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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1900
Page
2
President Kruger of the South African Republic was greeted with a grand ovation in Paris last week and will proceed to Berlin. Salt has surged from 85 cents to two dollars a day, fueling discontent among the poor.
Lord Roberts, famed commander of British forces in South Africa, has departed for England where a warm public reception awaits him. His voyage marks a return after years of service in the campaign, with crowds expected to greet him upon arrival.
Mr Bryan maintain free silver at 16 to 1 but critics call it a cold trail. The people of the United States have twice rejected free silver by overwhelming majorities, marking an end to the policy in public opinion.
Lexington dispatch reports Gibson white captured after a telegram from Ashland states he abused his daughter with a red hot poker and faces execution by burning at the stake tonight if captured sooner.
Governor Samford took the oath of office on Saturday at the home of his son Hon T D Samford, a notary public. The son serves as private secretary and has assumed control of the governor's office until the governor can travel to Montgomery.
The leading New York preacher calls for a vigilance committee of twenty five thousand to regulate the city’s criminal element. He urges the press to focus on local morals before criticizing the South and sweeping before their own doors, as Hot Blast commentates.
The legislature in session inspected the Girls' School at Montevallo on Thanksgiving Day and shared a sumptuous dinner. Oratory, music and flowers enriched the occasion.
Birmingham's citizens celebrated the completion of St Vincent's Hospital praising its modern surgical facilities and inclusive care for the sick of all races. The piece lauds Birmingham's abundance of churches schools and hospitals as proof of civic progress.
Dispatch reports Dr. R. B. Porter a noted physician of Town Creek six miles west of Courtland sustained painful injuries after falling fifteen feet from a bridge he was inspecting as a member of the Lawrence County Board of Revenue. Friends fear for his recovery but hope for a speedy return to health. The incident is deeply regretted by the community.
The Knoxville Sentinel reports Mr. McKinley will include a general recommendation in his address to amend the currency law of last March to place the gold standard beyond attack. He is urged to propose interchangeable money forms. Mr. Dooley notes New York sets fashion in vice and triggers the crusade.
Democratic members of the general assembly united on the Harwood bill to elect delegates to a convention in April and hold the convention in May. The final caucus met in the hall of representatives after a postponed gathering, and the Montgomery Journal notes it will pass both houses.
The Abbeville Ethiopian argues that Congressional enactments granting universal franchise: the unconditional right of suffrage imposed on unqualified blacks by the national government, constitutes the greatest injury to the negro race. The piece cites Northern scrutiny and echoes Mobile Register in noting this shift in Southern leader commentary.
A 500 dollar reward offers for cures of liver complaints dyspepsia sick headache indigestion constipation or costiveness with Liveri ta pills. Purely vegetable tablets in 25¢ 100 pills 10¢ 40 pills and 5¢ 15 pills sizes. Beware substitutions and imitations. Sent by mail stamps accepted Nervi ta Medical Co corner Clinton and Jackson Streets Chicago Ill. For sale by Windham and Co Moulton Ala.
Decatur News urges compassionate handling of those who err, citing biblical forgiveness and church hypocrisy. It argues for sympathy, extenuation, and support to restore the fallen, referencing Henry Williams of Boonville and endorsing Kodol Dyspepsia Cure as a remedy.
A patent remedy claims to cure malaria chills and fever with iron and quinine in tasteless form. Ad promises no cure no pay and a price of 50 cents.
Early plans for the Decatur Tupelo and Helena Railroad gain momentum as Chicago capitalists led by A M Byrne C H Giddings and Herbert Wilcox pursue options to buy 200 000 acres along the survey. George A Nelson in Decatur pushes the scheme hoping to connect with Illinois Central at Helena and unlock timber coal and iron resources for the Decatur region.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets promise to cure a cold in one day with no cure no pay and cost 25 cents.
Governor Atkinson of West Virginia adds verse to Thanksgiving proclamations starting with prose and shifting to a devotional poem praising God and mercies and urging public and private gratitude. Also promotional note for China Unit visit in Decatur Alabama and ads for F T Brown Co Courtland general merchandise with claims of large stock and low prices.
E C Payne operates a lumber business in New Decatur selling a range of timber products to local contractors and residents.
The Roll of Honor lists individuals and amounts paid up to various dates for advertising fees. Names include W. P. Hood C. C Hanson W. F. McKelvy Jr John Jackson M A Gray J R Vaughan J H Milam W F Hightower Russell Craig Tandy Crayton Hartselle Stewart's stocks noted as one of the largest for both ladies and gents.
John Shubert was shot and seriously wounded by West Montgomery Tuesday evening around six o clock. The parties were friends but a dispute over whisky led to a pistol duel near Courtland. Shubert fell wounded in the thigh and Montgomery fled, later said to have gone to Moulton.
E. C. Payne of New Decatur sells lumber as summer ends. The poem line about a lone fly and a dying mate evokes a quiet rural scene and reflects a melancholy mood without explicit events.
J M Seward announces a public sale on December 12 1900 at his residence three miles northwest of Moulton. Items include three milch cows oxen hogs fodder hay potatoes molasses organ sewing machine farming implements buggies horses and other household goods. Terms announced sale day. November 24 1900.
A Missouri Democrat adopts Scriptural phrasing to lament political fate. He claims democracy is captive due to affliction and free silver, laments dwindling votes among Republicans, and notes opponents overtook him on election day. He invokes the trio Democracy Populism Republicanism and declares Republicanism greatest.
The text promotes Green's August Flower as the largest selling medicine for indigestion biliousness and general malaise, claiming it cleanses the system and aids liver function with a few doses. It also notes the death parallel of William L. Wilson to Robert E. Lee, both dying in the same office and house and buried from the same chapel.
An exhortation to use Boschee's German Syrup for severe coughs and lung troubles. The ad claims it heals, stimulates tissue, relieves inflammation, aids expectoration, and provides rest. It promotes one bottle and notes wide druggist recommendation amid holiday Santa imagery.
G W Jackson as administrator of T Jones estate offers public sale of numerous listed tracts in Lawrence County Alabama and Franklin and Winston counties. The sale, for cash, occurs December 17 1900 in Mt Hope in front of Jacksons store, including multiple named lands such as Threlkeld Wear McVay Garrison Revod McGaughey Berry Pearson Croslow Bayles Francis Hannibal Hubbard Cummings Milam W R Cole Flanagan and others, with a life estate reversionary interest in Henrietta Jones. The listing covers sections 1 3 4 7 8 12 13 17 18 19 20 21 22 27 29 34 in T7 R9 T8 R9 T9 R9 and related fractions, all in Alabama. The notice names W T Lowe as attorney and notes the land lies in Lawrence county with the Dill and King lands in Franklin and Winston counties. Reversionary interest after the life estate of Henrietta Jones is also specified.
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