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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1907
Page
3
A dated instruction form requests payment of one percent to the office. It lists pattern number 5426 and asks for the desired size. The notice directs clear handwriting and the sender’s address, noting several days for mail delivery postpaid.
Special dispatch from Bremen reports the steamship Wittekind sails today for Charleston with the second immigrant shipment. The first group has already reached Charleston and was distributed to manufacturing and milling centers across several South Atlantic states.
In Khiva a tiger from the Oxus pacing near Warner’s room cage snarls at him. A Turkoman, commanded by the prince, strikes the tiger’s nose with a stick then calmly strokes and tickles the beast. The tiger is chained, dragged outside, and held by the Turkoman as a camera records the moment.
The star Mira, known to astronomers for 300 years, alternates between near invisibility and extraordinary brilliance. It dims to near disappearance for years, then flares irregularly about every 831 days, possibly due to surface hydrogen fires, offering a dramatic view of stellar life and decay.
Advert shows Chamberlains Salve as a remedy for skin diseases and itching with immediate relief and cure. It notes usefulness for sore nipples and lists J. L. Wikle as the seller.
The corpse plant in Natal is a vivid carnivorous specimen with a bell shaped body and a dark, sticky surface. Its foul odor lures carrion birds that alight on it and become trapped as the plant folds the bell and swallows them.
The passage describes a tiny brassy gold fish with a bushy tail called a Chinese brush tailed goldfish. A pet stock dealer touts it as the finest aquarium fish in the world, noting prices from 250 to 300 dollars and even up to 700 dollars for prized specimens.
Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin touted as the greatest stomach and digestion remedy. Claims quick relief and restored vitality with a money back offer and free booklet via mail request. Includes a promotional prompt to purchase a one dollar or half-dollar bottle from druggists.
For sale by Scarbrough Drug Co Slam Ordway and Houser Wholesale Distributors itemizes Pepsin Syrup Co products in Monticello Illinois with regional wholesale outlets.
In a Letters From a Surgeon anecdote Dr. Perry of the Twentieth Massachusetts is surprised to be seized by his senior officer Dr. Hayward who commands him to wait for three. Perry leaps up just as a moccasin slips under his pillow coat, the snake hiding in a hidden entrance blocked by accident and waiting patiently.
A veteran life insurance agent convinces a potential client with a long lecture on the merits of insuring life. After the talk the client reveals he is also an agent looking for fresh angles, delivering an ironic twist about idea novelty.
Advice on avoiding appendicitis cites chronic constipation as a risk and promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as a cure. The ad claims the syrup stimulates the liver and bowels, restores natural action, and is mild with no nausea or griping.
Lady Dorothy Nevill recalls her father a refined gentleman who spoke bluntly when angered on a continental night. He traveled in a post chaise with ornate attire and harsh language as the postboy lost his way in a forest then fled with the horses.
Mr EH G Case a Canton Center Connecticut mail carrier in the U S Service for sixteen years says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is king of all and one to be relied upon for croup and the best remedy for coughs and colds giving certain results with no bad after effects For sale by J L Wikle
Special to the Sur Manila reports a terrible typhoon sweeping Leyte and Samar with 100 lives lost in Leyte and unclear damage in Samar. Communication with the islands has been cut off for six days.
Historical notes cite two bee based siege defenses. Appian describes Romans using bees against Mithridates at Themiscyra with tunnels and mining operations. An Irish manuscript recounts Saxons defending Chester by pouring hot liquids and dumping beehives on Norse attackers, driving them away.
The article traces dormice as a Roman delicacy with garum and jellies for the upper class. It notes brick puddings from Tiberius’s era made with pig’s blood, plus dormouse sausage and other preparations admired by gourmands. Petronius Arbiter is cited for dormice fattening by sleep and a poppy seed honey sauce said to induce sleep.
A parent describes a photographer’s challenges in getting a pleasant expression from a young child. Mrs Green recounts visiting the studio for over an hour and slapping the child’s hands twice, yet Tommy remained cross, reflecting troubles in obtaining ideal portraits.
Purports to cleanse blood and improve health claiming heavy impure blood causes a muddy complexion headaches and nausea while thin blood causes weakness and paleness. Advertises Burdock Blood Bitters as making blood rich and the body healthier.
The passage notes English actions introducing pests and plants to colonies. It cites rabbits in Australia ruining land, ground birds used as food, thistle in New Zealand, water weeds thriving, and the mongoose in Jamaica attacking cane fields and preying on poultry.
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