Letter on tobacco papers and cigarette risks in Moulton
A reader from Trinity Rural1 chides tobacco profits and cigarette papers while arguing against smoking and whiskey as harmful pleasures. The letter questions whether cigarettes or whiskey are worse, praises home-made tobacco, and ends with a nostalgic toast to pipes and a jab at two lawyers promoting smoking.
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Mr. Winte
Haute
The
Moulton Advertiser
Shelton
Sin
Sherrod
Jackson
Moulton Advertiser Denounces Smoke Claims
A local note rejects accusations that the paper supports cigarettes and related products. It defends the paper’s opposition to tobacco and alcohol, cites physicians recommending the weed for various ailments, and laments mothers using snuff poultices and old women preserving tobacco.
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M.S. Shelton
Moulton
Memorial for Brackin at Town Creek Lodge 861 Alabama
Obituary memorial for Westley Clark Brackin born December 28 1830 Oakville Alabama died April 2 1918 Town Creek Alabama aged 82 a longtime farmer teacher and railroad foreman who helped build bridges on the Memphis Charleston line and served as superintendent of Bridges and Buildings in Lawrence County He was a Mason Royal Arch and Methodist loyal to friends and church members with a large family The Town Creek Lodge 861 A F and A M memorial notes his loss and orders the minutes be spread and notices sent to family mothers and local paper
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Westley Clark Brackin
Oakville
Alabama
Town Creek
Memphis
Charleston
The
Southern Railway
Lawrence County
Masonic Fraternity
Royal Arch
Town Creek Lodge
A. F
A. M
Bracken
Moulton Advertiser
Caddo Chips and Church Singing At Caddo
Frank Glass of Caddo promotes cotton squares since June. The town’s second Sunday gathering featured a double header singing by the 4 Note and the New 7 Note choirs, filling both churches. Floyd Napps favors West Decatur, and Prof. McCulloch will begin July classes at Caddo for vocal music. Guests included Mrs. C. Price of New Decatur and Mrs. Reed of Chattanooga.
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Frank Glass
Caddo
West Decatur
McCulloch
C. Price
New Decatur
Reed
Chattanooga
B. F. Glass
Corner Lot 62 by 1148 Sold in Memphis for 12500
A corner lot measuring 62 by 1148 was sold in Memphis for twelve thousand five hundred dollars. The transaction details indicate a single parcel sale with the buyer and seller unnamed in the available text.
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Memphis
President Smith Explains L & N Rate Reduction Resistance
In a Birmingham News reply dated May 23, 1913, President Milton H. Smith contests the editor's claim that the Louisville & Nashville Railroad could bear a half cent rate cut. He cites a 32 month Alabama loss of $640,128.15 and predicts at least $1,000,000 yearly revenue declines systemwide, arguing rate cuts would impair credit and delay capital for extensions, with broad economic harm.
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Birmingham News
Grubb
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Alabama
Ohio River
Tennessee
Kentucky
Georgia
Louisville & Nashville
Louisville
Nashville
New Orleans
Birmingham
Tensas River
Hurricane Station
Pensacola
East Tennessee
Atlanta
Ilinois
Indiana
United States
Southern Railway
Alabama Great Southern
Mobile & Ohio
Southern Railway Company
North Carolina
Great Southern and
Railroad Commission of Alabama
Singing at Caddo Brings Fine Performances on Sunday
The singing at Caddo on the second Sunday was praised though Prof. Cooper was absent. Prof. Kelly McCulloch and Sheats provided strong performances. Prof. McCulloch is set to sing again on the fourth Sunday in July and will begin school the following Monday.
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Caddo
Cooper
Kelly
McCulloch
Sheats
Old Sacred Harp Class Encourages Youth Participation
A fragment notes the Old Sacred Harp class nearing a shift toward inviting young people, described as a positive development for engagement and community teaching. The brief hints at a generational transition within the musical tradition.
Bible distribution soars in 1912 figures rise
The American Bible Society reports 4,019,610 volumes distributed in 1912, with 97 years total reaching 98,268,610 volumes. The Mobile Register notes the distribution is vast beyond calculation, reflecting the Bible’s immense popularity.
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American Bible Society
Tion
Two Misses Dudley of Nashville Die in Iowa Ride
Two young women, the Misses Dudley of Nashville, were killed while riding in Iowa. The report notes fruit damage from cold weather up North and expresses hope for a blackberry pie by Sunday.
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Dudley
Nashville
Iowa
Union Meeting Denied by Pastor in Moulton Notice
Protracted meeting notice from June 1918 in Moulton Ala reports Pastor N Burns rejecting a union meeting proposal by Brother Rome Pickens. Includes a summer program schedule from Liberty to Mt Hope Morris Chapel and plans to attend Vanderbilt Bible Institute and Missionary Conference in Waynesville North Carolina.
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Brother Pickens
Fourth of July Picnic in Red Will and Vicinity
The people of Red Will and vicinity will celebrate the 4th with a grand picnic. Eminent men will speak and refreshments will be served. Everyone is invited to attend with baskets and cheerful hearts. Stands will operate for the benefit of the church and school house. J. W. Crow.
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Red Will
J. W. Crow
Picnic Benefit for SH at Mount Hope School
A June 2 picnic at Elerneeger school near Mount Hope plans good speeches music and a large crowd for SH benefit. Organiser I. S. Stockton invites all to attend with happy hearts and full baskets for a day of community fellowship.
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Elerneeger School
Mount Hope
I. S. Stockton
Court scheduling and local notices amid farm hardships
The report notes a tense period with plans to revert a court date to the first Monday in March to align with farmers' finances. It mentions a forthcoming June wedding, five applicants for a Tusvia Post office position, and resignation of Pastor Clay Hudson from Decatur with unknown next destination.
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Trinity, Rural
Milton H. Smith
Bro. White
Rome Pickens
Presbyterian Church
Bretheren
Liberty
Laberty Ord
Il A.m
Antiochth
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J. OW
Cary, L
Mt. Hope
Wall
J. M. (Nou
Ss. N. Burns
M. E. Church
South
Moulton, Ala
W. T. Farley
Florence
Krey
Clay Hudson
Decatur
Po Ome
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