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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
11
An advertisement argues health as the core of happiness for women and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a private, home remedy. It claims the formula has helped countless delicate women for over 40 years without embarrassing examinations.
A Harper's Weekly summary notes banks rely on hidden electrical wiring and relays to trigger alarms if vaults are tampered with, with central offices ready to respond. It also mentions electric lighting aiding surveillance of bank interiors at night. A Philadelphia Record tale mocks misperceptions about civil service by recounting a negro waiter applicant who boasts of passing an exam, impressing a suburban employer.
In Calhoun County Alabama the Probate Court Special Term on January 6 1909 heard guardian Daniel Holland account for Aaron Holland et al minors. A final settlement was set for January 30 1909 with publication across three weeks to invite all interested parties to appear and contest. Judge Emmett F Crook presides.
The LondonSpectator recalls Babar the founder of the Mughal dynasty. At eleven he seized Ferghana after his father’s death and faced betrayal and loss of Samarkand. Two years wandering followed before he regained Ferghana only to lose it again over loot. He died thirty two years later. Humayun, gravely ill, inspired a self sacrifice before dying.
A Budapest area law school failure forged a diploma to appease his father who noted the surplus of barristers. The youth explained there is more barristers than dogs in Hungary, leaving insufficient kutya-ber for all diplomas.
A prose and poetry excerpt reflects on Christmas as the mother's coronation day and the incarnation theme. Marion Harland compares a laborer on a city street to the shadow of the cross guiding history from past to future.
A Turner anecdote from Ruskin’s circle recounts the origin of Rain Steam and Speed. Lady Simon narrates a Great Western railway night with a drenched view of the painting, ending with the inscription June 1842 and a railroad encounter later verified by the observer.
Collier's notes how Admiral Dewey faced vague guidance as war loomed and Washington learned only after Hongkong pressured the fleet to move. Officials issued a generic order not a clear strategy, signaling “go ahead and do the best you can.”
In Harlem a gray haired matron is urged to dye her hair for a younger look by another matron, who argues it would reflect on her grown children. The gray matron remains resolute, preferring natural aging over artificial change.
Boots stained by mud can be cleaned with a cut raw potato, dried, then treated with boot cream or beeswax and turpentine and polished. Lacquered articles should not be polished with metal polish and should be rubbed with leather or washed with warm water and soap. A gas stove rust prevention method uses olive oil or suet on a warm surface. For burns, apply pulverized charcoal mixed with linseed oil immediately.
A six year old girl, daughter of a prominent physician, makes an unusually bright breakfast table remark. The father smiles at his wife, who downplays the moment, only to hear the child retort with a sigh that the mother is dull.
In this Chambers Journal note a lower order fortune teller inhabits a dirty house and preys on jealous lovers. A rival uses her as a ruse to ruin a woman’s romance, paying for repeated card readings that predict misfortune. Charms sold by the hag include rag bits, salt purse, hay, barley, and nails, losing power after a month or two.
A dialogue from New Orleans Times-Democrat depicts guests at a dinner mispronouncing names including Featherstonhaugh Dalzell Deal Colquhoun Leveson-Gower Bohun St. Maur Seymour and Lord Dalzell provoking corrections while the tale stalls before resuming.
A correspondent recounts a humorous attempt to draw Professor Blackie into evaluating Sankey hymns during their vogue. A lady hosts lunch, he diverts with praise of cheese, then she sends a verse and cheese fragment, winning four lines of verse in the exchange.
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