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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
7
A historic address on Lee and Davis moves Calhoun veterans to tears. The speaker recalls Grant, Petersburgh, Richmond, and the fallen Confederate cause with reverent praise for Lee and Davis. The piece envisions future reconciliation and the enduring virtues of the Anglo-Saxon South.
Advertisement claim stating Foley's Orino Laxative will restore regular bowels and cure chronic constipation and sluggish liver after use. Endorsed by W. E. Lloyd and Elam Ordway and Houser as pleasant to take.
Augusta hosts a Taft banquet at Tampton Ter racecourse with governors, senators, and public figures from Georgia and South Carolina invited. Special cars to hotel, elaborate preparations, and a public address by Mr. Taft open air to precede the dinner.
An advertisement touts Foley's Honey and Tar in yellow package as a quick cure for la grippe coughs that may develop into pneumonia. It claims to heal sore lungs and strengthen the respiratory tract, preventing dangerous conditions.
A lower order fortune teller presides in a dirty house and preys on a girl's fear of losing her beloved. The hag frightens the suitor with mock readings, warns of unrequited love, and sells charms and magic remedies for payment from both rival and client. The items include rag, salt purse, hay, barley, and nails, said to lose power after a short period.
Ottawa reports the first session of Canada's 11th parliament opened with Lord Gray attending the throne speech amid a large attendance. Charles Marcil appears likely to be re elected as speaker as plans for a short session include a new insurance act, anti corrupt payments measure, labor portfolio, Manitoba Ontario and Quebec boundary extension, Grand Trunk Pacific relief, and parliamentary rule changes.
Mr. J P Klote of Edina Missouri reports great benefit from Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for stomach trouble. He says they are more beneficial than any other remedy he used. Sold by Elam Ordway and Houser.
An Atchison woman, prone to worry, reads multiple alarming reports about boys dying from skating, streetcar accidents, blood poisoning from shoes, choking on clothing buttons, and fatal outcomes from wearing flannel shirts. She takes precautionary actions like burning skates and chaining her boy at the door as she contemplates further changes.
A housewife notes a white bloom on eggs she bought. A food expert husband dismisses the omelette idea, saying the bloom is lime dust indicating pickled eggs. The exchange contrasts fresh eggs with a method to test for preservation.
The note from London Scraps presents a riddle from Jhansi, India. It instructs dividing 150 by 6 and adding two-thirds of 10 to yield COLENSO, with encoded hints C100 L50 EN two-thirds of TEN and a final 0 ending.
In Artesia and Columbus Mississippi reports detail Charles Smith wealth planter’s killing of Eugene Laurent from Simmons Hardware. Smith says his daughter’s ruin drove the act. Laurent’s brother filed murder charges. Smith arrested after warrant issued in Columbus. Trial testimony describes the shooting and self defense claim.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as the safe cough remedy for infants and children with no opiates. Promotes Poley's Honey and Tar as preferred by mothers, urging households to keep a bottle handy and to refuse substitutes from Elam Ordway Houser and W E Lloyd.
Denver Field and Farm notes age indicators in fowls. An old hen shows a stiff underbill, thick rough comb, hard spurs, and rough leg scales. A young hen has soft underbill, thin smooth comb, rudimentary spurs, smooth glossy leg scales, tender claws, and sharp nails.
The beet concrete is made from high grade portland cement clean sharp sand and broken stone or gravel properly mixed. If gravel is used it should be thoroughly cleaned and free from dirt. With broken stone wash dust from the particles as much as possible. Denver Field and Farm.
William Dietrich from Ulnots Experiment Station notes pumpkins are bulky and unsuitable as sole feed for pigs due to high water content. They work well in mixed rations and are worth at least 3 to 4 dollars per ton as a supplementary feed.
Ad claims Foley's Kidney Remedy cures kidney and bladder disorders and prevents serious diseases like Bright's disease or diabetes. Mentions retailers W. E. Lloyd and Elam, Ord way & Houser.
A quirky reflection on identity as a girl called Tom-Belle or Raate Transcript muses on changing friendships. The narrator notes uncertainty about future names and the evolving nature of who counts as a best friend.
Grabbles criticizes Spongely for never paying. Hicks retorts with a challenge to visit and settle accounts, reflecting a comic exchange over debt.
A New York World article recounts Bucksport's colonial history centered on Colonel Jonathan Buck and a bewitched curse. A granite monument bears a mysterious foot imprint linked to the condemned witch's prophecy, seen by summer visitors as the town’s famed “witch’s curse.”
A Washington Star item portrays Mr. Erastus Pinkley teasing his son Jim about grand hunting dreams. He challenges him to cow-out pasture unhooked, then trains in snow and woodpile drills for a North Pole future.
The ad claims Chamberlain's Salve keeps fever sores and chronic sores in healthy condition and relieves chapped hands sore nipples burns and rheumatism. Chamberlain's Ointment is praised for sprains and bruises. Price 25 cents, large 50 cents. Sold by Elam Ordway Houser and W. & Lloyd.
A London News correspondent explains that the phrase painting the town red has roots in The Divine Comedy. In Dante's descent, Francesca and Paolo emerge from the fog and claim they painted the world red with their sins.
Mrs. L Whiteacre of Buffalo New York testifies that Dr Thomas Beleetrie Oi is the best remedy for a often fatal disease croup. She notes it has been used with success in her family for eight years.
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