Woman in New York Town Faces Snake In Stomach Operation
Miss Florence Reese of Hierkimer New York with a live snake in her stomach is to undergo surgery at St. Luke’s Hospital Utica. She long believed it to be a tape worm and only recently accepted treatment after years of suffering. The serpent is estimated two to three feet long and as thick as a broom handle.
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Hierkimer
N. Y
Florence Reese
St. Luke’s Hospital
Utica
Reese
Ford
Live Snake Found In Her Throat
Augusta Georgia March 15 a real live snake was extracted from a woman here recently. The snake seven inches long and still living was kept in a glass jar at Dr G W Baughmans office. Mrs Sallie McMillan of Savannah road reported years of throat distress before Dr Baughman expelled the snake. She is recovering with no recurrence of symptoms. How she swallowed it remains unexplained.
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Augusta
G. W. Baughman
Vannah
Baughman
Remarkable Rainbows Observed Near Przemysl by Leopold Ferdinand
Grand Duke Leopold Ferdinand reports a rare purple rainbow seen near Przemysl on August 8. He notes dew overnight, temperature around 12 C, and a sequence of color changes from purple to violet and orange, with two wide rainbows and distinct color edges.
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Leopold Ferdinand
Serpent Attack at a Surgeon’s Greenhouse
A visitor recounts handling a newly imported Ceylon serpent that escaped the wire net and violently struck his arm. He wrestled the creature to loosen its grip, succeeding after a tense struggle, then discarded the snake as “none the worse” for the squeeze. This account accompanies an advertisement for Anniston Steam Laundry.
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Ceylon
Edward Bartlett
Albatross Flour Tops Wheat Grade Promise
The Albatross Flour is made from the finest selected Mis couri soft winter wheat and is warranted to be our highest grade of our.
The Origin of The Lenten Season
The essay traces Lent from the 4th century in the Latin church noting varying observances across regions and eras. It cites Ireæus Socrates and Rome Illyria Greece Alexandria, describing fast lengths from three to six weeks and seven weeks with intermittent periods. It discusses evolving strictness, abstinence, worship obligations, and limits on amusements and personal celebrations.
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Irepeas
Socrates
Rome
Illyria
Greece
Alexandria
Faust
Alabama Primary Election Vote Buying Prohibition Act
An 1920s Alabama act bans buying or selling votes in recognized party primaries. It makes vote buying a misdemeanor with fines from fifty to five hundred dollars and possible ineligibility for office for offenders. It also criminalizes selling one’s vote with fines from twentyfive to one hundred dollars or ten to twenty days hard labor.
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Alabama
General Assembly of
Vote for M. W. Woodruff for Sheriff
A brief voter notice urges support for M. W. Woodruff in the sheriff race. The item emphasizes the candidacy and calls for backing at the election.
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M. W. Woodruff
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Hulsey & Jones
A. R. Noble & Co
Real Estate and Rental Agents
Mineral and Timber Landa A
Jesse French Piano and Organ CO
Noble and 13Th Streets
Dixie Hardware
Anniston Locomotive and
Machine Works
Anniston, Ata
MF Doerings
Doering
Southern
L. & N. Railways
Cupid
Mitchell
J. N. Boyer & Co the Tailors, Securitys Bank Bidg
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Sallie McMillan
The
Anniston Steam Laundry
12Th and
Noble Streets
John F. Meyer & Sons
Springfield, Mo
Consumers Supplied
Cater Grocery Co
Whetstone & Co
Sterne Grocery Co
Burnett & Bellingrath
O'Bryant & Co
Boozer & Co
Bell & Weir
J. M. Kagley
Geo. R. Todd & Bon
Nixon & Co
W. C. Shelnutt
J. G. Adams
J. 8. Reaves & Co
Anniston
Republic
B. Julius Williams & Bro
Postoffice
Robinson’s Book Store
Herron & CO
Postoffior
L. H. Carre
Morris
Morrisville, Ala
L. G. Jones
Jones
Clark’s School of Embalming
South
Wilmer Street
Wilmer Hotel
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