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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1910
Page
8
Oxford residents push for a donated site for a new high school building. A large plot west of Meetherson Street would be given if the city donates half the ground. The state would sustain the school after erection.
News reports the death yesterday of Rufous Fant at age sixteen, the second Fant child to die of pneumonia in six weeks, with a sister gravely ill. Funeral at Bethlehem Church and interment follow, with other society and local notes included.
In the Anniston Electric and Gas Company sales room demonstrations of electric heating and cooking appliances run from 3 to 5 30 in the afternoon. They began Thursday afternoon and continue today with many ladies attending. Demonstrations show the cleanliness and ease of electric cooking with several delicacies prepared and served by electricity. Everyone is invited to visit this afternoon to see what electricity can do.
Montgomery March 17 The temperance committee defeated a dozen local bills proposing saloons and dispensaries without local option elections.
A traditional remedy suggests taking long breaths with the mouth closed to raise body heat. Repeating the process quickly warms the blood and circulates heat through veins and arteries. The method is claimed to prevent colds and other ailments if started promptly. Classified ads mention many job notices.
Classified advertising seeks readers for offers using automatic selection. The item hints at targeted responses through a method described as automatic selection, inviting readers to contact the advertiser.
A brief note mentions ongoing work for a wartime advertisement and the desire for a solid business plan to attract backing. The writer comments that an unimportant ad failed to appear in today's edition.
A veteran railroad man offers advice for wrecks advising passengers to stay in the aisle to avoid being crushed between seats. The piece notes the term machine is misapplied to everyday devices and mentions a planned co operative furniture factory in Guelph Canada with $4000 subscribed so far.
Frank J. Cheney of PF J Cagney & Co. sworn as senior partner in Toledo Ohio. The firm will pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarah that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrah. Notary A W Gleason witnessed the oath dated December 6 1886. The notice urges sending for testimonials and lists F J Cheney & Co Toledo.
Harper’s Weekly cites health claims that copper miners resist typhoid and colds, salt miners avoid colds, and lavender wards off neu ralgia and nervous headaches. Shepherds and sheep odor are said to deter disease. even sheep country mothers send sick children to sheep for immediate recovery.
The belief in witchcraft remains strong in parts of India and suspects are often killed. Reports describe cases in Bengal where people faced court outcomes, and in Santhal Parganahs a woman was killed by kin who believed she was a witch, with further killings in Palamau and other areas.
The report notes cholera claiming three children and cites human sacrifices among Bengal tribes. In Angus Khondy communities a girl was sacrificed to avert cholera, and in Palamau a boy was lured and killed. It warns any relaxation in vigilance could trigger more witch killings and sacrifices.
Over 200 cygnets reared on the Thames from Southwark Bridge to Marsh Wick Henley last season. The largest brood was nine at Halford. Black swans at Goring owned by the Vintners Company have multiplied. About 500 swans total between the listed places, with the King owning the most and the rest belonging to the Dyers and Vintners companies.
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