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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1907
Page
3
The council considers a franchise for a southern railroad into Anniston to capture southern trade with Clay and Randolph counties. Proponents say the line will extend markets for local industries and raw materials, boosting business and opening new territory for Anniston.
A household pain remedy in America for 25 years is touted as Dr Thomas Ee Jectric Oil, described as the strongest and cheapest liniment ever devised. The claim highlights its long standing popularity and efficacy as a versatile pain reliever.
A Plant World column laments the harm to white birch trees from bark stripping by passersby. It urges restraint, notes bark does not regrow, and suggests using fallen logs or hidden trees to obtain bark with minimal damage.
Advertisement touts Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as instantly checking disease progress and eradicating it from the body. It promises reversal of dyspepsia symptoms and offers dollar and half dollar sizes with a money back guarantee. A postal card request yields a booklet and free sample for first-time users.
For sale by Scarbrough Drug Co Elam Ordway and Houser wholesale distributors in a local notice listing available stock and terms. The item listing includes the firms names and indicates a wholesale sale context for distribution.
Cora A. Moore recounts Martha Curtis's encounter with Colonel George Washington at Major Chamberlayne's plantation. Washington courts the widow, leads to a swift secret wedding, and the couple moves to Williamsburg and Mount Vernon with her children Martha Parke Custis and John Parke Custis.
The rural free delivery mail carriers association of Calhoun county will hold its annual convention in Jacksonville tomorrow on National Decoration day a legal holiday. The program includes addresses by Ross Blackmon Arbery Crook Arnold Hammond Howell and Curvin with topics Good Roads rural service improvement and carrier membership as well as committee reports and welcoming remarks.
In Sydney Standard, J D Eisenstein notes Franklin’s 1752 lightning rod discovery to curb thunder electricity. Rabbi Saul Katzenellenbogen from Wilna cites a Tosefta passage permitting iron near hens to shield fowls from thunder. He adds telegraphy ideas via Chayat’s commentary on magnetism and distant action.
A Minneapolis Journal item claims rapid writers expend heavy pen motion. A writer at 30 words a minute supposedly traces 480 curves per minute and 86,400,000 curves yearly in a 300 day year. It notes some men reach 1,000,000 marks monthly and others 4,000,000 with writing.
A Travel Magazine account details a sixteen to twenty day sea crossing from Madeira to Cape Town with on board competitions. Boxing, gymnastic drills, obstacle racing and even egg and spoon races keep passengers entertained amid concerts and dances. Prizes come from entry fees, about 6 or 0 cents per entrant, while farcical scenes of sack races and pillow fights entertain both adults and children aboard the liner.
A brief collage of proverbs and quips on labor vice poverty and women from historical presses. The lines juxtapose social critiques with a witty remark on science and gender.
A notice discusses facial paint among Anniston women and promotes New Era paint from City Hardware Company. It extols artificial coloring, then advertising claims for New Era paint, its durability, coverage, and the company’s steam laundry service, ending with a sales pitch for quotes and service.
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