Advertising rates and policies in The Advertiser
The Advertiser lists weekly publication at two dollars yearly with ministers at half price. Rates: one inch one dollar for the first insertion and five tenths of a dollar for each subsequent insertion under three months. Three six and twelve month rates available on application. Obituaries 10 cents per line. Local items and notices 10 cents per line. Candidate notices: state and district ten dollars. county five dollars. All accounts due after first insertion. Personal communications if admissible charged at double rate.
County Directory Officials Listed in Post entry
COUNTY DIRECTORY listing county offices with names for Chancellor Thomas Dobbs Circuit Judge Henry Speaks Judge of Probate James Kumpe County Solicitor D C Almon Clerk James Doss Register in Chancery C M Sherrod Sheriff W R Roberts Tax Collector W F Roberson Tax Assessor W W Simmons Treasurer P O Watson Superintendent of Education M M Summers Commissioners eight members C Montgomery J G Roberson J W Terry O H Bynum County Surveyors O D Gibson R H Coleman County Health Officer Dr H B Bur kett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Dobbs
Henry C. Speaks
James C. Kumpe
D. C. Almon
James M. Doss
C. M. Sherrod
W. R. Roberts
W. F. Roberson
W. W. Simmons
P. O. Watson
M. M. Summers
Court Calendar Shows Court Meeting Dates by Jurisdiction
Circuit Court meets the 4th Mondays in April and November. Chancery Court meets after 4th Monday in February and August. County Court meets the 3rd Monday in each month. Probate Court meets 2nd Monday in Commissioners' Court, regular terms, the second Mondays in February and August, and first Mondays in April and November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Probate
Commissioners’ Court
Local church services and schedules listed by denomination
The notice lists Methodist Rev J W Carey with Sunday services on the first and third Sunday, Sunday school at 9, prayer Tuesday. Baptist Elder R T Wear with fourth Sunday and preceding Saturday services, Sunday school 9, prayer Wednesday. Cumberland Presbyterian Rev J W Gorman with services on the second Sunday at 9. Christian Church also mentions Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
J.W. Carey
Il O'Clock
A. M
Baptist Church
R. T. Wear
IL O’clock
Cumberland Presbyterian
J. W Gorman
Christian Church
Arrivals and Departures of the Mails in Moulton Area
The notice lists mail runs from Moulton to Hillsboro Russellville Hartzell and Double Springs with daily departures at 8 A M except Sundays, and arrivals the same day at 8 P M 12 M and 12 M. Additional runs to Double Springs depart Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 1 PM arriving 11 20 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moulton and
Hillsboro
Moulton
Moulton and Russelville
Moulton and Hartsell
Adam God Made Me First Before Man in Riddling Verse
A Pittsburg Alabama letter to the Advertiser includes a riddle about a living soul created before Adam, claiming it travels without limbs and serves as a light to fallen man. The writer, H. P. Evetts, shares prices for livestock and goods, wages, and notes contentment with life in the area, signing off with dog Eaf.
Letter from the Far West Ardmore Visit in Indian Territory
A long 1890 letter from Ardmore in Indian Territory describes travel from Alabama to Gainesville Texas then north into the nation. It praises Ardmore as a two year old town with 1000 people, 50 businesses, coal mine, mills, school, and strong cotton trade. Mentions J B Spragins in hardware, local doctors, teachers, and a big deer turkey quail hunt with $150 prize noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
Indian Territory
Messers White
James Downing
Moulton
Leighton
Ala
Eaf
Gainesville
Texas
Red River
Thackerville
J. B. Spragins
Spragins
A Pretty Question of Propriety
A correspondent asks if it is proper for a boardinghouse resident to bathe in a shared tub when a young lady objects. The letter, noted as social trouble, questions propriety and behavior in the boardinghouse setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Alliance Talk From Peasant Vale on Equal Rights
A 1890 letter from C. D. Wasson in Alliance Talk at Peasant Vale asserts support for equal rights and critique of professions as barbers. The piece notes many Alliance men locally and reflects on present conditions, using barber imagery to describe various trades and fees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peasant Vale
Ala
Messrs. White
Bill Sea
Order
Hailstorm and Snake Medicine Speak Louder Than News
A prominent politician recalls a country fishing trip with two others including a newspaper man. They drank snake medicine to cool off, the rain turned to hail the size of eggs, the wagon fled, and the Enquirer was torn. The paper man steadied under a barn door, then glared at his torn copy. He avoided conversation for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
McGinty
Mr. Halstead
the Enquirer
Enquirer
Pennsylvania Girl Paralyzed by Gum Chewing
A Pennsylvania girl develops facial muscle paralysis linked to gum chewing. The article urges young ladies who chew gum regularly to quit and warns of potential lasting effects.
