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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1907
Page
7
The City Hardware Company invites Aniston and Calhoun County residents to inspect a wagon show on Saturday at Notte Street between Tenth and Eleventh from 10 to 2. Entries from other dealers are welcomed to compare wagons with the CITY HARDWARE SPECTAL.
Dr. Murray’s Dictionary notes the phrase means something extreme or remarkable. Early sources connect it to cat speech or language, including quotes about making a cat speak, with later playful musings on a Cheshire cat and comic expressions.
Pred Kennett, described as a paranoiac, was discharged on a temporary insanity plea by Recorder Greene yesterday and will be tried in County court Friday afternoon. He must also appear before Justice Green Friday at 10. He was convicted on two charges in police court earlier this week and acquitted in two cases, with recent arrests by Deputy Sheriff Phillips and Constable Newman. He has never failed to make bond.
The notice invites worshippers to attend St. Michael's church on Good Friday from 12 noon to 3 pm. It describes a somber service with dim altars, priestly vestments, and organ music, reflecting on the crucifixion and the redemption through Christ.
An advertisement proclaims Dr Caldwell s Syrup Pepsin as a universal laxative for stomach and bowels. It promises rapid relief, tone restoration, and systemwide benefits, with refunds and a booklet offer via postal card requests.
Local wholesale distributors Elam Ordway and Houser supply Pepsin Syrup C branded as Monticello Minos Forasse. The product is distributed nationwide by Scarbrough Drug Co.
The Anniston weather report notes a 30.20 barometer at 7 am, 64 degrees, no precipitation, south wind at 5 mph, a high of 86 at 2 pm, a low of 59 at 5 am, and cloudy conditions with a forecast for partial cloudiness tonight and Thursday.
Three indictments were returned against the New York Central railroad and its officers after the Woodland wreck on February 16 that killed 24. Indictments change manslaughter to a higher charge. Indicted are Vice President Albert H. Smith and General Superintendent Ivan A. McCormick. The railroad company faces a separate indictment.
Miss Luciel Foster visits her cousin Miss Annie Love Wiehels on Sixteenth street. Parker Memorial church Baptist Young People's union hosts a social with Mrs. R. M. Ingram Friday at 7 30. Cooking demonstration by Miss Helen Beveridge features baking powder biscuits sponge jelly roll rice croquettes stuffed peppers.
Messrs. C. P. Pratt and Keith Conway plan a day of pleasure in Pell City tomorrow. J. F. Steele of Trigg Steele Furniture returned from a Tennessee trip visiting Nashville, Columbia, Chattanooga and other points. Hooper Collins of Ironaton, J. B. Hammond of Gadsden, Pat H. Merrell of Talladega were in the city last night. L. J. Smith and EF. P. Allen of Lineville stayed here overnight. J. E. McGraw A. W. Alexander and D. L. M. Dickerson arrived today from Atlanta. G. O. Eastman of Selma spent last night in Anniston.
Reported figures show assets including cash items notes of other banks and legal tender. Liability totals include deposits and other obligations, with officers M. Formby P. Woolf J. W. Hawke listed as directors.
Advertisement notes Foley’s Honey and Tar as a cure for coughs and colds. It warns to avoid imitation products and mentions the yellow package with Elam Ord way & Houser as the marketers.
The article notes Majendic discovering hypodermic injection and mentions Morphia as familiar but warns the range of dyn a is vast with many cases where patient life would be at risk without medical treatment through the month.
A brief coal weather notice from Model Ice Company mentions continued coal availability and a contact phone number 59 for inquiries or orders. The fragment signals ongoing coal supply concerns and customer outreach.
The Westmin ster Gazette reports a belief that a mother robin will poison her young if she can reach them in a cage. It cites many stories of older birds persistently following caged young into houses and the young dying by the next day after a single reach.
A science snippet notes spiders have four paps with a thousand holes each, weaving 4 000 threads per web and shifting to others if one is ruined. It also describes a cooling method: place a water drop on a watch glass, add ether to the opposite side, and blow to rapidly freeze the drop.
The text notes Dante was married to Gemma Donati described as a Woman of Stern and imperious term. It states he faced constant harassment until exile and that he does not mention Gemma in his writings.
An elderly Peebles resident and a British woman shared a delayed trip in a Glasgow bound carriage. The man misunderstood the situation and tried to describe the passengers as a frightful crowd, while the lady repeatedly apologized as the meaning finally emerges that the train was late.
Suffering women urged to contact Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for free advice and the Vegetable Compound after testimonials claim cures for irregularities nervousness backache and other female ills. Letters from Mrs. Ford and Miss Miller are cited as proof and a nationwide invitation is extended for women to seek help.
The passage recalls Roszini’s slender past as a writer in bed and a scene where a gavel dropped from his hand while composing a Troy tale. It mentions a debate on the doctrine of purgatory by the bishop of Waterford and Walher O Leary, ending with a sharp quip about the bishop’s possible better path.
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