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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1907
Page
2
Dr T P Palmer of Rives Tennessee endorses Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey as a medicine for medical use only and opposes intemperance. He notes many doctors prescribe it as a tonic stimulant and urges support for laws reducing drunkenness. The endorsement is dated August 9 1906.
Advertises Daffy’s Pure Malt Whiskey as a universal medicine to strengthen the heart and purify the system. Claims fifty years of chemical testing and cautions buyers to obtain the sealed genuine product from trusted druggists. Priced at $1.00 with a free medical booklet from Rochester, N Y.
A diary from the Civil War era recounts bonnet styles worn by southern ladies, including plaited straw coats scuttle bonnets trimmed with rosettes and green dyed ribbon. The piece notes Yankee influences such as tiny bonnets and canned fruit, reflecting wartime life and fashion shifts.
Special notice declares Fo ley's Honey and Tor cough remedy not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. Elam Ordway and Houser recommend it as a safe medicine for children and adults.
The Anniston Electric and Gas Company announces immediate gas rate cuts for fuel gas at 1.10 per thousand feet and illuminating gas at 1.50 per thousand, with a ten cent discount for payments at the company office by the stated date. Rates prior to 1907 remain in effect for gas sold earlier.
A Travel Magazine outline describes foreign hotels with no in-room hot water piped in and guests hearing a tap for hot water. Guests receive services like prepared baths and notice from maids, while room selection is based on a price agreement. Breakfast tends to be ordered at the hotel, and electric light switches use brass levers rather than push buttons. Reading lights are common in bedheads.
A man visits an oculist complaining of poor sight. He tries the weakest glass which fails after months. If failure persists, the oculist jokes to buy a small intelligent dog and string, implying futility of vision aids.
A Baltimore American item shows a flirtatious exchange where a woman questions a late arrival and the man explains he was held up on his way home. The brief vignette captures social tension and a moment of apology.
Comic exchange attributed to the Philadelphia Ledger cites a joke about foreheads and two heads as a witticism on collaboration. The brief quip contrasts belief in teamwork with self mockery.
Oxford observes a legal holiday with bank and post office hours adjusted. Various local activities include Washington birthday commemorations at Oxford College, religious society meetings, debates by the Fortress club, and self culture club discussions. Local commerce updates note sales, arrivals, and a dispensary vote outlook, with concerns about residents’ health and upcoming shopping trips.
A six gallon red earthenware jug once used by Beccles ringers is kept in the belfry. The vessel, made by Stringfellow and inscribed with rustic verse, held up to six gallons to support ten ringers against bells weighing over six tons.
The scallop can anchor itself to rock with a tough elastic cable from near its hinge, dropping anchor as rough weather nears. Lying in shoal water it foresees a storm and secures itself, braced against waves as a tiny shellfish moors in silence.
An advertisement touts Foley's Kidney Cure as stopping irregularities and curing kidney and bladder trouble not beyond medicine. Elam, Ordway & Houser are named as sellers.
A tall New York boy on tour recounts meeting an elderly elf drummer who urges quitting drumming. The veteran describes years on the road, scarce home life, a gray wife and distant children, and insists there may be another path if possible.
In 1765 Alexander Brice of Kirknewton conducted a simple test with a stone jug buried in over six inches of snow losing its bottom. He concluded that colder windier conditions and longer ground time increase water yield, estimating about one tenth of the snow’s depth as water under moderate wind and freezing cold.
Curious blunders in memorials escape notice until too late. Westminster Abbey Cromwell statue has boots worn upside down. A sword inscription reads Prince of Wales for the Black Prince. A fresco near St Stephens shows the Union Jack hoisted before its time by 250 years.
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