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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1908
Page
1
A dialog between husband and wife contrasts leaving farming for fortune with staying to endure hardship. The couple debates migration, wealth, and safety, ending with a joint decision to remain on the land and toil through the seasons while acknowledging danger from Indian raids. The scene closes with both singing they will stick to farming and suffer no loss.
Local column from Landersville Alabama dated June 3 1908 covers community health crops fishing and social notes. Mentions deaths injuries local visits and upcoming activities including a reunion in Birmingham and a picnic urge. References Judge Gardner and individuals Craig Sandlin and families.
The item notes J N Howell asking White & Son to update Springville Alabama paper with new address and inquires about high school reopening dates. It mentions brick manufacturing in Moulton and funds request for a durable building. Also includes Hon John H Wallace’s congratulatory statement on winning State Game and Fish Commissioner with broad support and praise for game fish laws and state guardianship.
A speech by Bry an is canned for phonographic reproduction and the silver voiced orator will soon be heard worldwide.
The wealthiest woman in the land, Aunt Hetty Green, relocates each quarter not to cut costs but to satisfy a personal whim, continuing a famed pattern that reflects her unconventional lifestyle and independence.
A. H. Alston of Clayton Alabama expresses sincere thanks through the Editors Advertiser to friends who supported his campaign for a place on the Supreme Bench. He credits their loyalty with turning defeat into pleasant recollections and signs off gratefully.
June 2 1908 Hillsboro Alabama writes Mr Jourd White and Son. Drops are nice at this writing. Cotton is hoped. Leander Graves has visited us and we are glad. Joe Hamilton has been very ill but may recover. Sallie Turner spent a day with Laconia Darnell and they had a lively time. Mrs Turner received a nice present and we all wish for one that fills our hearts with gladness. The boys went fishing and caught a sucker. This is my first letter and I hope it escapes the waste basket.
A fragmented notice mocks business pitches and local figures while touching on advertising, a bank of errors about A Bernstein, Walter Almon, and Harry Thaw. It mentions a Linden jail case involving a Black woman and three Black men for killing an eight year old child, and notes leap year passes with little civic action.
A May 30 1908 letter from Mt Hope Alabama urges publication of church outreach notes and promotes Sunday School growth across Lawrence County. The message flags deaths including Mrs Mattie Tyler and calls for greater organizer activity, delegate sending to Mountain Home July 28 29, and visits to supervise weak schools. It seeks full county participation from all white Sunday Schools and requests superintendent contact.
A piece on slander describes the slanderer as despicable and devoid of mercy while a bizarre French marriage causes a tangled chain of relations where a stepson becomes his own grandfather. The Washington Herald is cited with a moral list for women.
The notice announces the revival of an Honor Roll starting at No. 33, listing numerous enrollees with dates and locations such as Danville Moulton Hillsboro Town Creek and Mt Hope. Readers are urged to check their names and report errors by mail to Westly Barnes, Danville BoE.
The new code requires the Alabama railroad commission to tour each county seat at least once annually to hear complaints regarding freight rates and other charges by public carriers.
A friend borrowed a Step Ladder about six months ago and has not returned it. The owners, who trust the borrower to honor the promise, plan to wipe down their windows and remove lace curtains that hang around the walls.
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