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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1906
Page
6
A veteran surgeon recounts tending Hebe the elephant at Barnum's tables after she stepped on a nail. Despite intense pain, the expert lanced the abscess, packed and bound the wound, and the beast calmed as relief came. The tale, featured in Our Dumb Animals, ends with the elephant’s eventual recovery a year and a half later.
A public health warning cautions against iced drinks in hot weather unless they include Duffy's Malt Whiskey. The piece claims many people suffer stomach disorders, bowel issues, exhaustion, sunstroke and even loss of life from improper consumption, urging proper use to prevent danger.
An advertisement claims Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey II destroys disease germs tones the system enriches the blood and maintains health. It asserts absolute purity with no fusel oil and sells for 1 per bottle through druggists grocers or directly and offers a free medical booklet from the Iffy Malt Whiskey Co Rochester NY.
A visitor recalling Barnum's show in western Massachusetts recounts meeting Hebe the elephant. The keeper confirms Hebe is well and hearty and demonstrates her healed foot by lifting it for inspection. The account ends with a coal order from Donahoo & Ca.
A compact list tracks diverse -to 19th and early 20th century events. From Aurique battle victories to Constantinople’s fall, royal marriages, Westminster coronations, press liberty bans, window tax repeal, McClellan’s rise, Wyoming Territory creation, Guanica landing, Jeffries defeat, New Hang evacuated, and Taft's reception in Japan.
Grace Hadley fends off Jack Gladden and rival Henry Sauders in a tense afternoon. A dangerous mad dog chases the trio down a country road, ending with Jack saving Grace and the men reengaging as Sauders withdraws.
Nations strive to check the white plague as consumption claims many victims yearly. Foley's Honey and Tar cures coughs and colds perfectly, promising safety and certainty against consumption. The genuine product comes in a yellow package. Elam, Ordway & Houser.
A Boston woman seeking summer board read an ad describing a farm option and inquired by letter. The reply listed terms: five dollars weekly for men, one dollar fifty for ladies, and four dollars for children old enough to eat, with a note that higher charges for all ages and sexes would be difficult.
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