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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
2
Ilubert Warnock and James Warnock visit Piedmont and White Plains while family members host and travel. Miss Ruby Bently and Miss Hattie Joe Blackwell recover, and notable locals Thorton, Wilkins, and Thornton kinship ties are noted amid arrivals, departures, and new suits from Strauss Bros.
A vintage health ad urges men and women to seek Prickly Ash Bitters for vitality liver and kidney support. It claims four fold restoration by stimulating the liver aiding digestion boosting kidneys and cleansing the bowels with a laxative effect. Sold by druggists at one dollar per bottle.
In Australia vast dense forests lack shade as trees tilt edges to the sun. Travelers report arduous journeys under enormous trees that leave ground-level air stifled, preventing wind and keeping people exposed to heat.
A brewer explains there is no need to discard sour beer. Cement makers buy the spoiled beer to use in making cement for leather joints, replacing acid with a cheaper, equally effective substitute, though not due to any morbid taste.
A proud father writes to his brother announcing a handsome boy claiming nephew status. The brother misreads the message, insisting no nephew exists and calling the boy an impostor. The exchange lampoons miscommunication in a living room telegram vignette.
The Scarbrough Drug Co seeks dyspepsia or constipation cases in Anniston to test Dr Howard's new remedy. They guarantee a lasting cure or refund money. A fifty cent package is sold at half price for twenty five cents to expedite introduction. The medicine claims to cure sick headaches dizziness constipation dyspepsia malaria and liver troubles.
Announcement that Percy Clark seeks the Democratic nomination for representative in Congress from Alabama's Fourth Congressional district subject to the party primary on August 27, 1906. Clark enters a race expected to shape local and state political dynamics.
A health ad extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a potent restorative for nursing and overburdened women. It claims strength, better nourishment for babies, and relief from numerous female ailments with a glyceric extract formula free of alcohol.
STATE NORMAL SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE ALA tuition free enrollment last session 524 in all classes 332 in four class section of the Normal School from 58 counties of Alabama 300 boarders 135 teachers experts in their departments strong professional courses well equipped manual training department prepares for the state examination board 10.00 per month up expenses 75 to 125 per session school opens Sept 18 1906 for catalogue address.
Local notice advertises T. M. Henderson as a dealer in second-hand furniture and furs, offering cash for used items. The listing specifies the address 913 Noble Street and indicates a focus on buying and selling second-hand goods.
In a humorous exchange from Harpers Weekly a child asks about twins. Dorothy confidently expands the idea with crude counts, defining two babies as twins and jokingly naming triplets, quadruplets, and centipedes as related terms.
A general notice lists prices for grade furniture of all kinds, New Home sewing machines, and stoves. The item highlights affordable pricing and selection across household furnishings.
A quotation attributed to William Pena contrasts liberty with obedience and ties obedience to slavery, suggesting liberty without obedience causes confusion and obedience without liberty leads to enslavement.
An aged czar adviser in St. Petersburg halted his carriage when a soldier with hair length violating regulations failed to grab him. He seized the man by the hair, dragged him along the street, then had his head shaved at the first barber shop to set a severe example.
The St James budget recounts a new disaster saga in San Francisco. A contemporary reports Lord Dynevor's silk hat perished in the Palace Hotel due to a valet's forgetfulness. The bare fact remains uncertain.
The long lasting paint of a prior era relied on pure white lead and pure linseed oil. Today’s paint remains sound if you choose a reliable brand and avoid inferior mixtures.
Red Seal Pure White Lead made by the Old Dutch Process guaranteed perfectly pure. It has years of reputation behind it. If your dealer will not supply you, write to NATIONAL LEAD COMPANY Freeman Avenue and 7th Street Cincinnati Ohio for sale by first class dealers.
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