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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1900
Page
7
Owens, eighteen, lived with her parents at 383 North Paulina street and worked in a Milwaukee avenue candy department. She was kissed by a man, fell ill with fever and delirium, and died yesterday at a private sanitarium in Elgin after a sequence of medical transfers and a finding of violence preceding the illness.
A fragmented political note from 1900 shows Bryan urging loyalty as primaries approach on April 24. The missive praises Jounston of Alaris and a leader expected to guide the party to victory, amid plans for a campaign push before the date.
Miss Annie Jones of Atlanta visits her parents in the valley during Christmas season. Several guests from Attala Oxford and nearby towns arrive for holiday greetings and family gatherings. Local families host relatives from Americus, Athens, Anniston, Decatur and Birmingham for Christmas and New Year celebrations.
A list of uncalled mail shows names under Gentlemen and Ladies sections. Entries include Bowman, Bryan, Coker, Cal, Charley, Frost, Moore, Mobley, Reaves, Wilson, Young, and others. Names appear with initials and scattered titles amid a public notice of letters awaiting pickup.
The supervisor selects enumerators experienced in their districts who will begin work quickly. Cities are divided into districts with residents serving as census takers, expected to complete in two weeks in cities over 80,000 population and by the third week in June. Pay depends on work, estimated between $3 and $5 per day.
The partnership Joe A. Magnus & Company, Cincinnati Ohio and Anniston Alabama is dissolved by mutual consent. M Markstein assumes liabilities and acquires assets and claims. Magnus thanks patrons as Markstein continues liquor business at Noble and Tenth streets Anniston Alabama. December 29 1899.
A misdelivered ton of coal leads Tom Barnes to confuse Anderson and Hancock streets in Postland Maine. He reads 28 Hancock street as 28 Anderson street and delivers coal to Mr Anderson by mistake, then both residents confront the mix up and rectify the error. The townsfolk remark on the odd coincidence that each man lives at the others supposed address.
The article recalls Brunel and Scott Russell building the Great Eastern at Midwall on the Thames. It notes her vast size with length about 680 to 692 feet, 60 foot hull depth, 8,000 ton iron, 25,000 ton fully laden weight, 30 feet draft, 3,000,000 rivets and 30,000 plates.
A Purdue university study reports sparks from passing trains mostly fail to scorch cloth at 50 to 74 feet from tracks. Dust-like particles reach 875 feet in strong wind, while large sparks remain small and heat lost before settling.
A quotation from L A W Bulletin states there is no such thing as free speech for the tongue tied man, reflecting on speech constraints and expressiveness.
A Bristol sportsman fired at a pigeon and struck the Bristol post office plate glass. The bullet cracked the glass lightly leaving a star shaped impression with a detailed image of the pigeon. The unusual shot drew wonder and questions about how the image formed.
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