Personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his niece Jeannette.
Letter writing
Atlanta (Ga.)
Huntsville (Ala.)
Madison County (Ala.)
Jeannette thanks her uncle, Oscar Goldsmith, for letting them stay with them and getting to know the family. She details the difficult travels home and her plans to visit her father's family in Marietta.
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Correspondence
Text
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo.
Business
This personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his cousin, Mo, mentions the health of Mo and his hopes to be better soon. He writes that he has requested a meeting for the case of the Huntsville Land Co. with Mr. Plant. Mo closes be informing Oscar that Addie (his wife) is not well.
Personal letter to "Papa Oscar" from grandson Oscar.
Grandsons
This personal letter to Oscar Goldsmith from his grandson, also named Oscar, details the removal of young Oscar's tonsils and his gaining eight and a half pounds. He also writes of his first refrigerator sale and his hopes to sell more, though he is "no salesman". He conveys some information from his mom and thanks him for making her trip to New York possible. Finally, young Oscar thanks Papa Oscar for paying his tonsil removal bill, and promises that he can take care of his dentist bill.
Grosser, Oscar Goldsmith
The death and burial of Henry Goldsmith.
Burial records
Death notices
Veterans
This handwritten note provides information on the death and burial place of Henry Goldsmith, Oscar's older brother, who was born in 1840. The note reads: "Henry Goldsmith - was a member of Co D - 4 [sic] Infantry - died in Huntsville Ala. Jany 6/17, was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery Marker No. 295 was placed on his grave - He was a member of Egbert J. Jones Camp.
Notes (documents)
House selling
Hot Springs (Ark.)
The letter details Ella's selling of her place in Hot Spring, Arkansas.
Davis, Ella
Condolence notes
Death
Extended families
This letter details Oscar's cousin Mo's deepest sympathies for the loss of Betty, Oscar's wife, who died on November 30, 1928. Oscar would live another 9 years.
Copy of "Tale of the Old Times: When the Train Stalled" by Arnold Pollak.
Excerpts
Short story
Brenbaum (Tex.)
A copy of a story written by Arnold Pollak titled "Tales of the Old Times: When the Train Stalled." This article recounts a time when Pollak's train was stalled in Texas and, being told it would be two more more hours before it started moving again, he engaged in trading fish and wanted to trade the samples for a new cigar jobber. When the train started moving before he was done, Pollak started running but unable to catch the train, Pollak's friend Oscar Goldsmith pulled the rope to stop the train. Handwritten note reads: "Copy from the Tobacco Leaf N. Y. of May 29/26".
Pollak, Arnold
Documents
Short stories
Land value taxation
Payment
Tax collection
Kossuth County (Iowa)
Receipt of payment of $29.00 from Samuel Strauss for land taxes in Kossuth County, Iowa. Signed bythe treasurer, S. S. Rist.
Rist, S. S.
Receipts (financial records)
Purchasing
Receipt of payment of $8.50 from E. H. S. signed by Walter Gurley.
Gurley, Walter
Receipt for Oscar Goldsmith payment to Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital.
Hospital benefactors
Mental health services
Nursing schools
Receipt for Oscar Goldsmith's payment of five dollars to Leo N. Levi Memorial Hospital. The hospital is located in Hot Springs, Arkansas and is a mental health facility and, at this time, a nursing school that existed until 1952.
Patterson, Susan
Check from Oscar Goldsmith to W. R. Rison Banking Company.
A check from Oscar Goldsmith for $259.51 to W. R. Rison Banking Company, signed on the back by R. E. Sessions. The second check is blank on the front with a handwritten note on the back for the following day. The writing is difficult to read but notes something about one dollar for or from Oscar Goldsmith, also signed by R. E. Sessions.
Goldsmith, Oscar
Sessions, R. E.
Checks (bank checks)
Correspondence between Ed and "Papa Oscar".
