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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1909
Page
3
Charlottesville Virginia January 11 plans are laid at the University of Virginia for an international two day celebration of Edgar Allan Poe's birth on January 18 and 19. The program honors Poe a former student and will feature the Wesrange No 13 room restored to mark his memory.
A meek husband seeks a deed of separation after patience wears thin. The lawyer muses on faults on both sides. The client erupts, listing his wife’s blemishes as reasons for separation.
The Harper s Bazaar piece on nerves recounts a Dresden visit to a renowned specialist who quips that neurasthenia is common among the learned. It promotes silence solitude and sleep as sovereign remedies and notes the busy brain worker must manage the machine with care.
The article explains using a chain stitch machine to gather fabric without attachments by wrapping thread around the tension. It notes a double threaded machine allows coarser under bobbin thread and loosening tension to draw fullness from the fabric. With these methods, ordinary ruffling can be effectively achieved, yielding satisfactory results.
The Anniston Steam Laundry shows improved readiness to clean and press clothing of all kinds with enhanced equipment and trained staff.
In a lighthearted Chicago Inter Ocean item a bachelor girl sighs at paying $3 for brown curls only to find stray gray hairs and yellow leaves in her hair, calling it unfair and comedic.
A Chicago News humorous query asks about a place where many people are blown to. The solemn reply mentions a site "the other side of Efficy" noted for hangings as a grim landmark.
The verse argues kissing as a universal right if it is lawful holy modest and plentiful, suggesting social norms would falter without it. It cites lawyers ministers maidens and pub folk as barometers of acceptance.
In a quiet house a burglar is detected at 3 a.m. by a plumber and his wife. The husband confronts the intruder, tossing him from the premises after a brief struggle. The burglar carries $4.30 in his clothes.
The tale Ma yn e Reid used to win a bride began with The Scalp Hunters. Reid met a thirteen year old girl at age thirty, read her a story, and later she recognized him at a Polish refugees event where they spoke. The moment sparked an electric thrill and a connection formed.
A missionary describes methods among the Kengos and Zombo for treating the dead. Kengos keep bodies in cloth bindings for two to three months in homes with a burning fire. Zombo hang the corpse on forked sticks in a ground vault or place under grass roofs, with rituals for a future funeral feast. Some bodies are discarded into rivers or the bush to be eaten by jackals or vultures.
Zoology plays a major role in national flags and emblems. The British royal standard features the lion while Russia and Germany use the eagle and Spain displays both the lion and the eagle. Bulgaria uses a lion, China a dragon, and Mexico an avian symbol in dispute with a serpent.
A juvenile elocutionist attempted dramatic gesture during a life piece at a school exhibition. He imitated the comet lifting its tail by extending his coat tail horizontally, following his teacher’s advice on matching gesture to each phrase.
Advertises Foley's Orino Laxative as the remedy that will make bowels regular and avoid purgatives. Claims to positively cure chronic constipation and sluggish liver. Ends with the names W. E. Lipvoyd and Elam Ordway & Houser.
A fragment recalls Mme Geoffrin and her husband M. Geoffrin a wealthy glass maker and lieutenant colonel of the national guard who funded her campaigns and oversaw domestic affairs. The piece also notes Jim referring to a book as abstract and a visitor learning the elder man was her husband before his death.
An advertisement claims Dr Thomas Relectric Oil eases pain and heals hurts after accidents, suggesting it as a reliable emergency remedy for families.
A lower order fortune teller in a dirty house exerts influence over a jealous rival by foretelling misfortune. A girl, urged by the rival, seeks the hag’s aid and receives repeatedly grim cards and warnings that her beloved will not marry her. The rival and girl both pay the witch as she sells various charms that fade in power after a short period. Chambers' Journal.
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