigated products while residents adopt ozone regimens and crackers with desiccated bran as a gradual transition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Wallace Conable
Colorado Springs
Rocky Mountains
St. Louis
Atmospheric Conundrum Heavier Dry or Moist Air
A weather bureau expert explains that a cubic foot of dry air weighs more than a cubic foot of moist air at the same temperature and pressure. Vapors expand volume and have lower density, so moisture lowers overall air density in free air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Tribune
Willis L. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
Washington
Prof
Aluminum Gold Alloy Promises Lighter Stronger Materials
New aluminum gold alloy discoveries reveal a ruby tinted metal produced by small gold additions. It can be used decoratively and may turn bullets with thin sheets. Wire drawn as fine as silk fiber. Violins gain a tone rivaling Stradivarius. Racing shells use one nineteenth inch sheets offering high strength and corrosion resistance.
Kets Have Two Hearts Unearth Eel Like Creature
A curious report describes a creature with two hearts, one beating slowly and the other rapidly. The eel hue conveys a striking image of a double hearted being, with the fast heart beating about a hundred times per minute.
Negro Arrested for Cow Theft In Stn and High Streets
Andrew Brown a Black man living near D OC Phelan's houses at Stn and High streets was arrested after bringing a cow into town from the country and keeping it near Armstrong and 6th streets. He offered the cow to a butcher and to J L Colvert for small sums, was questioned, contradicted his story, and admitted stealing the animal but gave no origin. Police hold him for investigation. possible link to a mare theft near Snow Creek bridge on the Santa Fe pike. The article also includes an advertisement for Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming constitutional treatment.
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Conteavle
W. J. Good Monday
Andrew Brown
D. OC. Phelan
Stn
High Streets
Armatrong
6Th Streets
Webb
Trix
Luther Gidcomb
Snow Creek
Santa Fe Pike
Beneficial walking tours and ancient art finds
A column extols walking as a healthful art noting country paths offer spry footwork and air purity. It cites two weeks of country walking as healthful, with 20 miles daily as comfortable. Also described is an ancient cave gallery in Eyzies France with 80 prehistoric images and pigments analyzed by Moleean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Eyzies
France
Moleean
Deaths Harvest Mrs Medora Brown of Zion dies at age flight
Mrs Medora Bledsoe Brown wife of the late Samuel T Brown of Zion died Saturday night after long illness at about age flight years She bore her pain with Christian fortitude and anticipated a happy meeting with loved ones Her funeral was at Zion Cemetery Sunday at 2 30 p m Rev Hawes officiating She leaves three children Wallace Brown Mrs Vance Thompson and Dr Bledsoe Brown and one sister Mrs W W Stephenson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medora Bledsoe Brown
Zion
Samuel T. Brown
Mrs. Brown
Wallace Brown
Vance Thompson
Bledsoe Brown
W. W. Stephenson
Zion Cemetery
Hawes
Local Notables Mourn Mrs Williamson and Three Others
Mrs Filla Wi Williamson wife of Dr J G Williamson died Sunday after months of illness. She leaves eight children and a devoted husband, with services held at First Presbyterian Church and burial in Rose Hill. Daughters of the Confederacy and Winnie Mavis Chapter attended. Also noted are the deaths of Emma Jacobs and Martha Johnson with funeral details and bereaved families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Filla Wi Williamson
J. G. Williamson
Joss
Miguel Rebecca
Annie Nellie
Mattie
Lenora
James
Robert
George
T. A. Wharton
First Presbyterian Church
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Kodaks
Kodak Dev
Alcorn’s
Bigbyvilee
A Millan
GOD
Hoxton Globe
Pelladriphis
Cerebri
Geers
Beats Health Foods
Jlow
T. N. Figuers
Walt
Hall
Mall
Fr. Cheney &Co
Toledo
Lizele Cunningham
Tabbe
Ella Wilson Williamson
Emma Jacobs
Sanate Pike
Mt. Wealey Methodist Church
Martha Johnson
Odie Johnson
Thirteenth Street
St. Peter's Church
W. B. Capers
Greenwood Cemetery
Cbs
Chichester
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