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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1907
Page
6
Traditional piracy in the waters around Hongkong is described from the thirteenth century onward. The island served as a pirate stronghold with a Chinese government unable to expel sea robbers for centuries. All passing ships paid tribute at the harbor entry. Elevated lookout points guarded approaches and tolls were demanded before vessels could depart.
An ear specialist argues deafness affects all senses. He calls the ear a servant of the sensory system and says hearing loss is a partial paralysis of the brain, with other sensory centers forced to struggle against the demoralizing influence.
Mr Wade Elam of the Elam Ordway Houser Company remains at home with a mild illness. J F Mettauer travels to Texas for his father's funeral. Talley and Ledbetter’s livery on West Tenth street sold to J W Mitchell and K T Blake who will run it. Coosa tribe No 84 installed new chiefs for six months. Pay your poll tax before February 1 to be eligible to vote. A special train will move Third battalion A N G to Governor Comer’s inauguration at 3 am Monday. Deputies return with two men charged with perjury in a land case. preliminary hearing set for morning. Reverend Hugh O Brien to depart for Bessemer. Rev C Stahl to replace him at Sacred Heart. Dr Anderson delivers sermons on Earnestness and Recognition in Heaven. services continue this afternoon and evening.
An elephant suffered a severe toothache that threatened her caravan. She collapsed, was roped to stakes, and two men used ice tongs to extract a remarkably long tooth measuring sixteen inches by three inches. Dray horses helped maneuver the tongs during the operation.
Mrs Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts praises Long Live Dr Kings New Discovery for rapid cough and cold relief and claims it cures weak lungs and sore throats after other remedies fail. Billed as safe with trial bottle offered free and priced at 50 cents and 1 dollar from Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
A Worcester horseman known as Old John Langley charms a Massachusetts reader with a tale of Yankee cunning. He demands the finest silk broadcloth be used and made wrong side out, winning a wager as the shiny silk reveals the higher cost, while his friend pays to prove the cloth’s price. Philadelphia Leder.
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