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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1907
Page
4
February 1907 circulation figures show a daily average of 51 865 for the Evening Star with 2 160 as the month’s total. Statement sworn March 1 1907 before Notary Public B W Ledbetter.
Mr. Dimmick built and operated the great plant of the United States Pipe and Foundry Company in Anniston, originally known as the Dimmick pipe works. His friends in Anniston are numbered by his acquaintances here.
Article promotes Miona stomach tablets as a cure for indigestion and weak stomachs. Claims strengthening the stomach restores overall health, improves heart, liver, and kidney function, and notes a 50 cent box price with a money back guarantee by Scarbrough Drug Company.
Captain Osbon recalls a false fire alarm aboard the Northern Light when a passenger cried Fire. A minister on the rail tried to lower a boat and was grabbed by his coat by a crewman who split the coat tail. the captain affirmed orders to stop any alarm by force if needed, noting both real and false alarms threaten ship safety.
Camille Flammarion argues in a French article that science can accept the existence of an immortal soul. He claims the soul exists independently of the body and can act at a distance, with mental suggestion and psychic communications supported by numerous cases. The piece suggests future study may illuminate afterlife and immortality.
J K Dimmick founder of the Dimmick pipe works at North Birmingham departed for Philadelphia aboard the Sey board Air Line after spending winter in Birmingham as guest of his son Fred D Dimarick, president of the Dim arick company. He owns an elegant Philadelphia home and splits time between the two cities.
A humorous exchange unfolds with a judge asking about the cause of the rumpus and a policeman offering a muddled explanation. The dialogue features mispronunciations and a quip about manners, reflecting a satirical courtroom moment from early press humor.
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. It promotes F R Cheney & Co of Toledo and lists testimonials from Walding Kinnan & Marvin wholesale druggists. It claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and notes a 75 cent price per bottle with testimonials and a suggestion to take Hall's Family for constipation.
City seeks permanent plan for poles and wires as Nobie and Tenth streets are repaved before the Fourth of July. Examples from Geneva and Norwich in New York show conduits or coordinated pole lines with fixed rentals, reducing ongoing street clutter and annual relocation costs. The article notes such plans may be considered in the future for Anniston.
Florence Craig Albrecht describes Volendam women in traditional Holland dress. The white lace cap with winged sides, flat narrow chest, dark apron with bright banding, coral bead collars, and close covered hair mark the distinct weekend and weekday styles among elder and younger women alike.
A string of quirky, mistyped aphorisms about manners, politeness, parenting, and perception. The garbled lines hint at social irony and the idea that observations of small things reveal larger truths.
A London Express excerpt muses on the concept of eternity. The passage ponders the meaning, declaring even endless spans cannot be measured by human scales and suggests figures from dawn to dusk won’t capture its length.
A long regional anecdote explains beavers as nocturnal engineers shaping dams and meadows across North America. It recounts tales of tail as trowel, precise tree placement, and alarm tail slaps, noting historic dam-building influenced landscapes from Mexico to the Pacific and from Atlantic to tree line.
An advertisement-like passage urges teaching boys to handle rifles and boats, claim they will perform in war and life, praising outdoor life, free air, and rugged woods away from cities as valuable lessons for boys guided by the speaker.
Tommy McKattles asks Elsie’s father for consent after being turned down. The old man deems Tom a good boy but not persistent enough and sets a test. Tom then visits the father three evenings a week to seek approval. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Catholic Standard and Times quotes a cannibal chief boasting about eating missionaries. A new missionary retorts that he gained religion, the chief replies that he gained indigestion instead.
An article touts Electric Bitters as a remedy that removes fears of fevers and malaria among Panama Canal builders. It claims the tonic cures blood poison biliousness and general weakness, and is guaranteed by Elam Ordway & Honser and Weep Mel R Ade.
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