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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1900
Page
5
A local editor urges raising a fund to send Confederate veterans to the reunion in Louisville starting May 30. Birmingham business leaders plan a large veteran delegation, aiming to honor old commanders and comrades with a dignified pilgrimage.
The Knights of Honor of Pratt City will hold their annual picnic at North Birmingham Park on Wednesday May 30. They invite friends to join in the day’s festivities and expect a pleasant gathering.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills for strength and mental clarity and Dr Erskines Cactus Compound as a laxative tonic. It claims complexion improvement and weight gain with a money back offer. Also cites Anti Kaxon Tablets and a pay guarantee.
In a damaged OCR reading the report describes a mine site incident with gear failures, a broken sprocket chain, and water-related issues. It notes workers clearing obstructions, a modified business at the Norris commissary, and mentions Mr George Taylor and Mr Henry Brooks along with engineer John W. Allen returning to duty. The piece quotes site conditions and raises prospects of protecting workings deep in the earth.
Mrs. Hunt of Line Ridge Wisconsin suffered through stomach trouble and yellow jaundice as gall stones formed. A doctor warned there was only one way to save her life after failed cures. She used Electric Bitters and was wholly cured. The remedy claims to aid stomach liver and kidney issues and appetite. Sold by Lovelady druggist for 50 cents with guarantee.
In a court trial, a saloonkeeper’s quip about his business location reveals a principal obstacle in enforcing liquor laws. An attorney’s question about the business address prompts the witness to protest the line of inquiry, while the judge objects to pursuing it. The exchange highlights how familiarity with patrons complicates prosecutions.
Alabama Division United Confederate Veterans arranged with Louisville and Nashville to run a special train from Montgomery to Louisville in May 2016. Stops include Birmingham Decatur Nashville and arrival in Louisville for a massed march to Alabama headquarters. Adjutant General Harry Eydos notes goal of bringing as many camps as possible. Commanded by Mason Grsjain Wynines.
Grayville mourns Mr Brave Hendrix buried Saturday in Georgia boy referred to in local notes as he returns home. Letters mention Dr Florener, wedding bells, and a flurry of small town chatter about health cures and pills.
Mortgagee JouN Treva advertises a sale of a real property in Jefferson County to satisfy a mortgage by William Donaldson and Ella Donaldson recorded in book 247 page tak. The sale is set for the 2gth day of May in front of the Court House door during legal hours, describing a fractional part of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter in section 18 township 17 range 3 west with seven acres, mineral interests excluded. C.D. Comsrocx, attorney for mortgagee.
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