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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1906
Page
3
A series of letters from Alabama customers praise the Majestic Range for fuel savings even heat and excellent cooking. Posts from Mrs J Lumpkin Mrs J W Hughes Mrs A M Whiteside Mrs I M Ledbetter and Anniston Hardware Co. extol performance reliability and customer support.
Ferns of ten kinds in all sizes offered at half price with large plants discounted to clear stock. Ships for about 10 percent extra. shipping paid on orders of five dollars or more. Contact F. J. Ulbricht by visit, mail, or phone.
An archival line notes contact for a drag request directing readers to telephone R O Watson at Number 72 for arrangements.
Tuition free state teachers college enrolls 524 students in all classes 332 in the four departments from 59 Alabama counties 300 boarders 35 teachers with expert staff offers manual training comprehensive courses prepares candidates for state examination board expenses 75 to 125 per session catalogue on request.
An account recalls Charles V in Brussels on St Crispin's Day when a jovial Flemish cobbler refused to work for the emperor yet offered hospitality. The emperor rewarded the cobbler’s humor, later granting the cobblers of Flanders the right to bear a crown with a boot in ceremonies, replacing the shoemakers’ guild.
Kenneth Melver of Vanceboro Maine credits a last resort treatment with saving his life after doctors gave up. He suffered severe throat inflammation and lung congestion and survived after using De King’s New Discovery. The ad lists cures for coughs colds bronchitis and influenza with prices shown by West Foiding Co Elam Ordway Hover.
A New Orleans Times Democrat item notes Jane suspects the postmaster reads her letters. She labels each letter Personal and Private to hide contents. The column highlights a neighborly concern about mail privacy.
Cures cited include E. R. Mulford, lecturer for the Patrons of Husbandry, Waynesboro, Pa, in a distressing piles case. The salve heals burns sores boils ulcers cuts wounds and skin diseases. Available for 25 cents at West End Drug Co and Elam, Ordway & Houser.
In Cadiz a muleteer loved two women, La Rubia and Celia. They met at midnight by the seashore with daggers, both dying as Celia attacked and La Rubia fought to end the duel. Fishermen heard the cries as Celia plunged her weapon into her rival.
On this date in history 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro landed in Peru beginning his expedition to conquer the Inca Empire. He would later establish colonial control amid conflict and upheaval.
A compact chronicle notes key moments including the death of Philip II of Spain in 1598 and Benedict Arnold's treason in 1780. It lists Congress’s 1837 emergency session, a 1844 hurricane disaster near Metamoras, Burnside’s 1863 Knoxville occupation, Morgan’s 1864 defeat at Greenville, Mokelumne Hill’s 1841 town fire, the 1906 First Nations Bank closure, and British advances at Khartoum in 1898.
An old newspaper notice promotes Dr Shoop Restorative as a nerve based remedy for stomach, heart, and kidney troubles. It claims organs cannot act alone and nerves control cures. The ad urges readers to buy through local druggists.
At the third quarterly meeting a committee drafted resolutions on the death of W B Hammond Trammond. The board unanimously adopted lines praising his faithfulness as a steward and expressing sympathy to his family. Copies furnished to his relatives and published in Joest papers and the Christian Advocate.
A testimonial claims electric bitters cured W. M. Sherman after three months of Kilneys inflammation and torture by savages in the Philippines. The ad touts cures for liver complaints dyspepsia bilious disorders and malaria and guarantees by West End Deng Co Elam Ordway Houser with a price of 50 cents.
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