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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1906
Page
6
A historical list notes events and dates from 1566 to 1902 and mentions a headache cure ad. It includes Brigham Young’s 1871 arrest and Ernest Renan’s death, with various miscues and an obscure promotion for Dr Shoop’s Headache Cure.
The Santa Fe New Mexican explains oyster anatomy and how the fold called the martle exposes the heart when removed. It notes the heart's two chambers like a human heart, a nearby liver near the stomach, and a mouth at the oyster’s hinge connected to a canal feeding the twisted intestines.
An unnamed studio occupant observed a nest of wasps forming in a dark room last summer. At first the individual avoided disturbance, later studied the insects, and gradually grew accustomed to their presence. A stranger entering the room was attacked by several wasps, but the writer remained unharmed.
An advertisement claims Smith's Sure Kidney Cure is the only guaranteed remedy. It promises a refund after one bottle if not satisfied and lists price at 50 cents from Searborough Drug Co.
A perilous dust storm approaches as travelers leave Agra, blotting out the bleak landscape. A lone temple caretaker prays at a shrine near the road while a fierce Indian cast storm gathers strength. The dust blinds the horizon and wind shreds the ground, threatening the travelers and the desolate plain.
Ferna offers ten kinds of fine foliage plants at half price in all sizes with large plants heavily discounted. Shipp ing costs add about ten percent. orders over five dollars ship free. See or contact F J Ulbricht for details.
A historical belief held that the barnacle goose developed from barnacle shells. The tale traces to Cambrensis and persisted for centuries in Christian thought. A writer notes the claim. wood logs decaying in water supposedly produce a goose emerges from the shellfish mass.
A Detroiter recalls gambling instincts and quick games using 50 cent pieces and dated bills. He notes odd or even coin bets with 1879 and 1880 half dollars and a Washington greenback poker with series numbers like 0667644 and 72243890. Players hide bills then reveal and settle up.
A pretty girl told an artist she had posed before and got a job on that claim. She fainted within minutes, later labeled model sickness by the artist. He explains nervous strain and unfamiliar pose cause nausea even in strong men and may require practice to cure.
Advertisement states sick headaches result from stomach derangement and indigestion. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets aim to correct the disorders and cure. Taking at first signs may ward off the attack. Free samples offered and sold by J. L. Wikle.
The London Mail notes it is hard to tell if animals blush due to fur or feathers masking faces. It imagines bare faced blush for bashful creatures and cites monkeys in rage turning purple, suggesting visible emotion in the zoo savanna of London.
Napier of Ruggles Ky says Devil's Island torture and piles were eased by Bucklen's Arnica Salve. He reports a box permanently cured him. Sold for 25 cents at West End Drug Co and Elam, Ordway & Houser, druggists.
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