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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
5
A person seeks to borrow several thousand dollars at 8 percent, semi-annual payments, for one year with 60 days notice. Collateral offered includes CALHOUN HOME BUILDING CO. stock or a first mortgage on improved local real estate. Targeted lenders include two national banks. proposes strict examination of the proposition by advisers.
Anniston Electric and Gas Co advertises gas coke as the cleanest and cheapest fuel for grates and base burners at 4 50 per ton delivered. Telephone 109. oc l8 tf.
Southern Railway announces round trip winter tourist tickets to Georgia Florida and Cuba at special low rates from October 15 to April 30 with return validity through May 31 1907. Through sleeping car Anniston to Jacksonville leaving 6 25 p m. Rates schedules sleeper reservations by M H Bone C P A M Coxwell C P A Birmingham G N Meredith Union Ticket Agent.
Society notes list Mme Modieska seeking a New York area home after theatre farewell. Duchess of Northumberland gardens at Synon House Brensfer famed for lilies roses and carnations. Mrs Baird called queen of chess has 1200 problems. Juno May claims world wrestling title. Viscountess Aoki promotes tapestry weaving for chairs. Baroness Hengelmuller noted Washington socialite. Miss Morosini owns fine horses and carriages. Miss Rose Fritz of New York wins typing championship with 2467 words in 30 minutes with five errors.
King of All Cough Medicines EF G Case a Can ton Center Connecticut mail carrier with sixteen years in service praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as the best cure for croup and colds. He notes reliable results with no bad after effects and mentions it is for sale by F L Wikle.
A succinct reflection on labor from Carlyle about how any task, even the meanest, can harmonize a person’s soul once work begins. The quote emphasizes inner resonance and purpose found in steady effort.
The Chinese fisherman uses a bamboo pole with a net suspended at its end. He adjusts the net by walking up or down a balance board to raise or lower it.
Foreigners in Montenegro face prosecution for carrying kodaks without written permission. Even taking snapshots of scenery could trigger legal action. The rule targets anyone with cameras, applying to travelers and visitors alike.
The Vatican undertook a major housecleaning and repainting project attracting about 6,700 workers to complete the extensive effort.
Special to the Star Washington December 6 large and representative attendance marks the opening of the National rivers and harbors congress. The aim is to urge Congress to appropriate at least 50 million dollars annually for nationwide river and harbor improvements, spanning commercial agricultural and manufacturing interests.
Chronology of events with births and deaths: Henry VI born 1421 and died 1471. Lady Masham dies 1734. John S Mosby born 1833. Banks expedition sails for New Orleans 1862. Hagerstown fire devastates courthouse 1871. Jefferson Davis dies 1889. a 1899 lynching in Maysville Kentucky. NSW industrial arbitration bill passes in 1901.
The article lists vast numbers and distances: stars exceed 100 million, Earth’s deep temperature at 200 miles is at least 18,000 degrees PF, light travels about 185000 miles per second, and the sun lies just over 1,000,000 miles from Earth with light taking around eight minutes to reach us. It reflects a period view of astronomy and physics.
New York sees population rising by 150000 yearly while Madrid considers Tuesday unlucky for marriages. In Tetuan Morocco streets are vine arched and grapes grow so densely that people freely pick clusters. Market prices run about 2 cents per kilogram.
A summary of animal biology notes reports that excess sugar harms a canary’s song, the Mexican lapdog is the smallest dog breed, leeches possess three jaws each with eighty to ninety teeth, and ornithologists catalog sixty five hummingbird species.
As soon as the child is done nursing apply Chamberlains Salve then wipe with a soft cloth before the next nursing. Trainee nurses report best results. Price is 25 cents per box. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
At 200 feet only the best Spanish armor could resist the English arrow. Many museums have steel corselets pierced through by an arrow.
The Mexicana wrap the corpse in century plant matting and place it in a coffin hired for about a shilling. One or two natives carry the coffin on their heads at a trot to the grove where the body is interred and the coffin returned.
The Cross of St. Sodrew, Russia's cross of St. Andrew, bears a remarkable peculiarity attaching to four. All who are decorated with it have the right to demand a pardon for a Russian subject condemned to death.
The column notes odd statistics and curiousities from around the world. It mentions Poland banning Polish speech in public resorts, landownership rates in England and Russia, a denied Suez canal dig, Lisbon anti handshakes, a Danish butter export statistic, a Danish family cow count, a US consul praising China trade catalogues, and a shoe inside-soles demand from catalogues with thick leaves.
Dr. Clarence J. Blake of Boston pledges a fireproof library and science hall to Howe Military School in Lima Indiana. A Budapest bureau offers ready written essays and translations at 8 cents per page, drawing concern from local education authorities. Mrs. C. T. Mills leads Mills College, a pioneer in women’s higher education in the West.
The Dardanelles Strait is under fifty miles long yet spans European capitals and extends diplomatic reach to Washington's state department.
A historic remedy advises a boil sufferer to avoid pastry grasies and all meat except lean mutton. It suggests bringing boils to a head with warm camomile poultices or white fly root, using hot water fermentation, or applying straining plasters.
The old Saxon law valued a maiden and a widow differently. A widow could be bought for half the amount the maid’s guardian could demand. Thus a man unable to buy a maiden might still purchase a widow, reflecting the system's unequal pricing.
The first ecclesiastical anthology known as the Book of Sentences by Thierre Lombard gathered leading fathers arguments on divinity and was arranged under beads. It reportedly drew 244 commentators including Thomas Aquinas Callarm Durand and Bona venture’s annotations.
Electric Bitters are promoted as a universal remedy including for stomach and liver disorders in India and the United States. A testimonial from 8 A Brown of Jennetteville claims the tonic restored his wife to health after years of dyspepsia and torpid liver. The product is said to treat chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder issues, sold with a guarantee by listed drugstores at 50 cents.
In the British museum there are books written on oyster shells bricks bones ivory lead iron copper sheep skin wood and palm leaves showcasing a variety of unconventional writing materials from history.
The regulation tenpin stands fifteen inches high and fifteen inches in circumference at its widest, with a base diameter of two and one quarter inches. Variations exist in smaller or larger sizes for family use, but the official height remains fifteen inches.
Market knowledge identifies chamois as off tanned sheep skin linings and notes the real chamois supply is very limited. World availability would not cover the United States for even a single day.
Australian rabbits show gradual adaptation as some specimens become climbers. They ascend trees in search of food, with feet growing slighter and claws tone and sharper as the change progresses.
We eagerly await connecting you with the latest and best in Christmas novelties for 1906. High quality and honest worth define every article with suitable gifts for all ages. Our varied assortment ensures satisfactory selections and tempting, uniform prices reflect honest values for Christmas morning delight.
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