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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
7
A riverman explains the simple method of emptying water from flat bottom scows by pulling a deck plug. A tug assists by lifting the vessel as water pours out, then the plug is resealed and remaining water pumped out by hand. The method is quick and considered easy by watermen.
Golden Penny recounts Rudyard Kipling's experiment paying expenses by checks in America. Many small checks were never cashed as autographs, with merchants profiting by selling them to collectors. Kipling found his ledgers unbalanced, watched a framed check for beer, and reportedly paid later with cash.
The essay recounts Schopenhauer’s boasts about his own work and his inflated view of his intellect. It also notes a dining room anecdote where he proclaims, while dining, that his three times greater mind justifies eating three times as much.
In Perigueux a French general famed for dueling attempted to shoot the mayor from a balcony to provoke a formal challenge. He aimed to pluck the mayor's rose as spectators watched, but his shot caused the mayor to faint and drop the rose, ending the confrontation.
The State of Alabama Calhoun County City Court of Anniston issues attachment against Stephen N. Noble non resident of Alabama residing in Pretoria Georgia. Property Lot 8 Block C Anniston at Moore and 18th streets and garnishments on Charles McRae and Griffin Young. Clerk A H Sueprexp signs on July 183 1901.
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