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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1907
Page
3
A local theater note praises Mabelle Montgomery at Zaza as she weighs offers to perform in England and Australia. The piece laments current talent and predicts a bright future for the star, claiming the stage may soon see a genuine standout in Madelie Montgomery.
Miss Montgomery will appear in Zaza at Noble Street Theater on February 12. The production marks a notable local engagement with mounting excitement as audiences await the performance.
A Message from Mars a London success written by an American plays at the Noble Street Theater February 13. The comedy enjoyed long London and Broadway runs with light humor touches pathos and a moral focus. Several cast members have performed since the London debut, continuing through the American production.
A fragmented OCR line lists numerous individuals by initials and surnames including Alexander, Barnett, Brown, Clark, Cousin, Cook, Darby, Isaac, Davis, Edds, Evans, Foster, Hansen, Houston, Hill, Holden, Jones, Kelley and others, suggesting a roster or attendance note from a historical document.
A fragmentary OCR line lists numerous individuals including Lane, G. R. Mitchell, Will Morris J. B. Morris T. C. Nelson Jeff McKinney Green Paterson Joe Phillips John Parnell J. W. Patterson Joe Avery Miss Mattie Coleman Mrs R E Curry Josie Feggens Mrs Bidie Clasgow Mrs Elizabeth Gray Mrs Dorthie Sliggins Miss Minnie Jackson Miss Carrie Murphy Mia Nora.
The King’s island group lies mid sea between Alaska and Siberia, a barren rocky outpost where walrus hunters live in skin dwellings perched above roaring surf. Sunless, ice locked most months, natives rely on seal, walrus, and whale, with brief summer visits by whalers. They are hardy sailors, with walrus hide boats carrying twenty to thirty people.
A sailor recalls eating mutton cooked on fire made from broken mummy in Egypt. He notes natives steal mummies for sale to tourists and describe burning mummy as a ghastly fuel. He compares it to leather chips from tannery towns and dried fish fuel used in British Columbia, detailing smell and smoke.
A century ago English electoral contests cost vast sums. The Yorkshire race pitted Viscount Milton, Hon Henry Lasvelies, and Wilberforce, with Wilberforce spending £58,000. Mrs Fanny Kemble recalls another Yorkshire contest where money flowed freely, and Mrs Wentworth Beaumont boasted of carrying £80,000 to influence a seat through Prime Ministerial access.
The Doctor points to the hog described as the fattest seen, while the Professor guesses it is one of those swollen fortunes noted in Chicago Tribune reports. The exchange captures the lively, anecdotal tone of a local stock show scene.
Fragmentary captioned lines present a satirical London scene. A rector, Mr. Dibbles, is praised as an unusually fine pig in a wry exchange. A villager remarks that if everyone were as fit to die as the praised figure, the world would improve.
A Bluff, Missouri item notes prominent business men including 6 Hays praising Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the quickest and surest healer for sores burns wounds and piles. The claim is guaranteed by Lam, Ordway & Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co, druggists.
An advertisement touts Empire Montevallo and Jellico coal as the best in the South. The brief note urges readers to telephone E M Lewis for orders or inquiries.
A Chicago News guidance piece suggests joining a whist game with a partner who aided Hoyle in his book and two expert opponents. Begin pleasantly with anecdotes, err occasionally, and endure good natured rebukes to discover the true joy of the refined game.
In 1824 Charles X gave Rossini a repeating diamond studded watch with two melodies. Bologna could not clean it so it was sent to Paris and destroyed in a fire. A second exact copy was made with fake diamonds. Rossini wore it all his life and it later passed to a relative then sold to an Englishman. It is said to contain an enamel portrait of Tassini as he was in 1824.
The sparrow hawk almost always catches a flying bird for a meal and even targets birds as large as wood pigeons. When mobbed by small birds, it still pursues its prey. The writer recalls seeing a sparrow hawk briefly mobbed by green finches and later catching a bat on the wing near dusk.
A preacher finishes a campaign as a silver dollar mocks a copper cent over worth. The penny insists it buys more value by being used in church. Bill Nye visits a New York hotel, pays in advance, and mocks the clerk with a joke about clay and mud ending in a punchline.
A compact history list notes births and deaths of Charles More and James Stuart in 1478 and 1592, Dickens born in 1812, Bourienne's death in 1870, Oude annexation in 1856, Orpheus wreck in 1863 with 190 lives lost, Jacksonville taken in 1864, Windham death in 1870, Orleans visit 1800, Motel Royal fire 1802, transatlantic link 1898, Wilhelmina wed 1901, and postal fraud verdicts in 1905.
A brief advertisement urges sufferers of itching piles and related skin issues to try Chamberlain's Salve for instant relief. It claims cures for sore nipples, tatter, and salt rheum, priced in cents and sold by J. Le Ville.
An elderly patient awakens from surgery when a doctor mentions hourly powder dosing. He quips a Newfoundland dog joke about selling a dog for $25 then buying two puppies with the money. The nurse and doctor assess the humor as a sign of recovery. the man indeed recovers.
A brief note on Indian sacred monkeys, describing the intelligent gray above and brown below primates. The text recounts a village incident where holy monkeys were fed and relocated, then clung to their former range and resisted leaving, sparking local concern and a legal twist.
In a Kansas City commission dispute, Matt Hoover allegedly fired at a merchant who had urged payment by sight. The incident hinged on a telegram misread as draw on the sight, with Hoover claiming no intent to shoot until the telegram led to the confrontation. The constable arrested the gunman after the tall tale of misread orders emerged.
A humorous exchange reveals a husband’s vanity about showing off his wife in a streetcar versus a cab. He defends street travel as a way to display her to others, while she chides him for past manners and pride. The brief dialogue captures social norms of courtship and public image.
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