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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1903
Page
8
The DeSoto Gold Mining company directors returned from the mine in Talladega county. General Manager Barr carried them to the site to review progress. a stamp mill operates turning out yellow metal daily. Directors reported satisfactory results and strong development progress with promising outlook.
Mrs H Haggane of Melbourne claims a free trial bottle of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption changed her life. She was told she had a fatal throat lung disease and was given up, but the remedy led to recovery and is offered by Miller Drug Co and West End Drug Co with trial bottles free and prices 50c and $1.00.
A traveler writes a hopeful love letter to a girl he meets abroad but gets no reply. He becomes a hermit until his death, and after the funeral heirs discover a faded pamphlet containing the long forgotten letter written fifty years earlier.
An old allegory compares a girl scared by a grasshopper about to step on a snake with a man who builds a cyclone cellar yet neglects his family’s medicine. It touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as a safe guard against bone complaints. sold by J. L. Wikle, druggist.
A physician reflects on lessons from hospital practice revealing that knowledge alone does not ensure success. Tact energy and kindness shape a competent healer, while relentless technique without care can fail to prosper. The most diligent ignoramus who lacks sympathy can overtake better doctors, crowding hospitals and founding a personal sanitarium.
A boy named Tommy stacks bound volumes of the Congressional Record on a chair to reach the marmalade shelf, calling the books his help. The scene captures a moment of playful study and domestic routine as he climbs to access the spread.
South Fork resident Mrs Mollie Allen says she has prevented bilious colic attacks by taking Chamli Stomach and Liver Tablets. She reports the tablets cleanse the system and avert the onset of discomfort, noting their usefulness in facing approaching symptoms.
A fragmented account notes Virginia's early coinage efforts 1012 to 1645, with copper twopence threepence and ninepence proposed but not enacted, and Massachusetts minting in 1652 of three six and twelve pence marked N. EB. The piece shifts to a defense of humor, arguing laughter preserves morals and dispels fear, citing cautious scrutiny of evil.
The Lion and Fox share a hunt as the Ass divides the Stag into three. The Lion tears the Ass for perceived disrespect, then the Fox carves his own portion, leaving the rest for the Lion. The Lion asks where the Fox learned such manners, and the Fox replies the Ass dead there taught him, sire.
The peninsula of Abeheron, once part of Persia and now under Russia, hosts a perpetual sacred fire. It has burned for over 2,000 years from a twelve foot deep, 120 foot square orifice. Flames rise six to eight feet high with no smoke or odor, swaying with the wind like a field of grain.
A public letter endorses opponents of a proposed Negro university in the community. It asserts about 95 percent of residents oppose the project, argues it would bring trouble and little profit, and calls for withdrawal of the effort to locate the institution.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a universal cure for eczema itching humors pimples and carbuncles. It claims internal use enriches and purifies blood to heal skins deep causes and offers free sample and medical advice by mail from the Blood Balm Co Atlanta.
In a greenhouse display a stock of very large ornamental ferns was marked down to low prices. The limited quantity means they will not last, and buyers are urged to come early. The sale is at 19th Street and Blue Mountain Avenue.
The ear canal membrane houses many glands that secrete a bitter waxy substance. This wax protects the ear from insects and helps keep it clean as dried wax scales shed, carrying away dust and debris.
The musical comedy returns with seven seasons of charm, new costumes and scenery, and a strong company led by Max Ploho. Heos Nix is played by Max Bloom with Henry Beaman as Souffles and Harry Lyons as Saunders offering daily imitations. Nellie V. Nichols leads the female cast.
An advertorial claim states Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh as a constitutional disease taken internally. It pledges $100 for any unsolved case and invites readers to request testimonials. Also promotes Hall's Family Pills and a World’s Fair contest.
A neighbor asks what the baby is named and the girl replies Henry Arthur Algernon Judkins. She explains they named him Judkins after her father, confirming the double use of the family name.
A pickpocket remarks on taking things as they come while a policeman stops him gently after relieving a man of a watch and purse. The exchange framed as a brief, observational scene from a Dubuque newspaper.
In a gossip exchange, Casey the contractor is described as very peaceable with his wife. Mr Rafferty and Mr Dolan debate the meaning of peaceable and sociable in the Washington Star style fragment.
The note invites readers to cool off on hot days by taking a bath at Finleys Barber Shop. It suggests a refreshing experience and mentions the shop as the place to beat the heat.
A dealer lists multiple real estate bargains in Anniston area including a two story brick store on Noble street for 2500 cash, forty acres with wells and silica sand, 120 acres near the railroad at low price, and numerous houses and lots on Walnut avenue Leighton avenue and Oxanna. Several properties priced with half cash and favorable terms, plus a grocery business for sale or exchange. Some parcels include river access, farming land, tenanted houses, and development potential.
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