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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1906
Page
2
A historical clipping describes a baby with a mysterious illness is said to have "awful humor" forming over the body with watery blood. The article notes the swelling burst when washed and the child suffered for weeks before reportedly becoming sound and well.
A mother from Benton shares how her three month old daughter suffered a watery blood skin disease for weeks. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment three times, the humor cleared in one week and never returned, she says.
A testimonial from J. E. Mersdorff of Indiana dated June 27 1905 praises Cuticura remedies for curing his family member’s weeping eczema. He says the Cuticura line is essential at home and considers it the finest in the world.
An advertisement promotes Cuticura products Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as a skin cure for babies offering soothing baths and gentle applications. It highlights emollients and low prices and credits the product to a drug company with a playful misprint in the text.
A fragment lists time blocks for sessions including 8:30 to 5 p m and 7 80 to 10 p m along with 10 to 12 a m for ladies and 10 to a m special instructions. The details suggest a local organizational timetable.
The magnificent steamship Servian sailed today on her maiden trip to America in Leyland line service between Liverpool and Boston. The 600 foot long vessel displaces 30 000 tons and is designed to carry only first class passengers.
An elderly man recalls childhood in a village where soap was used as a medicine for cramps headaches and other ailments. He describes his mother forcing him to swallow a chunk of yellow soap despite its nauseating taste and the fear it inspired.
The Allgemeine Rundscau discusses Jewish thrift industry and loyalty, arguing that if the lower classes emulated Jewish traits they would pose less danger. It suggests inquiries into visitors of public houses would show Christians spending on refreshments and tobacco, with few Jews represented beyond coffee.
Local notes from Oxford include S A Britt of Delta visiting his brother eight C Britt in town, and Mr and Mrs J S Stephens visiting Oxford friends before Haleyville home return. Announcements report for rent a good three horse farm near Eastaboga and a city light project on the lake line. A Rathbone lodge meeting is called for degrees formation. police court trespass case nets $7.50. church services scheduled with no preaching at two churches and others at usual hours.
A good eight room house stands on three acres with a sturdy barn room for four head of stock a servant house and a good well. Cash buyers contact J. P. Wakefield Oxford Alabama for terms and price.
Willis T. Morgan a retired U S Army commissary sergeant from Concord New Hampshire recounts his two years in Cuba and two in the Philippines noting repeated colds and crediting Dr King s New Discovery with keeping him in perfect health now promoted as the best medicine for coughs colds bronchial troubles and all lung diseases available at Elam Ordway & Houser West End Drug Co and Scarbrough Drug Co priced 50 cents to 1 00 with a trial bottle free
A saying from the Washington Star notes that a man chasing law may escape poverty at start but not by finish. Another adage from Morria states that whoever rises after a fall will sometimes stay uprights.
A. Brown of Bennettsville reports Electric Bitters restored his wife to health after years of dyspepsia and a sluggish liver. The tonic is advertised to cure chills fever malaria biliousness lame back kidney and bladder troubles with a 50 cent price and guarantied sale through listed druggists.
Dresden possesses a municipal daily newspaper left by the late Dr. Gunt. The bequest is valuable, with wide circulation serving as the main local advertising medium. Profits fund city beautification, improvements, and charitable causes.
Oxford graded schools will close December 21 for holidays and reopen January 2. The Presbyterian church work nears completion with plans to call a pastor early in the new year. Various social and church notices follow, including D.A.R. state conference reports and a dramatic club fund-raiser for the Ox ford baseball club.
An economical doctor wrote prescriptions on old letters and circulars. A patient with a nervous disorder turned the page and read: The funeral will take place at half past 4 on Wednesday.
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