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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1907
Page
2
Easter fashion details from Oxford merchants advertise attire including frock coats, waistcoats, and striped trousers with tailored fit. The brief column reports residents and visitors, health updates, social events, auctions, and a debate club meeting, plus notices of gifts, funerals, and new spring millinery.
Dr Caldwell's Laxative Syrup Pepsin is promoted as a highly effective remedy for liver and related troubles. It claims to work better than pills oils and nauseous purgatives and offers money back if no benefit. Consumers can request the booklet and a free sample by mail or card.
A list item notes sale by Scarbrough Drug Co Elam Ordway and Houser as wholesale distributors. The ad indicates distribution capacity and availability through the named firms.
Calhoun Rifles Company I A N G elected Capt A M Humphries first lieutenant Gowan Roberts second lieutenant John H B Fitzgerald with non commissioned officers including Tom L Smith W J Moore Tom McCraw Stewart Mc Cullough Wilkins Sharp Mc Clellan Mellon Wright Giffin Higginbotham Ed Mellon and Jack Wilkins. The unit will drill five days weekly through April 2 and plans to maintain its historic militia standing.
Announcement by C W Whiteside brother of Chancellor White Side of Oxford and Dr MO Whiteside of Anniston states the store will operate with cold blooded business practice to undercut competitors. They accuse Oxford merchants of sleeping on opportunity and pledge to help build up Oxford while offering the best goods at the lowest values.
Chronology lists notable dates and figures including Ther Queen, Tyler, Dow and Napoleon. Mentions battles, births, executions, earthquakes, and a 1908 Mississippi River flood height. Ends with an advertisement for Dean’s Regulats promoting liver health benefits.
A biographer notes Germanys great field marshal Count von Moltke never lost a battle yet marveled at losing a card game. The family trained to let him win if possible, counting small sums to avoid his notice, and he would remark it was wonderful he won despite his poor play.
Evansville resident B Spiegel describes five years of kidney and bladder illness that left him frail and unable to work. After visiting three doctors with no improvement, he credits Foley's Kidney Cure with giving relief after the first bottle and complete cure after the second. Elam Ordway Houser promote the remedy.
The anecdote recounts Sir Walter Scott writing The Bride of Lammermoor while ill and later forgetting every incident, character, or conversation from the work. James Ballantyne and biographer James Lockhart confirm the tale, stating he remembered only the original incidents from childhood.
In Shiraz Persia a devastating quake wrecked houses and split hills while terrified crowds shouted that foreigners caused the disaster. Hungarian orientalist Professor Vambtry narrowly escaped as mobs pursued him and his lodging.
A reader notes that true elegance will come when women gain comfort poise and practical pockets through basic training in dignity and common sense. An exchange reflects that profit remains the primary driver of business success.
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