21 Aug 1917
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1917
Page
1
At St Paul the home side defeated Indianapolis 1 0 with other games played earlier. A lost dark blue gentleman's coat with initials WW RG in inside pocket between Anniston and Oxford. Reward offered at 1119 Leigh Tanve it.
Yesterday results list Nashville 5, Birmingham 1. Mobile 1, Memphis 3. Today Birmingham at Nashville, Mobile at Memphis, Atlanta at Chattanooga, New Orleans at Little Rock. Teams shown include Boston Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit New York St Louis Washington with records and upcoming games.
Teams shown with records and percentages. St Louis defeated Boston 7 6, Pittsburg beat Brooklyn 1 0, Chicago downed Philadelphia 4 2, with Cincinnati at New York and St Louis at Boston, Pittsburg at Brooklyn, Chicago at Philadelphia on the schedule.
The account traces Hiram Duggar's rise as a whiskey maker amid illicit manufacture and clashes with authorities. After conviction and early release he resumes production, builds a deer ranch, and shoots pursuing dogs at a fence gap, leading to estrangement, poverty, and a lasting public cautionary tale about defiance and crime.
In Huntingdon West Virginia a grocer found a note inside a basket of peaches from a Texas girl claiming her father sold the fruit for $1.20 a bushel and asking buyers to report their price. The merchant bought at $3.25 per basket and sold to consumers for $5.
A frugal lemon lotion blends two fresh lemons with three ounces of orchard white to yield a quarter pint. Strain juice to remove pulp and store for months. Use daily on face neck arms and hands to reduce wind burn tan freckles and roughness.
An advertisement from Scarborough Drug Co. of Anniston Alabama touts HEMO as a nourishing food tonic for debility from anemia or malnutrition. Claims include healthful extracts like milk beef malt and iron and endorsments by doctors. A 50 cent package is offered with a satisfaction guarantee.
H. T. Persons, county schools superintendent, began plans for the county teachers institute set for September 4 to 7 in the high school auditorium. About 125 teachers are expected to attend with experts on pedagogy and school economy to lecture and discuss the coming term. All teachers must attend some county institute to teach. Rural schools start late due to harvest and labor shortages, but the school year will extend into spring.
The tonic claims to purify and enrich the blood and build up the whole system so strong and weak alike can endure the hot season. It targets old and young, suggesting universal resilience via regular use.
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