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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1906
Page
6
The Evening Star hosts a library voting contest with 12 to 89 volumes from major publishers on display at Globe Clothing Co. Stores, inviting lodges churches and other groups to vote by purchasing items and writing the organization name on tickets. Votes tallied weekly through October 6, 1906 with top organization wining the libraries.
Poughkeepsie prepares for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta with 100 competitors from Cornell Syracuse Columbia Pennsylvania Georgetown and Wisconsin. Rival crews pit for three races as graduates and students descend on the town for a holiday atmosphere and a potential record crowd.
A writer reflects on changing sea life from a grand hotel saloon to distant stars. He notes the loss of old seafaring romance and air of piracy but sees a deeper, more complex modern romance: a waking world finding its strength and purpose.
If you knew the value of Chamberlain's Salve you would never wish to be without it. It is said to be especially valuable for sore nipples chapped hands burns frost bites chilblains chronic sore eyes itching piles tetter salt rheum and eczema. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
Humboldt praised radiant phosphorescent animals and their brilliant light guiding species identification. Charles Holder notes California's coast and Southern Islands offer rich observation sites for ecologists with diverse invertebrates from giant jellyfish to the paper nautilus during late winter.
A lion tamer recalls scars from eleven lionesses on the western circuit and one from an old Utica lioness. He says lionesses are more dangerous and treacherous than lions, noting ferocity hidden by affectionate acts before an attack. He warns trainers that female cats are responsible for most maulings.
J. B. Waterman of Watertown writes his daughter, long afflicted with epilepsy, was cured by Dr. King's New Life Pills and has had no attack in over two years. Advertising blurb claims best body cleansers and life giving tonic pills, 25 cents at West End Drug Co. and Miller Drug Co.
The Popular Science Siftings explains that byssus is a silk produced by the puma Mediterranean shellfish. A tiny tube at the tongue end secretes silk that the creature uses to adhere to rocks, leaving a silken cable as it moves. Sicilian fishermen gather this rare and costly filament for fine fabrics.
Help wanted. No energy or ambition warns of health decline leading to Bright's Disease. Advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a four fold remedy that stimulates the liver, warms the stomach, strengthens kidneys, and cleanses bowels. Sold by druggists at $1 per bottle.
The see ache phenomenon reappears on Lake Brienz Switzerland as pollen from millions of flowers colors the air. Blossoms from nearby orchards drift on the breeze, creating a hazy, pollen filled layer that settles on the water when the wind falls.
A financial snippet shows capital paid in listed as 621,325.33 with surplus and profits 53,558.00 alongside circulation figures. The terse entry reflects a balance sheet style summary from the period.
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