Society Booms for Rainbow Carnival and Local Weddings
Society news highlights the Rainbow Carnival’s grand costumes and prizes as well as a string of entertaining events in Anniston. Miss Lucy Tyler hosts a progressive house party with the Bextette Club, while Miss Ella Stagg’s surprise party and bridge events entertain many families. The Patchin Mason wedding in Atlanta features Miss Mary Wallace Manon and Philip Halsey Patchin with Bishop Nelson presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
Lucy Tyler
Sweetbriar School
Virginia
Bextette Club
Sarah Keith
Patchin Mason
Atlanta
Margaret's Episcopal Church
Mary Wallace Manon
Beverly Randolph Mason
Philip Halsey Patchin
Nelson
Doan's Kidney Pills Ad Cites Local Endorsements
A vintage testimonial ad touts Doan's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney relief. Mrs J Seaman of Anniston Alabama praises relief after short use, noting one box cured years of pain. The ad lists J L Wikle drug store as retailer and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as US agents.
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Hiera
Anniston
J. &. Seaman
Wilmer Ave
Ala
Doan
J. L. Wikle
Dean
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Wealth In Swedish B08 Power of Peat Fuel
The article discusses peat deposits in Sweden expected to yield about 10,000 million tons of air-dried peat. It evaluates peat as a fuel source versus coal imports and suggests peat could supply the country for roughly 100 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sweir
Frederick the Great Ends Cavalryers Fall In Battle
The early career of Frederick the Great saw him angered by boorish cavalrymen tumbling from horses. He halted the habit by ordering a farmer shot for each fall from a horse, ending the practice.
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Frederick the Great
Jacksonville Social Notes Reflect Holiday Visits
Special to Star Jacksonville December 29 notes travel and visits of local and visiting residents. Dr T L Hay and Mr Griffith of Charleston DC depart after holidays with Rev and Mrs Bateman. W A Harper of Nashville returns after several days in town.
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Jacksonville
Mr. Griffith
Charleston
D. C
T. A. Bateman
Allegheny Hotel
W. A. Harper
Nashville
Tenn
Helen McKnight
Will Sargent
Catheryn Aderhold
Anniston
Walter Hamilton
Bridge Club
Rena Montgomery
Helen Crow
the Gleaners
Baptist Church
Lunceford
James Hooper
Wilmington
N. C
Btar Want Ads Bring Business to Hundreds of Patrons
An advertising note notes that Btar Want Ads attract many customers as hundreds of patrons testify to the impact of the ads on local business.
Life of a Nation quote by Garfield via St. Margaret's pastor
The passage credits James A. Garfield, through Rev. Herbert Scott Smith of St. Margaret's church, with a view that territory is the body of a nation while its people in the hills villages and soil are its life. The quote presents a nationalistic sentiment emphasizing people over land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Scott Smith
St. Margaret's Church
James A. Garfield
Odd Anecdote Impresses Teacher In Quick Sentence
School task yields a playful line as Johny writes that a rabbit and a goat share four legs and an anecdote. The incident centers on a student’s humorous misinterpretation of the word anecdote.
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Johny
Favored Home Industry in a Kensington Library Tale
A Cleveland bookseller recalls a chat with a rich illiterate buyer who bought an empty Kensington house and demanded handsome books. The vendor proposes half bound in Russia and half in Morocco, joking the buyer could simply have the entire lot bound in Cleveland. Drip Wood.
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Cleveland
Kensington
Russia
Morocco
Drifp Vrood
Remark on Workplaces and Moralizing Speech in Conversation
The exchange compares talking about a workplace to listing a brand when in a bar. Daisy recalls Prima reciting the Wreck of the Hesperus and laments how dreadful it sounds, while Mabel agrees some people amplify the horror beyond the truth.
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Daisy
Prima
Mabel
Proven Existence of Luck Quote in Chicago Record Herald
A Chicago Record-Herald excerpt ponders luck in success with a dialogue about Bagshaw. It questions how fortune affects a man's life and whether chance connections with a banker’s daughter shaped his ease and social status through a large premium.
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Bagshaw
Chicago Record-Herald
Munich servant quits over constant classical music
A Munich maid resigns after her mistress insists on hours of classical music each morning. The servant says she cannot interpret the music and can no longer endure the routine.
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Munich
Dangers of Being Aligible on the Rail Line
An L and N conductor questioned a frequent passenger pass. He presented the pass to President Guthrie who discovered the document was actually a receipt for a load of wood from about a year earlier.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Guthrie
Five Safety Razors Invented by Women at London Exhibition
At a London exhibition of women's work five safety razors were displayed, credited to female inventors. The event highlighted female innovation in personal grooming tools and drew attention to women inventors in the field.
