Local Short Stories and Community Notices
Mr Robert Bradley is recovering from a long illness after an operation. Camp Pelham U S V meets at city hall next day at 2 p m for important business. Model Ice Co offers ice and coal service and announces ice cream socials at Parker's Grove. An Alaska Packers ad promotes Red Salmon Cook Book. The Anniston Theatorium offers nickel admission to new films on a regular schedule. Various local notes include a peculiar Irish potato resembling an alligator, a busy city dog catcher, and police court outcomes totaling $22.80 in fines. Noble Thomas known as Basco is at Union Lumber Shop. Mountain Oak Encampment will hold a semi monthly session this evening. For coal or drugs call phone 72. A baby show anniversary recalled from ten years ago at the New Wilmer hotel prompts curiosity about past participants.
Color Changing Flowers Through the Day
A New Orleans Times-Democrat report describes flowers that shift hue over the day. Phlox mutabilis hibiscus, lantana, and other species transform from blue to pink white to red and yellow to orange, sometimes gradually, as sunlight changes.
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New Orleans
Times-Democrat
Poisoned Diamonds Spark Personal Crisis Reports
Fragmentary OCR describes a jeweler discussing a poisoned diamond case and danger to the bearer. Witnesses report distress and rapid symptoms likened to strychnine if ingested, with mention of five crisis events involving diamond theft and exposure.
Amusing literary wager ends with Barnato win
A humorous contest on literary value pits Barney Barnato against financial journalists. A referee declares Barnato the winner for a terse faultless piece, and a £10 payment to the referee is noted. A separate item reports Mrs. Robert Mytton praising Chamberlain's Salve for a knee burn and recommending its sale by J. L. Wikle.
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Garnato
Barney Barnato
Gemlowen
Barnetto
Barnato
Chamberlain
Robert Mytton
John St
Hamilton
Ontario
J. L. Wikle
Cure-All for Skin Ailments Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts a product claimed to cure tetter eczema itch dew poison pimples ring worm and various skin eruptions. It targets cotton pickers and promises increased productivity by reducing sores and swollen feet, enabling workers to pick more cotton.
Follow Forest Trails Through Signs and Warnings
A travel note explains how trail blaze marks and natural markers guide riders and hikers. It describes blazes on trees and upright sticks as signals to stop or turn, and stresses the duty of leaders to relay knowledge to those who follow along the Wickitat path.
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Tamlin Garland
Gas and Dentists in a Comic Screed
A wild man bursts into a dentist's asking for gas to render a helpless victim insensible. The dentist confirms the gas works in about a minute. The caller pressures to prepare gear for harming someone as he begins undressing in a fit of excitement.
When He Married Crowded Out Henpeck Wilson
A quip dialogue features Henpeck Wilson claiming birthright to command and reflecting on overbearing marital life. The exchange touches on social roles and the limits of status within domestic life.
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Henpeck
Wilson
Henderson
Letty and Deering Quarrel as Archie Meddles in Love
Archie counsels Vance Deering on winning Letty Shelby while she resists a hasty marriage. Letty favors delay, seeking attention and fun, but Archie proposes a comic promise to force a settlement as Deering faces her aloofness and her stubborn heart.
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Sis
Archie
Deering
Letty
Vance
Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Promote Gentle Bowels
Advertisement for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets by J. L. Wikle claims they ease constipation with pleasant bowel movement and no disagreeable effects. Price 25 cents. samples free.
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Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
Love and danger in a tense Shelby parlor
Archie orchestrates a fake shootout to test Letty and Vance as three men fire at him in the basement. Letty, terrified, confesses love to Vance after a tense scene ending with a kiss and a vow that love matters most despite peril.
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Archie
Vance
Letty
Tilly Widner
Deering
The Doctor Away From Home When Most Needed
People discouraged to find family physicians absent during cramps cholera and diarrhoea emergencies. Prompt treatment needed. Cham berlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy recommended for home use to avoid pain and risk. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
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J. L. Wikle
Field Outwitted By A Woman At Dinner In Decollete Dress
A historical anecdote recounts Eugene Field sparring wits with a New York woman at a dinner. She wore an evening gown described as decollate and teased Field about being beaten in his own game. Field bowed and retorted with a meager consolation about sleeves.
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Eugene Field
New York
Field
Mr. Field
Miss Blank
Lippincott’s
Violet Legend of Lanthis the Diana Nymph
A sixteenth century Latin poem recounts Lanthis a Diana nymph pursued by Apollo. She pleads for mercy and is transformed into a violet that guards against the sun, hiding its modest head in shade while mourning beauty lost to desire.
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Lanthis
Diana
Apollo
Ianthis
SPECIAL TRAIN RATES FOR TEXAS VOYAGES AND NEARBY DESTINATIONS
Special rates via Bay to the West held for homeseekers excur sions with round trip tickets on sale Tuesdays monthly in November. Other routes include Norfolk Virginia for James town exposition, Chautauqua Lake New York, Campground Mississippi Epworth league, Louisville Kentucky Knights of Pythias event, and Sunday round trips to all reachable points. Contact HW P Salter, J K Lanning, L Stone for details and sales in Anniston AL and Louisville KY.
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Texas
Louisville
Preme Lodge Knights of Pythias
Also Mentioned on This Page
Robert Bradley
Camp Pelham
Model Ice Co
Parker's Grove
Emlaton
Alaska Packers’ Association
Atlanta, Ga
Anniston Theatorium
Star Office
E. M. Lewis
Empire
Montevallo
Jellico
Pest
Noble Thomas
Basco
Union Lurber
West Tenth Street
Mountain Oak
R. O. Watson
Wilmer Hotel
Ciemoenes
Telegraph
Meggendorf
Scarbrough Drug Co
T the Dentist’s
R and
Mr Malaprop
Walker
Sarlor
Mre
Knox
Sin Mary
Tuet
OFRLE
Carson Willard
Dary
Arechie
Tommy Mullen
Bin
Naked Truth
Legend of the Violet
Iscuil 1
Hilo
Continental
Tonnerson
Via
Norfolk
Chautauqua Lake
Campground
Miss
Epworth League Assembly and Seashore Camp Meeting
Talladega Springs
HW. P. Salter
G. A
J. K. Lanning
Anniston
Ala
L. Stone
Louisville, Ky
Alabama
Anniston Banking & Loan
Mm. B. Wellborn
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