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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1906
Page
4
Telegraph report lists venerable U S figures across politics and religion with ages from early seventies to late eighties. Notables include Senators Whyte Pettus Morgan Allison Cullom Frye Platt and others, plus clergymen Hale Culyer and Higginson, ending with Julia Ward Howe nearing 88.
The Birmingham Age Herald reprints Capt James Crook of Jacksonville Calhoun County denying an inaccurate report about an inactive campaign. He cites health, weather, and farm duties keeping him home while asserting broad support and readiness to work for the agriculture commissioner race.
Neighbors Joe Reynolds and W H Smith, once friends, quarreled last night over a trivial matter on a Reynolds wagon returning from Anniston with County Commissioners. Smith claims Reynolds cut him in the side lip chin and on the nose and eyes. Reynolds denies using a knife. Smith rests at home with no fear of serious results. no arrests reported.
Senator Fred Blackmon of Anniston told reporters at the Morris hotel that the city is growing and enjoying comfortable prosperity in every line of business. He noted most industrial plants are operating at full capacity and producing diverse products, with many small manufacturers ensuring enduring prosperity for all time.
The article notes a normal body temperature around 96.6 degrees with small daily fluctuations due to eating fasting or activity. It highlights the body's remarkable stability under extreme conditions and contrasts human endurance with that of other animals in Arctic and tropical environments.
In a Boston and Maine railroad personal injury action before Maine's highest court, counsel tested a witness with technical terms. The rural plaintiff, illiterate, was prodded to say if he had an abrasion or contusion, until his attorney cried out asking if he barked his skin. A megaphone voice bridged the confusion. A second item reports a Australian singer winning a London scholarship after submitting a voice record to a professor. she traveled to England and became one of two successful candidates among 190 competitors.
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