Change in Business Forbes Piano Firm Merges Into Big Company
Change in business details a merge of B F Forbes music house with headquarters in Montgomery Ala into a larger company on August 15. The stock of pianos and organs is offered at reduced prices before the change. E E Forbes to be president. Anniston branch at 25 East Forsyth Street.
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Maeie
B. BE. Forbes
Montgomer
Ala
Forbes
Montgomery
Anniston
Kaat Fonth Street
Baby Lions Sleep Quarters at Washington Zoo
A Washington Zoo report describes three young lions enjoying outdoor summer quarters and resisting bedtime. A humane keeper uses a hose to coax the cubs back to their cage, as the lions protest by sniffing and snarling before retreating to darkness.
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Washington Zoo
Carpenter's Humor and Little Ada's Stamp Caper
A comic page features a punning exchange among carpentry tools and a note about the carpenter injuring his thumb. Separate vignette tells of Ada stamping stamps onto her cough battered face while her mother writes notes to tradespeople.
Driving a Needle Through a Coin
An instructional note explains a method to drive a fine needle through a nickel or quarter. It describes inserting the needle through a cork, trimming the cork if it protrudes, then placing the cork on the coin between two blocks and striking with a hammer to force the needle through the coin.
Kites Used to Halt Rising Ridges for Public Safety
Local effort employs kites to prevent ridges from rising and escaping onto cover. The plan aims to keep the birds contained and reduce incidents affecting safety.
Glass Pavements Draw Paris Curiosity and Pressure Tests
The inventor Mr Gardier minerals crushed glass into a heat and pressure formed pavement claimed to resist wear better than granite and bear over 10 000 pounds per square inch. A five ton fall from three feet tested durability. It is being laid in busy streets at his expense with municipal plans to expand if lasting five years. The pavement is noted as noisy and a potential municipal replacement is offered if worn.
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Paris
Gardier
Uarcher
Architects and Builders’ Journal
Back From Purgatory Ghost Seen by Moody
The Raleigh Post reports a man named Henry Moody encountered the dead Wilkes Scott along a lonely road. Moody says Scott appeared, asked for something to take, claimed he had been in purgatory since leaving, and then vanished. Moody stands by his account.
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Purgatory
Raleigh
Erthsanten
Henry Moody
Wilkes Scott
Moody
Scott
Revenge Shanty Erected After Court Fight Over Bay Window
Mrs. C Newman of Campbell Park Chicago suburb faced a court battle when her bay window four feet over the line led to the house's demolition. She hired an architect to erect a mock shanty on the site as a reproach, later hiring a painter to smear it. A local paper ran an ad seeking a noisy family of at least five red haired boys to occupy the new house.
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C. Newman
Campbell Park
Chicago
England's Youthful Minister Chamberlain among young MPs
The London Chronicle notes Mr Chamberlain in the House of Commons as among the youngest ministers at 65. It praises his slender, alert figure, comments on his graying hair, and humorously contrasts his claim of no exercise with a constant sense of being in training, aside from occasional gout reminders.
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England
Mr. Chamberlain
House of Commons
London Chronicle
Bombarding the Clouds and Hail Prevention Trials
The article notes hail protection in France and Jaly through artillery is largely ineffective. Experiments have shown that even large caliper guns in vast batteries may be required, and even then complete protection against hail cannot be guaranteed.
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France
Jaly
College of Matrimony Proposed in Chelsea England
Report discusses plans for a women’s college of matrimony in Chelsea to teach wives a two year curriculum. Courses cover housework plus physiology and medicine aiming to provide mental and sexual education alongside marital duties.
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Women’s College of Matrimony
Chelsea
England
New Transfer Firm in Anniston Promises Prompt Service
Wa. Clayborne and Ben Jones announce a transfer business in Anniston offering trunk and baggage hauling to and from all city points at reasonable prices and guaranteed promptness. They ask to contact Bill Clayborne and Ben Jones by telephone for orders and promise quick, satisfactory handling.
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Anniston
Bill Clayborne
Calhoun
Ben Jones
Bill
Clayborne
Brn Jones
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Security Bank Building
Julius Williams
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Annistea
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State Bermal Scheol
Jacksonville, Ala
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Ada
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Foley
Py Mai
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Newspaper In the
the Sun
New York
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Ptot Soc
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Anniston, Alabama
H. McKleroy
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M B. Wellborn
I. F. Smith
WM. A. Davis
M. B. Wellborn
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R. F. Smith
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