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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star reports a total April print run of 57 040 and a daily average circulation of 2 220. The statement certifies accuracy to the best knowledge of BH B. McKER general manager, sworn by B W Ledbetter notary on May 1, 1907.
Advertising firms in our column are presented as enterprising, progressive businesses worthy of community confidence. The Buyers Guide urges support for those who offer good goods at honest prices and credible service.
A collage of quotes notes China’s order of 2,000,000 rifles amid disarmament talk and Britain's humane murder trial rhetoric. It also mocks changes in “greatest living Americans” via home run saves, and jokes that married men are braver than bachelors, as echoed by a McFall Mirror riff.
A collection of curious sentences describes odd food science claims and improbable inventions. It mentions egg and cow milk nutrition ratios, pneumatic tires, American concerns abroad, a poison testing scheme, a cork souvenir, a glass ocean tower at Long Beach, and a list of easily digested meats.
A humorous meditation on laughter stressing its social value and benefits. It urges spreading joy in daily interactions from spouses to employers, theater audiences, and strangers, arguing laughter leads to popularity prosperity and mutual happiness.
The note explains Twain’s habit of blending fact and embroidery, learned from his mother who could gauge his truth by discounting 80 percent for embellishment. It cites how she described his “average” truth as the wellspring, yielding priceless truth when filtered.
A witness refuses to answer multiple questions about nail polishing by a blond lady across three days. The attorney persists while the judge notes the line is overly manicurious, and the witness faints after the final inquiry.
Tipp Lt bought a faulty clock and returned to the shop bewildered as it rang oddly despite winding it. A youth’s foot soaking remedy is tested after his father vows a noon whipping, finding the boy cooling his feet in salt water rather than facing punishment.
The dialogue notes a Mrs Van Cobb abandoned by her husband. Mrs Parke asks what to do and suggests sending congratulations from New York Life. Parke replies to send congratulations as a social signal within the cited context.
There is more catarrh in this region than all diseases combined, once deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio is presented as the only constitutional remedy, taken internally, with a $100 prize for any failing case. Sold by druggists at 75 cents, with Hall's Family Pills for constipation recommended.
A young lady writes to her cousin with many playful spellings and quirky claims. She notes family events including a mother’s health, a brother's “Hupin Raugh,” a sister’s baby, and ends with affectionate, humorous sign-offs. The letter appears in a Judge's Library context.
A Talladega police member publicizes Doan's Kidney Pills, saying they cured long standing backache and kidney issues after dark urine sediment. The testimonial highlights the home endorsement trend and notes price 50 cents with Foster Milburn Co as U.S. agents.
The article notes Hamburg mails 270 letters and post cards per inhabitant annually, far above the German Empire average of 56. It lists German auto factory output for 1902 to 1906, mentions a canal bridge incident where grenadiers acted as ballast to lower a barge, and reports Berlin police considering an automobile hearse as an alternative to horse drawn funeral conveyance.
A London Times style quip on apologies appears amid an ad laden page. The text promotes Burdock Blood Bitters and Dr Thomas Eelee Oil claiming quick reliefs for ailments like croup with assertive health claims.
Flam Ordway & Houser at 1023 Noble Street runs a multi floor drug business, with a large pharmacy, chemical room, mineral waters, ice cream factory, patent medicines, and a top to bottom oak retail area. The firm, led by C. J. Houser, T. W. Ordway, and W. H. Elam, emphasizes quality service and a grand soda fountain drawing public patronage.
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