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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1909
Page
4
Residents on Gray Street press Oxford council for a water plug and fire protection after a past blaze showed hose distance problems from Main Street. The note mentions firemen fighting nearby flames with well water and a threatened large home, plus various community notices and local movements as spring construction looms.
Frank J. Cheney sworn as senior partner of F J Cheney & Co of Toledo promises one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notary A W Gleason attests on December 6, 1886. Cure taken internally, targets blood and mucous surfaces. Send for testimonials. Sold by druggists for 75 cents. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A man entered the marriage bureau alone and asked for a license. The clerk would not issue it without the prospective bride present to sign. He admitted he had not decided which woman to wed and left crestfallen.
A writer surveys water power in various feats from a hose stream knocking a man down to a 1600 foot descent of water fracturing blades in Grenoble. It recounts a blacksmith’s failed attempt to hammer through a jet, a cavalryman’s sword shattering, and a hydraulic jack lifting twenty tons.
In this dialogue the Native and Tourist discuss local farming, noting that crops vary by season and seed choices. The exchange hints at regional agricultural diversity and different farming practices shaping what is grown where.
In 1843 Father Mathew, visiting London for total abstinence, tried to convert Lord Brougham with humor and seriousness. The nobleman resisted yet accepted the silver medal and ribbon of the new order of the Bath, joking he would keep it at home. He later vowed to stay sober for the night, surprising his peers.
Capudine relieves headache and nerves, marketed for day business use. Directions urge taking Capudine for clear thinking and calm nerves, with availability at drug stores.
The Philadelphia Record reports a tale in which a colored applicant named John seeks a butler job in a fashionable Philadelphia suburb. He claims civil service exam success and insists it proves his fitness. The employer questions its relevance, then acknowledges civil service as a rare virtue and considers him for engagement.
A vignette from the London Spectator recalls Babar the great mogul who seized Ferghana at eleven, faced losses through treachery and loot disputes, wandered, regained Ferghana, and later died after a final sacrifice by his son Humayun.
A Budapest area farmer’s son fails law school exams and forges a diploma. The farmer quips that there are more barristers than dogs in Hungary, so kutya ber parchment is scarce. London Answers reports this anecdote on legal credentials.
In a reflective piece the author argues the real Bowery remains unwritten and unknowable, a Sargasso of derelicts amid ceaseless commerce. He contends most depictions are melodramatic fictions, inadequately capturing its humanity and mystery.
According to Dean Ramsey shepherds took collies to church in Scotland. Dogs behaved during the sermon but grew restless at the final psalm. The congregation halted the usual response by remaining seated as a visiting minister prepared to give the blessing.
J H Walker of Sunbury Ohio claims years of dyspepsia and poor appetite were cured by Burdock Blood Bitters. He describes long indigestion and appetite loss followed by relief after using the remedy.
The piece argues that buying at stores that advertise yields cheaper goods due to the volume of business. It claims old-fashioned or non progressive merchants charge more, and supporting them risks keeping reactionary dealers in business.
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