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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1902
Page
4
Anniston endures oil famines as Standard Oil Co. fails to keep sufficient supply. Local dealers rely on the company for oil, while many residents shift to candles or go without light at night. Patrons complain of monopolistic control and demand reliable, full supply.
The New York World reports an 80 cent experiment in which a five dollar gift was given to a poor boy and a poor girl in tenements to observe their spending. The children, though not saints, bought items for others, choosing gifts for family members and siblings. The piece invites others to try the idea during the Christmas season.
A lighthearted note reflects cheerful revelry as the season spreads goodwill and festive mood through communities, with hopes that merriment remains free of negativity or harmful influences.
An advertisement urges readers to use Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs colds and throat and lung relief. The copy notes quick relief and prevention of serious illness and references Miller D Co as the promoter.
In a Memphis Scimitar remark, Dr Adolf Lorenz the Austrian surgeon who straightens crippled children is praised as a higher figure in the world than a notorious looter, yet the statement adds he will not receive that honor.
The text argues prejudice against Jews stems from money lending. It suggests a prosperous Jewish lender should stop private loans and instead invest in municipalities, cities, states, and corporations to reduce long standing anti Jewish sentiment.
Three aims for higher education are stated: prepare men with disciplined training and habits for book-based callings, advance discoveries to keep the country competitive in leadership and business, and train students in public spirit to become good citizens rather than merely producers or discoverers.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports the first full year after the safety appliance law, with automatic couplers and power brakes, reducing employee injuries in coupling and uncoupling from 11 710 in 1893 to 2 256 in the latest year, a fall of 9 454 or about 81 percent. Costs to install the couplers exceed 25 million dollars across 1 250 000 freight cars, with some railroads still not fully compliant.
A Toowoomba reader, W. Wockser, endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for a two month cold and claims it cured him. The note, written in good faith, encourages others to try the medicine sold by J L Wikle.
An 19th century advertisement asserts deafness stems from inflamed Eustachian tube mucous lining and is curable only by constitutional remedies. It promises $100 for any catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urging readers to send for circulars and buy Hall's Family Pills from Toledo and local druggists.
The piece ridicules health foods flooded in markets. It promotes pure flour from Bransford Mills Owensboro Ky as the health option and mentions Clifton patent flour. A quirky exchange about smoking and manners ends with a jab at the Philadelphia Press.
A playful exchange from the Chicago Tribune shows Lil teasing Tommy-Lil Greenup about preferring Dick Trotter after noting Dick’s candy store. Lil jokes about her papa owning a candy store while contrasting Tommy’s prior affections.
Harper's Weekly describes the lord mayor as a city figure with limited real power. The City of London is a small enclave within Greater London, and many duties lie with the London County Council. The lord mayor remains a ceremonial figure with rich pageantry and centuries of privilege, including guards, robes, and authority over City entry.
A Summer Hill New York resident, A J Snell, feared stomach pains would spoil a party. A lady friend recommended Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. After two doses he felt cured and enjoyed the party. The remedy is sold by J L Wikle.
Fragmentary newspaper clippings reference a character Ted-Macge described as loryeliest, with lines contrasting wealth and a questioned asset. A historic note claims the first shell for warfare dated 1480 by the sultan of Gujarat. An ad promotes Fo Ley's Kidney Cure from Miller Drug Co.
Keeping accounts simple and clear shows amounts due or from others and dates of payments. A written record has greater legal value in disputes and contributes to economy and saving, while aiding household and business money handling.
The text outlines how rashes appear in measles on day four starting at the forehead and spreading, scarlet fever on day two starting on the chest and neck, smallpox on day three or four on the face neck and wrists, chicken pox as small blobs, and typhoid fever with rare rose colored spots appearing after seven days that fade with pressure.
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