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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1907
Page
4
A lone highwayman robs a stage in Butte Montana and nets about $24,000. If dispatches from the West are not fabrications, the old West still survives in the Rockies.
Fragmentary OCR lists multiple March 1907 dates and page numbers for the Evening Star with scattered figures and a notarized swearing date of April 1 1907 by B W Ledbetter, Notary Public.
An article on building safety traces condemned foundations in Rochester and calls for a uniform concrete code after the Baltimore fire. It notes Anniston’s building boom and gives a formula for foundations using cement sand and broken stone, with mixing guidelines and settling considerations.
John Orr, who died in Clay county a few days ago, was among Alabama’s old timers living in Calhoun. He arrived when Indiana claimed the area as hunting grounds and spoke the Creek language. Other long-time residents in the Calhoun and Clay hills share this history and the region’s climate is noted for promoting longevity.
A frost hit Anniston followed by cold snaps while Michigan faced deep snow and Chattanooga and Nashville also reported snowfall. The Anniston district is highlighted as particularly favored by nature despite the wintry conditions.
The Talladega Reporter reports a second Lincoln storm that leveled fences and multiple tenant houses along Silverside road. G H Franklin, Davis, Will Dobbins, and Alex Whiteside lost homes and stables, with telegraph poles uprooted. no lives reported, storm path about 400 yards wide.
An advertisement claims deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. It offers one hundred dollars for a catarrh deafness case not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure, urges sending for circulars, and promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
A Colorado game warden encounters a hunter in the mountains who brags of a large deer. The hunter learns the official is the state chief game warden but doubts it, then calls him the biggest liar in Colorado, revealing a humorous misunderstanding.
The article traces the violin’s origin from the lyre and monochord to the vielle used by troubadours. It notes changes through the 13th to 16th centuries, including waist scooping, added corner blocks likely from Germany, and finally the true violin model with fixed bridges.
In a revival meeting Sister Jones and Brother Smith testified meekly that they have long been sinners and now seek dark corners behind the door as they recount their repentance and new light.
The speaker argues that many compliment women but keep them from citizenship, blaming centuries of unequal expectations. Men shape society and occupations, but true justice requires women to assume civic duties, foresee the future, and claim rights to share in state responsibilities.
Sociologist Andrew J Hirshl argues our legal system is inverted. He says crucial questions should be decided at the outset to prevent protracted appeals and years of costly trials. Solving these issues early would stabilize judgments and gain court approval.
Key events and births listed include the 1450 French victory at Formigny the 1815 Mobile capture from Spain and the birth of Horace Porter in 1837 Henry James in 1843 and the first use of the Houses of Parliament by peers in 1847 plus the 1851 death of Andres Quintana Roo who helped declare Mexican independence.
Chronology notes events including Matthew Arnold dying in 1888 after a December 24 birth in 1822, and Andrew Carnegie founding a $5,000,000 hero fund in 1904. The items mark prominent literary and industrial figures and their legacies in the era.
The elderly thinker Fontenelle claimed his success came from two rules. He advised that everybody may be right and that everything may be so, emphasizing tolerance and open inquiry without offense.
A terse quotation notes the true strength of a human soul lies in seeking noble dependencies and being relied on by those it can reach. It frames moral influence as mutual elevation through interdependence.
Dr. Daniel K. Pearsons, Chicago real estate pioneer and longtime philanthropist, celebrated his eighty seventh birthday. He has endowed nearly fifty small colleges across twenty four states with endowments totaling about 15 million dollars and plans to distribute several million more before his death. A New England native, he moved to Chicago in 1857 where he built his fortune.
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