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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1907
Page
2
A party including Hue visits a village and learns from Chinese converts how a cat's pupils narrow toward noon and widen afterward. Hue tests several cats and confirms the method, noting the pupils’ behavior as the day advances.
A foreign prince in Paris bet two hours of police arrest without breaking laws. Dressed in a rough look he ordered chocolate at an exclusive cafe. Paying with a large bill, the prince provoked the waiter to call authorities, who then arrested and released him after learning the facts.
The article explains color blindness as including total absence and partial forms such as red green and violet blindness. It notes the boundary with normal color perception is not clear and many people have a feeble color sense. It also states color blindness is more common than thought and more prevalent among the less educated.
The earliest barbers plied trades in fifth century B C Greece and third century B C Rome. In England, barber and physician were once one and the same, a king’s barber serving as chief medical adviser. Under Henry VIII, London barbers were barred from performing surgery or bloodletting except for tooth drawing.
Forest and Stream notes that after excitement some men, unlike women who faint, keep quiet and are misjudged as cool or nervy though their knees shake for support. The excerpt reflects on human reactions to fear and the perception of coolness.
A brief exchange shows a playful couple planning to board after thirty minutes of activity by a cuckoo clock. She promises a cooking surprise and piano skill, prompting his cooperative remark about traveling arrangements.
Society editor describes a church fair with Mrs Green, wife of a prominent milk dealer, suitably dressed in watered silk. The item captures fashion and social detail from the event.
A testimonial from Miss Edith Hammer of Morrison Kentucky in October 1906 praising Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and Pills for curing eczema of the head and other skin ailments. The writer notes family use and continued stock of soap.
Mothers urged to seek swift relief for afflicted children with Cuticura products. Warm baths using Cuticura Soap and gentle anointing with Cuticura Ointment lauded as the primary skin cure. Complete external and internal treatments advertised for infant and childhood skin conditions. Cuticura Resolvent pills offered to purify health. Potter Drug and Chemical Company market details included.
The article notes Charles Pratt as the inventor of the first practical typewriter named the pterotype. Born in Unionville on April 14 1831 he moved to England in 1864 and received British provisional protection then patent number 3108 on December 1 1866. He later secured U S patents in 1868 and is credited as the first to sell typewriters in London around 1807.
A Columbus Dispatch reader praises Mexican musicians in a letter about a recent military band performance. The writer notes their precision and musicality, marveling at how many cannot read Spanish yet read music perfectly from their instruments. The piece highlights cross cultural admiration for Mexican performers.
An old woman buys a pennyworth of carrots and jokes with the greengrocer. He offers to thraw in a sack of tatties a barrel of apples four hundredweight of turnips a box of oranges and a horse and cart if needed.
A countryman bargained with a California photographer for a half length portrait at half price. After the artist delivered a view from the waistband down, the sitter insulted the photographer with harsh language. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Dialogue shows a curate questioning a woman's husband status as permanently invalid. Mrs Billyus asserts not permanent, while a doctor predicts the patient may not live two months.
Special Announcement states Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs and lung troubles is not affected by the Pure Food and Drug Law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs. Elam Ordway & Houser endorse it as a safe remedy for children and adults.
A fragment notes a contact method directing readers to call 72 for an individual named R. Q. Watson regarding egal or drugs. The illegible context limits detail about the event, authority, or location.
Oxford reports fresh country produce and cotton in market, new paint for B A Walker Co store, visits by Mrs Barr and Mrs Adams, and greetings to Mrs H P Whiteside. Hon John H Wilson to move to Gray street residence February 1. Library entertainment planned for St Valentine’s Day. Spring hopes rise with early flowers and gardening chatter. City council to meet in called session tonight. Jack Pennington Adair returns from Edwardsville Heflin to visit family.
Wood Hanna of Iron Guy joins numerous business visitors with the Oxford group today to view the new light weight skirts offered by Gwin in black blue and gray.
Rev J B Woodin of Greenville visits Rev George FP and Mrs A J Adair who handles Delineator Ladies Home Journal Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping as part of a local note.
For sale in Oxford Alabama a residence with large lot and three houses and lot on South Church street two storehouses and lots and a large vacant lot suitable for warehouses on Spring street Apply to Jad-Imo Humphries A M Humphries.
For sale a two story residence near college and a 345 acre farm two miles from town. The farm is well improved and rents for $1000 per year. Apply to D. P. Haynes Oxford Alabama.
Roll top desk offered at discount as a nearly new item. Interested buyers should contact Mrs. Adair at Star office in Oxford for details.
Mims & Co offers prune products, evaporated peaches and apples for sale, emphasizing quality produce and canned goods.
A poet sent a manuscript with the line See the pale martyr in a sheet of fire but it appeared as See the pale martyr with his shirt on fire. A speaker’s reception prompted the party paper to facetiously claim The vast concourse rent the air with their snouts.
Tout Has Jones quits racing amid reform talk. The jockey says reform means little to him as he seeks a riskier bet, turning to wagering on whether weather van predictions will match the day’s conditions.
A London Fun note records a quarrel where an aged husband reproaches his wife for extravagance and buying a cape. She insists the cost was not cheap, claiming it cost 10 guineas, while asserting she has won the argument.
Fair Visitor questions selling a house but the hostess explains they have placed the matter with a real estate agent. After reading the agent’s advertisement, they decide not to part with the home, deeming it perfect and wonderful.
A husband challenges his wife about not putting things away. She replies she keeps them where she can find them, highlighting contrasting household priorities in a domestic exchange.
The speaker reflects on responsibility for physical condition versus inner essence, noting blame lies with the soul not the aging body. The lines suggest self-awareness about aging and personal responsibility for character over external fate.
Patent medicine ad claims Wine of Cardus Purifies the blood and relieves irregular or profuse and painful menses. It also eases headache backache dizziness cramps and nervousness. Free advice offered by the Chattanooga Medicine Co. Ladies' Advisory Dept. Chattanooga Tenn.
Japanese physicians cited by Red Cross Notes declare that swallowing charcoal at the first signs of gastro intestinal distress can prevent death from internal poison. They claim charcoal absorbs gases and acts on many alkaloids and ptomaines.
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