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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1907
Page
4
Rates outlined for delivery in Anniston and Oxford with carrier and mail options. Ten cents weekly or five dollars yearly for carrier service, three dollars yearly by mail paid in advance. Communications and remittances payable to Anniston Publishing Co., Anniston, Ala.
Public circulation statement shows daily and total prints for March 1907. Totals include 57 010 copies and an average daily print of 2 216. Notary confirms sworn April 1 1907.
The Star suffered an accident in its composing room delaying delivery of the Piper to subscribers by about an hour. Subscribers crowded the office by phone seeking updates while the staff rushed a larger portion of the paper to fill the loss. The public expressed strong desire for the Star despite the setback.
The Evening Star urges favoring R. Parker for postmaster of Anniston citing his long service and integrity. The paper notes city action to improve Edgemont cemetery entrance for white and colored sections. It also reports Dunne’s defeat in Chicago elections due to low voter turnout.
A short saying notes that ill gotten money or wealth that clings to a person leads to inevitable trouble, warning that greed or misuse attracts negative outcomes and conflict over time.
An old home remedy called Blood Cleaning Time promotes a spring tonic recipe. It uses Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup Sar siparilin mixed and taken after meals and at night. The ad claims one week of use clears skin sores and boosts blood health, aiding rheumatism and kidney trouble.
A survey of how Poe sparked the detective tale with The Purloined Letter and inspiration from Voltaire Zadig, influencing Gaboriau Lecoq and Conan Doyle Holmes. It contrasts Poe’s abstract figures with Doyle’s lifelike heroes and notes Holmes traits like cocaine use and boxer's style.
A clipped essay critiques idleness and vanity, noting how idle people pose as morally superior and how failures in youth influence father son business dynamics. It uses sharp tone to mock pretentiousness and the lure of carefree living.
The London Chronicle traces how shah mat and shah, via Persian origins, became check in chess and financial terms. It notes the Persian sovereign's title influenced words like checkered and ex chequer tied to accounting and counterfeit prevention.
A Bosnian tradition uses a long free spinning pole and paddled ends to roast sheep during weddings. A log impales the sheep as a fire burns beneath, turning the joint to cook evenly while streams nearby provide water.
New Zealanders dig for kauri gum, a resin from kauri pine used in varnish and enamel paints. Gum forms in living trunks and around stump soil, with chunks up to 100 pounds found. The kauri pine grows tall, straight, with dark foliage, valued for ship masts.
Claim cites Hall's Catarrh Cure as remedy for deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube. Advertises $100 reward for any case of deafness due to catarrh not cured by the remedy. Includes dealer information in Toledo and druggist references.
Dialogue from a Philadelphia Press piece shows Tess questioning Jess about Mr. Borem visiting. Jess recalls being delighted when the girl's arrival brought up his card, noting he might have mistaken him for someone else if the card hadn’t been presented.
The piece notes Benjamin Franklin wore Quaker-inspired dress in Philadelphia and in France while not a Quaker. It traces his religious journey from Congregational roots through Presbyterian and Episcopal ties, ending as a deist believing in God and immortality, with no fixed sect.
In a Philadelphia Bulletin snippet a remark about a boy named Archibald hints he could grow into high office. The exchange weighs ambition versus modesty as the boy’s future prospects are humorously discussed.
The largest grasshoppers are found in South America where specimens reach five inches in length and a wing span of ten inches indicating notable size among orthopterans.
A Baltimore American item notes a quip about money and occupation. A speaker asserts not aiding tramps and teases that they work for the Society of Psychical Research. The punchline claims their role is the investigation of material spirits.
A Mecomb Eagle report notes Iiard tries to aid a man, but hazards persist as a rock rolls downhill. The story emphasizes caution and repeated close calls with the rock’s path.
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