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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1902
Page
1
Day of Thanksgiving observed with many stores and offices closing for a half holiday. Rail offices banks and post office run on Sunday hours. Churches held services as people gave thanks for blessings. Charities distributed donations and brought happiness despite bitter cold and a light snowfall.
A football match between the Anniston and Rome teams is arranged for December 11 at the designated site. The Rome squad is described as strong and the Anniston team in excellent shape, predicting an interesting contest. A reader from Finch Arkansas reports Foley's Kidney Cure helped his kidney and bladder trouble after two doctors gave up.
Telegram announced the death of Mrs. Tidman in Vincennes Indiana. Remains to be brought to Anniston for burial with funeral set for 9 30 am from Mr Er P Cooper residence on Hast Fourteenth Street Interment in Hillside cemetery Unclear if death occurred at Vincennes or South Pittsburg where their son lives.
Texarkana Ark Nov 23 autopsy on Mrs Lee Weigel found fatal throat gashes and a small knife wound on the left side near the heart. She was found dead in the Commelopelitng hotel Tuesday and is under guard by officers.
A historic patent remedy claims to cure corn pain and warts. The product is described as a wonder corn cure connected to relieving bun ions and other foot ailments.
A Big Four line passenger train from St Louis struck a broken rail one half mile west of Avon Indiana early this morning. The wreck left Indianapolis at 12 05 am bound for St Louis and plunged into a corn field. The number of dead is not yet known as rescue teams search the ruin. The train included cars from Cleveland and Cincinnati and carried a large number of passengers.
The Gadsden Journal praises Chancellor R. B. Kelley for calling and attending special court sessions to wind up the Gadsden Land and Improvement Co affairs and to perfect deed transfers. Citizens urge him for the supreme court bench as his influence spreads in Alabama courts.
The Roanoke Leader notes Rev. G. L. Jenkins is assigned to the First Methodist church in Anniston after four prosperous years in Roanoke. He departs to visit his mother before taking the new charge and was praised at conference for serving on Finance Education and Epworth League boards.
The steamer Sylvania Macy and its barge Wilgon, carrying coal, sank after a southwest gale on Lake Erie off Port Burwell. The Macy and crew were last seen laboring in heavy seas and separating from the tow during the voyage from Buffalo.
A special meeting of the Calhoun county Medical Society is convened at the city hall in Anniston on Monday December 1 at 12 noon. The purpose is to discuss public health matters at the urgent request of State Health Officer DeWitt Sanders. I K Moon president and A H Brothers secretary sign the notice.
A vintage ad touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets to cure a cold in one day. It promises a refund if it fails and bears E W Grove's signature on each package though the note is imperfectly legible.
Night policeman J N Patterson of Pashua Indiana describes a long bad cold on his lung last winter. After trying many cough remedies and two doctors with no relief he used Foley’s Honey and Tar and reports two thirds of a bottle cured him. Miller Drug Co.
A testimonial from Miller Dray fu about Foley’s Kidney Cure states it helped him rise from weakness and improved health after trying two bottles on a doctor’s recommendation. The claim mentions prior ineffectiveness of other medicines and gratitude toward the druggist guidance.
The funeral of Mia Weigel, who died tragically, was held in Texarkana Arkansas on Tuesday afternoon. The procession arrived at Hillside Cemetery at 3:20 pm and was led by her brothers Will and L Quinn. Rev J H Foster Jr conducted the service at the grave as mourners gathered at the Union Station. The city extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
Attorneys for Will Lawson charged with the murder of Jeff Maxwell pursue bond release as habeas corpus hearing opens in the evening court. The case started at 2 pm, with trial expected to last two or three days after a prior preliminary in which Lawson was remanded without bond. A large crowd attended the proceeding.
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