Notice of rates and ads policy for Moulton Advertiser
The Moulton Advertiser is published weekly on Thursday by White and White. Rates include two dollars per year in advance, advertising at one dollar per square of eight lines, and fifty cents for each subsequent insertion. Special notices cost two cents per line.
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Moulton Advertiser
White & White
Moulton Lodge
D. C. White
John M. Clark
J. W. Falk
W. M. A. D. Simmons
Sec’y
Hillsboro Lodge
McNeett
W. M. J.J. Woodall
H. Ph.nix Lodge
Masonic Hall
Courtland
Alabama
W.v.chardavoyne
A. D. Simmons
H. Myrtle Lodge
Ala
W. V. Chardavoyne
The Lawyer and the Editor Bedfellows
A verse quarrel mocks law and journalism. The lawyer claims snooping claims about an editor while both sides accuse deceit. The piece lampoons truth telling in editorial rooms as the lawyer and editors trade barbs about a controversial night.
Initiated in Masonry Prank Ends With Goats and Chaos
A boy recounts a prank where he and a friend staged a pretend lodge with a goat, using pepper and a towel to simulate rites. The scene escalates into chaos as the goat bolts through the house and disrupts family life, while the minister, laundress, and neighbors react amid warnings of discipline.
Josh Billings Guide To Health And Wealth
In Birmingham Alabama last week a thirty year old negro woman cook set herself on fire after shouting Jesus and glory and died two hours later while claiming she was going to her Redeemer. The Clarksville Tennessee area notes congratulate themselves on effective fire plugs. The Nashville American reports a vaccine farm five miles from the city where heifers are kept and virus obtained from them.
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Birmingham
Ala
Pegro
Jesus
Clarkaville
Nashville American
Lawyer Scorn from Deacon’s Mouthpiece Week
An old man decries lawyers and their manipulation of Michigan state law, accusing lawyers of shaping all legislation to suit big cases and personal gain. He cites murders, divorces, and crimes as products of lawyering, then notes a election within the lodge and lists officers. A sick member, Arctic Shotwell, is reported as bedbound with a tale about a teacup bet gone wrong.
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Odd Fellows
Gost
Silina
Doorin
Tampa
House
Senate
Han
Michigan
Ebery
Goelear
Isaac Walpole
Cass
Webber
Dar
Isaac
Due Jones
Jackson
Elder Sparks
Colonel Hooker
Bidwell Smith
Thankee Taylor
Prof
Barker
Ridgeway
Committee On the Sick
Arctic Shotwell
Beaubeen Street
Sid
Releif Fund
de Sommittee Diskiver
Bis
de Pashent
Atretchin
Southern Calls Yankees Beloved Despite Conflicting Stands
The Memphis Appeal argues that Southern people deeply admire the Yankees in daily life and commerce. It ridicules the notion of hostility, listing countless ordinary objects named Yankee as dominant in homes and work, asserting Southern wealth flows to Yankee enterprise.
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Memphis
Yankee Bureau
South
Finding Fault and The Hopeful Side of Humanity
An editorial urges readers to skip constant fault finding and notice the many honest people and acts of justice and charity. It advocates fairness, cheerfulness, and recognizing that the world contains more good than bad, despite grumbling neighbors.
Surplus in Alabama Treasury urged for school funding
The Florence Gazette notes a present surplus and mocks schemes to spend public funds, proposing a plan to increase the State appropriation to public schools by 100000 dollars as a benefit to the people. It urges legislators to seize the opportunity for improved school funding.
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Florence Gazette
Alabama
Tillable land and agriculture across nations
The text compares land areas and tillage in the United States, Australia, Hungary, Great Britain, and France, noting France as the richest agricultural country by aggregate value. It cites European principalities Wartemburgh and Hesse Darmstadt, and ends with a proverb about truth in newspapers and a moral about printers.
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United States
Aussis
Hungary
France
Europe
Wartemburgh
Hesse Darmstadt
Dangers of pouring kerosene on a lit flame
A cautionary article explains that explosions arise from explosive vapors, not the oil itself. Kerosene fumes can form a hidden cloud above half full cans or lamps. lighting a match or flame nearby can ignite this vapor and cause a violent blast. The rule is simple: never pour oil onto a lighted fire or into a lighted lamp.
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New York
Agasnet
Farming Becomes Safer Honorable American Industry
The passage argues that farming offers abundant harvests, export value, and rising foreign demand. It contrasts agriculture with mining and other ventures, noting lower capital needs and steadier yields. It suggests public interest shifts from politics to farming, predicting greater prosperity and independence for Americans as attention centers on agriculture.
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United States
de Lerve
Mbdre
Remarkable Berkshire Hogs Displayed in Clarksville Exhibit
A Clarksville exhibitor purchases two large Berkshire hogs from Dr. Greenfield of Kentucky. One hog weighs 1000 pounds. The other, perhaps the largest hog ever raised in the country, stands 8 feet 7 inches high and spans 9 feet from nose to tail. It is 7 feet around the body just beyond the shoulders and 11 inches around the leg above the hooves, weighing 120 pounds.
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Clarksville
Notice on Public Notices Pricing and Fairness
A fragmented statement argues about notice costs for public notices, comparing prices from Moulton Advertiser and Athens Courier. It claims a charge of five dollars is higher than other papers at three dollars, citing concerns that the entrants are poor and the land is difficult. The text references the state and brethren without clear names or dates.
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State
Athens
Moulton Advertiser
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T. M. Peters
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Attorneys At Law
Moulton, Ala
Ily
W. P. Chitwood
Moulton
Joseph Wheeler
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Wheeler & SpeaKe, Attorneys AT Law
Courtland, Ala
Lawrence
Wheeler Block
J. H. Branch
4Th Judicial Circuit
J.C. Kumpe
J.H. Farley
G. Chisholm
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Royal Arch Masonry
Royal Arch Chapter
D.C. White
A. P. W. P. Chitwood
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E. C. King
C. C. Jas. Kerr
Town Creek Lodge
W.H. Shaw
Cummecys
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Josh Billings
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the Lime Kiln Club
Topp County
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Danville Advertiser
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