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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1909
Page
14
Dominican government engineers finished survey for rerouting the Puerto Plata to Santiago railway. The present mountain ascent via cogged third rail will be replaced by a gentler two and a half percent grade, cutting distance and reducing time and operating costs.
The text argues tents are less hygienic than wooden shacks and proposes a shelter with four posts and wire netting woven with tree branches to admit light. It notes dry regions favor such shelter and emphasizes ventilation.
The article observes Bogota styles with Paris fashion impact, noting French influence in Venezuela and Parisian dressmakers. It mentions ladies patronizing Parisian fashions, dresses arriving creased, and creases seen as silent witnesses to current trends among foreign circles.
Rubies surpass diamonds in value and are nearly indestructible except by fire. A flawless one karat diamond is about $100, while a ruby of the same weight would be at least $200. Larger stones widen the gap, with a 10 karat diamond around $4,000 and rubies of that size reaching up to $70,000 as shown at the London Franco British exposition last year.
A Connecticut man slapped his wife after she sent him souvenir postal cards. She plans to retaliate by sending him telegrams collect when she leaves home again.
The piece notes a vast horse and mule drain from the Boer War, with England sending 259,329 horses and 103,000 mules to South Africa, a scale four times larger than German forces to France in 1870, and mentions Tamerlane’s 93,000 horses in the Hindoo Koosh campaign.
In Calhoun County Alabama the probate court fixed December 28 1909 to examine and allow the account of Lowry Mallory administrator of the Mary V. Miller estate and to complete settlement. Notice will be published for three weeks inviting interested parties to appear and contest the settlement. Judge Emmett F. Crook presides.
The saying compares household finance to earned income, arguing that a wife who manages money with equal care to a husband’s earning strengthens the home’s prosperity. It reflects traditional views on gender roles in financial stewardship.
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