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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1907
Page
7
A local ad offers sewing supplies and ready made garments for infants children misses and ladies. Slips dresses lawn and muslin undergarments priced from 10c to 75c with many subtle trims. Mens boys and Oxfords listed from 90c to 5 dollars, plus shop promises durable shoes and money savings.
A large shipment offers skirts in panama chiffon panama and voile in black blue plaid and white mohair for ladies and misses. Sizes vary from small to large at prices ranging from 2 to 20 dollars.
A catalog of shirt waists features lawn lingerie and silk fabrics. Styles range from neat plain tucks to highly trimmed designs with lace and medallions. Prices span 98e to 5, reflecting variety in material and decoration.
A brief notice highlights ladies' muslin underwear featuring lace and delicate embroidery. The item is presented as a refined wardrobe essential, emphasizing craftsmanship and feminine detail.
A Scotch port uses a raft atop a small building with two cables and seven balls to indicate water depth in the fairway. Each ball marks a foot of water. as tides fall balls disappear while a float drives the mechanism. Powerful lights illuminate the signal at night automatically.
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription as a trusted home remedy for women with headaches backaches pelvic distress and other feminine disorders. It claims honesty on the bottle and no alcohol or habit forming drugs while urging private home treatment and free consultations with Dr Pierce in Buffalo New York. It also promotes Dr Pierce Pleasant Pellets as a gentle laxative and regulator for stomach liver and bowels.
Pointers for home care include glycerin to prevent particles on skin before poultices, flannel cloths with mustard for pleurisy, and hot milk to ease throat irritation. A boric acid mix makes a useful antiseptic for burns, and an old sulphur molasses blood tonic recipe is given with a specific dosing pattern.
Instructions describe a method to ensure a uniform skirt length by guiding belt position and using a paper strip to mark hem length. The process includes pin spacing, re-basting, and stitching to achieve even hem all around.
Using a tray to transport dishes from the table and to the china closet saves many trips. It accommodates more dishes at once, reducing effort and extra steps, and should be used more often to improve efficiency.
The London Chronicle notes that Pickwick is the odyssey of inns and travel. It mentions that young Dickens traveled England as a reporter and in Pickwick alone references fifty five inns taverns and similar places in London and the provinces, often described at length.
States Senator Fred L. Blackmon of Anniston is praised for his legislative work and strong defense of public schools and child labor reform. The tribute notes his independence, courtesy, and impact in the Alabama Senate during a difficult session.
A veteran recounts back pain and dark thick kidney secretions eased within forty eight hours after taking Doan's Kidney Pills at J L Wikle's drug store. Ad cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents and warns to remember the name Doan's.
In McIntosh County Georgia a dead cow sparks a drawn out lawsuit. Justice of the peace rulings alternate with appeals and remands eleven times. At the final trial the squire declares an indefinite postponement citing exhausted jury service age. The litigants reach a compromise.
A patient endured eleven years of cracked bleeding hands with nails lifted and finger pain despite three doctors and various remedies. The story notes successful cure and improved condition after seeking treatment.
Mrs Eliza A Wiehk of Liscomb Iowa describes eleven years of hand eczema with cracking bleeding and nail loss. She tried three doctors before using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent Pills. She reports complete hand healing and urges others to try Cuticura remedies.
A reader testimonial from Mrs Harner of Benners Street Reacing Pa dated Jan 25 1906 claims wool undergarments caused a blood disease with severe itching and pimples. She credits Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and other Cuticura products for a complete cure and urges usage.
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