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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1903
Page
6
A testimonial from Watsonville Pa dated July 18 1908 extols S S S as the thorough cure for catarrh claiming to cleanse the blood and restore senses. The letter recounts chronic inner ear discharge improved hearing and ability to carry on a conversation after using the remedy.
A letter from Krebs Indiana Territory dated August 1 1903 praises using a remedy for catarrh claiming full recovery after half a year of use and recommends the product as a sure cure to the reader.
A detailed portrait describes Amish life in New Holland Pennsylvania. It covers dress vows schooling church structure including lay preachers and meetings, work patterns male and female labor, and daily routines. The account notes frugality simplicity and cautious engagement with the outside world. It mentions dialect shifts and modest income with small savings.
The 65 gallon bottle on Barclay Street claims the largest blown glass bottle in the United States and possibly the world. It stands about five feet high with a four foot circumference and was blown largely by skilled glass blowers aided by boy labor across factories in New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Illinois Ohio and Indiana.
A Chicago man extols kindness over property, urging help and sympathy as safer, more valuable deeds. He praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for colds, claiming it prevents pneumonia and cures, with J. L. Wikle selling the medicine.
The Rock Island System lists fare of six dollars and plus two dollars for the round trip to points in Arkansas Indian Territory Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico. Tickets go on sale the first third Tuesdays of each month. L. Parrott T P A Atlanta Ga provides details.
The advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for rheumatism and catarrh with a free trial offer. It claims the remedy cleanses and enriches the blood, cures long-standing cases, and provides medical advice on request from the Blood Balm Company in Atlanta, Georgia.
Southern Railway sells round trip tickets to Atlanta from Georgia points plus Selma and Birmingham at one fare for round trip plus 75 cents with fairground admission. Tickets available daily October 13 to 22, final limit October 26. For details contact nearest ticket agent or J C Lusk, District Passenger Agent, Birmingham Alabama.
Low rates offered on the Rock Island System from September 15 to November 30 covering California and the North Pacific coast. For information or grading service, train schedules and rates contact L. Parrott T. P. A. Atlanta Georgia, for details from Anpisten.
A terse boast on page seven pledges that every promise made will be fulfilled. The brief asserts commitment and reliability without detailing specific actions or timelines.
A long list of real estate and business opportunities is offered including a two story brick store on Noble Street for 2500 cash, a 40 acre tract with wells and sand, four tenant houses, a large house with 8 rooms on Walnut Avenue and 20th Street for 1000, a new six room house at McKleroy and 28rd Streets for 1000, a dwelling and store combination, five room dwelling with basement for 1550, two 50 by 200 foot Oxanna lots at 150 each, two 35 by 95 foot lots between Furnaces and Pipe Works at 250 each, two bundled lots for 400, a grocery business with stock around 1000, four Leighton Avenue lots including a corner, and a 7 room house near Union Depot suitable for a boarding house at 1750.
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