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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
2
Mrs Robert Burne and children arrived yesterday from Lincoln to spend several days with Captain and Mrs TH Burry. Mrs W S Burrows returned to Birmingham this morning after a pleasant visit with Oxford friends and relatives.
One of Mr and Mrs J L Knighton's children on Main Street has scarlet fever, a case hoped to be mild. Dutch Java blend coffee priced at 20 cents per pound by Mims & Co. Mrs M H Garrett of the Pines east of Oxford contemplates moving to the city. Hon John H Wilson of Jenifer may become an Oxford citizen. both families would receive a cordial welcome.
Hon D P Haynes returns from a week long business trip through the country J F Wright suffers a bicycle accident requiring a sling W R Norton travels to Delta on business for Barry Co William Warnock buys John McAdams house on Choccolocen Street and Mc Adams acquires old Roberts property on Fiddler Street
For sale an eight room house on three acres with barn, well and stock space. Occupied by Mr and Mrs Heatley after improvements by Mr Warnock. Also a two story residence near college and a 345 acre farm two miles from town paying 1000 dollars yearly. Apply to D P Haynes Oxford Alabama.
Jack Pennington Adair came back to Edwardsville after a pleasant visit with his parents. Tom Jenkins of rural route No 5 spent several hours with the Oxford people before continuing to Birmingham and Texas.
Go To FOR SALE Roll top desk nearly new cheap apply Mrs Adair Star office Oxford Mr and Mrs Oscar Jones visit Rockland Texas leave Tuesday for home L F Greer DeArm anville among out of town parties transacted business in Oxford today FOR SALE IN OXFORD ULA One residence and large lot and three houses and lot South Church street 2 storehouses and lots and large vacant lot suitable for warehouses on Spring street Apply to jad Imo A M HUMPHRIES Miss Harriet Adair returned from visit to Rockland Rev George F L Cuthrell to fill pulpit of the Christian church at both
The article lists Sunday worship times including morning and evening services with themes on the Holy Spirit and Apostles and a retrospective look at the past and future. It also notes services at Baptist Methodist and Presbyterian churches, and mentions visits by Hon William H Cooper Mrs Cooper and Miss Francosa. It reports J W McClurkin in town for business and friends Dr and Mrs Travia Hudson returning to Texas and R G Roberts improving health.
On the voyage two sailors discuss unusually high seas. One notes 100 foot waves, while the other with forty years at sea can’t recall waves higher than 40 feet. They agree everything seems higher now.
A world survey notes language alphabets range from 12 to 202 letters. Hawaiian uses 12 letters while Tartars boast 202 letters, highlighting vast differences in script scope across languages.
A vivid memory of a day when the advertised pills were encountered. The copy touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as painless purifiers that cure headache and biliousness, keep the bowels right and cost 25 cents at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
An extraordinary migration of the Norway rat occurs every eleven years. The riders journey westward from Scandinavia in a headlong exodus. They swim lakes and rivers and scale mountains, devastating vast regions. Naturalists doubt an inherited memory of escape and seek other explanations.
A complete Roman mint was uncovered in a Kayasoyar area cave Hungary. The site yielded crucibles and three coin dies for gold silver and bronze iron ore, about 300 coins, dating to the first century AD. Also found were bronze earrings bracelets other objects and tools like hammers and tongs.
An Eastern publication extols a home remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion Compound Karyon and Compound Syrup Sarsaparilla to treat kidney and bladder trouble and rheumatic pain. Adults take a teaspoon after meals and at night with much water, claiming rapid relief and reduced swelling.
A fragmented dialogue in which a young wife sobs that she fears the pastor’s wedding blessing about love believing and suffering, while the young husband jokes that love can eat anything. The source uses stage-like dialogue and a Germanic title phrase Filegende Blatter.
The piece praises inner qualities over looks and claims Electric Bitters restore strength to weak women, improve nerves, eyes, skin, and complexion. Sold at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co druggists for 50 cents.
The piece compares how long notable men slept from Jeremy Taylor to Goethe and Napoleon. It notes Linnaeus practiced late sleepless years, later reading his own works in retirement and lamenting not writing a book like them.
The Milky Way is a vast band of fixed stars with no known influence on Earth's weather. Stars appear to move due to Earth's daily and yearly revolutions, and their light takes thousands of years to reach us.
The Tenderfoot at the opera house pleased two audiences with a strong company led by Oscar L. Figman Ruth White and Lawrence Colver and featured songs like My Alamo Love The Tortured Cat Fascinating Venus and Only a Kiss Hoity Toity and its Girlical Annex drew a large crowd with breezy comedy and lavish stage effects without a coherent plot, praised as a kalideoscopic gem by the Chattanooga Times.
The ad lists coats and garments at deep discounts with specific prices. Highlights include $20 coats at $11.08 and a $15 coat for $9.98, plus two-tone tan and black coats at $2.98, and Heatherbloom petticoats reduced to $3.39 and $3.49. Also offers $5 quality skirts at $3.98 and fabrics like Punjab percales at 12 1/2¢ per yard.
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