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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1902
Page
4
In Kansas City, an obituary piece recalls a man dying last summer as his wife cursed him by telephone from Newport, his doctor treated him by telegraph from Bar Harbor, and a clergyman read a Alpine‑top letter at the funeral. It ends with a wry moral about life in the dog days.
Phore 72. Rk. O. Wateon. promotes a cattle sale with a focus on quality stock and local buyers. The note emphasizes timely procurement as winter approaches.
In China physicians arrive with etiquette and refreshment, then assess the patient by a freshened routine before examining the arm and pulse. They describe the illness in detail, write a prescription, and typically accept no fee unless he also sells drugs, earning commissions or gifts from recovering patients.
The piece argues that even if all Bible copies and printing type were destroyed, ministers theologians and scholars could reconstruct the Scriptures from a vast array of commentaries homilies sermons and related writings in multiple languages aided by ancient controversial works and the memories of biblical students. London Answers.
An article argues that China’s fate hinges on a mutual understanding among the United States England and Japan. It warns that without US English and Japanese accord China faces division and decline as spheres of influence divide the nation.
The piece argues against market health foods describing them as a delusion and a snare. It recommends pure flour from sound wheat and promotes Clifton patent flour made at Branford Mills Owensboro Ky as the health food you need. Call for Clifton when ordering flour.
A foreign journal argues there is no reason people should not keep their loved ones after death since bodies can be easily mummified. It describes ancient Egyptian methods using calcium chloride in a heated boiler, then sulfuric salt bath to produce a mummy for display at home.
A commentary notes that in New Zealand a man with daughters holds political influence, as all women over twenty one can vote. It also observes women’s matrimonial demand due to a male surplus and praises women’s fashion, comparing styles to London and New York.
In a Boston Transcript note, the speaker recalls a sea voyage last year and finds sailors unfamiliar with traditional sea language, noting they did not talk like the sailors in books. Dicky agrees, saying his love for sea tales remains.
A Baltimore News item quotes a battered woman of color in court. The judge asks if her husband struck her with malice aforethought, and she replies he did not, explaining he had planned a date long before and did not strike with malice. The exchange highlights domestic conflict expressed in dialect.
A beggar displays a brief notice claiming deaf and dumb status. A passing philanthropist halts and asks how to verify, then hesitates while a companion and the beggar exchange whispered hints before the encounter proceeds.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as the sole remedy for deafness caused by catarrh. Claims Eustachian tube inflammation leads to deafness and promises $100 for any case cured by the remedy. includes address in Toledo Ohio and states the product is sold by druggists for 75 cents to forty dollars.
Mortgagee announces sale of the Anniston Grocery Company storehouse warehouse and mills property at corner of Veath and Noble Streets Anniston Calhoun County to settle a mortgage. The sale occurs December 15 1902 within legal hours at the premises described as Block 361 area with access along Addie Fifteenth and Fourteenth streets and the Southern Railway right of way. Blackwell and Agee Attorneys represent the mortgagee M M Barber is the mortgagee.
Advertisement touts Clifton flour as made from sound wheat and consistently good. It urges buyers to ask their grocer and lists multiple local suppliers including Stropshire Wooduff Co Smoot Bell T F Wherstone Jonu Sheinuth and Cater Grocery Uo.
The article recounts W S Gilbert as destined for the bar, with his father urging him to stay. It quotes Gilbert claiming he might become lord chancellor but prefers theatre to law, likening his chances to Sheridan. The remark marks a notable choice that favored the stage over law.
Mrs Brown doubts a girl’s honesty while Mrs Green, who had considered hiring her, defends the girl. She states the girl never took anything or even misused her guidance during the time she served.
Tomdix asks Hojax about crossing the scene and his feelings. Hojax replies that the feeling was the same as usual: he wanted the earth.
Quote from Chicago News notes many seek rapid advancement and end up with a headstone before its time. Reflects caution on rushing success and looming mortality.
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