Change in Music Business Forbes Merge at September First
The Forbes music company of Montgomery Alabama will merge into a larger company on September 1. Before the change the entire stock of pianos and organs will be sold at greatly reduced prices. Several persons will take stock in the new firm and Mr FE Forbes will be president. Catalogues with prices will be sent on application, Anniston branch at 25 East Fifteenth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BK. Forbes
Montgomer
Ala
FE. &. Forbes
Korbes
Montgomery Houses
Anniston
Fenth Street
What makes a wife fall for a husband in love
In a series of anecdotes from courtship and marriage, women explain why they chose to love or marry men who were indifferent, unkind, or even disliked by others. Tales range from a husband who never courted attention to silent devotion and surprising marriages prompted by generosity and resolve.
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London
Kit
Jim
Giay
Tie
Whispering valleys draw travelers to Stansted Essex
The Stansted to Essex valley draws visitors described as whispering valleys. The rector notes his hill top rectory with 240 feet rise behind 300 feet, front 100 feet below and 180 feet rise on the far side. From there bells of 14 villages can be heard across the scene.
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Stansted
Essex
England
Public display boosts value for skilled workers in various trades
A New York Sun report recalls how producers across industries place workers in shop windows to demonstrate craft. It argues that public viewing tests nerve and concentration, with window operators earning premium when they perform tasks like sewing, rolling cigars, or operating machines under external gaze.
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Wiedow
Walsmakers
New York Sun
Men’s View of Women in Classic Quotes
A collection of aphoristic lines on women from classic authors. The excerpts praise tenderness, strength, charm, and influence, contrasting womanly virtue with beauty and gentleness. Notable voices include Gladstone Beresford Shakespeare Moore Lamartine Bulwer Lytton Tuke Macaulay and Gay.
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Earth
Luther
Gladstone
Beresford
Ben Jonson
Lamartine
Moore
Bulwer Lytton
Lowells
Shakespeare
Ile
Samuel Tuke
Macaulay
Gay
Taking Sunday Collections in Scottish Churches
An old practice in Edinburgh churches used a ladle and wooden box on a shaft to collect offerings, common 50 years ago but now fading. The standard method for ordinary collections involved a metal plate or basin on a small table at the entrance, overseen by an elder, a system sometimes called the broch.
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Edinburgh
Uncertain Legal Verdict Language Foreshadows Ambiguity
The text cites Mississippi coroner verdicts muddled by a phrase about intoxication and stroke, Georgia juries declaring nearly guilty, and Maryland hints about events at a former sitting. It highlights how lay language yields unclear legal conclusions across states.
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Mississippi
Pete Hythe
Lelie
Georgia
Maryland
Wife and Husband Comment on Absurd Job Ad
In a reader exchange from Pick-Me-Up a couple discuss a newspaper ad seeking a man who won’t be worked to death and will be paid enough to live on. They joke about a catch and reference Mary’s sister. The dialogue hints at a satirical or risqué tone from Youth Companion.
Yangtze River Wonders and Flood Tales From China
In China the Yangtze flows 3,000 miles through a densely populated valley and floods from June to October, turning fields into basins. A steamer once grounded in a rice field, later freed as floodwaters rose, while a war junk was repurposed by locals angered by the unexpectedly swift riverBank losses.
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China
Tibet
Yang-tse
Chungking
Ichang
Hankau
Genia
Animals Weep Across Species Says Lady Burton
The article cites Lady Burton describing sorrow in animals from horses in the Syrian desert to camels, apes, and sea lions, with tears noted in elephants and others. It concludes animals may cry from grief pain or annoyance, while also citing Lombroso on women in genius and their perceived lack of originality and leadership.
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Lady Burton
Syrian Desert
Livingstone
Gordon Cumming
Cassell
To Save Her Child From Disfigurement by Bucklen’s Arica Salve
Mrs. Nani Galleger of LaGrange applied Bucklen’s Arica Salve to severe head and face sores and reported a rapid cure beyond hope. The advertisement claims the salve works on sores bruises skin eruptions cuts burns and piles. Elam Drug Co, druggist, guarantees the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nani
Galleger
LaGrange
Bucklen
Elam Drug Co
Foley's Honey and Tar Cures Colds and Pneumonia
An old medical claim notes Foley's Honey and Tar as remedies for colds and pneumonia. The text suggests traditional cough syrup uses but does not provide clinical validation or dosage details.
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Foley
Prever
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Anniston Banking & Loan CO
M. B. Wellborn
Pros
B. L. Paul
Noble Street
J. L. Thompson
Atlanta Avenue
Carter Gibbons
Security Bank Building
E. Julius Williams
Turner & Ross
Gilmore
Timve
Fast
Rormer
Kbonville, Ala
Ip Soma
Sasson
W. Daugedtce
Copius
Peeutlor
Meeks
Chicago News
Willie
Mr. Cillman
Philadelphia Record
Atchison Globe
Mary
Cesare Lombroso
Michael Angelo
Newton
Balzac
J. 8. Mill
Anniston Hotel and Restaurat
J. W. Miles
Houser
The
Anniston National Bank
Anniston, Alabama
Capital
W. H. McKleroy
C.D. Woodruff
M. B. “Wellborn
R. ¥. Smith
WM. A. Davie
R. F
D. Woodruff
New England House
C. H. Hall
12Th Street
Union Depot
Alaban
Thomas’ Drug Store
West Tenth Street
Alabama
New York
Chicago
New Orleans
First National Bank
Fling
Anniston Water Supply Co
Sabeby Stickney’s Pharmacy
Laxakola
Nassauaban
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