Local Notice Announces Tax Collector and Sheriff Candidates
In Morgan County and surrounding area readers are informed of announced candidates for local office. George H. Hughes is named as a candidate for Tax Collector in the upcoming election. Mike Holland is named as a candidate for Sheriff in Morgan County at the forthcoming August election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che Decatur
Hensly Groubles
Nistor
Walther M. Grubbs
George H. Hughes
Torgan County
Mike Holland
Morgan County
Sanitary Notice Urges Clean City action
Sanitary notice calls on residents to improve sanitation by using lime and stopping trash and refuse in streets. Officials pledge strict enforcement of ordinances and ask citizen cooperation to keep the city clean and healthy. Signed by Mayor H. A. Sines.
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H. A. Sines
Athens Community Gossips and Notables Include Illness and Travel
Local items report Mrs. Dr. W N Dinsmore ill with salarial fever and Phillip Karsher dying. Mrs. Monroe Russell returns from Pulaski. editor R M Rawls of Athens to visit. B W Collier seeks spear plant site in Hele Springs. speeches, church weather impacts, and social club events noted. bankruptcy cases dismissed for lack of prosecution. Notables include Prof. Gibson's acclamation election and school opening dates. travel by Mrs Wilder to Paris. Decatur events and Democratic convention delegates.
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W. N. Dinsmore
Monroe Russell
Pulaski, Tenn
Phillip Karsher
R. M. Rawls
Athens
Gee Us
B. W. Collier
Hele Springs
East Tennessee
A. E. Jackson
Clay Phillips
Jas. K. Powers
The
State University
Bently
Warren
Ohio
Judeve Richardson
Opera House
Methodist Church
Gertrude Raney
Alice Clay
Bessie Tilman
Decatur
L. S. Wilder
New York
Paris
Holland-American Line
Rotterdam
Mary. D. Sheats
A. J. Henry
George Wimpsy
Henry Davis
Albert Wallace
Phillip Mason
William Crawford
John W. Johnson
Cornelius Fritz
Eugene Mixon
Louis Polk
W. L. Potter
A. J
Portrait of Prof Gilbert Gibson Educator of Decatur Public Schools
Prof W L Gibson born near Hartselle Alabama in June 1873. He studied at Peabody Nashville and earned the Licentiate of Instruction and later an A D degree. He taught in Morgan County and Cullman County before leading Pineville and Abbeville schools and finally Decatur Public Schools where his work earned acclaim. He has been elected superintendent by a large vote and is welcomed here.
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W. L. Gibson
Hartseile Ala
Osilian High School
Peabody Normal College
Nashville
Morgan County
Cullman County
University of Nashville
Gibson
South
Abbeville
S.C
Fiter
Sehible
Pineville
Decatur Public
Decatur Public Schools
Spea
Mrs Dean details street duel incident involvement
Mrs E Dean wife of one of the principals in last Thursday's street duel provides a statement. She says as a Baptist Reflector solicitor she called at Mr Sanders and was invited in. Sanders locked the door and she fled to the yard and home, later reporting the shooting to her husband.
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Mnotsville
Secret to enlarge bust six inches free ad
An advertisement from Zanzemetio Co. of Milwaukee Wisconsin offers a free secret to enlarge the bust by six inches.
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Zanzemetio Co
Dept
Milwaukee
Wis
Local Man Credits Pain Balm For Quick Hip Sprain Cure
A resident, F A Babcock of Eric Pa, credits Chamberlain's Pain Balm with curing a left hip sprain after doctors misjudged it as rheumatism. He reports using half of a fifty cent bottle and recommending the remedy to friends. Sold by QO B Cartwright. Jim
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
F. A. Babcock
Eric
QO. B. Cartwright
Jim
Catarrh of the Kidneys Promoted as Bright's Disease Cure
Readers report dramatic gains from Peru-na and Man-a-lin for Bright's disease and kidney catarrh. Testimonials claim rapid recovery, reduced edema, restored appetite, and long term health, with the company urging early use and urging sending for a free catarrh book. Promotional note cites The Peruna Drug Mfg Co of Columbus, Ohio.
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Mary A. Shear
Jennings
Bright
Peru
Peruna
Mi’ Co
Columbus
Plenty Of Ice In Town At The Ice House
The note proclaims a new ice seller in a town promising long heat relief with a 100 ton capacity ice house and storage for days. They assert they are here to stay, offer cheap prices and courteous deliveries, and urge customers to try their service despite rivals. Signed Servags & Ections May 17 1900.
