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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1909
Page
8
Oxford reports a Europa club reception at Miss Kate Griffin home with about fifty guests. The Chitwood Davenport wedding at DeArmanville is set for this afternoon. Miss Edna Davenport and Mr Oliver Chitwood wed yesterday in a Gretna Green ceremony at DeArmanville.
Albert Simpson was shot and killed by Jesse Moody in Mobile on December 2 amid alleged remarks by Mrs. Simpson about Mrs. Moody. The killing occurred in the heat of passion, authorities said.
Of 206 railway charters granted by the Canadian parliament in the 20 years ending 1909 only 28 led to any construction. Sixteen have lapsed and the rest received extensions. Excluding CPR GTP and CNoR, charters called for 63 809 miles of construction.
A clergyman woke a sleepy congregation with a sharp reminder that his job was preaching, not refereeing a snoring match. TitBits notes the humorous rebuke aimed at quieting the room.
Two young women aboard a crowded street car were forced to stand when one mistook a man’s hand for her friend’s. Realizing the error she exclaimed I’ve got the wrong hand. The man then offered his other hand with a smile.
The water pump traces to Grecian invention during the reign of Hiolemies V Philadelphos Energetes 288 to 221 B C. Hero of Alexandria first described it. By the sixteenth century pumps replaced mine buckets. The seventeenth century saw rotating pumps like the Pappenham engine and the Prince Rupert pump. Morland invented plunger pistons in 1674 and De la Hire introduced the double acting pump.
A judge convicts a prisoner for constructing uninhabited reception rooms without books. The court imposes confinement in a room of the defendant’s own making. Lawyers vow to appeal citing cruel and unusual punishment, claiming a life sentence.
Dr Roberts proposed sewing heart wounds in 1881 but was laughed at. Dr Reba of Germany achieved the first recovery from a breast wound in 1897. In total, 16 such operations have occurred with seven notable recoveries.
A garbled report describes a California man involved in a risky truck maneuver that ended with injuries to fingers after an improvised encounter. Scientists and officials are uncertain about the underlying cause and risk factors.
The article notes seven to eight million people visiting Coney Island last summer, making 20 million trips and spending about 45 million dollars mostly in coins. It highlights rental fees for peanut stands, high stall costs, and vast crowds on Sundays and holidays, with a peak of half a million visitors in one day. Weather and health scares threaten profits, labeling the business risky.
An old bachelor in a city hotel outlines plans for New Year's Day. He will visit unmarried friends, note their worries, observe their children, and snack on ice cream and candies. He will return to his bachelor rooms to drink wine and smoke a cigar, vowing to stay single for another year.
Mexican law mandates revenue stamps on all notes or papers executed within Mexico and on scales used abroad before any legal action can begin in Mexico.
In Mogota Colombo power shortages during late hours prevent supplying electric light to both houses and streets. Residents report dusk-to-dawn darkness as水 power limits affect city illumination.
Colonel Ed Butler, a veteran St. Louis politician, discusses his declining health with a Kansas City physician. He jokes about the wisdom of age while noting his right leg weakness and denying any injury, remarks that age is the sole cause.
A new special writer faced the editor over exaggeration in a Roosevelt jungle piece. The editor joked that after dispatching a ferocious lion the reporter claimed a taxi arrived, revealing the columnist meant a taxidermist, not a cab, in Africa.
A chatty remark about a theatre scene unfolds with a fractured account. A young man recalls a climactic moment where a heroine kneels with a dagger while the hero arrives among ribbons and flowers, ending in a dramatic stabbing as a bystander blocks the bat.
Galveston News notes that hats worn by women in the first half of the year drew sharp comment. The column observes that marriage events have also proceeded despite the fashion critique and social chatter surrounding headwear.
A fragment shows a dialogue about a cherished recipe and a warning to endure what a mother made. The terse exchange hints at family dynamics and daily life in a literary or dramatic excerpt.
Fragmentary notice quotes opponents of heresy and babbiers arguing over faith and knowledge, attributed to Baltimore Ameri. Content is unclear and lacks verifiable events, dates, or named people suitable for a complete card.
An agitated friend accuses someone of insult while Senator Sorghur urges orderly discourse. He argues it is better for a man to search a dictionary for epithets than to attack another’s record for facts.
Read an inscription on a worn silver coin by heating a red hot poker and placing the coin on it. The inscription appears greenish while hot and fades as the coin cools.
A short dialogue contrasts the Wise Guy and the Simple Mug on reputation. The Wise Guy notes the world’s ups and downs while the Simple Mug agrees. The exchange highlights ongoing effort to maintain a good name or repair a bad one.
A newlywed husband jokes that marriage will curb his future mistakes. The bride asks why he is glad, and he replies that it will prevent him from making more mistakes of that kind for the present.
A vein of lead and zinc ore has been found on the grounds of Platteville Wisconsin's School of Mines and will be opened by the students for study and exploration.
A fragment describes a tense encounter with a woman whose face bears scars and a whiskey odor, demanding to see someone while Mrs. Stimson fears she will not stay. The piece, set in Brooklyn, conveys domestic tension and a confrontation.
China expands railway effort with four to five government schools teaching railway engineering and recommends another at Tien tsin. A rail-making plant will rise at T'ai-Yuan-fu and all railway districts must plant 30 000 elm trees to supply ties.
A hungry man explains his hunted look as police chase him from place to place. A sympathetic woman offers bread and pie as he reveals he is not married and has been fleeing authorities.
A Kansas City Journal quote accuses a husband of heavy control, detailing his scheme to force his wife to save for a car and then invest the money in a house, illustrating coercive financial dominance.
J Warren Folsom moved from his mother's house in Lowell Maine to his own home last spring, a five mile distance. The family cat was carried in a box from the old home to the new one and now alternates between houses, returning to the former for days at a time before again traveling back to the new home.
A humorous exchange quotes a father defining appendicitis to his son as a condition that lets a good doctor open a man’s body and remove his entire bank account. The Washington Star caption adds a witty critique of medical bills.
A fragmentary report notes a three year old at Sue Seeses’ home offering a prayer invoking goodness for sailors, ships, and hungry children. Names such as Alfred Warren Rindall appear in a hesitant recital amid garbled phrasing.
Russia's population grows at about 2 500 000 annually as the nation advances demographic change.
In the hold of a trans Atlantic steamer investigators found tons of ostrich feathers. The discovery suggests a large shipment possibly linked to fashion trade and import activity. Further details on origin and destination were not disclosed.
A noted western newspaper suppressed a winning detective story by F. Burton and a partner about robbing a bank with a time lock. After prize publication, editors feared the method could undermine safe security and obtained a signed pledge not to publish elsewhere, leaving the tale unpublished.
In a Philadelphia conversation Enrico Caruso recalled buying marble Florentine benches in Paris for 50 each, only to learn a local craftsman was already making them for him at home for 20. He noted the dealer and cutter both connected to the same supply chain.
A North China Herald tale recounts a guest kneeling before a host in Ch'angao and requesting a favor before rising. The guest asks to never be invited to the dinners again, prompting a collective roar of laughter at the host's atrocious fare and the clever twosome's exchange.
In this London Penny Pictorial note a shopkeeper refuses to take an order while claiming oversupply. A traveler insists on being shown samples, arguing it has been three weeks since he last saw them. The exchange highlights market frictions and brisk exchange during busy travel periods.
London Mail notes a joke about cigars and rope refusals. It asserts hemp is too costly for cheaper cigar brands.
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