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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1907
Page
2
A Victorian advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a reliable bowel tonic and regulator for constipation, gas, and indigestion. It claims to strengthen bowel motions and promote daily evacuations, featuring a testimonial from D M Wackwelder of Litchfield Illinois and agents SLAM ORDWAY HOUSER and MARSH SONS.
Oxford society sees Mem Byron and Eben Hall expected home from Jamestown and other stops. Local business includes J W Priebe of Jenifer transacting with merchants and G F E Roker distributing canned tomatoes. A Fortresse club meeting elected officers and Carl Strickland returns from Greensboro with plans to visit mineral springs tonight. Two police court cases yielded nine dollars.
Vie sits alone when a young woman enters and asks to talk. She sits on his knee and gives a playful kiss, saying she is nearly three, a line from a New York Press item.
A waiter tells a patron he is taking a month off because his legs are weary from too much leg work. He equates leg weariness to a horse's disease and explains it as writer’s cramp from writing and trotting. He plans to stay home with papers, pipe, and books until he recovers.
A distressed wife tells a doctor that her husband snores terribly since their three week marriage. The physician notes snoring as a common early complaint of married life and outlines three coping options. Also mentions Cherryvale postmaster endorsing Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy sold by J. L. Wikle.
A London cab driver receives a shilling after a cautious ride commanded by an elderly passenger. She asks for careful driving and no racing with other cabs, and the driver reveals his past as a hearse driver before hoping to serve her again. The exchange captures urban humor from the London Mall era.
A Manchester meeting heard a speaker propose tunneling to the North Pole as work for years, funded by hundreds of millions. Belgian Jules Braille’s earlier schemes and other crank ideas are recounted, including England’s proposed canals in the Sahara and walls to halt rain, with warnings from past attempts.
Asheville prepares to host the ninth annual National Shorthand Reporters association convention in July. The Chicago founded group, with nearly 600 members, includes famed Ben Pitman and a roster of prominent reporters from cities such as Providence Brooklyn Chicago Atlanta New Haven Elmira St. Louis Baltimore Philadelphia Salt Lake City Dayton Charleston Trenton and more.
An etymological sketch shows bushranger once meant skilled bush man in early Australian ads. the term shifted to outlaw with robber connotations as bushrangers became infamous. The piece contrasts awaymen and sundowner, a roaming traveler who seeks shelter and supper at stations, epitomizing the era’s casual nomads.
A vintage ad touts Dean's Regulats as a gentle constipation cure priced at 25 cents. The copy claims relief from headache, nausea, dizziness, and languor while urging readers to ask their druggist.
A light hearted quip contrasts a child’s question after a Bible tale with a mother’s prompt response. The little girl suggests Lot sought another wife when his wife turned to salt, delivering a humorous line from a Chicago News column.
Mr. C. L. Carter of Skirum Alabama testifies that Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is the best for his fits of colic and diarrhoea. He credits the remedy with greatly improving his condition after severe attacks. The product is sold by J. L. Wikle.
A speculative note suggests an empyrean warship will be built, yet humanity will forbid it. The Saturday Evening Post imagines world powers meeting at a vague threshold, agreeing that no harmful pamphlets will be dropped from the flying monster.
Astronomers dispute the idea of a fixed earth path noting unceasing, slow changes in space. The ecliptic shifts among stars causing the obliquity of the eclipse to slowly alter over 15,000 years, with future values projected from present measurements.
Round trip and one way fares offered for various events including Norfolk James town exposition Chautauqua Lake Campground Epworth league assembly Louisville Knights of Pythias Talladega Springs and Sunday round trips. Tickets on sale on specified dates with contact details for H P Salter J K Lanning and L Stone in Anniston and Louisville.
State Normal School Jacksonville announces the twenty fifth annual session beginning September 25 1907. Enrollment last session was 581 with 409 teachers from 55 Alabama counties. Tuition free with board from 10 to 12 dollars monthly. High healthful location and graduates in demand. For catalogue address W Dagette president.
The old walls will receive new life with affordable price concessions to repaper the whole house. Matty beautiful flowered papers for bedrooms stripes and plain colors for parlor hall or dining room showcased by Cohen and Kircus at 921 Noble St Phone 554.
An advertisement extols The Anniston Steam Laundry noting neat edges and no stains or tears on laundered linen. It guarantees careful washing for ladies shirts and men’s shirts collars and cuffs, asserting high standards and customer satisfaction.
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