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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1906
Page
5
Colonel George W. Ely, nearing 60 on Christmas Day, marks 26 years as traveling passenger agent for the Southern Pacific railroad. In police court, four cases were dismissed, four continued, and seven tried and fined a total of 128.10.
A reader advises buying gifts early in the month to avoid peak shopping rush. The note highlights crowded counters and stressed workers as demand climbs.
Captain J. M. Elliott Jr. is slowly improving with physicians predicting an early, speedy recovery. The item includes a sale notice for brussels and velvets at Thomas Jewelry and brief city notes from Gadsden Times News.
Officer Hawkins pursues a boy captured and jailed in city prison to face police court tomorrow on the pending charge. Local merchants tout savings on suits with discounts up to half price and advertise buckwheat options and new coat arrivals from multiple shops.
Special to the Star New York December 18 The Christmas tree has made its annual appearance sellers ship stock early and by week’s end passersby will feel in a forest. About 1 000 000 trees were brought into New York in the two weeks before Christmas though some go to New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Prices rise as trees grow scarcer and transport requires 20 to 25 miles to rail. Mistletoe is expected to be high priced while holly laurel and pine wreaths will be widely used.
Lord Kelvin argued that atmospheric oxygen originated from sunlight acting on primitive plants. As Earth cooled from a hot molten state plants emerged and began producing oxygen, which now sustains life through respiration.
Advertises F M Nixon stores offering matting rugs art squares window shades comforts feather pillows furniture stoves and ranges with honest weights and courtesy. Promotes tickets to a December 20 1906 machine giveaway at three locations 409 Glen Addie 431 8 Noble corner Tenth and Glen Addie.
In Cape Town the trial of Hottentots charged with killing two Europeans in the Griquatown mining district West of Kimberley exposes a so called sacrifice plan to massacre whites. The killings stem from a native prophet whose movement appears crushed with arrests.
In Colon Panama on a Wednesday morning a driver lost control and slid into a deep street hole in front of the office, leaving him seated in mud. No other injuries are reported.
Under Edward VI era beggars faced flogging and branding while the donor was fined ten times the arms value, reflecting harsh punitive measures for giving alms in England.
Detection narrative tells how a man who embezzled a large sum from a New South Wales firm vanished. Detective Hickey of Sydney pursued through Europe, India, America, Holland, Canary Islands and West Indies, arresting the suspect in Santiago, Cuba. They then traveled to Liverpool en route to Sydney, covering about 32 000 miles over nine months.
A wry line questions marriages in heaven and suggests private detectives in divorce work would not seek heaven. The remark frames a humorous view of morality and legal intrigue amid separations.
Edison remarks on moonshine whisky calling it strong stuff. He jokes that two drops could make a rabbit go up and spit in a bulldog's face.
Uncle Eben jokes that hot weather has hardships but is a strong excuse for staying in and avoiding work. The Washington Star quips about the season and its lighthearted appeal.
In Calcutta the fatality rate from consumption is about half for males compared with females, indicating a gender difference in the disease's impact.
A concise reflection on a shared human burden describing how everyone faces an inherent fight. The quote emphasizes universality and inevitability in personal and collective hardship.
The number of registered letters and parcels sent by post in England declined by two percent last year indicating a slow reduction in mail volume and shifting postal methods across the country.
Like the American Bee, Servian peasants aid each other through the moba. A man unable to work invites neighbors to help without pay, supplying food and drink, with the understood rule that each helper will later receive help in turn.
A Portland store advertises a fresh shipment of shaded plaid dress patterns and cotton pattern copies priced from 45 cents to 195 per yard, plus plain colors and blacks. Bie Gant designs for opera cloaks are featured alongside white velvet items, with new goods arriving today and tomorrow. Early purchasers benefit from unbroken lots and changing stock. The store invites customers to visit even if not ready to buy.
In Austrian country schools girl pupils learn to trim each other’s hair, a practical skill for pupils in remote rural districts where access to barber services is limited.
The Muck Raker quotes a volcano speaking bitterly that it will never be approved by good society because it continually exposes the underworld. The line uses satire to condemn hidden vice and public duplicity.
Queen Maud of Norway has begun a scrapbook album compiling newspaper cuttings about her and King Haakon. The project collects clippings reflecting public and media coverage of the royal couple.
A concise moral note explains that removing a hat marks respect while shedding a coat signals the wearer expects respect in return. The observation contrasts outward gestures with implied status and deference.
The Annisto Electric & Gas Co advertises clean cheapest factory fuel for grates and base burners at 4.50 per ton, delivered, with telephone contact 109.
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