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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1901
Page
1
Five dollars reward offered for the return of a red and white cow missing since November 27. The animal has a star on the forehead, horns turned in, a wrinkle on each horn, slits in both ears and in the breast, a green paint spot on the hip and leg, and a U brand on the right hip. Return to Prats City Dairy.
The Southtrail offers a one and one third fare round trip for travel from the Mine to all points south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi. Tickets on sale December 23 24 25 nineteenth 1901 and January 1 12 with final January 8 1901. For details contact Southern Railway agents or C B Jackson T P A 2019 First Avenue Birmingham Alabama.
At the regular meeting of Company No. 3 of the Volunteer Fire Department on Friday night officers were elected. President J. G. Meagher, vice president O. D. Brown, secretary J. F. Meagher, captain C. D. Comstock, 1st lieutenant George Blankenhorn, 2nd lieutenant and treasurer William Gould. Standing committees Alf Thomas, Sam Foley, George Blankenhorn. representatives to fire department A. M. Foley, O. D. Brown, B. D. Comstock. building committee George Blankenhorn, O. X. Brown, C. D. Comstock.
A ten dollar reward note appears for a dark bay and black horse weighing about eleven hundred pounds with a slight limp in the left fore leg. A $1000 reward is offered for information leading to recovery. Contact J. R. Jonysos in Sandusky, Alabama.
Miss Irene Kennedy visited Mendes and relatives in Woodlawn. Mrs. Frye's offered hyacinths tulips and lilies for Christmas and half price palms for two weeks. Walter Gibson and Ettis Powell wed at Overton. Several neighbors and church members are ill or recovering, with social events and visits noted across Pratt City and Birmingham.
St John’s Episcopal Church Ensley invites worshippers to regular services on the second and fourth Sundays at 1 O21. Rector Coleman Horta leads Holy Communion celebrations on these Sundays and cordially invites parishioners to attend.
At a Wednesday meeting volunteers elected for the coming year with John Mills as President George Nesbith as Vice President Charles Mills as Secretary John Darden as Treasurer Fred Lewis as Cyprain T M Gilbert as First Lieutenant and M Richards as Second Lieutenant. A standing committee of Fred Lewis Charles Gilbert and Jack Mille was named to protect company interests. Brad Lewis and Charles Gilbert were chosen as representatives from Company No 210 to depart to general meetings. Hazel Elmore left Thursday for a Mississippi visit, planning to stay through the holidays.
Canvassers in Ensley and vicinity gather names for the Annual Directory to be renamed the Birmingham Ensley Directory. E B N Milleburn, J C Slaughter, and H P Burg hard supervise, with subscriptions encouraged at five dollars. The book will deliver January 1 and will offer a complete local directory comparable to Birmingham's, with a dedicated Ensley section and year to year updates.
The note promotes buying calendars and advertising novelties from the Ensley Publishing Co with up to date stock at moderate prices. It mentions paying traveling drummer expenses and urges patrons to support the home office to keep profits in the city. John L. Prince visits Tennessee. Johnnie Liles is ill from a nail injury on Tuesday.
A fragment notes objections to manufacturers offering fashionable styles in serviceable qualities and selling at a small profit margin, indicating concerns over pricing and market practices.
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