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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
10
A terse exhortation urges advertisers to balance window displays with newspaper ads to attract customers. It argues readers are influenced by timely ads, warns against vague copy, and claims clear ads lead to store prosperity. The piece stresses honesty and the role of ads in connecting store and public.
A fragmented OCR list cites Francis Bacon's birth and death in 1626, Byron's death in 1824, a memorial urging slave import prohibition in Louisiana, American defeats at Frenchtown, Lower Canada Parliament opening in Quebec in 1884, earthquakes in South America in 1854, Mason presenting credentials to Louis Napoleon, Booth’s 1861 Milwaukee conviction, a New York gun seizure bound for Macon, and a Boston public reception among other items.
The 1886 item notes General Burnside honored amid a Republican tariff bill passage by the U S Senate. A 1908 item reports Morris J. Jowas of New York bequeathed 1 million dollars to the American Museum of Natural History. a Norwegian fishing town Anlewond named for disaster after a fire.
Obesity leads to fatty degeneration of muscle and heart, weakening function and risking heart stoppage under strain. Anemia and hysteria often accompany obesity, and excess weight limits exercise, causing lassitude and dislike of exertion.
The young Victorien Sardou faced parental pressure to study medicine and started with zeal but chose drama. He endured poverty and failed first plays, nearly quitting theater before a fall illness. Mille de Brecourt, an actress, nursed him back to health and his fortune began after.
Parisian Sage promises to halt hair loss in two weeks and cure dandruff in two weeks while stopping split ends and scalp itching. It claims to grow more hair, soften harsh hair, brighten hair and eyebrows, and is marketed as a non greasy safe hair dressing used by thousands. Sold by Flam Ordway & Howser for 50 cents a large bottle.
Recent hospital reports show rheumatism increasing nationwide and treated outside health resorts. The home remedy mixes Fluid Extract Dandelion Comp Leaf, Compound Karyon, and Syrup Sarsaparilli. a spoonful after meals and at night is claimed to cure rheumatism and ease backache and kidney complaints.
An imaginative floral cross centerpiece labeled Peace provokes laughter and questions from passengers on a New York Times read, as a boy explains the piece was for a wedding not a funeral. The debate centers on taste and intent, with restrained reactions from the car’s riders.
The London Globe reports Margaret Wilson of Westminster ordered a coffin packed with Scotch snuff. Six bearers and six maids to carry snuff boxes on the pall, snuff hats for the bearers, snuff sprinkled on the threshold and ground, and a clergyman paid by his snuff use during the ceremony.
The piece describes a future state idea from ancient Peruvians where a disembodied soul chooses between two rocks after death. Rest on the left rock leads instantly to oblivion, while the right rock subjects the soul to a repetitive purgatorial torment lasting about ten thousand years before another earthly try.
The piece details union activity including a net gain of 200 members for the Cigar Makers International Union, unemployment among New York actors, and efforts by Toronto cooks to secure an AFL charter. It notes printing labels for the American Association baseball club, telegraphers opposing train dispatch by phone, and international organizing drives in San Francisco and Paris. It mentions sanatoriums for tuberculous photo engravers, pension outlays under the Typographical Union, and plans for a Seamen’s Union international alliance with several European nations.
Guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. Advertises a topical remedy price 50e.
Hawkins accuses Jarley of grasping over a bill while Jarley contends he has not grasped anything yet. The exchange highlights frustration and persistent questioning about the bill’s details.
The speaker asserts the prisoner’s fault is trusting thieves and scoundrels of that house, delivering closing words to the jury. The defendant remains in the dock as the judge and counsel address the panel with insinuations about faith and integrity.
The New York Press quotes Mrs Benham urging care while the speaker claims to mend things and notes her toe piercing stockings during a rapid forward stance. The exchange highlights domestic seriousness with a light, witty edge.
A South American trick shows how indigenous people trap monkeys using coconuts. They cut holes at each end, fill the middle with sugar, and coax a monkey to insert a paw to grab the sugar. Once the paw is stuck, the monkey can’t withdraw it and is easy prey to capture.
A Chinese barber while shaving a customer drew blood and placed each finger on the cut, continuing to cut until no fingers remained. He quips that a barber's trade is difficult and that they ought to have a thousand fingers.
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