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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1907
Page
3
Queen Elizabeth had a Flemish porter over eight feet tall and strong and kindly. He lifted two tall soldiers in his arms at an inn, strolling the room with them as if they were children, much to their disgust.
Life on the Farm describes abundant corn hogs cows and livestock filling every vessel on the place with plenty of fruit and animals. A joke about Miss Short notes she is thirty six every year of it and a quip about counting follows.
Justice Moody issues first US Supreme Court opinion in Shropshire Woodriff Co v T G Bush et al. The court holds a fan assignee of wages earned within three months before bankruptcy may claim priority under section 64 of the Bankruptcy Act when the assignment predates proceedings. The case arose after Shropshire Woodliff ran the Anniston plant commissary and the car company failed. $7,000 was collected while $3,000 was contested as a preferred claim.
An excitable woman calls her husband a brute and recounts scolding him. The joke escalates with a claim he merely yawned. The reader is advised to visit J L Wikle's drug store for a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets said to ease stomach liver and bowel disorders.
Notice announces bills in the Alabama legislature to create a Court of Inferior jurisdiction in precincts 15 and 20 of Calhoun County in lieu of all justices of the peace and notaries public ex officio justices of the peace in Anniston wards. The measures include appointing a judge and defining salary, and abolishing the current justice of the peace and ex officio offices in the specified precincts and wards.
Anniston Electric & Gas Co advertises cleanest cheapest gas coke for grates and base burners at 4.50 dollars per ton delivered. Telephone 109.
Therapeutic claims tout instant liver cleansing and restoration by Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. Advertised as permanent benefits with a money back guarantee and free sample offer for first time users.
Monticello line of Mlinols and pepsin syrup offered for sale through Scarbrough Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser as wholesale distributors in the region.
The article describes a quick orange prep method. Peel and pare off white skin, slice around to remove sections, leaving seed and central pith intact. Use a sharp knife to avoid crushing the fruit and to speed up the process.
An advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar prevents pneumonia by stopping coughs and expelling phlegm from the system. It warns to refuse inferior products and to buy the genuine yellow packaged remedy from Elam Ordway & Houser.
The fragment presents a quotation attributed to Sir P Sidney stating that true reason cannot reveal itself more reasonable than to leave reasoning on matters beyond reason. It resembles a philosophical or literary aside without clear event or subject.
Distrurbing the congregation last Sunday by persistent coughing led to a request to purchase Foley's Honey and Tar. Elam Ordway and Houser are noted in the notice as suppliers or references.
Brief item records a quoted price of 4.50 per ton for burners delivered by OERK with a contact line referencing TF Telephone 109 for inquiries.
Special to the Star report from St. Louis notes that unless Governor Folk grants clemency two murderers face gallows tomorrow William Spaugh and W B Church. Spaugh brothers were indicted for Iron county sheriff Polk’s murder and survived a mob attack in Ironton. Arthur Spaugh received a 35 year sentence while William awaits execution. Church killed his foster parents Yeator in their bed fled to League Island navy yard where he enlisted in the Marine Corps and confessed to the crime.
A humorous contrast notes golf as tame on temper while croquet provokes lasting feuds. It cites a golfer muttering and throwing a club versus a croquet player who may refuse to speak to an opponent all day.
An exchange reveals parental opposition to a marriage proposal, questioning the suitor Taliaferro’s character and wealth. The father dismisses him as vain and unreliable, citing a self-portrait of pretension rather than real substance.
Claiming refunds if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs and colds the advertisement asserts lung healing and pneumonia prevention. It states no opiates, urges return of the genuine in a yellow package from Elam Ordway & Houser and warns against substitutes.
A short dialogue captures a clash over living costs with a scribbler remark about weekly board charges ranging from one dollar to seventy five cents. The exchange appears in a Bohemian or humorous column style from Puck.
An old advertisement touts a product named Dean’s Regule Ta to ease stomach discomfort and relieve chronic constipation. It claims easy operation of the stomach and offers the remedy for 25 cents via druggists.
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