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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
10
Witness reports seeing an individual at Boyer's Tailoring Parlors selecting a new coat. Details unconfirmed. no further identifying information available.
Citizens note that moderate cost is not shared by all while men in the city strive for reasonable dress options and improved styles.
High Class Tailoring offers affordable service with the goal of perfect fit. Fall samples are ready for inspection and expected to attract interest.
Two good horses for Yale a gray mare nine years old sound and wind free for prompt driving carriage or delivery wagon one bay six years old strong and kind suitable for heavy work one black jack years old from imported stock. From seventy Jersey cattle many are registered or pure bred quality family cows. Call or write W. J. Miller Manager Rural Delivery Anoviston Ala.
Henri Fournier expects gasoline cars to top a mile in 32 seconds or 104 mph, plans a $1,000,000 factory in the United States, and aims to surpass Empire State Express times. He notes a 0:59.0 mile near Roslyn and forecasts a 0:32 future mile with longer, heavier machines and improved driving gear. He projects a $2,500 first class high speed auto next year and praises the Roslyn parkway trials for public attention.
Edward V Wilbern the Cincinnati tobacco man who sold to the trust for 15 million dollars plans a world automobile tour. He will start next spring from Cincinnati with two friends and cover twenty five thousand miles in about 300 days. He will travel via France Germany and Russia then by Trans Siberian route to the Pacific and back to Cincinnati after visiting Japan and California. He is thirty and built his fortune by his own efforts.
The New York World reports Prince Youhoko Yanamoto a Japanese nobleman and relative of Marquis Ito has become an apprentice at Pennsylvania railroad shops in Altoona. After work he parades the streets with two servants in livery.
A California flower grower unveils a Shasta daisy measuring a foot in circumference. An exhibit in a San Francisco florist’s window drew crowds who lined up to view the rare bloom.
John W. Goff, chief veterinary surgeon at Colorado Fuel and Iron, recounts President Theodore Roosevelt as plain, rugged, and steadfast in a Rocky Mountain hunting trip. Roosevelt cooked, built fires, and repaired camp, while bagging fourteen mountain lions with calm leadership. Goff emphasizes Roosevelt’s humanity and practical wit.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad plans fourteen miles of track in Pennsylvania described as the crookedest in the nation by the New York Sun. The route runs from Roswell to Friedens along the Somerset and Cambria branch, looping several hills to maintain an easy grade. The line doubles back four times and, after a five mile loop, passes within 300 feet of itself on a grade fifty feet lower.
A Seattle port telephone operator refused to connect a subscriber to the fire department causing a $60,000 loss. The tele phone company is being sued for damages by the subscriber and by the Insurance company that suffered the loss.
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