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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1907
Page
2
An 19th century medical advertisement claims Prickly Ash Bitters cures diabetes by regulating kidneys and liver. It features a testimonial from Thomas Threadgill of Stonebury Texas detailing twelve years of illness and recovery after using the remedy. Sold by ELAM ORDWAY HOUSER and F M MARSH & SONS as special agents.
A playful exchange during an evening stroll where George jokes his watch keeps better time after he places a picture of his beloved inside the case. The moon and stars seem to approve as he adds another jewel to the tale.
Several Oxford residents visit guests and relocate plans. Mareb Year and Mrs Hell Gwin host Thad M Gwin. Mrs J Th Lane returns from Sylacanga with family. Miss Patrlie Jones returns from Tallapoosa due to her father's illness and death. Arcus Humphries sells Main street property to W Maugham of DeArmanville. Humephries to build a modern home on the adjacent lot. Mrs W A Yeatman ill. John Wiles of Jenifer plans move after East Mechanic repairs. W O Harris withdraws from Ward Four council race. Odell reports Hackhorn area health good. Real estate demand rises. Clyde Gwin ill on Main street. C C Whannon of Talladega visits Brannon in Oxford. Miss Ruby Bentley starts millinery duties at Allman Bros in Anniston. Haynes Hingston & Cox note.
The advertisement lionizes Arbuckles ARIOSA Coffee as the original blend of Brazilian coffees offering health and value. It claims the first roasted packaged coffee sales for 37 years exceed all others, urges sealed packages for protection, and directs readers to buy only from sealed packages or write to Arbuckle Bros. in New York City.
The article explains Jamaica's name origin from Nay muen meaning water and wood. It notes Jamaica’s three counties Middlesex Surrey and Cornwall and explains quirks of parish borders including Manchester in Middlesex and Portland in Surrey and Trelawny named after Sir William Trelawny, once governor.
A government department maintains a register of jobless workers in New Zealand. It helps them find positions, assists with railway fare to places needing labor, seeks out merchants and manufacturers who need men, and at times assigns unemployed people to government work.
An advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as a national cure for dyspepsia. It claims to strengthen stomach membranes promote digestive juice flow purify the blood and build up the system.
A pleasant tasting cure beloved by mothers for coughs colds and croup. Chamberlains Cough Remedy quickly relieves coughs and helps prevent pneumonia or other serious illness in small children. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
The passage describes how Apache use a marked gourd to read time by star positions, Assam hill people time and distance by betel nut chews, Irving's tale of Governor Twiller and tobacco pipes, a Canadian Montaguis tell stick for travelers, and shadow measurements to gauge lead distance, noting the stomach as an ancient timekeeper.
A New York Press excerpt shows a woman praising a blind candy seller seen at the push cart market. She notes she buys from him to support him and mentions paying 1 cent per piece, contrasting with 2 cents at a grocery when he was absent during a rain.
The State of Alabama Calhoun County City Court of Anniston in Equity Laura Brown et al complainants v P B Brown et al defendants will sell to the highest bidder for cash at the courthouse door in Anniston on March 11 1907 the w percent of the southwest quarter of section 10 township 16 range 7 Calhoun County Alabama and four houses and lots at the northwest corner of 17th and Gurnee streets Anniston Alabama including two houses on the east fronting 17th street and two on the west fronting 4714 feet and back 140 feet to satisfy the decree witnessed by A H Shepperd clerk February 14 1907.
Southern Railway advertises through Pullman cars to New York with dining service. Rates schedules and all information available from M Coxwell C P A M H Bone D P A Birmingham Alabama.
The article notes three famed instances where a single shot altered outcomes. It cites Charles XII at Fried richstein during a siege, Lord Cochrane's mortar at Port raided in 1808, and a gyepoeshot at Haddington in 148. Each event caused instant panic or strategic reversal, marking rare pivot points in warfare.
The Trigg-Steele Co announces a completed undertaking parlor with Milton P. Crowe in charge. Crowe, a reputed Alabama embalmer for over twenty years, offers day or night service with a lady attendant if desired. Night and day phone numbers are listed.
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