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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1906
Page
5
Onward lodge No. 254 I C F meets at Blue Mountain hall at 7 30 this evening electing grand officers. The fire at Ox annua months ago left the lodge destitute but regalia now arrived, among the finest in the city.
Hobson City park surveys expand again with the last incorporation covering 40 acres laid out in lots. several handsome buildings already built and more underway. Park promoters express strong progress and satisfaction.
Judge Crook convicts Henry Headen of Jacksonville on charges of assaulting his son with a box of salmon and his wife with a lamp. Headen is fined 61. Two other cases, Emmett Medders and John Truitt, plead guilty as road defaulters and are fined 19 each.
Barometer 30.05. Temperature at 7 am 64 degrees. Precipitation trace. Wind southeast at 1 mph. Lowest temperature 62 at 4 am. Conditions: Sprinkling. Forecast rain tonight with Saturday clearing and cooler.
Advertisement touts Dr Thomas Celectric Oil as a fast remedy for sore throat and general pain, promising relief within a few hours. The copy emphasizes broad effectiveness and cites a price of 40 in currency units.
Adpromotes Sure Kidney Cure with refund guaranteed if unsatisfied after one bottle. Offers 50 cents by Sear through Drug Co.
The annual meeting of the Alabama Mineral Land Company shareholders will be held in New York at 45 William Street room 33 on Monday October 15 1906 at 12 o clock noon. A A Campbell secretary.
The hydrographic bureau reports average wave height near thirty feet with rough weather reaching forty to forty eight feet. Storms bring sixty to six hundred feet, waves move about ten to eleven seconds, the longest measured half a mile and did not exhaust itself for twenty three seconds.
A Cary Maine postmistress named Mrs Alexander praises Dr King’s New Life Pills as the best remedy for stomach liver and bowels. The purifiers are sold by West End Drug Co and Elam Ord way Houser druggists for 25 cents with a guaranteed infusion of new life.
An English speaker humorously compliments Americans on postprandial storytelling and warns of audience boredom. He recalls Talleyrand's reaction when a sentry yawned while they walked a continental town, saying Trash We are overheard to imply the jest is overheard.
In Lapland a newborn girl is ceremonially rebedded in the snow a baptism substitute and dowered by her father with a number of branded reindeer kept as her property. As the herd grows so does her chances of a favorable marriage.
Advertises Foley's Honey and Tar as the remedy for stubborn coughs from neglected colds. Promotes its genuineness in a yellow package sold by Elam Ordway & Houser at the same price as unknown preparations.
A French minister named Silhouette aimed to raise noble revenues through taxation, becoming unpopular. Concurrently, black profile silhouettes gained fame, nicknamed silhouettes, as nobles mocked their poverty to afford full portraits.
A reader from Ruggles Kentucky reports severe piles 10 years eased by Bucklen's Ar m en Salve with under a box curing him permanently. The item claims the salve heals wounds burns and sores like magic and lists druggists Great West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser.
The Encurtal palace in Toledo Spain is described as the world’s most wonderful edifice in size and detail. It features 1 860 rooms 6 200 windows and doors 80 staircases 75 fountains 48 wine cellars 8 organs and 51 bells. Its circumference reaches 2 800 feet. The foundations are laid to imitate a grid iron in honor of St Lorenzo.
An ad touts Yoley's Honey and Tar as a cure for obstinate coughs and expelling cold with mild laxative action. It warns buyers to use only the genuine yellow package from Elam Ordway and Houser and guarantees satisfaction.
An advice note from Milwaukee Wisconsin extols tan bark cow leather greased with tallow fat, recommends oiling shoes twice monthly, and urges frequent shoe changes for heavy walkers. It stresses feet should be the last to tire when properly cared for and treated.
An advertisement claims Voley's Kidney Cure will cure any kidney trouble within medical aid. The notice mentions Elam, Ordway and Houses as associated interests.
A writer notes Moroccan women live largely cloistered lives behind private walls. Social life is minimal with roof to roof visits common and women freely crossing low partitions to reach neighboring terraces while men stay below or only repair roofs.
A Holborn pawnbroker lent 100 dollars on a fine horse later ridden by his daughter until redeemed. Another pawnbroker kept a medical chest of poisons powerful enough to kill 10 000 men, noted as a valuable deposit due to rarity. A Kensington pawnbroker also lent money on a set of autographs from late celebrities.
Mrs Mann recalls that Charles used to bring candy when courting. Now she buys her own candy or goes without. Mrs Grimes says men change, but she still buys better candy with his money, noting the new arrangement costs more than the old.
Dialogue reveals anticipation and social status as Birmingham learns her daughter will marry a man from a notably old family in Manchester. The exchange underscores local notions of lineage and tradition, with references to the saying “as old as the hill.”
Grif fin Why and Smith discuss Smith-Brown's growing absentmindedness. He recalls looking in a mirror at home and asking his wife what she was doing with Jat Tellow's picture in the house.
A historical note explains using dried powdered alum to treat ingrowing toenails. The method involves wrapping a toe with a cloth soaked in soap and water, pouring alum powder into the space, and keeping it in place with cottons. Daily applications for about five days reportedly stop suppuration and relieve pain, forming a hard bed to restrain the nail.
For sale two new room buildings formerly occupied by Muscadine Mining Co in Muscadine Alabama. Buildings can be removed for rebuilding and sold at a great bargain to the right party if removed immediately. Premises seen at Muscadine Mining Co Ire City Alabama. Address Ross Blackmon Anniston Alabama or B. D. Newman Ire City Alabama.
A small market advertises fair pricing and courteous staff as it invites customers to compare value. It emphasizes welcoming patrons with affordable goods and attentive help.
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