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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1906
Page
3
Special to the Star from Lucerne reports Swiss hotels accumulate about 25 000 in unclaimed articles each season and railways profit from selling forgotten goods. Anecdotes include an English guest who forgot his hotel name and location, unclaimed banknotes in Zurich, a jewel casket returned in Geneva, and a German paterfamilias losing an eight child in Lausanne.
Fragmented OCR lists many historical milestones with broken names and dates. It mentions 1565 massacre at Mort Caroline, 1643 New England war against Niantick, 1737 Charles Carroll born, 1797 Constitution launched, 1861 Arthur oath, and other items with uncertain spellings and omissions.
Maggie Hickox of Midland Michigan reports her two year old son suffered a severe bowel illness but recovered after using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. The ad claims it cures even cholera infantum when directions are followed and notes J L Wikle sells it.
A railway map at the Victoria station entrance in London features Lancaster and Yorkshire lines and a painted Rochdale view. The artist faced a local taunt about origin with Rochdale contrasted to Oldham, Rochdale, and Royton, warning of a forthcoming punch from nearby cops.
The Korea Daily News notes that bells have a finite lifespan before they break. A 900 pound bell failed after 11 000 blows at 178 foot pounds, a 4 000 pound bell after 14 000 blows at 350 foot pounds, and a 1 000 pound steel bell broke after twenty four blows at 150 foot pounds though designed for lighter blows.
Advertisement urging readers to use Dr King’s New Life Pills to relieve constipation and stomach liver and bowel discomfort. Promotes pain free regulation of organs. Price 25 cents at West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway Houser.
Surplus Ferns in ten kinds and all sizes offered at half price with special cuts on large plants. Plants ship for about 10 percent extra, and shipping is paid on orders of five dollars or more. Contact F. J. Ulbricht.
A Baltimore lawyer tested a new office boy by leaving a twenty dollar note under the ink stand. The note disappeared and a silver quarter remained. The boy explained a gentleman settled a wine and cigar bill he knew the lawyer intended to pay, leaving a receipt for $19.75.
An old advertisement touts Billousness Emi 7 as a remedy for biliousness and constipated bowels, claiming quick, painless relief. It stresses universal physician endorsement, pleasant tasting formula, pocket boxes, and retail by J. L. Wikle.
A discussion notes the rise of matrimonial ads as a modern trend but traces the origin to William in Paris during the empire era. It cites M. Henri d Almeras and Journal de Saint Petersburg referencing a universal agency supplying apartments servants wives and husbands.
A Globe Democrat quotation links national flowers to national instruments. It assigns Scotland the bagpipe, France the French horn, Spain the guitar, Italy the mandolin, Wales and Ireland the harp, Germany the cornet, and America the banjo.
Claims the remedy supports nature by easing coughs and freeing secretions during colds. Promotes relief of lung symptoms, aids expectoration, and claims to prevent pneumonia. Priced 25 cents, large 50 cents, sold by J. L. Wikle.
An advertisement urges intelligent women to seek relief from weakness and pain with Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It touts a transparent formula, claims medical endorsements, and offers a free booklet by mailing name and address to Dr. R V Pierce in Buffalo New York.
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