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Newspaper
Pratt City Herald
Location
Pratt City, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1900
Page
1
A bustling town page notes Rev. Hackett will fill the Presbyterian pulpit tomorrow morning while a permanent pastor remains unsettled. Several items cover sales at The Palace by Albert E. Webb & Co, social visits, travel notices, school updates, and local business promotions.
Prof Moore superintendent of Ene ley schools visited the city Wednesday to inspect the new high school building and praised its fine equipment for the children. The city commerce features vendors and goods are advertised by Lacey's Racket Store and The Palace Albert E Webb Co on Fourth Street along with notices about society events and a public lecture by General Gordon on September 1 at the Auditorium.
Citizens in East Mighland and central city districts protest the repeated earsplitting blasts from drifting trains. They urge a calmer warning method as the noise disturbs the sick and unsettles nerves daily.
Commander in Chief of the United Confederate Veterans will deliver his famous speech on the First Days of the Southern Confederacy at the Auditorium in Birmingham on Thursday night September 6. This may be the last chance for locals to hear the renowned leader who rose from Captain to Major General. Tickets available from Mr. P. J. Powell Major Gorff or Harald uake.
For months the Golden Rod Route between this city and Birmingham has run with remarkable regularity. Trips are rarely missed and delays are uncommon. Critics exist but their complaints amount to little. Subscribe for the Pratt City Herald.
Labor Day Monday will be observed district wide with several celebrations arranged to mark the holiday. Local officials urged participation and noted community events at multiple venues.
Infant daughter of Mr and Mrs W J Parker died at four months of age on Saturday August 25. The brief notice records the child's age and parental names in a somber rural obituary style.
Multiple birth notices from Pratt City report new arrivals including a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Moninghas on Sunday August 26, a son to Mr. and Mrs. Prod Trehertie, and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. B C Sanmerland plus additional births to Henry Mills, J T Carter, and Neil McCletlany households during August.
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