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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1907
Page
6
A game for any number of players using a wooden head shaped figure on a pole called Aunt Sally. Players throw sticks to break clay pipes or imitation pipes, scoring points for broken pipes. A referee may oversee, and matches declare a winning score with two sides.
Before Marconi, North American Indians used smoke signals and fire arrows for long distance communication. A settler’s wife observed puffs of smoke formed by blanket covering, rising in rings to warn allies. Night signaling used fire arrows matching the smoke meaning, with risks when enemy strength is overwhelming.
The passage traces plant dispersal mechanisms. Dandelions carry parachute pufflets that travel with winds or riders like Peary in the Arctic and reach the southern hemisphere. Roses Jericho curl with seeds inside, wind scatters seed pods across Syria and Egypt deserts. Fyras and broom pods burst like guns, scattering seeds. Cranesbill uses five arm slings to fling seeds. Mingrove thrives in salt and shallow sea waters, needing mud for rooting.
A girl recites a morning prayer “Be thou my guard and guide” then calls it foolish, asking her aunt why she needs a garden guide. The anecdote recalls a mispronounced or misunderstood phrase and a humorous remark about guidance.
An old warning notes kidney disease progresses unseen and urges starting Poley's Kidney Cure at first signs to correct irregularities and prevent Bright's disease and diabetes. Elam Ordway Houser.
A collection of brief items notes a Oxford Alabama synodical college game at Thirteenth street park next Wednesday, local business notices, a birth announcement for George S Peterson, horse shoer at Donahoo's shop, farming talks by I B Ingram, painters ad by W Cohen Co, Talladega Springs improvements, church service at Glen Addie Presbyterian, baseball results Anniston 6 Piedmont 4, Model City Juniors beat Talladega 9 4, Mamie Steinberg returning to Germany, Gov Comer appoints J R McNeill Talladega to Jacksonville normal, W T Brown reappointed, coal weather and Model Ice Co info, and thanks from W R Stewart for family loss.
C W Cohen & Co offers house painting signs and decorating services at 921 Noble Street phone 550 for inquiries and estimates.
Cautions about National Pure Food Law compliance and guarantees, urging consumers to buy only sealed Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee in packages. Warns against loose coffee from unsealed bags and tins. Also notes consumer action if grocer refuses to supply sealed product.
The article discusses morning meals served in the bedroom, praising dainty china and light papier mache trays. It notes coffee in delicate cups enhances flavor and highlights the hospital style folding bed table as the most practical, compact serving solution despite not being ornate.
A matron offers practical advice on starting married life with modest furniture. She urges restraint on splurging, recommends gradual additions, and cautions against allocating funds to entertainment rather than essentials to avoid future upheaval. The piece includes a vivid aside on Thuringian glass eye making.
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