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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1906
Page
2
A playful exchange mentions Misa Muffet being asked to leave the seat area and ushered away. The dialogue includes Judee and Gunner noting Spot as the neighborhood watchdog and alarm clock to wake people. Chicago style banter captures a humorous theater moment.
In a brief quip, Casey questions Kearney the plumber about a nosebleed. Kearney retorts that his own work is poor if he cannot stop his facial leak. The exchange reflects local humor in the Philadelphia Press excerpt.
A fragment from the New Orleans Times-Democrat notes a large healthy germ of an ideal amid present uncertainties. It hints at resilient spirit and persistent hope guiding public thought.
In the Chicago News cartoon caption Wedderly is critiqued for leading a church procession with his wife and mother in law, highlighting his constant misfortunes and the public gaze of his family life.
A Washington Star item notes public concern over rising meat prices and coal shortages. It highlights consumer hardship and the broader impact of price shocks on households and daily life.
In Chicago a police officer is kept near the parlor as a mother and child argue about his presence at home. The scene highlights domestic tension and a wary stance toward law enforcement.
A brief note describes a viewer seeing a person swinging with grace while the observer moved on a short high car trap, reflecting a transient moment reported by the Develand Plain Dealer.
An excerpt from Woman's Home Companion notes a sales pitch for books with lines about instalments due and comforting phrases. The passage mocks the idea of payment pressure and prompts humorous exchanges about ailments to justify purchases.
A New York Times item reports a beauty doctor fined after marring a lady’s face with a call for reform. The Cincinnati Euclid quips about gossip and divorce, noting public intrigue around a rumored marriage and the bitterness of rivalries.
A prudent family man arranges a winter supply by creating a home coaling station to ensure warmth and readiness during the season.
Griggs remarks on using a hot water bag for cold feet. he says it froze solid in ten minutes as part of a New York Life item. The exchange highlights a humorous caution about using hot water bags in cold conditions.
A collage quotes from Philadelphia Press and Philadelphia Ledger referencing a man who would have half a chance to make things succeed and a wife and chauffeur eloping in a car. It also notes winter coming and a reader asking how to fix a lawn machine to clear snow for a home.
A collage of quotations from the New York Press Brooklyn Eagle Smart Set Topeka Journal and Elam Ord Way and Houser advertising laxatives and editorials. Notable lines mock public figures divorce remarks and light social pranks in a dated newspaper miscellany.
The record notes 10,700 pieces of wood cloth and felt and 1,180 feet of wire in a concert grand piano. It also cites the first public performance of the pianoforte at Covent Garden London on May 16 1767.
A Washington Post quip notes the dilemma of small bill shortages during cash collections, pointing out that many people are away when collectors call and lack large bills to cover payments.
A senator whispers that the money is hush money and leaves after handing the druggist a quarter and taking a bottle of soothing syrup.
The Oxford column notes John Hall's business trip outlines to Spring Garden and other towns. Local residents Mr and Mrs George B Brannon stay with friends in DeArmanville. Election results keep Captain W T Dodd as president and J W Taker as vice president. Deliberations on road to cemetery, cotton receipts, and county convention dates are listed.
Anniston Electric and Gas Company advertises gas coke as a clean cheap fuel delivered to customers. Price listed at four dollars and fifty cents per ton. Contact telephone number 109 for orders.
The advertisement promotes a complete range of Christmas novelties for 1906 with high quality, honest value, and uniform prices. It guarantees satisfactory gift options for all ages, tempting prices, and confident satisfaction on Christmas morning.
Fragmentary text mentions fuel price 4.50 per ton delivered and a telephone contact 109 with unclear source details about grates and base.
The article notes Lake Erie has the most ports with populations 100000 or more, while Lake Superior and Lake Huron lack such cities. Lake Ontario has only one sizable port, a Canadian one, unless Rochester qualifies with Charlotte nearby. A separate item recounts a Springfield boy asking a man about a stray calf describing it as tall as a stump with a long tail and a spot by the fence.
Smith property recently purchased by T A Ritch and the city has bought an acre beyond the plot. A rout has been surveyed less steep and convenient to all cemetery parts. With effort, a weather shelter could be built and the site made more attractive. Friday evening the Baptist young people's union hosts a social at Mrs B D Williams home.
Mrs Nancy McKibbon, ill last night, is slightly better this morning. Reports mention pictures and German painted ware. A chicken thief is active again with several fowl losses recently. W M Downs lost all his fowls and others have missing stock. Residents are urged to secure locks during the holiday period as prowlers may be more active.
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