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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1907
Page
5
H J Young is erecting a large new awning at Frank McIntyre's store. The item appears in a local mix of community notices and vendor promotions including poultry feeds and various goods. The clipping mentions related names, locations, and services in a period newspaper style.
Fireman's band No 4 received new uniforms and will play the first concert of the organization next Friday at the Princess rink instead of Thursday. The McElreath horse will be sold at Donahoo Co on Wednesday May 1 at 12 o'clock. Hoyler's candies offered fresh twice weekly with special boxes for commencement. Police court notes show fines of 106.30 for ten offenders, one with a pistol. two cases discharged. Jones' shows coming May 3 promising premier acts and a grand parade at 1 pm with performances at 2 and 7 pm. A sale on table glassware runs Monday through the week. Roller Champion Flour advertised.
At 2 p m Captain 8 M Smith and Major J H Allen among camp veterans at a funeral led by Commander Crow of Oxford. The Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy also attended the service. A carload of tools arrived for the Ide cotton mill project in Jacksonville with completion set for September 15.
Two distinguished naval and military commissions from Japan and China are due in the United States within 24 hours to represent their governments at the Jamestown exposition. The Chinese delegation arrives in San Francisco, while the Japanese delegation led by Gen. Kuroki lands near Seattle. both will tour major cities and inspect Fort Riley, Fort Leavenworth, and other posts before Washington welcomes them.
Spot cotton in Anniston today at 10 1 2 to 11 cents. Merchants pay 25 to 35 cents for chickens, eggs 15 to 17 cents, sweet potatoes $1 per bushel, Trish potatoes 90 cents per bushel, white peas 2 50 per bushel, speckled peas 2 per bushel, corn 66 668 per bushel. An advertisement touts a Humphrey gas instantaneous water heater as ideal for the right place and time.
A tale from the New Orleans Times-Democrat recounts how Englishman Mungo Park supposedly gave his name to the colorless textile stock mungo after a failed batch of shoddy mix. The anecdote explains the etymology tied to a Yorksire dialect mispronunciation.
Denver reports the national society of the Sons of the American Revolution convening in session as leaders discuss program expansion and historical preservation during the April 30 meeting.
Mr 8 A Russell accepts a position with the Woodstock Tron and Steel Corporation as stenographer and starts today. He is a graduate of Madden's business college. Cotton planting harmed by frost and rain. farmers report unprecedented conditions. Roller Champion flour advertised as wonderful.
The Revolution society held its annual congress here today to Thursday. It aims to instill patriotism and counts as members notable figures including President Roosevelt Admiral Dewey former Vice President Levi P. Morton Senator Henry Cabot Lodge and Gen Nelson A. Miles Horace Porter and Fred D. Grant at the gathering.
A London Graphic quote recalls Montaigne on a case where men condemned for murder were executed despite claims by an inferior court that others in custody confessed. The passage argues revoking a sentence to admit law erred would be seen as dangerous precedent, justifying the executions.
In the early war years patriotic merchants and manufacturers sent clerks and workers to the field with pay promises. A landlady in New York eagerly offered to let her boarders run up bills and continue salaries in their absence to defend the nation.
A nevid man says a woman has no sense of humor. His wife calls it a fallacy born from the fact that most women are not so stupid as to laugh at their misbands efforts to be clever. Washington Star.
The article describes St. John’s church in Davos Platz Switzerland as the world’s most singular church. It sits at over 5000 feet, serves a winter resort town, and has two steeples one of which twists like a corkscrew. The steeples house chimes once used to sound alarm against invading wild animals in ancient times.
The London Spectator notes that humans can approach amphibious ability in warm regions with swimming and diving performance rivaling many animals. It cites hippo and pearl divers, and a tank dive of four minutes, but says temperature ultimately caps underwater endurance.
The late Bishop Dudley of Ken Vicky could deliver gentle rebukes yet ensure the point was clear. A wealthy, stingy church member announced a trip abroad saying he had never seen the ocean and wished to avoid seasickness. The bishop replied with a quip about swallowing a nickel.
A prominent surgeon recounts a past operation saying he once removed the wrong leg. He explains the error during a lecture to his nine students, noting the slip was serious but humorous in retelling. The San Antonio Express cites the tale as a cautionary anecdote.
Professor Ravenstein of the Royal Geographical Society estimates fertile lands at 28 million square miles with a population capacity of 6 billion. He projects the globe will be fully peopled around 2072 if current census growth continues. The earth currently holds about one quarter of that capacity.
St. Nicholas notes that in 1704 Washington, during his second term, secured Congress's creation of the cadet grade in the army and chose West Point as the training site. Early cadets needed little formal testing, mainly basic engineering math and artillery practice, unlike modern standards.
A medical note explains the heart’s continuous work with brief rests between beats. It states each beat lasts about eight-tenths of a second, with contraction occupying half the time and rest the other half, contrasting with other organs such as the stomach and eyelids and noting the brain rests during sleep.
Advertises 400 acres under fence on the Sexton farm with abundant grass and a never failing clear water supply. States usual rates and provides telephone on farm No 599 4 and address.
Default on a mortgage dated September 25 1905 by Lizie Wakefield John Wakefield and Flake Wakefield leads to a mortgagee sale on May 81 1907 at the corner of Tenth and Noble Streets Anniston Alabama. Property includes fixtures cigar stand cash register stove and restaurant equipment from Mitchell's restaurant on West Eleventh Street. John W Mitchell is the mortgagee.
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