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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1901
Page
6
A promotional notice urges buyers to call and inspect a large stock of pianos organs music boxes and all musical instruments. It also advertises sewing machines typewriters and phonographs and promises right prices terms and goods.
A Philadelphia soap promotion recalls Phil Armour who, as a boy, was bound to a farmer who later helped him start a fortune. Years later the elder man, now aged and jobless, receives an annuity from Armour to live out his days without work.
A well known politician tells of affectionately kissing and praising eleven children and marveling at how they all resemble a matronly lady who blushed as the scene unfolds. He recounts the moment with humor and pride.
A visitor questions a woman about her husband and children. She denies husband, suggests the children belong to an orphan asylum, and clarifies the mistaken belief in a tense social exchange. The exchange highlights themes of identity and social standing in a domestic scene.
In Berlin quarters the story says Emperor William told Bulow he would become imperial chancellor. Bulow worries about his wife and the palace renovation. The emperor sends a hundredweight of soap as his contribution to the cleaning down of the chancellor’s palace.
A child game description where two teams, captains, and a knotted handkerchief create a fast fun contest. Players must name animals fish birds or stay silent based on Earth Water Air or Fire as indicated, with drops and throws deciding the win.
The piece notes trainers rely on a sign in addition to commands, with signs guiding animals more than spoken words. It cites a parrot tricked by clockwork, and a pig capable of learning colors and counting, all while obeying the trainer’s signals. It then recalls a Victorian rhyme listing English monarchs from William the Norman to Victoria, inviting readers to study history.
A Boston girl wandered away and was found after the city crier James Wilson toured the streets ringing a bell and calling her name. The sleeping child, awakened by the cry Louise Alcott, grew up to write Little Women and other works.
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