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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1903
Page
3
Announcement of store remodeling beginning on the 15th of the month includes drastic reductions on summer goods. Offers include various lawn fabrics, silks, white goods, lace, ribbons, hosiery, gloves, parasols, and linen collars with many items half price or reduced to low cents, urging customers to see bargains.
RC Johnson Xsons announces veterans picnic at Oxford Lake Park on Thursday August 15 with round trip tickets at 10 cents and baskets to be received at Wilmer Hotel corner 8:30 to 9 am. A T Hanna will receive at the lake and secure baskets until owners call. Gen Forney Chapter 465 UDC joins. Judge McGhee MC. Willett speaker at 10:30. Dinner at noon. Agee to speak at 1 pm. Wear crosses and badges. no rough conduct.
An old advertisement touts Morley’s Lemon Elixir as a perfect laxative and liver kidney cleanser, claiming gentle thorough action and grand palatability. Mozley’s Lemon Hot Drops are promoted for coughs colds sore throat and bronchitis with a quoted price of 25 cents. Both products sold by druggists.
Maria refuses to obey her husband after ten years of marriage citing his lack of growth. The pair, married when she was sixteen and he slightly older, navigate a comic clash of expectations as she asserts her independence and jokes about his stature.
The Mexican capital trolley system astonished native Indians who tested its power. After injuring themselves attempting to halt cars, they imitated bullfight statues with white faces to mislead the approaching trolleys, causing many ambulance calls before they learned the difference between a bull and a tram.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a French woman who had been in a trance for two decades suddenly woke but soon died. The item notes skepticism about meddling with such cases and hints at public curiosity about the incident.
For sale by J. L. Wikle, druggist. When you want a physic that is mild and gentle, easy to take and certain to act, always use Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
A bill to create dispensaries in certain counties seeks voter approval on establishing municipal authority to buy and sell spirituous vinous and malt liquors. It defines dispensary scope, restricts sales to dispensaries, and applies to all counties except where prohibition or site liquor sale rules override. Calhoun County is affected. Frank Moopy, Chairman. Tuesday.
A list of uncalled letters at the Anniston post office on August 11 shows many names alphabetically under Gentlemen's List and Miscellaneous. Advertisements note that callers should mention they are advertised, with numerous entries from Abbott to Smith and including Mrs, Miss, and various initials.
The Rev. Pr. Fourthly on a pastoral visit to the Upjohn musion is asked by Johnny to explain the doctrine of prestidigitation, prompting a brief exchange about magic and belief.
A brief exchange cites a Boston Transcript quip about parental influence with Shedd remark approving maternal lullaby skills and a father's voice waking a man in the morning. The item reads as a light quote in a period newspaper style.
In a terse exchange, a judge notes the pairing of a couple defined by simple mediocrity. The woman questions why she wed him, while he concedes neither reform nor romance justifies the union. The remark frames a judgment on unsuitable matches.
A brief editorial remark from the Atchison Globe notes that in finding fault it is easy to be untruthful and unfair. The comment reflects on fairness in judgment and suggests caution in criticism.
A Shell Lake Wisconsin book-keeper recounts a four year old boy with colic and stomach cramps failing to improve after a physician’s mephine injection. After giving half a teaspoon of Chamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, the child slept within half an hour and soon recovered. Sold by J L Wikle Drugstore.
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