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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1902
Page
2
Decatur reports Charlie King aged 16 killed his father as he attacked his wife with a buggy whip. The son fired a double barreled shotgun, killing him instantly. The incident followed the father returning home intoxicated and abusive.
R H Foster of Salt Lake City reports 21 years of indigestion relief after using Herbine. He recommends it to friends who are afflicted, noting it cures many. Available for 50 cents at J L Wikle and J B Privett in Oxford Alabama.
The flaxseed crop of the country breaks records this year producing 27,000,000 bushels, marking a high for national harvests and signaling robust agricultural activity across regions.
A Miller Drug Co notice warns that many cough medicines beyond Foley's Honey and Tar contain opiates and may cause constipation and danger for children, while Foley's Honey and Tar contains no opiates and is safe.
Sweden reports a naval force of 550 commissioned officers and 3 500 enlisted sailors. The figures reflect the standard wartime and peacetime personnel mix across the fleet.
The longstanding home remedy Ballard's Snow Liniment is recommended for minor household injuries. Available in 25¢ 60¢ and $1 sizes at J. L. Wikle and J. B. Privett in Oxford, Alabama.
The report notes beds of peas in Colorado totaling up to 2000 acres with one bed over 2500 acres and mentions crop yields. Advertisements tout Foley's Sloney and Tar as a quick remedy for coughs and colds and Foley's Hovey and Tar for throat and lung diseases. Miller Drug Co. Also cites Coos riots to the number 241,634 called to the French army this year.
J. G. Gluck superintendent of Pruntytown West Virginia writes that after trying other cough medicines Foley's Honey and Tar is chosen for exclusive use in the West Virginia Reform School as the most effective and harmless. Miller Drag Co.
The Texas and Pacific railway in Dallas reports two cars of Alabamians slated to depart Anniston on December 3. They will be met in New Orleans by a railway representative and escorted to Texas for relocation.
An advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison cancer ulcers berma carbuncles and skin diseases. It features testimonials from Robert Ward Maxey Georgia and Geo A Williams Rexbury praising the product and offering free samples and medical advice through the Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga.
A brief exchange from the New York Weekly is quoted and framed as a reflection on fear and danger. The snippet recalls a moment in an elevated car where a man notices someone in the street, exploring themes of risk and perception.
A Brooklyn Life exchange has Mamma wondering why I eat more during meals with company than when alone. Tommy counters that with better things to eat, we indulge more.
A man recalls giving a shilling to a woman claiming her child was gravely ill, only to reveal the child appeared lively the next day. The woman responds that the boy is the most disappointing she has seen.
A humorous exchange about changing a partner’s views appears in the Chicago News. Meeks quips that a man who tries to alter a woman’s opinions is a fool and Weeks asks how he knows. Meeks replies his wife told him so. Henry Drum mond notes a broader line about learning to love better.
Don’t be imposed upon by taking substitutes for Foley's Honey and Tar. Muller Drug Co. There are 1,860 square miles of peat bogs in Ireland.
An advertisement touts Fo ley's Kidney Cure as a timely remedy for kidney or bladder trouble. The notice also markets Miller Drag Co window glass in all sizes and Dixie Hardware Co selling Warter's Hand Made cigars, claiming no five cent cigar matches their wood finish.
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