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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
2
New Goods Daily at Robinson's Book Store
Robinson's Book Store announces daily arrivals of new merchandise with fresh titles and reading materials. Local patrons are invited to browse new stock and special offers as shelves are replenished.
A Bill for Meat Promises Fine Beef and Value
A line ad by Pat Allen promotes meat quality and satisfaction. It claims customers pay cheerfully for beef of high value and delicious taste. Contact at phone 107, 23 W. 10th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Allen
Christmas novelties and gifts catalog 32906
A local retailer promotes a full assortment of Christmas novelties and gifts with high quality, honest value, and uniformly reasonable prices. The store claims satisfaction guaranteed for Christmas morning purchases for both young and old.
Annual meeting notice for Anniston National Bank directors
Notices is hereby given that the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Anniston National Bank will be held at its banking house at 11 o'clock a m Tuesday January 8 107 for the election of a board of directors and for the transaction of any other business that may properly come before said meeting. C D Woodruff cashier Bradd 8-30d
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston National Bank
C. D. Woodruff, Cushier
Oxford Whispers Christmas Preparations and Local Notes
Oxford reports healthy community, visits from George Wright and J T Robison, and minor delays in Christmas shopping. Cotton receipts are light, next week may bring higher prices. several local social events, church notices, and a furniture store opening in Anniston are noted along with annexation opposition in Oxford.
Gas Coke Price Announcement for Anniston
Anniston Electric and Gas Co advertises gas coke as the cleanest cheapest and most satisfactory fuel for grates and base burners at 4 50 per ton delivered. Telephone 109. OC18 TF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston Electric & Gas CO
Onls
Practical Christmas Gift Guide for Men
A marketable holiday list urges sensible gifts for men. Practical items include dress shirts, collars, ties, gloves, hats, vests, fobs, scarves, and hosiery priced from a dollar to several dollars. The seller offers wrapping and delivery of gifts for Christmas.
Force Of Water And Its Destructive Power
A hydraulic motor creates a six inch water jet with a 375 foot fall that can relocate a ton rock up to fifty to one hundred feet away. The powerful stream can instantly kill a person within a couple hundred feet and can strip tree bark and hollow banks. The text then shifts to a drug ad claiming Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets cure stomach troubles biliousness and constipation with a free sample at J L Wikle’s drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Fragmented Local Ad Mentions Phone Hire Request
A fragmentary classified line invites contact for a drag or job by referring readers to phone R. O. Watson at number 72. The readable text provides no further context or specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. Watson
Japanese Saints and a Port Isaac eel tale
Eleanor Franklin recalls Binguru, a revered yet outcast figure among Japan’s saints, beloved for healing but shunned by temples. The piece notes his rustic images and unique attire as a symbol of popular piety amid Buddhist Shinto traditions. A Cornwall fisherman mangled his finger when a conger eel seized it after he cut the eel for bait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Binguru
Buddha
Eleanor Franklin
Leslie's Weekly
Port Isaac
Cornwall
England
The Two Extremes In The World Of Appearance
A guiltiest looking man accused of a crime he did not commit and a newly married couple posing as veterans illustrate the anxiety of perception. The piece advises rest for the eyes and suggests closing them periodically, especially on trains and street cars, to prevent headaches and eye strain.
Dr Thomas Celectric Oil Promises Quick Throat Relief
A vintage health claim touts Dr Thomas Celectric Oil as a remedy for sore throat and general pain, asserting relief in a few hours from any pain in any part. The ad-like line emphasizes rapid healing.
Reform proposal targets weather wording as felony
A Louisville Courier Journal critique questions reform aims and suggests making it a felony to use the phrase meteorological conditions instead of weather to standardize newspaper language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Also Mentioned on This Page
Continental Baking Powder Company
Rachhille, Tennessee
Robinson's Book Store
Orth
A. J. Adair
Oxford
George Wright
Silver Row
J. Tt. Robison
Birmingham
John Hyatt
Sallie Smith
Mary Lou Mims
Yuletide
Talladega
James Jenkins
Abel
Oxford Friends
Jim Williims
St. Louis
W. W. Whiteside
Areus Humphries
J. P. Wakefield
Ala
BY. P. U
Epworth League
Young People’s Union
Cheerful Workers
Wellington
W. F. McCain
Fies
s@f culture club
Joseph E. Aderhold
Frank Wisdom
Texarkana
W. W. Leslie
Bessemer
M. L. Davenport
Third Street
Anniston
Union Station
Bagley
East Tenth Street
Tom Lee Bagley
Model City
J. D. Staples
Katharine Steel
James R. Draper
Allen Hulsey
Calhoun Home Building CO
Howard W. Sexton
Walker & CO
the People’s Friend
Frisco
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and
FH. Griffith
Birmingham, Ala
M. Cornatzer
Memphis, Tenn
Thad M. Gwin's& CO
Hinesuma
Mlabame
Anniston Banking & Loan Company
Whilebork
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