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London
After Us the Deluge Phrase Attributed in Debate
The line After us the deluge is linked to Mme Pompadour, Louis XV's mistress, with some theories crediting Prince Metternich as the user. Pompadour supporters say Metternich borrowed the expression from her.
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Mme. Pompadour
Louis XV
Prince Metternich
Metternich
Pompadour
New York American
The Sting of Conscience Quote
A fragment quotes Lulwer on remorse as the echo of a lost virtue. The line frames conscience as a moral reminder for actions.
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Lulwer
New Singer Man Takes Over Anniston Office
H G Earnest resigns as local Singer Sewing Machine Company manager effective last Saturday. W H Lipscombe succeeds him and leads affairs from now. Ernest remains as general salesman and collector. B C Burke promoted and headed to Montgomery. departs tomorrow. Lipscombe, from Tallahassee with Jacksonville as home, will relocate his family to Anniston. He praises Anniston as the prettiest, cleanest town he has seen and looks forward to a home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Singer Sewing Machine Company
H. G. Earnest
W. H. Lipscombe
Mr. Earnest
B.C. Burke
Montgomery
Tomor
Ernest
Lipscombe
Tallahassee
Fla
Jacksonville
Anniston
Virginia
Tampa
Atlantic Ocean
Texas
Trigg Steele Furniture Moves to New Noble Street Quarters
The Trigg Steele Furniture Company began moving stock yesterday to Nos 819 and 821 Noble Street the new quarters secured for future business. J Frank Steele will occupy the American House soon and open to the public likely by Monday next with European plan operations. The firm plans liberal public benefit and expects success under Mr Steele.
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Trigg-Steele Furniture Company
Noble Street
J. Frank Steele
Steele
Student Mission Workers Gather in Rochester for Sixth International Convention
The Student Volunteer Movement for Foreign Missions opens its sixth international convention in Rochester New York with over 3000 delegates from American schools and universities. The five day gathering features talks by leaders such as Ambassador James Bryce Bishop McDowell Bishop Hendrix Bishop Lloyd Gifford Pinchot Baron Paul Nicolay and Samuel B Capen of Boston president of the American Board.
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Rochester
N. Y
Student Volunteer Movement For Foreign Missions
Dwight L. Moody
America
James Bryce
McDowell
Chicago
Hendrix
Kansas City
Lloyd
Virginia
Gifford Pinchot
Forester
United States
Baron Paul Nicolay
Russia
Samuel B. Capen
Boston
American Board of Commissioners For Foreign Missions
Love and Poker in a Parlor Exchange
A brief chat uses poker as a metaphor for love. He likens relationships to a game where a man pursues a hand he cannot win, sparking a coy exchange with Sue who probes the idea.
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Sue
Gladstone Centenary Remembered as Great British Statesman
A commemorative piece honors William E. Gladstone, tracking his birth in 1809, rise through Parliament, and four terms as prime minister. It notes his shift from Tory to Liberal, reforms in taxation and Irish disestablishment, advocacy for home rule, expansion of suffrage, and anti tyranny efforts abroad, ending with ties to the Transvaal independence restoration.
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Gladstone
Liverpool
Eton
Oxford
Treasury
Board of Trade
Mint
Liberal Party
Peel
Lord Russell
Ireland
House of Commons
House of Lords
Hawarden
Two Sicilies
Herbert Gladstone
New South African Federation
William F. Gladstone
Transvaal
Mr. Gladstone
Ohio River improvement urged to aid national commerce
The speaker argues for a sui generis Congress approach to bond issuance for the Ohio River project. He urges disinterested national support by presenting solid facts and estimates. He stresses the project will benefit the Ohio and Mississippi basins and the entire country, regardless of personal origin or local ties.
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Congress
Sui-Generis
United States
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Ohio River
Staes
Mississippi River
Gulf
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the Pines
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Rosalie Pickens
Saidee Parker
Rudolph Hertz
Leighton Avenue
Thomas J. Houser
Wilmer Avenue
Tiaae Temple Houser
Birmingham
Linna Denney
Woodlawn
Frank Cheney
A. H. Smith
Tyler Hill
Rudolph Herts
Mobile
Pensacola
M. Tartt
Livingston
Charles Bell
Robert Gann
Quintard Avenue
Miss Pearl White
Philatheas
BR. L. Bowcock
Baracas
Philathea Bible
Parker Memorial Church
Edith Foster
Miss Bowcock
Theaterium
Flake Wakefield
Baraca Elas
Bowcock
Miss Foster
Margaret Bowcock
Frances Coleman
Miss Sands
Kate Bell
Nelle Johnson
Toa Cook
Kate Weaver
W. C. LeGrand
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Columbia River
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