Better Highways Aid to Business
City merchants stress the value of well paved streets to attract customers and boost commerce. Proper paving lowers future costs, enhances safety, and raises property values, while reflecting civic progress. Health and fire protection also improve with durable, sanitary streets.
Highway plan to connect to historic Fort Toulouse site
Plans advance for building a roadway to Fort Toulouse in Elmore County near Montgomery Alabama to boost tourism at the 1714 French outpost and nearby historic sites including Pole Cat Springs marker and the Fort Jackson area. Peter A Brannon leads the project for the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
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Old Pole Cat Springs
Montgomery
Lafayette
Fort Toulouse
General Montgomery
Plains of Abraham
Quebec
Jackson
Fort Jackson
United States
Ephraim Follette's Monument Honor and Hidden Soldier
In Eastville a fresh Civil War monument to Ephraim Follette stands as three women linger by the grave. Thankful Follette defends her father's memory, while a shabby deserter questions his past and the hero's place as the sun sets over the hillside.
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Eastville
Ephraim Follette
Anne
Thankful Follette
Mandy
Eph
Mrs. Follette
Shusband
Mirla
Thankful
Mwan
Father
Justifiable Indignation Over Husband and Doctor
A wife complains of her husband’s behavior while ill. She asks for a divorce after visiting the hospital and learning he is under the influence of anesthetics. She declares she wants to see her husband but is refused by the doctor.
Balsam of Myrrh Advertised For Man and Beast
An old advertisement touts Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh as a strong active healer for cuts burns bruises and sores on people and animals across many years. It promotes three sizes available.
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Hanford
Playing Safe Barber Jokes About Razor Pulls
A light comic line compares a barber's question about razor pull to ensuring safety. The exchange plays on confidence in a clean shave and the barber's precision.
California Fig Syrup Adverts Home Remedy For Infants
The ad promotes genuine California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for babies with constipation feverish breath and coated tongue or diarrhea. It claims quick relief without cramps and emphasizes asking druggists for the genuine product with clear bottle directions for infants and children. It ends with a humorous line about not knocking on a sweetheart’s door.
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California
London Doctor Says Children Shaped by Parents
Dr. Marion Mackenzie, renowned London child physician, argues that children are not born bad but become so through parental influence and upbringing.
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Marion Mackenzie
London
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