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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1907
Page
8
A meeting urged rapid preparation of an Anniston display for a state exposition. Officials said iron and other bulky goods would be shipped from Western Steel Care and Foundry to the transportation building. A mineral display would feature iron coal marble gold granite and other district minerals.
A vintage advertisement touts a home remedy called Fluid Extraect Dandelion Compound Kargot and Syrup Sarsaparilia mixed in specific amounts. It claims the decoction cleanses blood of impurities and acids, improves health, and suggests regular use after meals and at bedtime. It adds a note that occasional doves aid well being during the season.
The dedication marks the opening of a new Carnegie Institute building cost at least six million dollars. Carnegie provided a million from the outset and the rebuilt complex now houses four departments within one roof: fine arts natural history library and music with separate technical schools nearby.
Barometer 30.04 and north wind five miles. Temperature ranged from 38 to 61 with lowest at 8 am and highest at 1 pm. Weather was cloudy and tonight expected to be partly cloudy and warmer. Clarke, Detieral in Charge.
A Birmingham Roy Young Concert Company performance in Anniston drew enthusiastic applause for a 24 piece program in two parts. Highlighted by the southern violin virtuoso and Miss Dorothy Langdon Lewis, the event promised a potential return with a larger crowd. Dr E Stakely Ayers and Miss Mary L Underwood plan a Birmingham wedding later today, with a honeymoon trip to Huntsville and Knoxville.
A dated digest lists events from 1512 to 1904, noting Claston de Foix slain at Ravenna, Selby battle victory, Utrecht treaty ending Queen Anne wars, Montreal fire, Stanislaus Poniatowski death, Toulouse entry, Bishop England’s death, Montgomery surrender, Charles Reade’s death, Pellew Islands seizure, and German victory over Hereros.
Hundreds of women in the United States and Canada are said to have been defrauded as the Hl. W. B. Conrad Publishing Company of Philadelphia was ordered by the post office to stop using the mails. Women paid 1 to register for writing letters but were not paid for work and refunds were rare.
Messrs. S. Markslon D. N. Hill T. M. McClellan and James Brown are in the city from Birmingham. Oscar Lane and J. A. Sewell come from Atlanta for the day. W. Fe. James visits from Tifton. Parker from Pell City spent last night. Mason from Gadsden was here last night. J. S. Brooks from Oneonta stayed at the Alabama. O. M. Alexander in Birmingham today. J. B. Shelnutt headed to Newberry South Carolina on business last night.
Instructions describe melting unbleached beeswax and coating a cloth with it. A carpeted area is prepared, and the warm waxed cloth is used to briskly rub the table for about fifteen minutes to seal and shine the surface.
The term school traces to a Greek root meaning leisure. In ancient Greece education came more from public lectures on philosophy in forums and theaters than from books, with the citizen’s leisure time spent in assemblies, games, and law courts.
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