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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1907
Page
2
C Worth Whiteside returns from Piedmont after illness and plans to move his family to Oxford once their new residence is finished. B A Aderholt of McAding was among visitors to Oxford this morning.
Poe obelel T ara and family return to Heflin after a visit with John D Staples. Infant Martha Allen injured eye by hoe but recovering. Ken Hollis and daughters of Chula visit Oxford for shopping. A Carter of Abel returns from visit to Scott Clark on College Hill. Joe Higginbotham celebrates 21st birthday at Thad M Gwin Co. Mrs W J Stewart of Tronatan visits Oxford. Death of infant child of Mr and Mrs W D Smith Meading mourned. EB W Cofield of Christiana among Oxford merchants. Joe Lasnett leaves for Abel to work at a saw mill. Sassnett undecided about move. Mrs D Cooper's condition remains serious.
A brief health ad notes that constipation causes headache nausea dizziness and languor. It claims the Dean's Regulats act gently, cure constipation, and cost 25 cbt with druggist availability, urging purchase.
A Washington contributor condemns the road from Washington to Mount Vernon as disgraceful and unfit for modern travel. The piece contrasts past road conditions with today’s transportation standards, lamenting slow improvement and the state’s neglect.
Metropolitan Life will erect a 658 foot tower on the northwest corner of the block bounded by Twenty third and Twenty fourth streets and Fourth Avenue in New York City. The tower rises to the forty first Moor with lookout windows matching height. A Scientifique American note says the tower will be 30 feet higher than the Montclair hills and catch the sun after it sets behind the Orange mountains.
Naval minds argue the ram is a liability on modern battleships. A captain notes a square broadside would destroy the opponent but ruin the rammer, with boilers, engines, and magazines at risk, making ram tactics impractical in today’s high speed warfare.
French explorer TM Gautier argues the Sahara is steadily drying with oases shrinking and may vanish soon. He cites historical records of richer springs and larger vegetated areas a century ago and attributes the change to mechanical causes from advancing sand barriers blocking water flow from the Atlas region.
James P. Smith of Titusville has died, leaving only photographer John A. Mather from the famed 1861 rake well photograph. The picture, taken by Mather, includes Colonel Edwin L. Drake, Wm and James P. Smith, Peter Wilson, and Aldridge Locke, and adorns many oil offices as the sole image of the first oil well.
Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia says Foley's Kidney Cure cured her kidney disease after others failed. She notes a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely remarking she could not stand or leave bed before. Elam Ordway Houser endorsers the remedy.
A fragmented note discusses color vision differences between men and women, claiming many men missee colors while most women see hues correctly. It references the rainbow’s colors, color vision defects, and cites Edward A. Ayera.
Fragmentary notes describe rattlesnakes and disease risks, with unclear claims about danger and public fear. The text references Gray Street and polysete dust, suggesting pets or people affected by unknown substances amid alarm.
A promotion of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound targets women overloaded with housework. The ad cites testimonials from Mrs. Sadie Abbott and Mrs. Pree McKitrick, claiming relief from female weakness, irregularity, and childbirth recovery. It invites readers to contact Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for free advice based on experience.
The Wabhaunsee Tribune reports a Viking style hairband with metal clasps worn by a national figure from Norway, and an Ohio man near death from blood poisoning blamed on henpeck. It notes many Eskridge men are said to be henpecked, though no poisoning occurs.
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