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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1907
Page
7
The Glen Addie fire hose company will install its newly elected officers at its reel house this evening. The event will feature feasting and an eloquent address. A theatrical ticket sale is announced for Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch at Noble street theater on January 7 with a good house expected.
Dialog appears as comic banter among theatrical performers Dusty Rhodes Dr Fatheden Torne and De Tough with Reggy. Jumbled lines suggest vaudeville style humor about abundance and restraint.
Southern Railway advertises through Pullman cars to New York and dining service. Rates, schedules, and all information are cheerfully provided by M Coxwell and M H Bone, district passenger agents in Birmingham, Alabama.
Mr EB G Case a mail carrier from Canton Center Conn after sixteen years in the U S Service says Chamberlains Cough Remedy is king of all and reliable for croup and coughs or colds with no after effects sold by J a Wwe.
A Spanish visitor to London in 1582 recalls a banquet with strange dishes, a midtable quaking custard that a city fool leaped into, and guests who ate freely and even carried custard home. He notes London ladies demanding costly delicacies like cherries and peas and asks who would not admire them.
A historical volume notes that Scottish coal workers in the eighteenth century were bound to labor as “necessary servants.” A 1606 act forced men to work in mines, treating them like property. escape meant punishment as thieves and pits’ land could be sold with workers. An 1775 act freed pit workers, but slavery ended only late in the century.
In America the rallying cry favors Dr Kings New Discovery for lung and throat relief. Mia Julia Ryder Paine of Truro, Mass., vouches for immediate help with coughs and colds, claiming it cures weak lungs after other remedies fail. Elam Ordway Houser Drug Co. guarantees it, 60 cents to 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
A New Haven man recalls Judge David Torrence of Derk Conn remarking on the speed of sound in a case about noise. The scientist claimed sound travels 400 yards per second, the judge doubted the claim noting different speeds for various sounds and that truth often travels slowly.
The Persian people are described through reflections on their eastern origins and temperate demeanor. The narrator notes a shift toward brighter outlooks and better mood due to clear air, with remarks on daily life and social changes influenced by a gentle modernization mentioned in General Gordon's "A Varied Life."
A discussion on beauty noting that health and vigor define charm. Electric Bitters is claimed to restore strength, nerves, and a bright complexion for women. Guaranteed at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co. Druggiates, He.
Southern Railway announces round trip winter tourist tickets to Georgia Florida and Cuba points at special low rates from October 15 to April 30 with return limit until May 31 1907. Through sleeping car Anniston to Jacksonville leaving 6 25 p m rates schedules sleeper reservations apply to M H Bone D P A and M Coxwell P A Birmingham Ala.
A terse line notes a phone contact for drugs or team work referencing KR O Watson and the number 72. The fragment implies a local notice or advertisement directing readers to contact an individual at that number.
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