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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1907
Page
2
Consumer notice emphasizes sealed one pound packages for protection and warns loose coffee may be dusty dirty or harmful to stomach and nerves. Mentions compliance with National Pure Food Law Guarantee No 2041 filed at Washington.
The State of Alabama Calhoun County Probate Court notices Mary Moore and John H Moore that the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway seeks to condemn a thirty foot wide right of way through block fifty six on the West Anniston Land and Improvement Company property. A hearing is set for April 10 1907 at 10 a m in Anniston courthouse. Judge Emmett F Crook signs the notice.
A list names many Mayflower passengers and servants who signed the compact before landing. Included are Alden Atwater Brown Britterage Wer Cook Crackston Clark ward Doty Eaton Fuller Fuller English etc. The total with women and children reaches 201 per the St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The text argues that despite being right handed most people use their left leg more. It notes easier circular movement to the right start with the left leg, military drill, racing, dancing, mounting a horse, and jumping all favoring the left leg, illustrating a general right hand left leg tendency.
Notice to stockholders of Foundry Company of Anyima Milwaukee Wis to meet April 25 1907 at 554 Fourth Street Milwaukee for approving bond issues and trust deed securing payment by company property, amending bylaws on directors and electing new directors if needed.
G Preston of Delta visits Oxford guest of his daughter Mrs W L Britt. Joe Thomason, now with an Atlanta firm, conducts business with local merchants. Mrs M I Johnson of Coldwater shops and visits. T and Bagley called to Alexander City on business. absent till tomorrow. Several Oxford residents head to Montgomery for the B Y P I convention. Rev H H W Connell of Villa Rica preaches and plans nightly services. Miss Low Luttrell arrives Friday from Opelika to stay with Oxford friends. Miss Lola Noda returns to school at Rockfort. Rev W N Claybrook to speak at Christian church at 8 tonight and possibly all week. Children of Mr and Mrs Frank Gravely improving after illness. Fire alarm at 9:30 a.m. at S B Britt residence. small blaze extinguished before arrival. Mrs Arcus Humphries improving. Marcus Halsey due back from Birmingham tonight. W W Jones unchanged. Rathbone lodge Knights of Pythian No 68 to meet tonight with esquire and knight work. Rifle range grading finished by Joel Kason. Eben Evon praised for quality. John Craig seriously ill at home on College Hill.
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a remedy for impure blood and poor digestion. It claims to strengthen stomach and liver and purify the blood, describing benefits for bowels and overall health.
Excerpts from Longfellow's letters describe a dinner with Dominican friars at the convent of San Clemente and Archbishop Manning, noted as jovial with Italian dishes and wine. The companions included Lowell hosting Thackeray at a later supper, with lively repartee and long hours at table.
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Flo remarks a dry cough and concludes the cause does not originate in Flo's throat. The column frames the health discussion with a humorous aside about moisture and phrasing.
A historic feature describes rare northern snow banners over California peaks formed by wind and sun, with a note on their likely curved mountain shapes. It also covers Canadian barrel racing where boys race along barrels, crawl through them, and laugh at misdirections, told in a lively journalistic tone.
An elderly Black woman appears at a Carolina courthouse seeking probate authority after her husband’s death. She requests appointment as the executor, in a scene illustrating pursuit of property and rights within the probate system.
An American visitor in Dublin hears a joke about New York skyscrapers as an Irishman touts a hotel so tall the top stories hinge. The quip rounds on lifting the upper floors to let the moon pass by.
Two men observe a restaurant cashier as a man pays his bill with a Canadian quarter. The cashier detects the foreign coin and the scene underscores a failed scheme and the tension around payment.
Stage manager recalls the prima donna hitting a brilliant high note before a mouse appeared in the wings. Yonkers Statesman notes the interruption during last night’s performance.
In a lowland Scottish classroom a teacher asks a boy how much his mother would give for four pounds of tea at one shilling sixpence per pound. The boy replies they only have one shilling two, then quips the mother would have him ask the seller to reduce the price or else she has never met him. The Philadelphia Public Ledger note ends with a wry punchline.
The piece asserts most appendicitis victims are chronically constipated and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure by stimulating the liver and bowels. It claims the product is mild, pleasant, and does not nauseate or gripe. It mentions Re fuse substitutes and lists Blam, Ordway, Houser.
A village carpenter who donated services for a memorial chapel is asked to speak at the dedication luncheon. He jokes that he is better suited to the scaffold than public speaking, and his remark draws hearty laughter from the audience of summer visitors.
A note on annual eclipse counts shows four on average with a range from two to seven. When only two occur they are both solar eclipses. Solar events outnumber lunar ones, yet their shadows form narrow tracks. Lunar obscurations can be seen over large areas.
An old warning notes kidney trouble is insidious and may be fatal before symptoms appear. It urges taking Foley's Kidney Cure at the first sign of trouble to correct irregularities and prevent disease.
Dialogue fragments show Leze Majesty and Ann debating a cook’s departure from Mrs Dust after a quarrel with the delivery boy. The scene includes a remark about Mrs Dust refusing to switch grocers, and a line about Europe having the best highways while Russia and Spain have the worst.
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