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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1903
Page
16
A cache of corner lots and houses is offered in Anniston and nearby streets. Listings cover 70 x156 lots at 1 100, two-lot packages at 300, large 814 x200 plot at 400, 27 west Anniston lots as a bulk sale, plus Wilmer and Noble Street properties. Prices range from 400 to 1 800 with various terms and one third cash.
Hatfield the moonshiner of eastern Kentucky is captured after years as a feared target of revenue agents. The tale follows his life on a hill farm, his two sons’ deaths in Cuba, and his wife’s quiet resolve as a final gunfight ends with both spouses dying as they defend their home and honor.
An Atlanta Ga advert promotes Botanic Blood Balm claiming to cure blood poison cancer ulcers eczema carbuncles scrofula and other blood diseases. Testimonials from Robert Ward Maxeys Ga and Geo A Williams Roxbury highlight dramatic skin and health improvements. Sample offered free with mailed request and unopened medical advice in a sealed letter.
A humorous reasoning piece outlines a widow Anne who marries her son and whose daughter marries the father, making Anne mother-in-law to her husband’s father and grandmother to her own husband. Her son David becomes her great-grandchild and also his own grandfather through a chain of marriages.
Seasonal advice urges housewives to stock Chamberlain Cough Remedy for winter. Prompt use at first cold signs can ward off severity and it is safe for children. Pleasant tasting and effective, sold by J. L. Wikle, Druggist.
WHITELAW REID argues readers and editors should favor quality over quantity, urging fewer pages and more precise reporting. He criticizes sensational headlines and overproduction, urging editors to elevate language, reduce filler, and showcase actual merit rather than page volume.
The piece argues that fraud in business ends badly for the swindler while honest conduct and equity prevail. It stresses that contracts must be fair and that courts act as arbiters, with pure, moderate profit and honest food sellers eventually winning over predatory corporations.
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