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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
3
The article explains a nunber card game using full packs. Players read face down cards while naming consecutive ranks, suspecting mis plays. If a suspected player is wrong the accuser takes the table cards. if correct the offender takes them. The last to empty hand wins.
A reader outlines a classic number trick sequence. Think of any number, double it, add a given even number, halve the total, then subtract the original number to reveal half the added even number. The description ends with an example and garbled ending.
A Munich man claims to coax caterpillars to spin lace veils from plant leaves. He coats a surface with plant paste, marks a pattern with olive oil, then places caterpillars at the bottom to crawl upward and weave a lace design. Also a note on Dean's Regulats offering relief for habitual constipation at 25 cents a box.
The Alabama Supreme Court upholds demurrers in Richard Glenn vs State of Alabama. Glenn was fined for hunting on private property without permission, arguing the Wallace act's timing and merit against a local law. The court retains the hard labor sentence as valid.
Secretary Wilson notes the act informs consumers about dangerous drugs in medicines. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy claims no habit forming substances, and labeling now shows no such drugs. The product is praised as safe and effective for coughs and colds and sold by Elam Ordway & Houser.
Judge Eugene D. Saunders of the U S court in eastern Louisiana resigns to resume law practice, previously partnered with Associate Justice White. Wisconsin governors living include Taylor Peck Upham Scofield Hoard La Follette Lilley, while Col Frederick Smith from Peoria is named for Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Associate Justice Peckham may retire after March 4. Richard Ballinger of Seattle eyed for Interior Secretary.
Veterans wept as Judge McCarty delivered a Lee Davis memorial address at the Calhoun county courthouse. The oration lauded Jefferson Davis and Robert E Lee, praising their leadership, sacrifice, and enduring legacy in the Lost Cause narrative.
An advertisement touts D Oan s Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for sick kidneys. It lists two danger signals from kidney secretions and back pain, claims testimonials from W D Reese of Anniston Alabama, and directs readers to buy at local druggists with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole U S agents.
An old advertisement offers a free Complete Handy Atlas of the World in exchange for sending the advertisement, the newspaper name, the reader’s address, and four cents for postage. The offer is from Scott & Bowne of 409 Pearl Street, New York.
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