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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1906
Page
2
An early 20th century advertisement touts a laxative product described as the right remedy for constipation. It emphasizes regularity, vitality, and ease of use with metal tablet form single doses and merchant sales details.
J T Hodge advertises used and new furniture in New Home area. Wording notes low prices on household goods including rede furniture stoves and machines with emphasis on affordable offerings.
Dr and Mrs J F Acton and sons Herbert and Carl visited Mr and Mrs A C Allen on Main Street. Annie Jones of Munford shopped in Oxford. Hartwell Elder and family passed through en route to Texas. Mrs John Wilson of Jenifer shows favorable news. Invitations are issued for the marriage of Hessie St Clair Woodruff to James Luckin Boggy at Parker Memorial Church Anniston October 24. The bride is admired in Oxford. groom is a Virginia newspaper man. The couple will reside in Farmville Virginia.
John Privett returns to his business after a brief illness and Dr. Collins remains in critical condition. J C Burt visits from Talladega, Mrs. Gaines plans to tend to the patient, Maud Davenport joins RE A Walker Co millinery, Lena Craig visits John H Craig on College Hill, cotton receipts near 0 bales with prices 10 to 100 cents, Calhoun Rifles Company 1 inspected by senior officers tonight, Captain Bullard praised, a pianola at Oxford Drug Company draws nickels from admirers.
This season we offer a broader line of ladies and misses jackets and raincoats with samples and pricing for accurate measurements. Satisfaction guaranteed. We also carry a full line of gents furnishings hats shoes and umbrellas. Call us.
Mrs Lizzie Robinson and her family relocate from Puriton to Oxford occupying the Presbyterian manse on Third street. Local notes mention Odd Fellows encampment meeting tonight for regular business agenda and a for sale listing for a six room house on College hill. Miss Dora Bailey of Silver Run is visiting. Neva Evans of White Plains spends day shopping in Oxford. Ends with a dated quip about changing times referencing the poem Man wants but little here below.
Nearly 700 local citizens are sworn as special deputy sheriffs under Sheriff Nelm in Fulton County. The group, chosen for character and courage, is ready to curb lawlessness and pursue criminals to prevent mob action sparked by rioting in and around Atlanta.
Johnston Bros announces a new store offering discounted ribbed and fleece shirts priced from 50e to B2. The ad highlights introductory values and department layout to attract shoppers.
In a notable exchange, officials discuss a serious error in describing young Golightly. The debate centers on a misworded line that altered meaning and drew scrutiny of the athletic figure in question.
A Baltimore American snippet notes rumors in a boarding house with the walls seemingly listening while a joke about a dumb waiter adds a twist. The line hints at chatter and hidden truths within a shared residence.
In the Swiss Mountanna scene Ethel remarks on a kiss from a handsome guide and ponders adjusting compensation. The line hints at tension between gratuity and pay while signaling a dash of flirtation in the travel vignette.
A line from Aleyn notes that the sharpest edge comes from restraint and steady moderation. It emphasizes calm, measured response over violent extremes.
A Jewish World article argues there is no inherent conflict between Judaism and Saturday rest. It notes the Jewish Sabbath as a height of practice, cites medieval ghetto dancing as historical context, and contends that light recreation on Saturday can coexist with worship when sacred duties are respected.
The phrase his mother's white head ed boy recurs in Tre lend Irish fairy stories from the last century. Irish mothers who knew fairies kept the secret for the white headed boy of the fairy, a motif Gerald Griffin used in a short story borrowed from an old Celtic book.
Weary Watkins mentions miter and Prohibitionists in a lively exchange about denying self the necessities while money is available. The dialogue reveals humorous misunderstandings and social tensions surrounding Prohibition era attitudes in Indianapolis.
A Philadelphia Leder column quotes a moralizing man and a practical man debating the value of loss. The practical remark notes the greater lesson when what is lost is insured, reflecting on risk and compensation. The exchange blends ethics and commerce in a concise, period voice.
Johnston Bros opens a new store offering hats described as the prettiest in town with many women expressing praise and interest in the selection.
The trunkfish is a small ocean inhabitant named for its full cover of regular bony plates forming a coat of mail. It moves mainly its tail, mouth, and a small portion of its gills, which pass through the armor, and lives in warm southern tropical seas.
A prison visitor speaks of a convicted murderess facing doom. The conversation recalls her innocent childhood and a wish to play, specifically wishing to skip the rope, highlighting a human moment amid a grim fate.
Highlights events from 1642 Harvard College first commencement to 1905 Theodore Roosevelt meeting with college leaders on athletics. Includes Berlin siege 1760 Yorktown attack 1781 Saint-Saens 1835 birth Cass 1742 and Wheeler cavalry defeat 1863 and Chicago fire 1871.
The ad asserts Cham berlain's Salve instantly allays itching from eczema tetter and similar skin diseases and claims many severe cases are permanently cured. Sold by J L Wikle.
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