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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1906
Page
8
Ladies and misses long coats in gray mixtures with invisible plaids and velvet collars. New style at 5.98. Gray plaid skirts in stock with latest style priced around 4.48 to 3.98. Various skirt quantities offered with sale prices listed.
Advertises fleece vests and pants in gray and white at 50 cents. Mentions 39e sizes and extra good quality taffeta silk at 69 cents for 27 inch width. Includes white garments and standard pricing.
Society notes reveal Mise Movie Friedkin of Atlantic City and Morris Ziff of this city married by Rabbi A Rappaport in the Alabama hotel parlors. The ceremony followed Mosaic rites with Hebrew readings and candles, followed by a grand ball. Guests include Miss Clair Woodruff and Miss Heemaine Brown of Birmingham, with various relatives from Jackson and Rome, Ga.
The forthcoming wedding of Miss Laura Witham and Dr. Rufus Dorsey marks a union of two prominent Georgia families in Atlanta. Witham is described as a charming blond daughter of W. S. Witham, noted banker, while Dorsey is a respected young physician, son of a historic Atlanta jurist, with many friends celebrating this social highlight.
Personal items note several figures visiting or traveling: Berdys PisY to Pell City for Elam interests, Isaac T. Houser in Birmingham for Anniston Artificial Stone Company business, Dr BE S Ayers from Jacksonville to Anniston en route to Birmingham, Judge D A Blackwell to Columbiana, Wallace Cater to Birmingham, Father Hugh O'Brien to Birmingham, and Dr J H Blacklock returning from Pell City.
The Arkansas division UCV held its annual reunion in Fort Smith starting October 17 and will run through Saturday with an auspicious opening.
A movement in Anniston plans a permanent Chautauqua at Oxford Lake Park with educational and amusements. June sessions would avoid conflicts with other lake activities, and the project could enhance Anniston’s reputation as a regional Chautauqua center.
An old advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a quick itching cure for conditions including piles eczema salt rheum tetter itch hives herpes and seabie and notes availability at any drug store.
The article traces how Ireland was known by multiple names in ancient times. It notes Greeks called it Juvenea Caesar used Hibernia and Ptolemy applied the term. Phoenicians are said to have named the island Hibernia. As Rome declined the land was called Scotia and later tied to Scotland.
An editor recounts Jerome K Jerome’s banquet joke about snoring. The quip suggested a dubious remedy involving a substance dropped into the mouth and throat with cautions to avoid worsening the problem and causing lubrication of the caller.
A new business adds meat and grocery offerings led by Mr. Bob Seals. The shop promises to supply all your grocery and meat needs with single source convenience and exclusive focus on meats.
A vivid portrait of a Servian laborer, simple attire, a small-scale farmer who raises hogs, and a hardy rural existence. The piece contrasts Servia with Roumania and Bulgaria where grain lands are richer, while locals toil from sunrise to sunset along the Danube corridor.
A traveler recalls celebrating Switzerland’s August 1 national fete at a Valais climbing center. The host hotel provided a lavish dinner, fireworks lit the mountain, and a bonfire blazed as crowds cheered Hourra. The next morning the distinguished speaker could not recall the Swiss president, highlighting that even key officials are less known than regional leaders.
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