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Pennsylvania
Respected Builder of Homes Helps Poor Women
Mr Spurgeon in Sword and Trowel profiles William Bilborough of a plain London Tabernacle who ran a second hand furniture shop in a back street. He displayed a notice inviting any poor sister to inquire within and helped 148 women reform, described as a private hero. Ingalls speech criticized as illogical demagoguery on race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Spurgeon
William Bilborough
London Tabernacle
Georgia farmers use cotton bagging for half last crop
The state agricultural department reports that over half of Georgia’s recent cotton crop was wrapped in cotton bagging. Officials say such action by farmers benefits them more than any convention or platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jute Trust
Georgia
State Agricultural Department
Old Ben Butler Slams Democrats At Boston Jackson Victory
A San Antonio Times quote recalls Old Ben Butler rising from the soup in Boston during a Jackson victory celebration and abusing Democrats. The piece wryly notes history would have shown a showy display if New Orleans episodes with Jackson and Butler were simultaneous, likening it to Haman’s hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Butler
Boston
Jackson
New Orleans
Butler
Andy
Haman
San Antonio Times
Millionaire wills constant light for grave vault
A Vienna tycoon who feared darkness leaves 20 000 marks for year long electric illumination of his vault and coffin interior. The will specifies a light kept burning in the tomb and the coffin to be lit, with expenses paid by the special bequest. Old age is honorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
San Francisco Chronicle
Farmers Needed to Migrate to Alabama
An Alabama appeal argues for more farmers to move to the state. It notes vast unworked land, small current farmer holdings, and the need to adopt modern farming methods. The piece touts cheap land at $5 to $10 per acre and forecasts strong appreciation in five years. It also references political figures Lodge and Chandler in relation to Southern policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Alabama
Ingalls and the negro question quoted by newspaper
Chattanooga Times comments on John James Ingalls and his stance toward Black Republicans. The piece frames his rhetoric as cold blooded agitation and accuses him of provoking southern reader interest while noting mass departures of Black Kansans. It emphasizes political conflict over race.
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John James Ingalls
Potomac
Ohio
Kansas
South
Chattanooga Times
Masonic Rule Bars Saloon Keepers as Members in Lincoln
The Masonic Grand Lodge of Nebraska adopted a rule prohibiting saloon keepers from becoming Masons. Several members have been expelled from Lodges in Lincoln County under this rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Grand Lodge of
Nebraska
Lincoln County
Huntsville Mercury
Plot rumors stir readings in Hayneville amid state fears
The Hayneville Citizen-Examiner mocks the Montgomery Advertiser’s exposed plot theories. It lampoons Parson Adams and Reub Kolb as villains, jokes about a six volume calf bound edition with skulls, and warns readers to lock doors. It urges calm, promising eventual justice while criticizing mob law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayneville
Montgomery
Kolb
Parson Adams
Alliance
Mr. McCall
State House
Advertiser
Harry McCall
Harry
Reub Kolb
Reub Burrows
Atlanta
Villian
Diddle
Interstate Negro Emigration Report Sparks Southern Debate
The Charleston influx of more than 4000 African Americans last week shifts toward the Gulf states and Arkansas, with planters funding many moves. Emigration is rising to about a thousand daily, linked by some to work opportunities rather than violence, and centering around Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas alluvial lands near Vicksburg. In contrast Huntsville notes warm winters and fresh gardens as relief from harsher climates, reflecting differing regional conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Lodge
Massachusetts
Senator Chandler
New Orleans
Atlantic States
Charleston
S. C
Carolinas
Gulf States
Arkansas
Barnwell
Louisiana
Mississippi
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Vicksburg
Texas
New Orleans Times Democrat
Dakota
Huntsville
Far
Huntsville Independent
Advertiser Attacks Kolb and Alliance Leaders
The Advertiser targets Kolb Adams and other Alliance leaders amid a page showing Kolb’s travelling expenses paid by the state treasury. The column argues the charges are reasonable and warns against viewing his gubernatorial bid as state waste. It advocates fairness and notes possible opposition to his nomination later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolb
Adams
Alliance
Commissioner Kolb
Bibb Blade
Clergy's Morality Questioned Over Leisure Hobbies
A New York pastor known for preaching and cycling is joined by others who roam forests for game and fish streams for trout while another admits entertainment at the theater. The piece contends saints need not be sour and pleasures of life should not be surrendered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Knox
John Calvin
John Wesley
New York
N. Y
The Unhappy Czar Sums Up a Globe-Trotting Burden
The Unhappy Czar complains of a ruler's plight amid European powers and internal discontent. It likens the czar to a flying fish pursued by hungry delegates and seabirds, noting his high salary but uneasy lot and imagining him as a traveling agent for a household good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Germany
Austria
Italy
Turkey
Spain
Texas
Noted Speaker Ridicules Corset Age in Lecture
In a recent lecture Miss Willard attacked restrictive fashions for women and mocked plans to bind famous figures such as Edison, Bismarck, Browning, and Parnell in restrictive attire. She warned such bindings would stifle invention, German unity, ethics, and Irish home rule.
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Miss Willard
Edison
Bismarck
Robert Browning
Parnell
Pocket glove device carries fare with palm pocket
A kid glove features a small outside pocket in the palm for the wearer to store car fare, described as a modern comfort device.
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W. M. W. Q. Sewell
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Union
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Ingall
Interstate Negro Emigration
Czar
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