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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1901
Page
6
Notice of August 11 merger of KB Forbes music business from Montgomery Alabama into a larger company. The entire stock of pianos and organs to be sold at reduced prices before the change. EF Forbes to be president of the new firm. several investors to take stock. Anniston branch listed. catalogues to be mailed.
A financing plan promises to furnish part of the money to buy or build a home or to develop an unencumbered vacant lot. Repayment is in monthly installments at 8 percent interest, and the plan is presented as cheaper than a building and loan association.
A curio tale from the Chicago Tribune features a traveler debating a hotel's odd name the Stewart House with a painter delaying signage and a curious exchange about names and business. The piece interleaves humor from several brief quotations on wealth, wit, and social scenes.
Senator William E. Mason of Illinois handles interruptions with wit during a Springfield campaign stop. An intoxicated man in the crowd asks questions, stumbles through the dialogue, and Mason finally retorts with a sharp line about recognizing the man by his breath.
A London report says Sandow used a robber as a cat o nine tails in a surprise defense in Paris. He swung astonished attackers aside, warned police two or three men were "dead" up ahead, and walked on. An earlier tale notes Controversy over Geronimo sword fate ends with Colonel Thompson in possession.
In Anniston a new transfer business forms after a change of plan regarding peace in the Boer war. Bill Clayborne and Ben Jones organize, offering trunk and baggage transfers at reasonable prices with prompt service and telephone access for inquiries.
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