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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1907
Page
7
Local residents and visitors from Atlanta Rome and Birmingham move through Anniston on business and leisure. Piedmont Springs draws many guests with cool evenings and pleasant surroundings while Donahoo Co. offers horses and mules for sale. A ball at Piedmont Springs and a two week Atlanta trip are noted among community updates.
An excerpt discusses how brevity and salt give proverbs their bite, noting sayings like Forewarned forearmed and Extremes meet. It highlights the Greek Laconians known for conciseness and recalls the response to Philip of Macedon’s threat to Laconia.
An old fable describes Truth and Falsehood bathing together. Falsehood exits first, clothed in Truth’s garments, while Truth remains naked and unwilling to wear Falsehood’s clothes.
A local trio of firms Elam, Ordway, and Houser begin distribution of Talladega Springs water in Elam, Ordway and Houser’s service areas. Officials say the new supply will improve freshness and reduce bottlenecks for area customers.
Dr A W Tlewitt describes the native medi cine men or blackfellow doctors as wholly sincere shamans who rely on the supernatural. Dr Mowitt notes they claim power from spirits or ancestors and can cause or cure disease from a distance and travel as ghosts or assume animal forms.
Advertises Zoa Phora as a safe cure for nervous disorders in women. Claims to regulate menses relieve pain strengthen genital organs and restore vitality. Urges readers to buy a one dollar bottle from their druggist and write to Kalamazoo Michigan for information.
A neighbor praises a Alaska lecture for calm, while Mr. Dodd finds it tedious yet restful after a long day. He complains about two hours of silence and screen views, then pockets a lantern to split kindling and feel renewed. Youth's Companion.
A Chicago Tribune snippet shows a new doctor telling Miss Kitty her trouble is indigestion and that dieting is involved. The girl says she dislikes the foods the other doctor has prescribed, while the new doctor remarks she is dieting.
A hydra fusca, described as a polypus, can be turned inside out like a glove and still continue to live and eat vigorously.
The ad promotes a liquid remedy to stop a throbbing head and nervous system upset. It claims immediate effects and easy consumption with a bottle sold at all drug stores.
The dialogue and banter revolve around theatrical tights, elopement fantasies, and a humorous dispute about dyeing hair. Characters named Askitt Diversey Henpeck Bulman Shaila Pate and Cutting Hints discuss marriage, letters, and careers in a playful, quick-witted scene.
Governor Oglesby toured Joliet State Prison and promised a pardon for an abducted girl case. The piece includes maxims by James Whitcomb Riley about never talking back and a shopkeeper's quip about coffee versus tea.
A visiting French delegate praised France at a Washington dinner while an American neighbor repeatedly echoed polite agreement. The Frenchman pressed whether Americans acknowledge French politeness, and the reply affirmed that Americans claim their own politeness.
A Maine clergyman testifies in a past trial describing a fight where a man named Salson was “knocking about him here and there.” The minister explains he enticed the man with a crowbar, using a series of pokes to persuade him, in a mild but pointed anecdote. The piece also notes rapid locomotive building figures and industry consolidation with Baldwin and American Locomotive Company dominating output.
London Mail records a brief interaction where old Flintskin asks a cabby about his fare. The cabby deflects with politeness, leaving Flintskin to button his pockets and walk away saying no one has ever left him anything before.
A brief quirky notice notes Mrs Dash, seeking cremation services, as she declares with stubborn resolve that she has no match to light her way. The line reflects a humorous, inland newspaper tone.
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