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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
4
The piece notes Anniston lacks a hospital and suggests three rooms with a trained nurse could start one. It reflects on railroads shaping towns and mentions Dobie’s millennia vision in Chicago. It cites Alabama's need for good reads, schools, and churches and comments on Oklahoma’s positive outlook from a Journal of Commerce excerpt.
The passage notes six National banks in Calhoun county with four in Anniston and Oxford, one in Jacksonville, and another in Piedmont. It argues this bank concentration signals wealth, current prosperity, and future promise for the area.
The passage extols Alabama claiming vast mineral wealth to make it the nation’s greatest manufacturing state, rich agricultural lands to yield the South’s wealthiest farming region, and ample commercial activity plus room for fifty million people. It asserts any problem with Alabama is not visible.
Mr. Warner F. Ritchey announced by friends as candidate for councilman from the Third ward. He works in the erecting department of Western Steel Car and Foundry Co. A genial man with many friends citywide, he is described as well qualified to represent the ward.
A Philadelphia Record critique argues John D. Rockefeller struggles to distribute wealth fairly. It notes his shift of almsgiving to a syndicate while retaining influence, praising his generosity but lampooning his autocratic approach to giving.
The Philadelphia Record notes weak faith in public ownership as the Panama Canal Commission plans to abandon direct construction and award the project to contractors, while believing theories remain sound despite contrary facts.
A warehouse of testimonials claims Vinol provides lifegiving strength and cures for weak patients, with physicians praising its curative power. The store advertises Vinol as essential for convalescents and the ill, offering a guarantee and noting its wide national availability through agencies. Burdock Blood Bitters is also advertised for health maintenance.
The tale recounts Pierrot d Isany and Marquis de Sainte Marie in a duel sparked by names Sparrow and Blackbird. Pistols from the trees miss. Pierrot is wounded, then the duel continues with swords as Sainte Marie is badly wounded and the sparrow avenges.
Fire discovered at 3 44 pm in the northeast corner of the county courthouse basement. A volunteer brigade led by Chief Deputy Sheriff LeGrand helped hold the blaze until the fire department arrived and contained it. Cause unknown but believed to be from the stove or furpiece.
Dr James William Collins dies at home on Snow street after several weeks illness. Funeral at 1pm tomorrow at the Christian church with Oxford cemetery interment. He leaves a wife six children and several siblings. Born September 1 1847 in Monroe County Mississippi.
In a Washington Star excerpt a sharp voiced woman confronts a languid ticket seller at a railway station demanding a ticket to New York. She insists she must go, not wants to go, underscoring a tense moment amid routine travel.
Mr Bowler questions the worth of cooking school lessons for their daughter while Mrs Bowler defends them. Family members note dishes are home cooked but unused by the family, then claim the daughter gives extras to beggars, prompting a skeptical remark about getting rid of beggars.
Dialogue sketches a couple negotiating marriage with humor about referrals and mutual decision making as a suitor is deemed acceptable by the woman. The exchange highlights social customs and witty banter reflecting romantic courtship.
The text recalls Lisbon during the Spanish siege with captives mutilated as a warning. Captured Portuguese had eyes gouged noses lips ears cut off and fingers amputated and were sent back to the city to terrorize defenders with the threat of similar fate if the city fell.
Advertisement notes Marsh's drug store offering drugs, druggists' sundries, and notions at no 911 Noble Street, highlighting a central downtown location and broad merchandise.
An advertisement extols Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for menstrual pain irregularities backache bloating and related ailments. A testimonial from Mrs Chas F Brown of Hot Springs Arkansas claims restored health stronger energy and renewed love from her husband after three months of use.
Logansport Indiana grapples with debt limits beyond 2 percent, an underperforming municipal electric lighting plant, and rising calls to grant a franchise to private power firms. The piece cites questionable bookkeeping and protests over charges for lamps and stationery linked to new construction.
The fragment mentions contact paths for a drag or phone numbers 0 Watson No 72 and Onahoo & Co with phone 82, indicating an old classified sale or service advertisement. It lacks clear subject and outcome but implies a purchase or inquiry request.
The Alabama Agricultural Fair at Montgomery runs October 22 27 featuring Paine's Pompeii spectacle an airship flight infant incubators and daily horse racing. Livestock and agricultural displays showcase the state's resources with special railroad rates to handle a large visiting crowd.
A Cary Maine postmistress says Dr King’s New Life Pills keep stomach liver and bowels in perfect order. The purifiers are sold by West End Drug Co. and Elan Ord way Houser druggists for 25 cents. Johnston’s millinery also advertised.
A remark from the Academy asserts that women writers are often more attractive in appearance than male writers, whose looks seldom match the quality of their works.
Special to the Star reports James W. Roberts former Gurley postmaster convicted in U S court on embezzling and destroying a letter. Bond set at 2.00. Roberts previously edited the Huntsville Republican and was a Republican ward leader.
New York reports Mrs Jeffer son Davis improving after a morning medical update. The physician says she should be able to go out again in a few days.
Marsh announces its relocation to 911 Automobile block between 9th and 10th streets and invites customers to visit the Big Drug Store.
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