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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1907
Page
2
A Washington Star excerpt explains that the addressee is not obliged to pay telegraph tolls upon opening a collect telegram, though many people believe otherwise. It notes exceptions for urgent messages requiring direct replies and the company’s rule that the sender must provide funds for full tolls.
Advertisement touts a home remedy said to relieve rheumatism with ingredients including Dandelion Plaid Extract, Compound Karyon, and Syrup Bar naparilla. Instructions call for shaking and taking teaspoonful doses after meals and at bedtime, claiming to cleanse blood and support kidney filtering without harming delicate stomachs.
Irish dueling code drafted by the Irish bar at Clonmel outlines stages of apology and retaliatory shots for offenses. It permits limited pistols, requires penalties for lies, allows explanations after shots, and bans dumb firing or firing into the air.
The article explains importing brier wood from Italy for U S pipes. Workers cut billets from the root using a grubbing spade, boil blocks for about twelve hours, and then dry and sort them. Imperfect pieces are discarded. waste scraps are sold as firewood.
A reflective meditation on rural life noting each day brings new spring or decline, duty, prudence, and warning from heaven. It celebrates laborer strength, domestic companionship, animal care, and humble wisdom under immutable seed time, harvest, and winter laws.
The article links appendicitis risk to chronic constipation and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a mild remedy that stimulates the liver and bowels. It claims the syrup cures constipation without nausea or griping and advises avoiding substitutes from Elam Ordway and Houser.
Stephen Cammett reflects in Putnam’s on Longfellow tied to his boyhood in Portland Maine. The essay describes how the poet sought the scenes of his youth and how Portland becomes a shrine for literary pilgrims seeking the life and home that shaped the beloved writer.
Oxford residents share concern for ill relatives in Port Valley and Anniaton while local figures discuss postmaster prospects for Barker of Anniston. Delegates return from the Y P A convention in Montgomery as Rev. Claybrook lectures on Christ doctrine. The miniature railroad at Oxford Lake opens under Humphries & Co, drawing summer interest.
A poem asserts a woman's worth in all things from life to death and challenges limits on her sphere. The reader is urged to consider a wife sweet heart and self when ordering clothes from a supplier.
J J Elder announces a new general merchandise stock on Main Street Oxford Alabama offering staple groceries feed stuffs and fancy groceries at cash prices. Public invited to compare and save money before buying elsewhere.
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment for itching skin eruptions and disfigurement, claiming quick relief and lasting cures. It lists a price of fifty cents and notes availability at any drug store.
Richard A. Proctor argues that all planets and their satellites move in the same directional patterns. He notes the uniform rotation directions of planets around the sun, satellites around planets, and planetary axes, suggesting a common initial condition shaping the whole celestial scheme.
In a dialogue about their engagement a man worries about his future wife's faith in him. He recalls her testing a diamond in the engagement ring, and questions whether such doubt is justified in true love.
The piece notes how early copper cents from the government, called cartwheels and weighing 264 grains, proved worth more as metal than as coin. In 1798 weight dropped to 208 grains and in 1801 to 168 grains. The present cent weighs 48 grains.
Chambers' Journal notes that Borneo tree snakes can launch from branches and descend by a parachute like body. They draw in scales on the lower body to create a concave surface increasing air resistance. Experiments show they avoid writhing coils and glide down in a steady direct line.
A winter scene at a country church shows a pastor in financial distress as his flock brings prayers for the sick. A farmer boy arrives with what turns out to be pa s prayers potatoes flour bacon cornmeal turnips apples warm clothing and jellies for the pastor s household prompting a swift adjournment.
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