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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1906
Page
6
Baltimore marks Old Defenders Day recalling the 1814 defense led by Major Armisted and General Stricker against British forces. The bombardment, skirmish, and subsequent British withdrawal inspired Francis Scott Key to pen The Star Spangled Banner.
Adolph Weber faces the death penalty at Folsom for killing his mother, father, sister, and brother in Auburn in 1904. He set fire to the house after the slayings to destroy evidence and later inherited about $60,000 from the estate. He was also charged in a bank robbery with gold found buried on his farm.
A vintage ad touts Dr. Thomas Electric Oil promising instant relief for babies who suffer from cramps. The copy urges immediate use and markets the product as a magical remedy for infant discomfort.
American capital floods Cuba with about 150 million dollars invested over the last two years outside Havana. American money funds new projects across the island and in Havana, where American architecture and industry are taking hold. Railroads and trolley lines increasingly fall under American control.
A farm laborer writes to the Northampton Guardians of the Poor offering to marry a widow listed as outdoor relief. He seeks a wife from the charity records, saying he hears one or two widows are on the books.
An advertisement claims Foley's Kidney Cure can treat kidney or bladder troubles within medicinal reach. The notice attributes the remedy to Elam, Ordway & Houser.
In Paris a theatre used real sheep for a scene in Le Pauvre Berger. The herd trooped on stage and caused chaos as they bleated and escaped into the orchestra and boxes. The next day the flock was sent to the shambles and artificial sheep took their place.
The Enterprise colliery at Shamokin Pa was found burning above the water level after being officially declared extinguished. It marks one of the hardest underground fires to tackle in the coal region with costs approaching $100,000 in extinguishing efforts.
A Waynesboro Pa lecturer touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a scientific wonder for piles and many injuries. It heals burns boils cuts ulcers and related conditions. available for 25 cents at local druggists West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser.
Uncle Abe, a grizzled old negro, visited a zoological garden and stood entranced by a chimpanzee in a cage. After the ape approached, Abe spoke and advised the animal to stay silent, warning never to talk or defy the white man.
A Philadelphia collage tablet honors Stephen Girard for his 1703 yellow fever era courage and humanity. It notes he surrendered wealth and business, led a yellow fever hospital, and performed duties others avoided, viewing it as his essential obligation.
A Philadelphia man recounts visiting New York for an auction on a river tug. After examining the tug an observer offers him $100 to refrain from bidding, and he accepts, leaving with no bid made. The exchange shows streetwise manipulation at the sale.
Horace Greeley displayed marked innocence and affectation in appearance with a single trousers leg in his boot and a bow tied under his ear. A hotel room incident shows a friend correcting him, only for the disarray to recur in the street, matching his public pose of a hurried, thoughtful genius.
The London Tatler quotes travelers praising Lisbon for its splendid view and striking likeness to Constantinople. The description notes the morning mists that cloak the shorelines add a mysterious charm, likened to Turner’s vision of beauty.
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