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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 27, 1909

Page

2

The Modern Seven Leagues Boots of Want Ads

Advertising guidance urges daily real estate and store ads to locate tenants buyers and best stores. It promotes using want ads to discover buyers for items and jobs, asserting neglectful stores miss customers and that daily ad study reveals better options and opportunities.

Government Libel Suit Threatens Press Freedom

The libel case brought by the government against the New York World sparks concern over a revived sedition mood. Senator Ray NER questions motives, but the piece argues that publishers must loudly warn against this new danger to American institutions.

Rayner New York World The Prinei

Press and government libel debate sparks free speech stance

The piece argues that power rests with the people and that the press serves as the swift check on official acts. It cites editorials from the World and the New York Evening Mail, warns against government censorship, and recalls sedition laws as ineffective tools.

Presidevelt The New York Evening Mail Capaci

The Doctor's Question On Constipation and Rexall Orderlies

A physician notes most illnesses arise from inactive bowels and a torpid liver. Harsh laxatives damage the intestinal tract, while Rexall Orderlies offer a safe, pleasant remedy that does not purge or cause adverse effects. The ad touts a money back guarantee and lists prices 25c for 36 tablets and 15c for 12 tablets from Bearbroug Drug Co.

Rexall Orderlies Rexall Bearbroug& Drug Co Noble Street

Errand to a Want Ad Rewrites Brief Notice

A brief notice requests errands listed in a want ad format unless it is a display ad. The item suggests directing tasks to a classifieds section with clear assignment of the errand to a reader or advertiser.

Papes Diapepsin Promises Fast Indigestion Relief

An advertisement touts Papes Diapepsin as a safe remedy for indigestion sour stomach heartburn and related pains. It claims quick digestion after a candy like Trangule taken after meals and urges readers to check the formula on the package.

This Date in History Highlights Key U.S. Events

The list recalls events from 1785 chartering the University of Georgia to 1908 Supreme Court ruling on labor union discrimination. Notable items include Burr conspiracy to Congress in 1807, Audubon’s birth and death, Webster Hayne debate, and a 1903 railroad disaster near Greenland New Jersey.

University of Georgia Washington Congress Jefferson Burr Virginia Chespeake & Ohio Canal Company Daniel Webster Union Robert Y. Hayne John James Audubbon Audubon Park N.Y New Orleans Emperor William II Germany Greenland N. J U. S, Supreme Court

Curious School Customs In Mexico

A London Standard article describes Mexican schoolmasters praising diligent pupils by allowing them to smoke during lessons. After general class approval a full class smoke follows with the master smoking a large cigar. Scholars are not allowed to drink. the master keeps a liquor bottle on his desk sparking parental disputes.

London

British lieutenant renounces long formal name Tollemache Tollemache-Tollemache

A British lieutenant in the Seeward battalion signs an advertisement renouncing Quintus Tollemache-Tollemache Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache and will be known as Leo de Orellana Tollemache. The notice hints that want ads may carry terse messages today.

Leutenant Seeward Battalion Lincolns the Regiment Leo Quintus

Prudent Purchase Sparks Bitter Bargain Tale

The tale follows Plenty Mijier selling a rare two volume work to Ollila Huntington a railroad magnate. Huntington doubts but the salesman delivers both volumes for 700 dollars. Huntington denies buying them yet the seller reminds him of his own words about the books being valuable for his library.

Plenty Mijier New York Ollila BP. Hiuntington Railroad King Mr. Huntington Millonaire Mr. Miller

Editors Urge Reference Books For Daily Reading Habits

The piece promotes using an almanac grammar and dictionary as home reference aids. It recalls Rev Jack Russell a hunting rector cited by a bishop for sport and notes his continued pursuit of hounds until 1883, praised as a Devonshire sportsman and reforming preacher.

New York Mall Jack Russell Bishop of Exeter Russell Devonshire

Hyomei Promised Quick Relief for Catarrh

Hyomei offers five minute relief from catarrh with a full kit for one dollar. Elam Ordway & Houser guarantee cure or money back. The kit includes a hard rubber inhaler, a bottle of Hyomei, and a dropper. The antiseptic eucalyptus formula is inhaled to treat coughs colds asthma hay fever and croup without stomach dosing.

Elam Ordway & Houser Australia

Two Tragedies in Love Told by Herald Quote

The New York Herald notes two fates for a woman in love: losing the man she loves and gaining him only to face disillusion. The aphorism contrasts resignation with the ache of fulfilled desire.

New York Herald

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