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Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1906

Page

10

Noble Street sale by Bass Heard and Stone Powell Co

Auction notes reveal combined stocks from Anniston Cash Store and Carrollton, Georgia, to be sold below production cost. Items include 1000 yards of lace and insertion, gray cotton blankets, heavy fleece shirts and drawers, all sizes, with discounts and sale terms. Remaining goods after January 1 will be packed and moved to another city.

Anniston Cash Store Bass & Heard Stone, Powell Co Carrollton, Ga

Popular young lady contest at Southside Baptist bazaar attracts attention

The Southside Baptist church bazaar features a popularity contest led by Miss Pauline Browning with 82 votes, Margaret McCormack 83, Hermione Brown 48, Laura Brown 19, Maehelle Roden 5, Mary Gillespie 5, Sadie Gillespie 1, Nellie Nabers 1. prize a 1s pound candy box. Separate little girl contest led by Josephine Minor Stewart with Hat tie Cullem 16, Evelyn Byrd Smith 10, Katharine Morrow 8, and others. prize a big bride doll. Other items note engagements, social events, visits, and club meetings including Mrs. O. M. Reynolds and St. Pauls Methodist tea.

Southside Baptist Church Bazaar Pauline Browning Margaret McCormack Hermoine Brown Laura Brown Maehelle Roden Mary Gillespie Sadie Gillespie Nellie Nabers Josephine Minor Stewart Hattie Cullem Evelyn Byrd Smith Katharine Morrow Lestra Kinney Mary Byron Frazier Ruth Beasley Katharine Hawkins Nancy Doster Birmingham News Misses Brown

Policemen Hear a Chorus on Noble Street in Anniston

A street concert by local vocalists elicited police response as Hill and Hemp halted the singing before Murphy & Rhody’s on Noble Street at 10 o’clock. Dr J L Wikle noted it as potentially public disturbance but suggested no immediate action. The episode evokes questions about police musical education and whether lessons will follow in court.

Orpheus Noble Street Anniston Murphy & Rhody’s Messrs Hill and Hemp Hill Billie Paul J. L. Wikle Nellie Adeline W. H. McKleroy Alabama National Guard Judge Green Anniston Policemen

Local Social Notes From Anniston and Birmingham

Street life mentions Lagarde and McKee families at the Alabama in Anniston. Mrs McCarty of Birmingham visits her son H D McCarty on Tyler Hill. Nelle Thomason visits Myra Hazard in Birmingham. Coddington Wells travels to Chicago to officiate as best man. Kennedy sisters return from Talladega where they stayed with Mrs Sam Oliver.

John B. Lagarde Mrs. McKee The Alabama Anniston M. F. McCarty Birmingham H. D. McCarty Tyler Hill Coddington Wells Chicago I’, Kennedy Mary Laura Kennedy Talladega Sam Oliver

Horse on the Run Shocks Greenwich Street Scene

A frightened horse bolted into an automobile in Greenwich Connecticut a few evenings ago shocking onlookers. The incident raises questions about public road safety and how to keep dangerous animals off highways.

Greenwich Conn Chicago Record-Herald

At Yale Grand Offering Impresses Youngstown Crowd

Yale drama At Yale drew a fair audience in Youngstown with a three act play in five scenes. Paul Gilmore starred as Dick Seeley delivering notable acting and receiving several curtain calls. The college story echoed Brown of Harvard with a vivid boat race scene in act three.

Youngstown Yale Brown Harvard Strongheart Paul Gilmore Dick Seeley Gilmore

Stage Realism Shines in Boat Race Dramatic Illusion

A vivid stage realism dominates a boat race scene as rubber resistance makes the event feel lifelike. The opposing crews row with lifelike urgency, delivering a convincing performance. Mr Gilmore commands the stage with superb presence and voice, supported by an above average company. The play blends love, comedy, and a strong cast, enhanced by a clever college quartet.

Gilmore

Sing a Song of Sixpence allegory explained

An analysis of the classic nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence describes a symbolic day dawn to night. The pie represents earth, the maid is daybreak, the sun is the king, sunbeams are money, and the sunset is the blackbird ending the day.

Brick from building fall injures man on Tremont street

Patrick Murphy was struck on the head by a brick from a building under construction on Tremont street. After being taken home he hired a lawyer who swiftly settled the case for two thousand dollars, with Murphy receiving five hundred.

Patrick Murphy Tremont Street Boston Herald

Resting Answer Trumps Crying Infant Punishment Joke

An amusing anecdote from Il Motto per Ridere features Alessandro, a baby, who, after his mother withholds fruit at dinner to punish him, yells for two hours then stops and replies that he is not finished crying because he is resting. The exchange highlights a humorous parental moment.

Allessandro

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Ninth Noble Noble St Wright’s Doneraal Waisting Herbert Henly McGuire Dora Clifton Harr Dora Roline Lloyd Cliften Harrison Selma Ala First Methodist Church Walker Reynolds Nottingham M. Beckwith Margaret Lea Bridge Club Carrie Bessie Sproull Mary Murphy Little Mildred Johnston W. F. Johnston Leighton Avenue Aileen Douglass Chattanooga Ladies’ Missionary Society of St. Paul's Methodist Church A. B. Jones Marvin Hill BE. B. McKee Quintard Avenue Trigg Steele CO Nelle Thomason Myra Hazard Aderhold & CO
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