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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1901
Page
7
A wealthy Parisian wine merchant M R attempted to enter a cab but his weight toppled the vehicle into a printing office window. The cabby refused to move the load, the party went to the police, and M R sought another cab afterward.
A collage of humor about church sermons and a barber fearing beards. It also notes Thomas Jefferson’s prolific handwriting, detailing his ambidexterity, self correspondence, and careful penmanship despite a wrist injury while minister to France.
A compilation of humorous snippets about language and accents. It features a Chinaman and an American visitor debating English letters, a satirical London Outlook piece on Yankee speech, and short anecdotes from Philadelphia and London about language mispronunciations and sermon nerves.
In Woman's Home Companion an expert notes that handwriting carries distinct individuality. The writer's penmanship reveals personal traits and even character, akin to facial identity or gait. Through careful study, every peculiarity in writing signals a corresponding trait of the writer.
A young woman asks if Omar Khayyam is read and the young man with short hair asks who wrote it, in a brief Washington Star exchange.
A millenaire merchant in Chicago notes his success stems from working at night and during every day, claiming his store thrives when others rest. The report in the Chicago News records the unusual claim as a local business anecdote.
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