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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1906
Page
2
An advertisement invites readers to buy ready made skirts that fit well and look stylish at surprising prices. It features a new line of white waists, belts, combs, gloves, mitts, fans and both plain and fancy hosiery aimed at attracting customers.
Thad M Gwin and others returned from Birmingham after the Fourth while J F Wright enjoys vacation at Lamar and Grace McClellan heads to Montevallo. A water pipe extension to Hobson City park is completed as well patrons at the park report orderly crowds. A Confederate badge lost in the area is offered for reward. Oxford Lodge I O F meets tonight. Calhoun Rifles elects Frank Roberts as first sergeant. The baby show draws interest with multiple prize categories and entry times set for Friday afternoon on Mrs. Draper’s lawn. Admission details listed. various local residents noted for travel, illness, or court fines.
Reports describe millinery sales and department leadership at E. A. Walker & Co. A mayoral fine collection ends in town revenue. A picnic at Oxford lake hosted by Anniston Business College pupils attracts attendees from Oxford. T H Burton’s barbecue at Duck Nest Spring delights guests. A fight near Hobson City switch injures Donson after Kennedy confronts him. Company plans travel to Mobile with 40 men and officers. Walker family visits a country home near Bynum. Illness affects N B DeArman of DeArmanville. Miss Kate Cunningham returns from Talledega. Miss Jessie Skelton visits Rome, Ga. Dr Fermor Staples and family to Heflin for a stay.
A Massachusetts woman for years sends unsolicited checks to a neighbor she does not know. Each check carries a note expressing hope for his success as he runs for office. She says she acts to serve the public and notes her candidate has won every time.
A young Western visitor learns that New York crullers differ from his fried cakes. After failing to obtain fried cakes from a waiter and manager, he leaves in haste while others watch, puzzled by the misunderstanding and the plate of crullers in sight.
A historical ad touts Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Cure as the sole way to free the system from a poison causing rheumatism. It claims relief, cure, and an end to pain, swelling, and suffering with tablet form convenience and economy, sold by J L Wikle.
A Philadelphia merchant advertised for a boy “about 14 years” and hired a precocious youth after noticing his own missing comma on the sign. The boy, bold and candid, accepted the position while noting the timing of the offer.
Summer bowel disorders in children require prompt care at first looseness. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended as the effective medicine. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
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