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kKlondike
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Remedies Adverts
We offer one hundred dollars reward for any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by Wall's catarrh cure. F J Cheney Co. West & Truax Walding Kinnan Marvin Toledo O endorse Cheney. Hall's catarrh cure taken internally to act on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's family pills are best.
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Wall
F. J. Cheney & Co
F- J. Cheney
West &Truax
Toledo
Walding, Kinnan, & Marvin
O Halls
Hall
Alabama completes most prosperous year in university history
The University of Alabama reports a record total of 101 graduates at commencement including 15 Bachelors of Arts, 7 Bachelors of Science, 2 Masters, 1 Master of Science, 28 Law, 42 Medicine, and 5 Pharmacy, with high and rising standards across departments.
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Alabama
Tnuscaloosa Times
Popular conductor wins lantern vote on L and N line
The Montgomery ladies held a fair featuring a handsome forty dollar lantern for the most popular conductor. Five entrants included Chas Jenkins of the Louisville and Nashville passenger run Nashville to Montgomery. Jenkins led with 1,500 votes to 960 for the next rival, earning the prize amid Courier praise.
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Montgomery
Chas. Jenkins
Nashville
L.& N. Lusculv
Courier
Digrantiell
Louisville
Athens
Dyspepsia Cure Praised By Reverend W In Sitter
A New York credit to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure from Rev W In Sitter, W Caton reports long standing indigestion improved from the start. The claim calls it a panacea for all forms of indigestion and notes digestion of food. Sold by W H Long.
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W. In. Sitter
W. Caton
N.Y
W. H. Long
Teachers Elected at City Public Schools Board Meeting
At a Saturday night meeting of the Board of Education, William G B Gibson was named Superintendent and Mrs P B Cartywright along with Miss Nell Harris Florence Tilman Carrie Skillman and Jessie Hinds were elected as associate teachers. Most have years of teaching in city schools. Miss Hinds recently graduated from the State Normal College Florence.
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Board of Education
William GB. Gibson
P. FB. Cartywright
Nell Harris
Florence Tilman
Carrie Skilliuan
Jessie Hinds
Miss Hinds
State Normal College
Florence
Mrs M Motherwell Dies Sudden in East Decatur
Mrs M Motherwell, a widow living in East Decatur, died suddenly of heart disease last Saturday morning. She intended a river boat excursion and arrived by streetcar, then collapsed near Market Street and the wharf. She was buried in the city cemetery the following day.
Lightning strike kills David Gregory at home
David Gregory, five miles west of town on Daniel Walden Place, was killed Tuesday evening when lightning struck the chimney as he sat by the fire with his wife. Mrs. Gregory escaped injury.
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David Gregory
Daniel Walden
Mrs. Gregory
History of Methodism in Alabama praised as valuable
The History of Methodism in Alabama by Dri Anson West of this city is praised as a valuable book. It is a large well printed volume bound solidly and should be in every M. E. Church South member’s library. It can be bought for 21.25 from the author or the M. E. Publishing House in Nashville Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Dri Anson
M. E. Church
South
M. EK
Nashville
Tenn
Gibson Named Principal of City Schools to Move In
Prof. W. B. Gibson, newly elected principal, plans to move into town at once once a suitable dwelling is arranged.
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W. B. Gibson
Haran
Card of Thanks to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
Mrs B Doty of Des Moines Iowa expresses deep gratitude to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for helping with coughs lung troubles and whooping cough. She notes the remedy always gives satisfaction and asks manufacturers to accept their hearty thanks. Sold by O B Cartwright. Jim
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Chamberlain
Doty
Des Moines
Iowa
O. B. Cartwright
Jim
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Mi Cn
E. J. Coxyssre
M. C. Wilson
Tueday
H. C. Gilbert
W.M. Woodall
Myrtle Smith
Texas
W.E. Gibson
Dacatur Public Echsols
Scott
J. Brake
Petrolea
Ontario
Canada
University of Alabama
Tutt
Dr. Tutt
J. Fairleigh
Platte Cannon
Col. Tutt
W. C. Yates
New Decatur, Alabama
John D. Wyker
Castor
Castoria
John PD. Simpson
Vincent
Tuscaloosa
John
Zurie
Switzerland
O. Kyle
Decatur, Alanaac
R. R
Birmingham
Ala
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