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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1906
Page
2
Local business leaders deplore the outflow of young residents seeking education elsewhere. The article notes calls to support Oxford’s college potential and discusses community leaders traveling, residents visiting Birmingham, and plans to adjust commuter schedules and fall activities.
Capt Paul M Eichelberger spent Sunday with Oxford friends and returned to Birmingham. Miss Anrie Smith leaves Saturday for Planternville to attend a college run by Prof Joan Dodson. Miss Leila Sharpe may join her there. Jessie Bentley leaves for Berry to begin work in a local store. John Hinglon returns to Birmingham after a visit with Oxford friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs Laris Triplett and baby...
An advertisement warns of Brights disease linked to modern life and urges early action for kidney health. It touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a leading remedy, claiming it soothes pain, cleanses stomach liver and bowels, and restores strength. Consumers are advised to insist on the genuine product with a large red 4 on the label, priced at $1.00 per bottle.
The fragmentary items mention visits by Misses Alling Wilson and Sallie Mae Eichelberger, a dinner at the Alabama in Anniston, and plans for school meetings on September 11. Also noted are out of town business at Oxford, Hartwell lodge activities, and educational meetings at Coldwater with Rev W J Ray of Birmingham delivering sermons.
An old advertisement touts Burdock Blood Bitters as purifying the blood and curing the cause of illness. It promises to “build you up” and improve health by cleansing impurities.
A young man at church signs his courtship with a Bible note plan. He presents an open Bible with a pin in text from Second Epistle of John, Ruth, and Third Epistle of John to woo the neighbor. After a later talk, the couple marry the next week, per the Southeast American report.
A lively sales pitch notes Dr King’s New Life Pills regulate stomach liver and bowels without pain or discomfort. Available for 25 cents at West End Drug Co Elam Ordway and Houser store locations.
An advertisement touts the Golden Medical Discovery by Dr. R V Pierce of Buffalo New York as a safe glyceric extract remedy for catarrhal throat chest and lung ailments. It cites supposed medical authorities and claims the product contains no poisonous or habit forming drugs and is offered with a guarantee.
Newark German singers attend the New York third annual saengerfest held June 10 to 22 1852. Over 1 200 male voices plus a 100 piece orchestra performed at the Academy of Music with a torchlight procession and a Bloomingdale road picnic on June 22. Kossuth attended an intermission amid praise for Wallisisch dy Self fergesang and Martin Luther’s Ein Feste Burg.
A. J. Nausbaum of Batesville Indiana says he suffered three months with a summer cold and hay fever symptoms. A doctor’s prescription failed to help until Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package cured him. His wife also reports the same success. Elam Ordway & Houser.
A hospital surgeon visits a patient who groans in pain after being kicked by a mule. The Irish man quips that resisting fate is pointless, noting the kick was indeed the fate of a mule. The moment blends grit with humor in a hospital cot scene.
A Strand Magazine excerpt presents a magistrate scene where Mrs Nalone denies a husband’s violence over apparent “black eyes.” The policeman relays the claim, while the judge probes the origin. The dialogue underscores domestic conflict with a sharp, ironic tone.
An early 20th century health note warns that a neglected cough or cold may cause bronchial lung trouble and promotes Foley's Honey and Tar as a preventative remedy, with credit to Elam Ordway and Houser.
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