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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
2
Oxford notes merry Christmas greetings and plans for a bright New Year. Local residents travel from Birmingham and Cove Spring to visit, with weddings, shop rushes, and church charity events shaping the holiday week. A marriage at Sparkaville is announced, while several locals face illness and legal matters. Gift trees, civic efforts, and upcoming social events fill the town as Oxford prepares for Christmas.
For sale a 282 acre farm at Peaceburg seven miles from Anniston. Apply to J. P. Wakefield Oxford Alabama.
In Cynic's Word Book Ambrose Bierce defines a cynic as a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be. He cites a Scythian custom of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
A humorous exchange highlights the appeal of babies before speech, with Mr Smythe affirming that silence protects adults from the remarkable things parents might reveal. The quip underscores the charm of quiet infancy.
A blunt editorial from the Allinoi State Journal argues that diligence and sustained effort could lessen misfortune, urging readers to put in more labor to improve outcomes.
Nursing mothers advised to apply Chamberlain's Salve after nursing and wipe away with a soft cloth before the next feeding. The remedy claims many cures with the best results. Price 25 cents per box, sold by J. L. Wiktle.
A marriage at Blackpool features a bride who with the groom accepts the idea of not promising to obey. The text suggests the experiment may work for wives who refuse to promise obedience. It implies a paradox about obedience contingent on promise and whether not promising could compel compliance.
The advertisement touts Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a new laxative that stimulates without irritation. It claims to be the best laxative and offers a guaranteed or money back promise through Elam, Ordway & Re.
A plan suggests teaching girls in every girls school to care for dolls as if they were children. Pupils would learn feeding clothing exercise and handling troublesome dolls to instill caregiving skills.
A London Music Times table lists composers and their masterpieces with the ages at composition and their ages at death. It shows many great works were written between thirty and forty, yet Bach at forty eight, Wagner at fifty, Handel at fifty six, and Haydn at sixty five also produced major works.
A Turkish sultan Abdul Aziz enjoys gossip and tests banker Abraham Beg on fund values. Abraham reports funds at 30 as instructed. The sultan praises the ruse and has Abraham sell bonds for 12, then pays 30 to Abdul Aziz, revealing the joke.
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