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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1907
Page
2
Oxford Alabama section reports Paul Wood visiting from Childersburg and James Gonnela returning from Birmingham. A farmer laments winter road quality and mail delays while noting no quick fix. a sale ad promotes an eight room house on three acres with barn and well. The text closes with a season calendar hint and an indoor picnic social hour.
A weather prophet in Oxford predicts snow for February signaling a strong spring ahead. Advertisements note several for sale items including a residence with lot on South Church Street and two storehouses on Spring Street. A roll top desk and other farm plans are also listed as preparations for spring. The Confederate camp held its annual officers election yesterday.
Crow, Thomas H Barry, J H Wilson, J H Snodgrass, W T Dodd, A F P Meshee, Sam Smith, M Markstein, Dr R E Bailey lead the corps of officers in the camp. The group promises prosperity as the camp is already flourishing.
The Oxford lodge of Odd Fellows plans an oyster supper this evening featuring speeches and witty repartee, promising lively entertainment for attendees. Funds and details are listed in the local notice.
Miss Harriet Adair visits Rockland with the Jones family. W. W. Stephens of Barfield guests 8. C. Britt. The self culture club meets this afternoon at Mrs. A. F. Bullard’s residence, with a program planned.
A fragmentary comic exchange shows a witty dialogue about learning to skate and a birthday surprise. The text features a young man and a humorously literal line about lessons from a correspondence school.
Anniston social notices list Mrs. Milton A. Smith entertaining Mrs. Joseph EB Aderhold and Miss Lillie Williams at dinner. Mrs. W J Stewart visiting sister Mrs. W Pittard in the city. Thad M. Gwin & Co promotes bargains.
Bargains at Thad M. Gwin & Co s at All Seasons and pleasant news as R A Hingson shows slight improvement. Rev and Mrs George F Cuthrell return home after a Georgia visit. Floyd Smith Jr of brick store farm among Oxford visitors. E A Aderholt of Meading chatted with locals. Ladies aid society of the Christian church meets Mrs M L Davenport next Monday at 3 PM with full attendance urged.
A 32 year old man advertises in a morning paper that he is willing to undertake any adventure, however desperate. The notice appears in the London Evening Standard.
An odd natural phenomenon reports migrations of the Norway rat that occur once every eleven years. The rodents move westward from Scandinavia in vast numbers, swimming lakes and climbing mountains in a headlong flight, devastating regions they cross. Naturalists propose an inherited memory of escaping a cataclysm, though the explanation remains doubtful.
A near Kayosovar Hungary cave yields a fully equipped Roman mint with crucibles three coin dies and 300 coins dating to the first century. Also bronze jewelry tools and metal objects found alongside suggesting a complete workshop and craft activity.
A nostalgic line touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness and keep the bowels right. The ad notes the price 25 cents and lists Elam Ordway and Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.’s as sellers.
An advertisement offers gas coke as a clean cheapest factory fuel for grates and base burners at 4.50 dollars per ton delivered by Anniston Electric and Gas Company with contact via telephone 109.
The item highlights cleanest cheap fuel for grates and base burners, emphasizing value and suitability for home heating.
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