Local Advertiser urges home trade against mail order rivals
Moulton merchants see brisk business but warn losses to distant mail order firms unless ink usage improves. Local ad rates are listed and penalties noted for whiskey ads. A campaign to raise 100000 for Alabama resources is mentioned alongside community notes on post office clerks and local residents. A push to advertise locally is framed as essential for keeping commerce at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton
Wall
Civil Service
Rufus Henderson
Decatur
W. R. Teague
Lawrence County
Jack Callahan
Frank Cowan
Lamp-Black
Jack
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Ends Winter Troubles
A historic ad style note touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as best for Burns Boils Piles Cuts Sores Eczema Sprains and frost damage. Mentions 25 cents at medicine dealers and a side item about Judge Richardson seeking Consul appointment and other local notes including Dr Cook polar tale and real estate chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Arnica
Saved from awful death by King's New Discovery cure
A Fayetteville man recounts rescuing his ill sister, saved by Dr King’s New Discovery after other remedies failed. He swears the cough medicine cured her completely and notes its effectiveness for bronchial troubles with trial bottles available.
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A. D. McDonald
Fayetteville
N. C
R. F.D
Hall's Catarrh Cure Named Mercury Free
Notice warns against mercury containing remedies for catarrh and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as the genuine internal remedy. Ads urge caution and claim testimonials are free while pills are recommended for constipation.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Gall
Wedding notices and town lore from a 1910 issue
The piece records a November 22 1910 wedding at Mrs Amanda Smiths home Julia daughter of Amanda Smith wed Richard Crittenden of Spring Valley Rev R T Wear officiates and best wishes go with them A later notice mentions William Arbian and Ella Jones marrying November 27 1910 J R Estes officiating Other items urge a Moulton Boy Scout company with Tom Alexander as Captain note a 125 year old Baptist church in Baltimore with seven pastors includes ad copy for Chamberlains Cough Remedy sold by J M Sandlin and local health notes
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Amanda Smith
Julia
Richard Crittenden
Spring Valley
R. T. Wear
Wm. Arbian
Ella Jones
J. R. Estes
Moulton
Tom Alexander
Baltimore
Local notices on residents moving and visits in Lawrence County
M. J. Lowrimore of Grenada plans to move his family to Rat Cliff Arkansas after selling real estate in the county. W J Craig of Springtown Texas visits relatives in Lawrence County and leaves $2 to cover his paper for two years. locals express thanks and share good reports from nearby friends.
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M. J. Lowrimore
Grenada
Lawrence County
Craig
Free Chiki's Remedy offers for mothers and children
An old advertisement style appeal invites mothers to request a free sample of Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for stomach and bowel troubles. It praises mildness, laxative action, and broad age suitability, notes prices after trial, and lists testimonials from Mrs Davis and Mrs Belford. A local note mentions Dr Caldwell's Monticello address and state population.
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L. Davis
W. Harrison Street
Chicago
Mary Belford
Coke Street
Louisville
Dwell
W. B. Caldwell
Caldwell Building
Monticello
Ill
Remembering Mrs Maggie Irwin in Moulton
A long obituary notes Mrs Maggie Irwin death on Sunday at 7:30 pm. Survivors include one daughter and four sons. Born Sept 10 1849, she joined the Baptist church at 14, married Howard B. Irwin in 1870, died Dec 4 1910. Funeral conducted by Elder R T Wear and Rev R L Quinn with tributes and comfort for mourners.
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Moulton
Maggie Irwin
R. T. Wear
R. L. Quinn
The
Baptist Church
Howard B. Irwin
Nervous Prostration and Dr Miles Restorative Nervine
A Philadelphia reader testifies that Dr Miles Restorative Nervine cured over three years of nervous prostration and that Anti Pain Pills are essential. The ad links nervous trouble to headaches, dizziness, epilepsy, insanity, and organ weaknesses, claiming Restorative Nervine soothes nerves and aids nerve cell function.
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Miles
WM. J. Loughran
Catherine St
Philadelphia
Penna
Fertilizer Sale Notice Ends February First
A local sale advertises the best brand of fertilizers available now with February 1st timing. It emphasizes quality stock and limited quantities at the advertised price as part of a regional market promotion.
Taft's Message to Congress Highlights Division and Tariff Debate
The President's lengthy address to Congress reveals deep party rifts and a defensive stance on the Payne Aldrich tariff. It notes a proposed budget around a billion dollars and expresses disappointment over the November election, painting a picture of a fractured administration and fragile unity.
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Taft
Congress
Married in Florence Mr Hefner Weds Miss Crow
The Moulton Advertiser extends warm congratulations to Mr W E Hefner and Miss Annie Crow on their marriage in Florence. Ed has many local friends offering best wishes. Readers are urged to notice Speilburger Bros Decatur ad on page four for cash sales of first class goods. A baby girl aged three was burned to death in Gadsden.
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W. E. Hefner
Annie Crow
Florence
Moulton Advertiser
Speilburger Bros
Decatur
Sunshine Money Calls for Holiday Charity in North Alabama
A plea for donations to the Moulton Advertiser fund seeks sunshiny subscriptions to aid needy families and widows. The note praises Major Louis Hart of Gadsden for $50,000 raised to build a railroad to his summer resort. A Tennessee man set fire to his house by pouring coal oil on his pregnant wife. his other children escaped, and the attacker remains at large.
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Santa Claus
Moulton
North Alabama
Loui Hart
Gadsden
Cititizens
Alabama
Tennessee
Terry
Bettie Blaxton
Anderson Gibson
Mel Hall
Geo. Gibson
Robert Gibson
Rebecca Zylkes
Martha Ellis
Lou Ellis
Fannie Graham
H. C. Terry
Big Nance Creek
Lawrence County
J. C. Kumpe
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Josh Blankenship
Sam
Solomon
J. F. Roger
Fertile
South Alabama
Tom Wert
Oklahoma
Decaturs
Chamberlain’s
J. L. Barnard
Williamson & Echols
Frank Sims
Jack Montgomery
C. G. Prince
T. J. Coffeey
B L. Hall
Waverley
Chamberlain
J. M. Sandlin
Chiki
Jefferson County
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Dave Dinsmore
Lynchburg
William Dinsmore
Hettie Rosemann
Birmingham
Bristol
Tenn
Thos
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Middleboro
Walter Sandlin
Mon von
Frank King
Jd, M. Sandlin
Will C. Butcher
Heaven
Herbert Hughes
Fred F. Tidwell
Hughes K Sibbnell
Second Avenue
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New Decatur
B. M. Bloodworth
Moulton Street
Morgan and
Lars
Hughes & Tidwell
DR. D. Jayne
B. D
Jayne
Sunshine Money
S. Czarlinsky
Globe
S. Ozarlinsky
Moulten
Postmaster General
White & Son
NEELY
Hillsboro
Black Ground
J.D. L. Byars
Liberty Hall Farm
State of
T. J. Terry
Department of the Interior
U. 38
Montgomery
Thomas J. Naylor
Township
Range
Huntsville Meridian
Francis M. Bradford
Henry T. Waits
Thomas P. Robbins
James J. Wilson
Nathan H. Alexander
Register
State of Alabama
Probate Court
Frank Lee
W. B. Lee
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