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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1901
Page
4
French authorities test an electric motor car serving as a traveling savings bank. A clerk crew and cashier visit Ardennes villages with savings forms and books to encourage peasants to save rather than hide money in stockings.
The Birmingham Ledger warns that rising rents and food prices threaten the city with widespread hardship. It suggests options including migration to Anniston or importing food, and notes federal spending in many departments. The piece discusses housing costs and a potential shift to cave living on Red Mountain if rents stay high.
Luttrell toppled over after a shot in Oxford. Henry McDowel carried Luttrell home for exam by Dr Whiteside. the wound was minor. Higginbotham disappeared, police seek him amid rumors and public concern. Both men well known in Oxford and the episode prompts widespread speculation.
Searchers last Friday located what they believed to be the exact spot of buried treasure. They found a pot containing 52,070 dollars and noted a tree scar resembling an arrow pointing to the site. A second treasure, over fifty thousand dollars, remains hidden in Sucecarnachee swamp awaiting discovery.
Prof A D Glass a Republic solicitor visited Morrisville looking after subscribers and local interests. He is praised as a useful public man and potential editor. A birth is announced for J A Prince and Jim is glad. A good rain benefits farmers and crops look well. Rev Hugh Johnson passed through after a protracted meeting at New Bethel. He baptized twenty seven converts. County Commissioner L N Downing from Zulu made a business trip. Camp meeting had a large attendance with strong representation from Annis too.
An advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a cure for liver trouble and skin blemishes. It promises purified blood and a rosy complexion at 25 cents from Klan Drug Co. drug store.
Advertisement declares Cascarets Candy Cathartic as a positive remedy for chronic constipation. It promises cure and guarantees satisfaction with genuine tablets stamped C C C and states they are not sold in bulk through druggists.
Local firm Blam Deng Co. secures Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption agency. Free trial bottles offered to sufferers with a guarantee to cure coughs colds bronchitis asthma croup and throat and lung troubles. Trial bottles priced 50 cents and 1.00. Also advertising Model Laundry and imported beer.
The Queen and Crescent System from Meridian to Shreveport opens an expedited link south of Meridian on October 28. The Southern Railway fast train No 87 connects to shorten travel to Texas to seven to twelve hours. Ticket agents offer information on the new service. J P Reynolds offers plumbing work and a stock of tabs and supplies.
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