11 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1892
Page
1
The notice indicates ministers hold sessions every Thursday biannually in advance, outlining the cadence for religious services and community meetings. It emphasizes preparation ahead of each biannual period and regional coordination.
Advertising rates listed for first insertion and subsequent insertions with varying monthly spans. Includes tributes of respect per line, business notices, opinions, and candidate notices. Mentions double charging for communications and due dates for accounts after the first insertion.
In Chancery the roles include C. M. Sherrod as chancery, W. R. Roberts as clerk-lector W. F. Roberson, assessor W. W. Simmons, registrar P. O. Watson, and assistant of Education M. M.
Court meets the third Monday each month with jury terms on the third Monday in July and January. County court and commissioners court hold regular terms on the second Monday in February May and November.
Odist Church led by Rev G E Boyd holds services on the first and third Sundays at 11 o clock A M Sunday school at 9 A M. Meeting every Tuesday night. St Church with Elder J Gunn meets on the fourth Sunday and one before at 11 A M. Sunday school at 9 A M. Prayer meeting Wednesday night. Kristian Church under Elder W T ll. preaching on the second day each month at 11 A M. Mall area service at 11 A M. Sunday School each Sunday at 9 A M. Mountain Home led by Rev K E Siler holds Sabbath services at 11 A M and 7 P M with Sunday school at 9:30 A M and teachers meeting tonight at 7.
Moulton operates daily trips to Hillsboro and Russelville with departures at 8 o'clock A. M. to Hillsboro, 1 P. M. to Russelville, and trips to Hartsell at 1 P. M. on all days except Sunday, with arrivals on the same days.
The text lists multiple A F and A M lodge communications with meeting days and times. Entries include Mt Hope, Moulter, Town Creek No. 361, Courtland No. 37, Hillsboro No. 408, Trinity No. 386, Town Creek, Houston, and other lodges. Officers named include W M Almon, W M McDonald, G W Jackson, Albert Powers, Ike Thompson, and Brown. secretaries Sewell, Tatham, and others.
An elderly doctor, now retired, claims to offer a simple vegetable remedy for consumption and lung ailments. He says the treatment also cures nervous disorders and invites readers to mail for the recipe in German, French, or English with preparation directions from Rochester, N Y.
Bay of C Miller Courtland Alabama reports Wheeler and Wilson sewing machine model High Arm No 9 finished in several wood finishes Antique Oak Walnut and Hazel.
Local testimonials praise Electric Bitters for neuralgia rheumatism stomach liver and weight loss relief after three bottles. Harrisburg Indiana man reports a eight year leg sore healed with three bottles of Bitters and seven boxes of Amica Salve. Catawba Ohio man with five fever sores cured by one bottle Bitters and one box Amica Salve. Sold by W S Eyster Drug Store.
An 28 cent salve guarantees cure of cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all skin eruptions and piles with money refundable if not satisfied. For sale by W. S. Eyster.
Bay of C Miller Courtland Alabama reports a sewing machine finished in one of three wood tones Antique Oak Walnut or Hazel. The note specifies available finishes and the location tied to the item.
From Groeten 8 D a letter recounts a severe lung illness that began as a cold and progressed to consumption. Four doctors gave up hope. After using Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds she recovered, and she thanks God. Trial bottles free at W S Zysters Drug Store with regular sizes 56c and 1 00.
A notice states lawyer D C Almon has a large fund to loan on real estate in Lawrence County. Interested parties are directed to call on him at the Court House in Moulton for details and participation.
Tax assessor W. W. Simmons lists first and second rounds of tax assessment across Hillsboro Courtland Jonesboro Leighton Red Bank Brickville Loosier s H Hatton Wast Spring Avoca Mt Hope Kinlock Mountain Spring Landersville Moulton Pin Hook Centre S H Oakville Morris Chapel with dates from January to March 1892. Taxpayers urged to appear and list taxable property as required by law. Public notice dated December 30, 1891.
A dialogue filled with cross questions about a luncheon and a couple’s acquaintances, as a husband and wife spar over a third party Jack Burroughs and the Hildredth family. The scene shifts to Selman Times discussing South farmers keeping money local and reducing outflow to support regional prosperity.
In Grenville Texas Banner letter writers condemn land loan schemes as dangerous and futile arguing the government cannot lend money since it is already in debt. They warn big holders like railways and foreigners own vast tracts and small landowners would be shut out, while government funds would not exist for such loans.
The Alabama Christaan Advocate quotes a harsh temperance quip attributing it to the late Mr. Florence. It suggests a calculated scheme: buy whisky in bulk, let the wife act as bar keeper, charge fifteen cents a drink, and save profits to support a drunken husband until his demise. The piece aims to shame酒 deceitful drinking by detailing a profitable yet cruel setup in a cry for reform.
Memphis January 9 1892 commissioners of agriculture from Alabama Arkansas North Carolina Georgia and Tennessee endorse the Memphis cotton growers and merchants convention action. They urge a minimum 20 percent reduction in last year’s cotton average and call for immediate organization of state and local bodies to secure concerted action for 1892. Signed by North Carolina Alabama Tennessee Arkansas Georgia officials.
A New York Sun report notes a farmer has added an induction coil and primary battery to a wire fence to shock cattle upon contact, maintaining a vigorous current to deter attempts to breach the fence and encourage cautious future negotiations with the wire.
A civic exhortation urging residents of Peensboro West Virginia to promote morality energy and harmony. It praises advertising patronizing merchants and public spirited men while urging the removal of loafers croakers and dead beats to boost the town’s welfare growth and promotion.
Mrs Stonewall Jackson writes in her memoirs that General Lee was charming in society with ladies and claimed the privilege of kissing pretty young girls, regarded by them as an honor. Congress man Spinola of New York died last week.
A reader asks what the abbreviation ad means in the Enterprise. The reply: ad stands for advertisement and is often written ad because it reflects a man's business. The note appears in local columns of HcComb City Enterprise, Mississippi.
Albert Payson Terhune muses on the afterglow guiding darkness with a line of verse about fading day and distant night birds. The passage shifts to a curious note on prayer among savages and Jews and a Roman plague origin. It ends with Bagpipes linked to Septistid and Greek and Highland imagery with Nero.
A tale of a highly intelligent dog named Lion who communicates with his tail and actions. During a call, Lion settles in the parlor, charms a visitor with his behavior, and proves affectionate and protective of children yet sulks when scolded for dirty paws, slinking away in humiliation.
The article recalls odd historic clubs such as the Sublime Society of Beefsteaks with royal members and the Scriblerus Club founded by Swift. It then highlights the Alabama Printing Company in Montgomery, formed about three years earlier by Rev. W. Hare and J. C. Pope. Prof. J. M. Dewberry joined, expanding to a full book manufacturing department under J. J. Yokum. The firm grew, employing over twenty, delivering high quality Montgomery printing, building, and bookmaking, earning state-wide patronage and praise for local industry.
R D Goodwyn argues in the Memphis Commercial for fencing hogs in rather than fencing land. He calculates $500,000 in fence costs and $50,000 yearly upkeep to protect $6,000 worth of hogs, urging landowners to convert cotton land to pasture to boost meat and corn production across the South.
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