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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1906
Page
3
The people of Alexandria will hold an ice cream festival tomorrow night on Mrs. Irwin's lawn. A large crowd is expected and proceeds will fund improvements to the local school building.
Sakhalin on the eastern Siberian coast shows a unique climate. Cold air pools in the lowlands and along the coast while higher elevations are milder, producing arctic vegetation in valleys and subtropical flora inland including bamboo and azaleas.
W M Sherman of Cushing Maine touts three bottles of Electric Bitters after three months of kidney inflammation. The tonic is advertised to cure liver complaint dyspepsia blood disorders and malaria and to restore weak nervous systems. Sold by West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser at 50 cents.
A set of student answers on farm animals includes statements such as the pig is a useful animal to a woman and a young cow is called an ox. It also covers cow stomachs, bullock as father of a cow, and that cattle refer to all living on a farm. Notes that cows give milk while alive and mutton comes from dead cows. Lamb flesh is called veal.
A Vernon Connecticut family sought relief for a child’s hand burn after other applications worsened inflammation. James N. Nichols advised Chamberlain's Pain Balm, claiming the first use drew out inflammation and gave immediate relief. The liniment is sold by J. L. Wil e.
Donahoo and Co offers fine gs and urges readers to take their family out for a ride. Phone 82.
A observant hospital scene notes rising female surgeries due to neglect of early warning signs. A Seattle woman, Miss Luella Adams, credits the remedy with removing a tumor without surgery. Mrs. Pinkham offers free advice and invites women to write for guidance.
In rural Ireland people trust a doctor's prescription. a Limerick man orders a coffin for his father, the undertaker asking if Pat is dead. The mourner reveals the doctor says Pat will die tonight, implying the doctor’s medicine hastens death. Similar tale of a parent’s death follows a similar strand.
The ad promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a medicine that aids nature during a cold. It claims to allay coughs relieve lungs aid expectoration open secretions and restore health, noting thousands testify to its excellence. Price 25 cents large 50 cents. sold by J L Wikle.
A minister corners the milkman to discuss the quality of milk used for dietary purposes. The milkman answers with unease, while the minister insists the milk is for dietary use only and not for examination.
A Batesville Indiana man writes that a summer cold and hay fever disrupted his business for three months last year. He tried Foley’s Honey and Tar in the yellow package after a doctor’s prescription failed. He reports quick relief and notes his wife obtained the same success.
A humorous exchange features Mrs Portly Puffington claiming Saxon royal lineage while a visitor questions the boast. The scene centers on stated ancestry and playful back-and-forth in a staged or literary setting.
A fan festival at Noble Street Theatre features Webster Cullison's lilting comedy Rune Away Match with music. The production promises a wholesome show free of objectionable material, with an excellent company and top quality scenery and costumes.
Scores of delegates from Kentucky's 180000 Church of Christ in Kentucky converge in Louisville for the annual meeting. The session lacks legislative power but its deliberations influence the denomination statewide as it reviews education and missionary work and plans future activities.
The Avesta outlines elaborate ablutions to cleanse body and soul from defilement with nine nights of purification. It includes sprinklings of holy water and ceremonial rites to expel death’s pollution, while Lucian ridicules the rite in a dialogue about Magi cleansing Pythagoras.
The article credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with curing E R Mulford of piles and claims it heals burns, boils, ulcers, sores and skin ailments. Sold for 25 cents at West End Drug Co and Elam Ordway and Houser.
A humorous anecdote about Mark Twain hiring two Arab guides to the pyramids. He struggles to understand their speech, then a friend explains that aging guides speak gum Arabic because they have lost their teeth and cannot pronounce Arabic words clearly.
A tip for cigar makers and vocalists suggests biting off the end and blowing through the cigar before lighting to remove fine dust that can inflame vocal chords. The practice is claimed to benefit singers and reduce throat diseases among steady smokers.
An advertisement extols Foley's Kidney Cure as a remedy to purify blood and cure kidney and bladder diseases. It claims to strengthen the whole system and promotes Elam Ordway and Houser as sellers.
The article recalls old-fashioned paint made from white lead and boiled seed oil, noting it lasts generations. It stresses choosing a reliable brand to ensure continued quality and durability.
Red Seal Pure White Lead made by the O14 Dutch Procow is guaranteed perfectly pure. It has years of reputation behind it. If your dealer will not supply you, write to National Lead Company. Freeman Avenue and 7th Street Cincinnati Oleke. For sale by first class dealers.
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