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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1907
Page
3
Mr. Albert S. Glass of Nine teenth Street near Leighton Avenue died yesterday at 8:45 of liver and heart trouble aged 45. He leaves a wife and four brothers in the city. Funeral held at 2:30 this afternoon at his home conducted by Rev. M. Chandler with interment at Edgemont.
Miss Katherine Walker of Anniston arrived to visit Miss Irma Griffin at the Anchorage Reads. Mr. J. H. Read made a business trip to Gadsden. Mrs. R. M. Kelley visited Anniston. Mr. and Mrs. James Aderhold visited Wellington. R. M. Kelley traveled to Gadsden.
The article advises refreshing smelling salts by pouring fresh spirits over the salt balls to maintain strength. It notes spirits of ammonia are common, but a stronger mix is two parts ammonia to one part oil of lavender. Avoid aromatic spirits of ammonia as water content blocks amalgamation with oil.
A frugal home guide describes cleaning a fawn or white coat with hot flour rubbed on fabric and brushed clean to avoid shrinking. It also offers a cheese dish idea using toasted bread with olive oil grated cheese pepper and lemon juice melted in the oven. The piece ends with tips on appearing taller through slenderness and related advice.
A witty line from Puck asserts that hospitality makes fair women and brave men endure and thank someone they dislike for tedious entertainment, satirizing social expectations.
In an English court a man convicted as a common gambler faced a stern judge. The offender wore a loud yellow and black suit with a red necktie and a paste diamond pin. The judge ordered a fifty dollar fine and three and a half years in state prison, joking about money in the gambler's pants pocket.
The London Express criticizes cats as self serving and shrewd, contrasting feline selfishness with human behavior. It argues that when people adopt the cat motto Business is business they are praised as successful, while cats are not honored. It reflects a satirical view of human ethics through animal metaphor.
The article argues woodpeckers, long seen as friends of mankind, may do more harm than good. They peck trees and devour worms and insects indiscriminately, yet their main diet centers on a small insect that itself harms trees by feeding on injurious pests.
A saucer filled with water holds a coin. A spectator cannot remove the coin without getting wet. Light crumpled paper in a tumbler, invert it into the saucer, and water is drawn into the tumbler. The coin is then removed without touching the water or wetting fingers.
A child recalls a magical night journey aboard a sleeping car to fairyland. The mother’s kiss and tucked-in bedtime scene set a dreamy voyage ending with waking to find themselves home in bed. The poem asks if the journey was a dream, as the elder sister suggested.
An essay urges husbands to include wives in hunting and fishing trips, arguing thoughtlessness rather than malice keeps men from sharing outdoor pleasures. It calls on women to seek woods and waters experiences and promote shared leisure.
The piece notes that Japanese study careful hand movements to add grace to lacquer work and social presence. It suggests American women could improve charm by animated hand use as a natural speech variation, while praising American hand care as a cultural strength.
Mrs S L Bowen of Wayne West Virginia writes she suffered kidney disease and could not rise from bed yet after using Foley's Kidney Cure a one dollar bottle and part of a second cured her entirely Elam Ordway Houser endorse the remedy and claim it works where others fail.
The article explains centigrade and Fahrenheit scales, noting zero to freeze water and 100 to boil in centigrade, and 32 to freezing and 212 to boiling in Fahrenheit. It gives sample points such as 60 F equal to 15 C and 98 F equal to 36.7 C, and observes scientists use centigrade while popular use remains Fahrenheit.
The largest shark on record is reported as thirty two feet long with a body girth of fifteen feet. It weighed around 14 000 pounds and its mouth spanned three and a half feet from lower jaw to snout while the width was two and a half feet.
A short health note states most appendicitis victims are constipated. It promotes Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup as treating chronic constipation by stimulating the liver and bowels, claiming it is mild and pleasant and does not nauseate or gripe.
Lady Morgan's diary quotes Lord Clanricarde describing Daniel O'Connell as mild in private life yet driven. He is seen with a crowd at his door, issuing orders for clients, then rushing to law courts and the improvement society, shortly after a heated speech to Mr. la Touche.
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