The Miracle of White Gloves for Esther Blake
Esther Blake, daughter of a minister, longs for a fuller life beyond church circles. While planning a modest wedding, she and her mother discover a pair of suede gloves hiding five years of secret ten dollar notes from a former wedding gift. The discovery offers a potential fortune to fund her wedding and gain family pride.
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Esther Blake
Esther
St. John’s Church
Elise Bourland
Dick Bourland
Eather Blake
South Carolina
Papa
Motherkins
Eliza
Mrs. Blake
Blake
Tye
Carter
Library voting contest heats up in Anniston
The Evening Star teams with local merchants to run a library voting contest among schools churches and organizations. Readers vote by purchasing goods for 10 cents per vote, with tickets listing the beneficiary and deposited in a ballot box. Voting coupons appear weekly in The Evening Star until October 6 1906.
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Evening Star
Noble Institute
Baraca
Epworth League
Christian Endeavor
The
Synodical College
Evening Star UN
Anniston Steam Laundry
Alabama Supply CO
East Tenth St
Anniston Evening Star
Wigley & Moore
Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil touted as a family remedy
An advertisement quotes Mrs L Whiteacre of Buffalo New York praising Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil as the best remedy for a frequent fatal disease cramp. The testimonial claims eight years of successful use within the family.
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Thomas
Roostness as a Great Civilizer and Educator of Character
The passage extols roostness as a universal civilizer and premier character developer. It describes roostness as a perpetual school and life university, ongoing from cradle to grave, shaping people through constant study and practice rather than formal lectures.
Reading a Book Shock and Personal Power Evaluated
A Short passage compares judging a book by its emotional impact to tribes testing muskets by recoil. It notes power lies in how the reader feels after reading, rather than external praise. The quote from Longfellow frames reading as a measure of personal force and effect.
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Longfellow
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Oxford Lake Park Theatre
Moving Pictures
Farlardeau
Her
Mr. Phillips
A. F. Roberts
Rogers
Homer Sprague
Universal Encyclopedia
Appleton
Morocco
Scribner’s Magazine
Buck
Ram
United States
Putnam’s Famous
Cuba and the Navy
James Russell Lowell
Hawthorne
Captain Marryatt
Globe Clothing Co
Ment
the Star
L. A. Sterne
Fancy Grocerico
A. C. Thomas
J. L. Wikle
Russell Bros
Talbot Foard
Sporting Goods
Model Ice CO
Scarbrough Drug CO
Anniston Hardware
W. Fred Pendle
Ullman Bros
Anniston Trading CO
Atora
Anniston City Furniture CO
Anniston
Mr. Ludlow Allen
May Kinna Allen
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Cor. Tenth &Noble Sts
Wikle
S. J. L. Wikle
Elvis Afeedeeferfert
Rock Island
Colorado
California
Hot Springs
Ark
Succe
Rock Island System
Geo. H. Lee
Little Rock, Ark
Prank M. Griffith
Trav
Pass. Agt
Birmingham
Ala
J. L. Wikie
the Anniston Evening Star
Monk & Crumpton
Grocers
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