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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1903
Page
3
Announcement of store interior remodeling beginning on the 15th of the month with closeout of summer goods. Advertisement lists numerous fabric types and prices, including lawns, linens, silks, ribbons, gloves, parasols, and ladies wear, all offered at substantial cuts and half-price lines.
The Oxford Lake Park theater offers two performances this week from 8:30 to 9:00 and 9:30 to 10:00. Ludlow Allen performs ragtime songs and John Geyer appears in illustrated songs with an entirely new set of moving pictures. Reserved seats are free.
Dysentery cured without a doctor after a single bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy. Sam up from a hard spell of the flux, says TA Pinner of Drummond Tennessee. He calls it best cholera medicine in the world and says no doctor can prescribe a better bowel medicine for children or adults. For sale by J L Wikle druggist.
A sage and a disciple debate whether far seeing joy is better than immediate delight. The elder notes that anticipation often outshines realization, while the student worries that expecting disappointment may ruin the sole chance for happiness. The exchange ends with the sage considering the question.
A fragmentary exchange notes a driver’s admission of nearly hitting ten people with a car. The response suggests survivors suffered lasting harm, though the quotation remains opaque and lacks full context.
A brief collection of moral maxims and wry wit includes Tommy’s mother urging caution before speaking and Tommy’s reply about thinking fast when addressing his father. The selection also cites Maeterlinck on happiness arising from offering comfort to others.
An Iowa parent recounts a four year old boy with persistent colic. After a physician's mephine injections failed, a half teaspoon of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy brought sleep in half an hour and rapid recovery.
Columbus Ga August 10 News reaches here that Johnson Owens treasurer of Russell county Alabama is en route home from New Orleans to settle state accounts. A telegram from Judge H T Benton states he has all money drawn from the bank and will repay the state. The recount involved the National Bank of Columbus and officials will not disclose figures though it is believed withdrawals were less than deposits. No exact sums available yet.
Melbourne Floridian Haggans credits Dr King's New Discovery with saving his life after a doctor said consumption was incurable. He describes dramatic recovery and urges others to try the remedy. Miller Drug Co. and West End Drug Co. advertise guaranteed throat and lung cures, with trial bottles free and full sizes priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
A Detroit Free Press item recounts a Cass avenue family's kitchen conflict as cooks and maids dispute duties over cake washing and milk handling. The piece notes the domestic staff's aloofness, a sunlit mishap with soured milk, and a tense scene over washing, ending with a statistic that Iowa penitentiaries have doubled their per 1600 population in years.
A catalog of commemorative days and observances with dates across June to October. It lists American humorists days, state days like Oregon and West Virginia, and several organizational celebrations including police, veterans, and fraternal groups, ending with Alaska Day marking the Alaska transfer anniversary.
The ad argues hair color signals character and claims bald men are caring servants of others. It cites Professor Sabourand and a rabbit with dandruff germs becoming bald in five weeks, promoting Newbro's Herpicide to destroy the cause and remove the effect. Sample request details and a Detroit address are included.
An advertisement touts measure for measure quality and satisfaction with suite style and latest patterns. J. Levy promises substantial wool and reasonable prices. Gomer Maddux & Co offers Nobod the best medium priced floor.
A poor but proud man married an heiress and faced a costly life. She mocked his lack of money and perceived ancestry, urging him to work. He balked at labor, claiming noble lines would suffer, while she quipped the family tree resembled a chestnut. He learns it is time to learn.
An advertisement promises free instructions for a home treatment to address leucorrhoea ulceration womb displacement painful periods and related female troubles. Mrs M Summers offers to explain a cure at about 12 cents a week and asks readers to tell other sufferers, sending details to Notre Dame Box A.
First class plumbing steam and gas fitting services advertised by King Mig Co at 1128 Noble Street. They repair roofs and gutters and provide all kinds of metal work with prompt service.
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