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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1909
Page
2
Remittances should be sent to Anniston Publishing Company and not to any individual connected with the Star. The notice directs payees to use the publishing company for all payments and clarifies proper recipient.
A chronology listing notable deaths and political events: Archangello Corelli and Georges W. Childs noted. Eng land thanksgiving for peace after the Napoleonic Wars. Daniel Webster re elected to the Senate. Virginia defense funding. the death of Eng and Chang. asylum fire fatalities. Jamaica earthquake relief funding. John R. Walsh guilty of misapplying funds.
Claim guarantees healing of itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Advertises 50¢ price.
In early Kansas plains, European hunting parties arrived with gear and knives. Auguste Rouzand, Christine Nilsson’s first husband, joined an Englishman and Sixth Cavalry at Dodge City. The Englishman shot buffalo while Rouzand kept a knife trophy to show Paris.
Advertisement claims Foley's Honey and Tar cures deep seated coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia, urging readers Elam Ordway & Touser to choose the product.
Walter M. McFarland recounts two naval cases showing how shore leave allotments shaped conduct. One ship allowed more liberty to lower grades, pushing many sailors into the second conduct grade. A later ship rewarded high performance with substantial shore leave, yielding a large share of the crew in the special first class.
A waiter overhears a humorous game of notes and roles as Jane Ida Maria Susan and Marta argue over leads trumps and card tricks with witty misreadings The scene ends with Marta exasperated that no men are telling them how to play from Pearson's Weekly.
Leslie's Weekly recounts the growth of the U S railway system from its 1828 beginnings with Baltimore and Ohio to the pivotal roles of John Stevens Peter Cooper Evan Thomas and Matthias Baldwin. It credits early importations and local ingenuity for surpassing England and Russia in railway development.
The Paris Revue Medicale notes some Western Australian districts have women take a vow of silence after a husband dies. In certain cases the oath lasts two years after the funeral and is often observed by the deceased’s mother and mother-in-law as well.
A rural philosopher quips that poets are not born but made, while another comment insists poets aren’t born tagged and suggests fathers shape their children, as cited by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A Chinese diplomat and an American swap views on edible frogs dogs and rats. The diplomat speaks of frogs legs while noting their cleanliness and contrasting with American views on rats and dogs as feeder animals.
In southern California deserts the chuckwalla hides in narrow rock crevices to escape predators. Indians learn its tricks and use a wire or twig to provoke the lizard into exhaling, loosening its grip, allowing the hunter to pull it free, then cook it.
The article cites that below about 4,000 feet heat reaches 98 degrees, hindering coal mine work. It notes British coal commissions setting 4,000 feet as a workable limit, while rocks crusting the earth are tens of miles thick and could reach liquid heat at great depth.
A historical notice urges quick use of Foley's Kidney Remedy at first signs of kidney or bladder trouble to prevent Bright's disease or diabetes, claiming it corrects irregularities and cures kidney and bladder disorders. W. E. Lloyd and Elam Ordway & Houser.
A playful exchange recalls a night of skating. A child asks why the father did not wear a pair, and the boy notes a pair of skates as the joke. The coachman’s remark to the cook adds light humor to the scene.
An anecdote from the Philadelphia Record depicts John a colored applicant for a Butler job among Philadelphia suburbs. He boasts of civil service exam passage, while the employer notes practical fit matters more than formal tests. The tale ends with the employer acknowledging civil service as useful for guests and considers John for the position.
The note recounts Babar's ascent from Ferghana at age eleven after his father’s death. He held the throne, lost it to a treacherous ally, wandered, reclaimed Ferghana, and again lost it while stopping Mongol plunder. By seventeen his fortunes waned. Humayun fell ill and died after a priestly sacrifice scene described by the London Spectator.
A Budapest area farmer’s son fails law exams and forges a diploma on parchment kutya ber. He explains there are more barristers than dogs in Hungary and not enough kutya ber for all. The anecdote uses humor to critique legal inflation.
A brief medical notice praises Foley's Honey and Tar as a quick cure for la grippe coughs that may become pneumonia overnight. It claims the remedy heals inflamed lungs and prevents danger, advising use of Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package and credits W. E. Lloyd and Elam, Ordway & Houser.
A Colier's Weekly reflection contrasts novels and plays noting that authors finish a manuscript, while dramatists face ongoing troubles after handing the script to stage managers. It compares a book’s manuscript to a painting and a play’s script to an architect’s blueprint, not a final performance.
Blue coral described as the most precious form is gathered in Renin Bay. The report notes its occurrence and suggests limited harvest activity in the area during the season.
A brief dialogue records a man wary of health, noting germs “get right down to business” in their communications, contrasting lay speech with medical jargon and highlighting everyday concerns about sickness.
A courtroom exchanges a crude claim where the prisoner says he only aimed to make a hit with his wife while the judge questions the charge of assault with repeated head striking. The dialogue reveals a sensational misstatement and legal tension.
A substitute doctor apologizes for missing surgical instruments while a plumber’s tools left in the cellar are noted. The exchange records a brief, comical moment reflecting a day of interrupted duties.
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