Local Notes Highlight Fines and Community News
Fines totaling 146.50 were assessed by Recorder Greene against several defendants, with one case continued. Anniston screens show moving pictures at the Anniston Theater on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Mrs. Cohen, wife of Councilman C. W. Cohen, is ill at home on Cobb avenue. Boyd H. Cox named permanent secretary of the Gadsden commercial club, a former Anniston resident. Model Ice Company promotes prompt tea delivery by phone. Argo Red Salmon advertised at 10 cents per pound as a cheaper nourishing option.
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Greene
Boyd H. Cox
Thhe Gadsden Commercial Club
Annistonian
Shipp
Cox
Wasps And Sunday School Tales In One Train Story
A Boston Journal passenger tale recounts a western train trip with an overdressed mother nurse and a tyrannical three year old who harms the nurse. The boy’s cries and antics draw tears from farewells while a wasp becomes the comic twist. A minister’s joke about street kids rounds out the reading.
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The
Boston Journal
Harry
Mary
Billy
Disqualification for Capital Punishment Sting
A southern judge disqualifies a juror in a capital case who opposes the death penalty. The man cites a mammy taught rule against killing anything unfit to eat, prompting a stern exchange with the judge. Another item recalls a husband’s ruse using clipped newspaper items to lure his wife home, with the ploy described as successful.
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Tie
Burn Healed Quickly By Chamberlain’s Salve
Mrs. Robert Mytton of Hamilton Ontario praises Chamberlain’s Salve for healing her daughter’s knee burn and easing pain almost instantly. The product, sold by J. L. Wikle, is recommended for burns and minor injuries.
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Chamberlain
Robert Mytton
John St
Hamilton
Ontario
J. L. Wikle
The Ways of Congressmen at a Washington Banquet
A Washington banquet scene among congressmen is described with humor about palm decorations mistaken for celery. The piece ends with reflections on mortality and justice, citing Paul Laurence Dunbar.
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Washington
Congress
Digestive Health Pills Advertised in Vintage Column
An old advertisement touts Dean's Regulats for a weakened bowels and chronic constipation relief. It promises easier digestion and a cured bowel condition, priced at 25 cents, urging readers to ask their druggist for them.
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Dean
Humorous Exchange Sketches Lending Lessons and Eccentric Wealth
A humorous dialogue fragment features lines about lending money and social pride. Characters like Fuller Kayne and Mr Cunlus exchange quips on debt status and mock wealth. The piece includes jests about borrowing, inheritance, and mock examinations of character with playful, witty one liners.
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Fuller Kayne
Mr. Cunlus
Notable Personal and Civic Updates Across Washington and Baltimore
Thomas Edison rises early moments before dawn as a new publishing venture forms around Ralph Hall Caine in London. George Vanderbilt and Mrs Marshall Field buy frontage on Massachusetts Avenue to build grand homes in Washington. Frederick Velka, a veteran Baltimore street car man, retires without a derailment after 37 years. Elijah Halford nears retirement as deputy paymaster general and former secretary to the army corps. James Morris of New York plans a large bequest to St. Luke's Hospital for rides and music in Central Park for crippled children. Henry Spindler, longtime Dickens proofreader, dies at 84 with relics of Dickens in his possession. Frank Hamlin, son of Hannibal Hamlin, becomes Chicago civil service attorney after Harvard and Boston University Law. John Hollis Bankhead, Alabama political veteran, awaits Senate succession under the Alabama primary system after 18 years in the House.
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Thomas A.edison
William J. Fotaund
Tor
Mittburgy Tee
William
Germany
Ralph Hall Caine
Hall Caine
London
George W. Vanderbilt
Marshall Field
Massachusetts Avenue
Washington
Frederick J. Velka
Mver
Madison Avenue
Elijah W. Halford
Deuty
Tie
Harrison
Theay Corps
Army
Jame Morris
New York
St. Luke's Hospital
Central Park
Henry Thomas Spindler
Brentford
England
Charle Dickens
Frank Hamlin
Board of Civil Service Commissioners
Chicago
Hannibal Hamlin
United States
Lincoln
Hamlin
Bangor
Harvard
Boston University Law School
John Hollis Bankhead
John Tyler Morgan
United States Senate
Comer
Congress
House
Alabama
The Cook Book Tips for Better Cooking
Practical kitchen advice on thickeners, flavor control, and safe heating. Use half flour for browning, add bread crust to greens water to remove flavor, handle salads gently, avoid boiling custards, and cook milk puddings slowly to prevent curdling.
The Doctor Away from Home when Most Needed
The ad urges households to keep Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for cramps cholera morbus since physicians may be unavailable. It claims prompt use can prevent suffering and save lives and notes it is sold by J. L. Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Extraordinary paired elephant tusks spark East Africa race theory
A London exhibition displays two remarkably long tusks eleven feet five and eleven feet in length with bases girths of eighteen and a half inches totaling 203 pounds. Professor Rowland Ward suggests two elephant races in east Africa as the tusks’ origin, noting lack of wear implies the animal did not dig for roots.
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London
Rowland Ward
East
Africa
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