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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1900
Page
2
A Denver News item describes playful Easter egg decorating using real eggs, yolk and white separation, and tiny fabric yolks, then suggests fondant candy eggs in various sizes. It explains making chocolate eggs with white fondant, decorating patterns, and animal shapes like rabbits to enhance holiday displays.
Glove fashions vary by season with two button street gloves and large pearl buttons. Black Mack kid trimming appears on wrist hems while evening gloves show large buttons in black white or self color. Day colors range from deep tan to blood red and electric blue with many gray and tan shades. Evening tones pair with pink blue nile green pearl lavender primrose and cream. Lengths stay elbow or longer with elbow length for the sleeve. Lifeeed kid suits street wear while suede suits evening wear and black suede rises in spring.
The Lewiston Maine press recalls Dan Rice's town clock repayment after his circus visit. It mentions his arrest for exhibiting without a license in McVeytown and his pledge to repay the town to avoid delays. It also notes a London Standard quip about Shakespearean quotations and a Halley related remark on sky color and temperament.
A discussion of why Passover and Easter dating vary due to Jewish lunar calendar rules and leap-month adjustments. The piece also offers vintage Easter candy ideas including candy eggs, rose-leaf baskets, and sugared notes, all tied to a Cincinnati Enquirer reminiscence and a Saturday Evening Post anecdote about Joe Blackburn and J Sterling Morton.
In a complex criminal case an old land surveyor, ready to give his opinion, asks to speak but is told to wait. After hours of testimony the judge invites his input, only for the witness to reveal he is deaf and could not hear any proceedings.
A fragment describes a child kneeling in prayer during Easter time beside a bed or altar. The indistinct verse evokes purity and fragrance, with church bells and a focus on devotion. An ad line lists hauling services by Ed mondson & Anderson with a phone number.
A Scientific American excerpt notes a chronic Russian famine where peasants practice lejka hibernation. Families retreat to beds and stoves for four to five months, eating minimally and moving little to stretch scarce wheat resources. The piece discusses physiological and psychological angles of this adaptation.
Chicago cr iminal court confronts James H Bird who endorsed and cashed a 2000 dollar check made out to another James H Bird of New York. The New York bearer seeks the funds and the Chicago man is arrested as the investigation unfolds.
A Chicago Record report describes the practice of compressing human heads by the Nipo Indians in Ecuador to about one fifth their size. The article notes the process is undiscovered, not practiced elsewhere, and mentions a missionary and a trader linked to a coin head found in Guayaquil.
On April 21 1900 a cash sale of unclaimed and refused freight will be held at the Anniston freight depot at 10 o clock. Items listed include household goods groceries printing paper crockery dry goods calicoes and assorted boxes and cases from multiple consignors such as Mattie Adams J Best Otis Terrell Grave Lithographic Co H Meeker and others.
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