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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1901
Page
2
An old advertisement touts Johnston's Sarsaparilla as a cure for salt rheum with patient testimony from Misa Abbie J. Rande of Marshal J. Mich. The copy claims the product cleanses blood to prevent skin diseases and warns of serious illnesses if untreated. For sale by druggists and various distributors.
A humorous ancient text found by an Anniston woman among old papers shows expectations of a wife from a husband of about fifty years ago. The anonymous author’s keen humor is evident though attribution remains uncertain.
A humorous 19th century district broadside lists elaborate commandments for wives from a satirical husband figure. It prescribes obedience, secrecy about likenesses under jealousy, and limits on socializing, spending, and political activity while praising faithful home life and husbandly authority.
S Laval of Dallas Texas reports overcoming two years of general debility after overwork with four bottles of Electric Bitters. He now eats well sleeps soundly and feels able to work constantly. The tonic is advertised as a health builder with guaranteed satisfaction. Only at Klam's Drug Store.
Effective October 1 the Southern Railway runs an elegant Birmingham Alabama to Richmond Virginia Pullman Sleeper. Departure from Birmingham is 4 40 p m train 34 with return arriving Birmingham 11 50 p m train 35. Provides markedly improved service. For tickets and details contact BK Jackson Birmingham Alabama.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from all lines to New Orleans and from all lines to Mobile for Mardi Giras in New Orleans and Mobile Alabama. Tickets on sale February 12 to 18 1901 with returns by March 7 1901. For details contact Eastern Railway ticket agents.
Mr Thomas L Stokes, formerly of this city, has purchased an interest in the Douglas and Davison Co of Atlanta and was elected vice president and general manager of the Davison Paxon Stokes company yesterday. The firm is a large dry goods emporium south of Baltimore.
Rainy night kept many away but a fair audience viewed the refined comedy Because She Loved Him Go. The production was praised as high order and superior with a flawless performance from a company of excellence.
Fragmentary OCR text hints at a local event or note with names and places but lacks clear facts. Readable items mention Shreel and The One Day Geol and generic references to picks and cores without verifiable details or outcomes.
Locke Mountain Co and WES report mailing 4000 notices nationwide promising home offers in Anniston and Alabama. They claim a wide range of properties from 500 to 10000 dollars, with farm selections and 13 percent centerpieces to attract buyers, urging calls to discuss 5 or 10 acre parcels and other listings.
Rental notice for a seven room house with bath and animal duties near Sant on and Wycheists Cor Hend. Payment in advance with 10 percent added. All debtors to Locke, Sawyer & Co. urged to call and settle immediately. Each item reflects old period phrasing and property terms.
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