Four Mile and Light Mile in Calhoun History
In early Calhoun County history Four Mile grew near Jacksonville then the county seat. Col Green Skelton helped build a saw mill and fish pond as a village leader. a Methodist or Har Shell Baptist church doubled as a school. Anniston rises as a trading hub while Four Mile remains a historic name. The piece also notes local politics, Justice Weakley, and a Bryan camel joke.
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Four Mile
Calhoun
Col
Green Skelton
Harshell
Hardshell
Annistown
Light Mile
Baby incubator to be shown at Cincinnati Fall Festival
Special to The Star reports Cincinnati will host a baby incubator exhibit during the Fall Festival from August 28 to September 22. Dr William Stewart of New York prepares the display featuring live infants in glass-sided incubators. The device aims to save fragile newborns, with an 80 percent life-saving rate cited, and has earned gold medals in Paris London Berlin Omaha Seattle and St Louis.
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Cincinnati
Willian Stewart
New York
Paris
London
Berlin
Omaha
Seattle
St. Louis
Foley's Honey and Tar Promises Quick Hay Fever Relief
Victims of hay fever are advised to take Foley's Honey and Tar for immediate relief from difficult breathing and inflamed air passages. The product is advertised as genuine in a yellow package, distributed by Elam Ordway and Houser.
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Foley
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Three Greatest Conversationalists Mazzini Holmes and Bismark
Excerpt from Carl Seburz in Reminiscences of a Long Life praises Mazzini, Dr Oliver Wendell Holmes and Bismarck. Holmes stands out for spirit while Bismarck impresses with wit and historical narratives. Seburz notes warmth and conviction in Bismarck's aims, rendering his power to fascinate nearly irresistible.
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Mazzini
Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes
Bismarck
Dr. Holmes
Martial
Carl Seburz
McClore’s
Cure Pertains Insomnia Joke From The Times
A clubman tells a doctor his wife suffers insomnia and asks for advice. The physician suggests he get home earlier, reflecting a humorous exchange cited from the New York Times.
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New York Times
Kohn Bros to Continue Name After Sale of Anniston Shop
Kohno Bros in Anniston sold their business here to J W Fore of Monroeville and will go into wholesale operations. Emil Kobo and another member will travel to New York to arrange wholesale openings, with the rest of the family joining soon. The firm name will endure. The Star invites locals to extend cordial welcomes to the Kobos at their New York home.
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Anniston
J. W. Fore
Monroeville
Kohn
Anniston Real Estate Sparks City Growth Sale
With Seaboard Air Line Railroad support and low coal rates, Woodstock furnaces expansion and near million dollars in plant additions push real estate values up. Snapped bargains include vacant and corner lots on Leighton Avenue and East Front, with varied prices from 250 to 1,600 dollars. 1208 Noble Street, Alabama Hotel.
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Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Woodstock
Anniston
Orino Laxative Syrup Guarantee Promise
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold with a positive guarantee to cure constipation sick headache stomach trouble or any form of indigestion. If it fails the manufacturers refund your money. Elam Ordway & Houser.
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Orino
Elam
Ordway & Houser
Russian strike elicits little enthusiasm
It is estimated this morning that only 60,000 of 250,000 workingmen in St. Petersburg have obeyed the strike summons. Employees of several big mills have openly refused to join the strike. Twenty workmen were injured in clashes with the police yesterday. The city was quiet this morning, and three of the newspapers made their appearance today.
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The
Star
ST. Petersburg
St. Peters
Burg
Edwin Booth's Legendary Self Paste Bill Career
In his early days Edwin Booth recalls a romantic engagement in Hawaii where he pasted his own bills after shows. He describes traveling from the mainland to Honolulu, then returning to public announcements by posters as native boys ate the paste and tossed bills, prompting him to bill the town himself in Iago, Hamlet, and Othello costumes.
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Edwin Booth
Winter Garden
New York
San Francisco
Lara
Golden Gate
Hawaiian Islands
Honolulu
Booth
America
The Robin and the Caterpillar Tale
A robin forages in furrows pulling worms for itself or nestling food for its young. When food is scarce it devours and shakes a fuzzy caterpillar, stripping its spines and leaving patches bare, then eats or transports it to feed its offspring.
Craig Nominates for Congress in Fourth District
The friends of Hon. Wm. B. Craig of Dallas county announce him a candidate for Congress from the Fourth Congressional District subject to the Democratic primary action.
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Wm. B. Craig
Dallas County
Didate
Congress
Fourth
Percy Clark Declares Candidacy for Alabama District Four
The announcement states Percy Clark is a candidate for U S representative from Alabama's Fourth Congressional District, pending the Democratic primary on August 27, 1906. It notes the primary decision will determine his candidacy status in the ensuing election.
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Anniston National Bank
Prank Leigh
Savings Department
the Anniston Evening Star
T. & Gordon
Anniston, Ala
Eleventh and
Market Streets
Publisher's Press Association
Annis Fon
Washington, D.C
R. H. Watkins
Montgomery
Horace Hood Jr
Evening Star
Sosmeeee
W. F. McCartney
M. Alexander
Calhoun Co
Alabama
Jacksonville
Coun
Weakley
Mr. Bryan
Holy Land
Maes
Ayer
Ture
Holmes
Russell Bros
Noble Street
Russell Bros., Anniston
Kohn Bros
New
York
Hwi
Kobo Bros
Messrs. and
Emil Kobo
Kohno Bros
Anniston Real Estate
Leighton Avenue
Leighton Aven
Leighton
Enue
Ideal
Corner
Ler Hill
East Front
Variana
W. T. Owen
B.l.patman
W. 15Th Street
Cater Grocery Co
Donahoo & Co
Ness
City National
Clark
Anguat
F. C. Leyden
Smith Blg
Phone Model Ice Co
Judson College
Marion
South
Ala
Wigley & Moore
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