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A compact listing shows 36 inch butchers goods described as real good article priced at 50. Shirts and art linen range 50 to 85 cents. Wash bags sized conveniently offered at 5 cents each.
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1907
Page
7
A compact listing shows 36 inch butchers goods described as real good article priced at 50. Shirts and art linen range 50 to 85 cents. Wash bags sized conveniently offered at 5 cents each.
A theater of evasive dialogue shows a daughter resisting an arranged marriage to a wealthy suitor. The exchange, framed by a bold mother, hints at social pressure and personal defiance in pursuit of autonomy within a rigid marriage market.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes a witty exchange about a man described as a steady drinker versus a drinker who is not steady, highlighting humor in everyday speech and social perception.
W W Kearney editor of the Independ ent Lowry City Mo says his family keeps Chamberlain's Cough Remedy on hand at all times for instant use to check colds early and for croup in children. The remedy is sold by J L Wikle.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note argues that a practical musician should master at least two instruments one brass and the other string. It cites that traveling troupes and seasonal demand favor doubling, with brass in summer and strings in winter. It warns lip fatigue as a real career risk for horn players and compares it to writer’s cramp in hands.
Anniston residents report baseball practice at Anniston college and daily town notes. Items include funeral visits for W S Sloan, local tradesmen and merchants, a new postcard folder of Model City views, and Pendle’s market updates amid ordinary city life.
A West Philadelphia businessman boasts that government mail acts as his alarm clock. He notes early rising needed two or three days a week and that the postman’s 8 a.m. bell signals mail delivery. He mails a postcard to himself for timely wakeups, calling it a cheap system that guarantees morning appointments with a penny’s extra cost.
A Richmond resident Mr A D Williams 107 West Main St urges all with weak lungs to use Dr King’s New Discovery. He claims it saves lives and cures a wide range of lung ailments and throat diseases. Available at Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co 50c and 1.00 with a free trial bottle offered.
An advertisement invites readers to contact E. M. Lewis by telephone for Empire, Montevallo or Jellico coal described as best in the South, and directs customers to Marsh's for new seed.
The piece discusses high Canal Zone wages tempting artisans to join canal construction while noting fear of fevers. It promotes Electric Bitters as a malaria shield and remedy for various ailments, with local druggists guaranteeing the product. Additional notes advertise horseshoeing by Geo S Peterson and drug supplies at Marsh and other outlets.
An advertisement promoting MARK ROGERS whiskey urges customers to demand a named brand rather than nameless bottles. It touts consistent quality, profit for sellers, and repeated purchase by highlighting smoothness and a fine bouquet.
The Atlanta & Birmingham Air Line Railway seeks to condemn a one hundred foot wide right of way for a branch railroad through several sections in Calhoun County Alabama. August Mann is named as a party in the probate court hearing set for March 2, 1907 at 1 o clock a.m. at Anniston courthouse. Judge E F Crook presides.
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