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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1906
Page
2
An old public notice extols Mrs Lydia E Pinkham daughter in law of Dydia BE Pinkham offering free advice to women with female illness. It emphasizes confidentiality and suitability for all social classes and urges readers to write to Lynn Mass for vegetable compound guidance.
A comic exchange at Chicago News presents a cartoonish office scene where a distressed visitor asks for a sporting events encyclopedia and is told the desk already houses an encyclopedia of everything including a game of skiddoo and the Olympic committee.
High grade furniture of all kinds and New Home sewing machines offered by J T Hodge at 923 Noble Street. Stoves and other house furnishings available, with prices reasonable.
Anniston Electric and Gas Co offers gas coke at four fifty per ton delivered to customers. Telephone 109.
Oxford news notes visitors and local events including Clarence B Hudson from DeArmanville and Bagley of Fayetteville visiting, Mrs Joan Wilson improving, Mrs J W Collins buying a residence in Anniston, and Ida Turner to sing at Cunningham Walker wedding. Self culture club meets tomorrow with Halloween program.
Friday November 2 1906 Moorefield's jeweler launches Toyland assortment inviting children to visit. Rev J W Johnson returned home after services with Rev T K Roberts in town. Miss Fannie Avery Best remains home ill with hopes for a brief illness.
The notice reports Moorefield event on Friday November 2 1906 inviting all readers to Fairyland. It notes light cotton receipts and a local price around 104 percent. J L Jenkins of Buckhorn visits the city and mentions a Sunday school rally at Antioch church next Sunday. Quarantine lifted for the Shuford residence where Ewart Johnson had scarlet fever and the inmates are now released.
Peter Pan George Wright of Silver Run visited Oxford this morning and reported his wife has shown some improvement after a period of illness, a welcome update for her Oxford friends.
A Kentucky man from Ruggles recalls severe piles ten years ago and says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve healed his wounds and sores after less than a box. The product is sold for 25 cents at West End Drug Co. and Elam Ordway & Houser druggists.
A historical rundown traces rulers named John across empires and kingdoms. It notes poisoned emperors, deposed leaders, blinded heirs, and imprisoned kings. It cites Swedish, French, and other Johns who faced exile, defeat, or harsh fates. The piece suggests a superstition that a John ruler is doomed to misfortune.
In a terse domestic exchange, Taura is rejected after Mr Ferguson explains a visitor overstayed at the office and he favored not inviting him home. The spouse angrily insists on facing the guest and dining with him.
Kavol Kowates a Pesth shoemaker devised the first meerschaum pipe from a light white clay brought to Pesth by Count Andrassy in 1728. He carved two pipes for himself and the count, igniting a global meerschaum mining and pipe making industry. The original Kavol Kowates pipe remains in the Pesth museum.
Mrs Ora Bussard of Bru baker lil recalls her two year old daughter’s pneumonia and lingering cough. After using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy the child stopped coughing and gained weight. J U Wikle advertises the remedy for sale.
Venezuelan crowds in Caracas gather rapidly for impromptu street concerts by wandering musicians. The throng fills the streets while cobblers and tenants watch closely for hat tips, ready to vanish as a collection begins.
The sea otter shows seal like habits with otter intelligence and playful nature. In scattered offshore herds they swim on their backs to eat and nurse young on their chests between paws. While swimming they shade their eyes from the sun with their paws.
The text notes that poison usage in war was once defended by authorities like Wolff and cites reports of wells and streams being poisoned as military measures. It also mentions contemporary instances of water supply contamination by animal bodies.
A witty exchange between a man and a woman centers on who she is to him as he admits loving many before, but declares she is the last. The woman agrees to marry upon hearing she is the final love in his life.
An old gentleman argues against marriage for years calling his daughter a child who knows nothing of the world. Mr Slimpurse counters that they will have no marriage plans.
A quip on idleness and industry contrasts a tired banter about work and taking a rest. The wry exchange emphasizes how industry sustains health mind and finances, echoing a Simmonsian motto.
Members of the Farmers' union will meet at the county courthouse next Friday night at 8 o'clock. O. P. Foard and others will speak as they work to complete the union's organization.
A compact recap of notable events across centuries including the 1760 Blackfriars Bridge foundation, 1864 Nevada statehood, 1898 peace talks over the Philippines, and 1905 police bans on Shaw’s Mrs. Warren's Profession. It also notes births and deaths of notable figures and other historical milestones.
The Four Track News notes Greenwich village on the lower west side is older than Fort Amsterdam. It recalls Hudson steering the Half Moon past Sappokani ean, an Indian village on a high spot watered by Bestavar's kill and by the Minetta brook that once ran above ground through Union and Washington squares to the Hudson near Houston Street.
A London newspaper mocks the fox and sour grapes tale and a Oxford professor counters by testing the claim. He brought grapes to a zoo and a fox ate them greedily, challenging the fable’s natural history.
The Houston Post cites a public figure debating how to stay in public life. He notes that attracting attention could lead to re election or investigation, and asks what he should do to remain visible.
An old remedy claims quick earache relief in two minutes and toothache burn or scald pain in five minutes with Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil. It advertises relief for hoarseness in one hour muscle ache in two hours and sore throat in twelve hours.
A puzzled narrator notes finding an apartment with elegant rooms and fair rent after a cautious search. The agent allegedly tolerates children. The speaker hints at a wary view of the neighborhood and wonders if a trap lies ahead.
A child learns that the cuckoo does not lay its own eggs, then later repeats the explanation in their own words. The note reflects how natural history fascinates youngsters and how their interpretations arise from observed phenomena.
A classroom exercise yielded quirky student replies. Noah's wife becomes Joan of Arc, water splits into oxygen and cambrigen, lava is barber face paint, and a blizzard is the inside of a fowl.
A consumer notice certifies druggists will refund money if Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure coughs or colds. It claims to stop coughing, heal lungs, prevent pneumonia, and consumption, with no opiates. genuine yellow package only. Elam Ordway & Houser listed.
Advertises Cuticura claims to cure awful psoriasis after thirty days at a cost of $4.75. Describes extensive body involvement with cracked bleeding skin and severe itching.
A Kansas man reports a 35 year battle with psoriasis ending after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He describes circular red patches, silvery scales, severe itching, and skin rawness before claiming a permanent improvement. The notice promotes Cuticura products available worldwide from Potter Drug and Chemical Co.
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