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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1907
Page
5
J. J. Sims, an elderly crippled man, appeared in police court this morning for the third time to answer the charge of drank in a public place. He had been found guilty on two prior occasions but the court suspended the sentences for good behavior. He was fined again this morning and the two suspended sentences, each for four dollars, were made effective.
Excavation for the foundations of the new weather bureau station on Quintard avenue began this morning. Contractor Blair ordered a crew at work and materials are being prepared on site.
The text touts thin uniform bacon for slicing economy and tastiness, priced at 30 cents per pound. It urges a trial, noting no waste from ends. A separate item reports Robert Howard, near Alexandria, son who lost his hand to an axe, may need another amputation. Also dated ads for horseshoeing by Geo S. Peterson in East Tenth Street shop.
The notice highlights the W J Morton office now at Anniston Supply Company with hours 6 am to 6 pm and telephone 31. A Humphrey gas instantaneous water heater is endorsed for quick hot water. Recorder Greene reports police court fines totaling 19.10 to drunks. one case continued and three discharged. Baraca convention mention notes Anniston representation in Atlanta.
The ad touts gas cookers from one to six burners with optional ovens and two ovens plus portable gas water heaters. It also promotes prompt hauling and service, weather forecasts, and late night hot-lunch ideas, urging readers to buy gas ranges for heavy daily work.
A Strand Magazine anecdote tells of a cook serving a boarder fake beef by presenting sole leather. The amused boarder questions the butcher and the landlady replies with a patronizing smile. The gag hinges on the leather meat being unusually tender to the guest.
Coal and drug service notices cite R. O. Watson and E. M. Lewis for Empire Montevallo or Jellico coal touted as best in the South. The phone numbers 72 and 59 Model See Co are given for coal that will burn.
The article compares the violin scroll or head to a painter’s touch, arguing that to a trained connoisseur the scroll reveals the maker. It cites Amati and Gournerius as distinct street signs of individual masterworks and notes the skill is hard to imitate for amateurs.
A Turkish officer facing execution asked for water. The commander promised safety until he drank. The prisoner immediately dashed the water to the ground and used the moment to save his life.
Mr Com rox muses on his reaction to a titled son in law asking whether he will ever like him. He jokes about fitting him into his expense account calling him neither a recreation nor an investment in a light Washington Star exchange.
A Yorkshire engineer served as director of Afghanistan's arsenal for Abdur Rahman. After being fired at in a bazaar he complained to the ameer, who dismissed concerns. Later during a ride, the ameer showed gibbeted victims and implied the engineer faced a brutal harsh fate for the assault. The ameer reportedly executed all male relatives of the attacker.
In Lew Wallace’s autobiography he recalls a tented "paradise" at Shiloh seized by Confederates who marked it "Lost." Beauregard ordered camp furniture left as the field changed hands, and the Union retook the ground on the second day, adding "Regained" beside the two names.
Anniston market prices list cotton at 10 1 2 to 11 cents per pound and produce quotes for merchants include chickens 25 to 35 cents, eggs 15 to 17 cents, sweet potatoes 1 dollar per bushel, white peas 2.50 dollars, speckled peas 2 dollars, and corn 66 to 68 cents per bushel.
A New Orleans gombo is praised as the most toothsome dish, made privately with five separate meats including fried chicken, broiled bacon, stewed oysters, peppers, and onions, combined in a celestial stock and finished with powdered sassafras. No other dish is seen to rival it.
Early tools show stone hammers from twenty centuries before our era lacking claw backs for nails. Claw hammers appeared in the middle ages with manuscripts of the eleventh century depicting carpenters. Hammers vary from tiny jeweler weights under half an ounce to fifty ton shipyard monsters with forces of ninety to a hundred. Each trade crafts its own hammering method.
French peasants use twelve onions named for the months to predict rain or drought for the year. They salt the onions at midnight mass and observe salt melt to forecast weather, guiding planting and crop timing.
A chain of coral beads with initials E. FT. on clasp and a ladies hat with Ullman Bros. box label were lost between Ullman Bros. and the depot on Leighton avenue from Tenth to Thirteenth streets. Reward offered for return to Ullman Bros. store. Please return to Ullman Bros. if found.
Land Title Guaranty Co announces exam of real estate titles with attorney approved guaranty bonds. Anniston announces April F. April F. references appear in notice.
Renter reports 400 acres under fence on Sexton farm with abundant grass and clear water, offering good wells and farm telephone service at No 599-4. Address listed.
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