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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1906
Page
8
An article cites physicians in the United States and Europe who stress appetite as a help to digestion. It mentions Dr P W Pawtow and Dr Josep Feinler praising appetite and Beer brands like Pabst Blue Ribbon as aiding digestion with eight day malt and pure water, claiming sixty years of scientific credence.
The Birmingham fair promises unprecedented features with daily airship flights by Beachey, Dale Patch the champion pacer racing October 18, and a $12 000 premium purse. Kopp's Military Band, Robinson Milwauays shows, free acts twice daily, a grand procession, a major poultry exhibit, and displays from leading manufacturers highlight the event. Railroads offer special round trips.
A fragment describes historical refinements of sword form from toe to blade across centuries. It notes changes in blade length, crosspieces, knobs, and hilts, including a later move to ornate cross hilt styles and engravings with symbolic motifs and crusader imagery.
Johnston Bros introduces a millinery department offering pretty hats for children in their new store.
Fragmentary OCR lines mention phoned Watson and a number 72, suggesting a note about a telephone contact or contact log without clear context or outcome. No other readable details specify persons, places, or events.
Mrs Covart and Mr Cozart wed at Wilts avenue home with Dr Postar officiating. The couple will return from a bridal journey to Atlanta and other points. Various local guests and church groups are noted, including the Presbyterian missionary conference in Attalla with delegates from Anniston. The piece mentions study meetings, guests in town, and travel to Birmingham and Anniston.
An eastern inhabitant recalls a legend from early Alabama where a white planter trades whisky rifle and land to an Indian chief after the chief dreams the gifts. The tale ends with the planter’s descendants still holding the land while the whisky was consumed and the rifle rusted.
Special to the Star reports the Tennessee W C T U gathering in Tullahoma on October 9 with women in white ribbons attending committee meetings and visitor receptions. The convention runs three days with reports and routine business, and evening sessions will feature national temperance speakers.
Ulman Bros offers Money Bak black silks for purchase as a specialty fabric product. Limited stock advertised through local listings.
The statue of Jabex Lamar Monroe Curry gifted by Alabama is installed in statuary hall. Curry, a Confederate lieutenant colonel, becomes the first Lost Cause soldier honored in the hall. acceptance will occur at the upcoming congressional session.
Glycerin once a soap byproduct is now in high demand across industries. It fuels medicine perfumery beer calico printing leather and antiseptics while supporting explosive manufacturing needs. Demand outstrips supply prompting large scale production and imports.
A Maine jury lingered beyond supper hour and the presiding justice sent an officer to ask about meals. The panel stood 11 to 1 and the lone juror spoke through the door asking the judge to tell him whether he should have one capper for ure and eleven bales of hay for the eleven packagers in the room.
Arthur Symons writes of Venice as a vast tangled web in Seribner's, where narrow lanes squeeze crowds, bridges span dark canals, and the city tightens its grip as one wanders. The sensory blur of smells, shade, and motion leaves the mind exhausted by night.
A column cites observers claiming Swiss happiness arises from harmony with surroundings, work, liberty, security, and tolerance. It notes widespread Swiss emigration shows most never settle abroad, always returning home, with many learning languages or travel methods before returning.
A meeting of railway surgeons issued cautions on home first aid. Do not touch an open wound with fingers or tobacco quids, do not use cobwebs or hornet nests, do not give alcohol, do not bind wounds with rags, use boiled clean muslin if no first aid packet, and avoid washing wounds or removing blood clots. Public instructions aim to aid those likely to assist in accidents.
The paper argues for adopting the tobacco plant Nicotiana tabacum as a national flower, noting its American origins in Virginia, wide cultivation across states, and global use, while contrasting with maize and suggesting laurel as an alternative national emblem.
In a domestic exchange, Mamima warns Clara that Wild er will not make a good husband due to his neglect of personal appearance. Clara agrees and vows to enforce nightly grooming every evening rather than twice a week.
A Louisville Courier-Journal cartoon or column features a dialogue about a reprobate and questions why someone should become incensed over a harmless incident. The piece centers on a father and son exchange, highlighting cultural attitudes toward propriety and humor.
Harper's Weekly notes Amability and Boge discuss a man who fell downstairs. Fogg doubts injury. the man dies quietly without a sound. The item hints at a mysterious incident and a silent death.
Special to the Star reports President Roosevelt desires to become senator from New York to replace T. C. Platt after his term ends. Intimates say he plans to pursue the seat and believes current New York politics favor his ambition.
John Alexander Dowie canceled plans for a Mexican colony after claiming a vision instructed him. Deacon Arrington announced the retreat and disclosed a new fundraising effort in Chicago to raise 1 million dollars to restore Dowie's influence and authority.
A Kentucky merchant recounts twenty years of severe lung hemorrhages and a near death, saved by Dr King’s New Discovery. The product is claimed to cure hemorrhages chronic coughs settled cold bronchitis and weak lungs with a guarantee and trial offer from local drug firms.
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