Selling
Chattonooga (Tenn.)
These first two letters, written by Ed to "Papa" Oscar Goldsmith detail paying off land notes to get money for possible "urgent purpose[s]". The second letter discusses a charge Ed put in the ledger and the hope to "improve things" with his business. The next letter is also from Ed. In this letter, Ed discloses information regarding his lack of a permanent place and inquires if he should sell the property on Clinton Street and his car. The final two letters are written by an unknown author, but contain information from Oscar to Ed in reponse to Ed's letters. The letters advise Ed not to sell the house on Clinton Street as it would sell for less than he owes on it at the time, but does advise to sell his car. It also tells of payments made by Oscar at the request of Ed. It discloses details about Ed's financial situation. The second letter regards a dividend Ed received from the Wonderfield Oil Co. along with a note that "Papa" is feeling better.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from H. B. Smith and from Oscar Goldsmith to S. M. Milliken.
Stocks
In this letter, H. B. Smith responds to a previous letter from Goldsmith regarding the sell of a lot of land in 1916, two years previous. He also details an offer for the stock he currently holds in the Huntsville Land Company that he will be refusing. The second letter is from Oscar Goldsmith to S. M. Milliken regarding the shares that Mr. Smith wrote about and them receiving multiple bids on the stock. He informs Milliken that Mr. Rison will be taking part in it as well.
Smith, H. B.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith from H. B. Smith.
Transfer payments--United States
H. B. Smith requesting Oscar Goldsmith to pay the taxes due by Mrs. Trevani B. Dallas on her lot at Monte Sano again as he did the previous year. Smith offers if Goldsmith does this, he will refund the amount paid.
Bill for Oscar Goldsmith and the Huntsville Land Company.
Warehouse receipts
A bill for six rolls of roofing for $9.30 to Oscar Goldsmith with the Huntville Land Co.
Huntsville Land Company
Bills of sale
Request for Stock Holders Meeting of the Huntsville Land Company.
Stockholders
A request calling for a general Stock Holders Meeting of the Huntsville Land Company issued by Oscar Goldsmith. The second document contains signatures of Oscar Goldsmith and Solomon Plant with a handwritten note that reads: "Please sign this and have Mr. Plant sign".
Plant, Solomon
Correspondence between Ida B. Dallas and Oscar Goldsmith.
Dividends
Correspondence regarding Ida B. Dallas's missing dividend check on her stocks for Huntsville Land Improvement Co. Goldsmith responds, informing her that no dividends were paid October 1, 1912 due to repairs and painting of the property of the Company, therefore the expenses do not allow for a surplus for dividends.
Dallas, Ida B.
Letter to Oscar Goldsmith regarding the death of Ida B. Dallas and Goldsmith's response.
Real estate agents
Letter from H. B. Smith to Oscar Goldsmith to inform him of the death of Ida B. Dallas and Smith's appointment as her sole executor. Smith discusses the next steps of dividing her stocks in the Huntsville Land Company, which is owned by Goldsmith, among her five children. Smith also asks for guidance regarding the sale of her lot at Monte Sano. Oscar Goldsmith's response to Smith's letter is the second document. In it he directs Smith to Lawrence Goldsmith who is authorized to issue the stock and recommends a couple real estate men in Huntsville that would be able to take care of the sale of Dallas's Monte Sano lot.
Letter to Ike Schiffman from Stein Brothers Bankers.
Banks and banking
Cotton manufacture--United States
Interest
Selling--Cotton
Letter to Ike Schiffman regarding money and interest. Written on Stein Brothers Bankers letterhead.
Stein Brokers Bankers
Transaction for horses purchased by I. Schiffman.
These documents contain reciepts, correspondence, and payment of the purchase of horse equipment and "1 pair horses" by I. Schiffman.
Burns & Blake Horse Goods
J. E. Gilbert & Co.
Patterson & Carmichael, Livery, Feed and Sale Stable