Odd Curios in Cornerstone of Portsmouth Church
A Portsmouth newspaper piece describes opening a church cornerstone from the old building. Among items were a Zion's Herald from 1826, international coins, a history of the church and local shipping, and oddities such as emetic directions and prayers. A Union Canal Lottery Ticket from 1826 appeared, highlighting changing ethics and medical knowledge. no lottery tickets will accompany the new cornerstone.
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Portsmouth
N. F
New York Sun
Zion's Herald
Rerurch
Deaths and Funerals Rev L M Stone and Mrs Lelia Trimby
Rev L M Stone founder of Shuqualak Miss Female College dies at Mobile Infirmary after illness in Mobile. Survived by brother sister two daughters and son. Funeral today at 3 from Roche Burke. interment Shuqualak Miss. Mrs Lelia Dumas Trimby dies at 46 at uncle’s home in Mobile after lingering illness. Buried in Mobile.
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L. M. Stone
K. M. Stone
Shuqualak
Miss
Mississippi
Mobile Infirmary
Captain T. ©. Stone
Mary A. Stone
EB. Drake
Hf. Williams
Mobile
Hidward Stone
Grand Junction
Colorado
Rev. Stone
Roche & Burke Undertaking Company
Shuqualak, Miss
Lelia Dumas Trimby
W. M. Trimby
Selma
Ala
O. Dumas
Michigan Avenue
War on illegal sales of dope announced in Alabama
The Alabama state board of pharmacy will wage war on mercantile stores near city outskirts that sell laudanum and other drugs. Only drug stores may legally sell these articles and violations will be punished. The board will also start an active campaign against wholesale drugs.
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Montgombery
Ala
State Board of Pharmacy
Alabama
Statute Requires Registered Pharmacists in Wholesale Establishments
The text notes that establishments must employ at least one registered pharmacist under the statute, which applies to wholesale operations lacking any registered man in their employ. The emphasis is on compliance and enforcement of pharmacist staffing requirements.
All Officers of Army Must Do the Real Work
Judge Advocate General Crowder submits his construction of the detached service provision. He says absent from command means actual presence for duty will be required of every mobile army officer below major who has been absent four years in the last six. About 600 officers face the law, effective December 15. Of these, 150 are now stationed.
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Washington
Crowder
Secretary of War
Mobile Army
Army to End Detached Service Duty Across Ranks
War Department orders require officers and attaches abroad to return to commands. Recruit and prison companies and service school staff are included. General Crowder cites strong sentiment that continuous detached service has weakened overall army efficiency.
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War Department
Crowder
Army
Man Charged In Illegal Business Sale Case
Peter Brown, linked to earlier sheriff raids, was arrested last night on a warrant from the inferior criminal court. He faces charges of disposing of property on which another holds a lien, following a complaint by Nick Andrews.
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Peter Brown
Paul Cazalas
Spencer Howell
Inferior Criminal Court
Nick Andrews
Brown
Businessman Sells Restaurant After Down Payment Claim
A man claimed to have paid $100 down to obtain a restaurant business and later was told the owner sold the business for cash. The report notes the sequence of payment and sale but lacks full details on parties or location.
Poles amid unrest prompt funds moved to Moscow
Reports of a possible insurrection in Poland trigger secret orders to financiers in Russian Poland to transfer documents and valuables to Moscow, according to a dispatch from St. Petersburg to the Temps.
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Paris
Poland
Russian
Moscow
St. Petersburg
Temps
Captain Chariton R. Morgan Dies at 74 in Lexington
Captain Chariton R. Morgan, brother of Confederate general John Morgan and former U S consul to Sicily, died in Lexington at age seventy four. He served with his brother in the Civil War, escaped from the Ohio penitentiary with him, and was with Morgan when he was killed near Greenville Tennessee late in the war.
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Lexington
Chariton R. Morgan
John Morgan
United States
Sicily
Ohio
Greenville
Tenn
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Askin & Marine CO
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Willis L. Moore
Alway
C. J. Gayfer & Company
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Wee Sear
Atlanta
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Opel
Birmingham
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Meridian
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Esense
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Taylor
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Dr.Brown
C. R. Morgan
Bell
Brick & Coal CO
ST. Francis Bell
Home
Riek Koebes
Dr. Brown
Kenny
Cypress Shingles
Crichton Lumber Co
New California
RUNES
Partridge
Mickle
the Mobile Transfer CO
North Royal Street
Perpetual Care
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Park
American Securities Co
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