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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1907
Page
4
May circulation totals show 61 885 printed papers with a daily average around 2 202 to 2 229 after adjusting for 1 700 extra copies. The document is sworn by E. B. McKee as general manager and witnessed by Notary BE. Ledbetter on June 1, 1907.
A fragment from a 19th century or early 20th century column discusses summer longing, political commentary, praise and critique of monarchs, and a humorous take on figures like Parker, Davis, and Sherman. It touches on war rhetoric, American abroad impact, and railroad wrecks linked to steel quality, all in a breezy editorial voice.
A Delineator writer warns that extended separations between spouses strain marriage. Solitary vacations create loneliness and drift, risking loss of mutual dependence and trust. Occasional breaks may backfire, with long trips labeled as hazardous by insurers and a path to alimony if harmony fades.
A column discusses the telephone in daily life, advising household rules to curb interruptions. A guest at a luncheon misinterprets a call, causing table disruption. The piece urges messages only and strict note taking by a trusted servant to reduce agitation and preserve order.
Household hints describe carpet care and bedding choices to ease cleaning and comfort. The text also offers quirky tea preparation notes including suggestions for orange peel and cream usage, with miscellaneous domestic observations.
The fragment shows a social moment with Aunt Matilda preparing to sing a line from a verse while guests crowd the drawing room. George asks about refreshments, and the line hints at themes of envy, merit, and awkward homage.
A short health notice claims liver and bowel stoppage can be fatal, urging Dr King’s New Life Pills as a remedy. Guaranteed satisfactory or money back at Ordway Howser’s and Beorhrough Drug Co’s drug stores. 250
Dr. Andrew McConnell claims a scientific method to cure chronic invalids using a life force electricity discovery tested in Anniston. Critics call him the greatest scientific discovery of modern times while others doubt the procedure’s efficacy.
Report from Anniston outlines Dr. Andrew McConnell’s tests of Organic Electricity claiming rapid cure of nervous prostration indigestion heart trouble rheumatism paralysis and liver and kidney troubles. Case studies in Anniston Oxanna and local business leaders cited as proof that life force electricity could make medicine an exact science.
A fat commercial drummer explains snoring and habit loops. He recalls a hotel anecdote where a traveler tried a tapping system to stop snoring, but the sleeper dreamed of a big salary and missed the taps. The tale ends with the shoulder taps continuing through the night.
A humorous fragment shows a bachelor maid lamenting the burden of carrying many keys. She items key to studio, owl studio, desk, trunk, letter box, sewing machine, and more, joking that only a man could carry them all for her. The scene ends with a New York humor tone.
A damaged OCR fragment appears to be a personal letter or note with garbled phrases about caring, affection, and mending a relationship. Names or proper nouns are not readable, leaving the core sentiment ambiguous.
A remark from Susy at age twelve about Mark Twain's frankness with books echoes a family rule at breakfast. The child recalls Scipio, Hannibal, Alexander, and Pyrrhus as great generals, noting papa's openness about his readings and opinions.
In 1829 a Sant a man was murdered in a Loire forest with his dog nearby. The widow kept living in the cottage with the faithful hound. In 1837 two travelers sought shelter, the dog attacked them, one muttered a clue about hair, leading to arrest and a confession after lengthy questioning.
A dentist describes a dubious process turning rags into sugar using sulfuric acid and heating. He promises an ounce of sugar from an ounce of rage, outlining steps of shredding rags, adding acid, pounding, waiting two hours, altering, boiling, and replacing evaporated water, claiming a reliable result.
A fragmented item quotes playful banter about a father and son, with references to a living skeleton and a bouncy boy issue, mentioning Prince ton Tiger and a puzzled tone about happiness. The readable text combines odd contrasts and dialogue fragments from a likely humorous column.
A newspaper ad touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure. It claims constitutional treatment and support from testimonials, listing F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio and urging readers to buy at 75 cents plus mentions Halts Family Pills for constipation.
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