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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1907
Page
9
Directions instruct sending 10 cents, pattern number 5542, and desired size to the office. Include full address in clear handwriting. Delivery by mail postpaid after several days.
Fragmented readable bits show a mix of hobo dialogue and street scenes with brief advertisements. The page mentions Anniston Trading Co prices on silverware and Sterne’s goods, plus local weather hints, telegraph lines, and a local transit note. Names and places include Birmingham and Haddyspeps, with small price tags and promotions scattered throughout.
The narrator recalls Walt Whitman strolling toward a Philadelphia ferry, greeted by a crowd and old friends. Whitman pauses with ease, shares a few words, and notes a singer and street life as bystanders watch the noted poet move through the city.
Myrtle Reed recounts the final days of Laurence Sterne in London. A dying Sterne is visited by a footman from a neighboring house. Friends mourn at his tomb, then his body is stolen and shipped to Cambridge to be dissected, shocking the public.
John Pratt, born in Unionville on April 14, 1831, developed the pterotype, the first practical typewriter. He secured British provisional protection in 1864 and patent No. 8163 in 1866. Returning to the U S, he received U S patents in 1868 and sold several machines in London in 1867.
A testimonial advertisement praising Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as effective for croup and colds. It cites a South African resident and store clerk endorsing its safety for children and noting prompt relief and gratitude from grateful parents.
Southern Railway offers round trip winter tourist tickets to Georgia Florida and Cuba from Oct 15 to Apr 30 at special low rates with return limit May 31 1907. Through sleeping car Anniston to Jacksonville Fla departs 6 25 p m. For rates schedules sleeper reservations contact M H Bone BD P A M Coxwell C P A.
A brief clipped item notes a reference to drug operations and a team led by RB and O Watson. The text implies telephone contact and organizational roles but provides few concrete details.
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