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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR text mentions fireside fun and a person named Miles Edith Frost with garbled dialogue. The readable parts reveal no clear event, date, place, or organization, leaving a jumble of quoted phrases and uncertain names. No verifiable incident or outcome is discernible from the available text.
A London Spectator quote argues against contempt for cooking, noting food quality affects mental power, especially for sedentary or taxed brains. It stresses balancing effort in meal prep, warns against overemphasis, and cautions against settling for poor meals as a waste of the faculties.
A Scottish railway discussion notes the old fear of accidents and insurance. Dr Norman Macleod, about to travel, is asked by a servant if he has an Insurance ticket. The servant jokes he should write his home on it for fear of corpse robbing on the line.
The text urges a family to avoid dwelling on sadness caused by poverty or hardship. It advises cheerful, silent endurance, light jokes about elders, and bravely accepting worse circumstances. It promotes keeping a positive atmosphere, ignoring gloom, and seeking even a glint of sunshine.
Advertisement asserts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy contains no opium or harmful drugs and has a long proven reputation for colds croup and wheezy conditions. It claims safety for children and widespread popularity with buyers.
A curious antiquarian catalogues famed noses from history. It notes Lycurgus Solon and Ord nicknamed Naso for large noses, Scipio and Alexander the Great ears and the rim of coins, Washington Caesar and Napoleon praised, Mohammed curved, Franklin Shakespeare and Dr Johnson with wide nostrils, and Frederick the Great likened to a distinctive nose measure by Lavater.
The tale recounts Mendelssohn and a friend resting under a tree when a large fly buzzed near. He later linked the insect’s sound to a passage in the A Midsummer Night's Dream overture, noting the modulation from B minor to F sharp minor as the fly’s buzz.
In Praise of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy extols its virtues as a prompt effective cure for croup, especially for children. The testimonial from E A Humphreys in Alice Cape Colony endorses its safety and usefulness and mentions local sales.
Anniston Electric and Gas Co offers cleanest and cheapest gas coke fuel delivered at $4.50 per ton. Telephone 109 advertises availability for grates and base burners with delivery service in Anniston.
A balloonist may encounter a mysterious hole in the air resembling a maelstrom. The pilot keeps from a terrifying fall by dumping sand to arrest downward motion. Such holes are rare and the atmosphere usually offers steady lifting power.
The anti quarian recalls spit dogs used to turn roasting meat, ensuring none burned. They were called spit dogs and their descendants are named spitz. Spit dogs ran spits for fowl and beef in inns, with notable use as late as 1816 in Philadelphia on Second and Third streets.
Mrs Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts praises New Discovery for immediate relief from coughs and colds and claims it cures weak lungs and sore throats after other remedies fail. Drug firms Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co offer 50 cent and 1 dollar bottles with a free trial.
A Spanish visitor in 1583 recounts a London banquet with strange dishes eaten without knowing their names. The tale notes a massive quaking custard served at the center, where a city fool leaped through it splashing diners. Women of the era are praised for demanding costly luxuries and charitable offerings.
Advertises Chamberlains Salve for curing skin diseases with quick relief from itching and burning and mentions its use for sore nipples. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
Railway timetable lists routes to Atlanta Macon and New York via Washington. Also services to Atlanta East Florida points and Heflin. Indicates multiple connections from the hub to diverse destinations on the network.
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