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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
2
Washington January 9 Officials announce that the president will take no further action on the House resolution censuring him. The matter is to be dropped from Mr Roosevelt’s view and no new steps will be taken.
The secretary bird is among the most valued birds in South Africa and royal game. It defends against snakes by beating with both wings and trampling, then seizes the head with its claws and drops the reptile from height to kill it. Offenders may face a £50 fine. London Scraps.
A humorous exchange features Miss Miami Brown asking about work habits and comparing mules to early autos. The dialogue notes how mules kick with their hind feet, while the automobile is described as more able to butt, in a playful Washington Star style.
A witty remark from the Ol City Derrick notes that magazines run multiple continued stories. It humorously equates a man taking six stories to his wife bearing twelve in her head while managing housework and tracking neighbor hat prices.
A father muses on why babies drop and throw objects. He notes infants smile when chairs and cribs drop items, and recalls a rubber toy on a string he once enjoyed before it stopped being toyed. He suspects psychologists may explain this behavior someday.
In Dallas on January 9 reform groups led by churches demand an end to gambling and racing in Texas. Protests against race meetings at fairs spread widely and sermons will be delivered from hundreds of pulpits tomorrow. If successful the reformers plan a crusade against Sunday theaters and Sunday baseball.
The jury in the night rider trials found Garrett Johnson Tid Burton Roy Ransom Fred Pinion Arthur Clear and Ham Applewhite guilty of murder in the first degree with mitigating circumstances. Punishment could be death or life imprisonment, with state indicating death. Bud Morris and Bob Hoffman were found guilty of murder in the second degree and sentenced to 20 years. A motion for a new trial was filed and will be heard Saturday.
New York announces a public reception at Carnegie Hall this evening for Admiral Evane in conjunction with his first public lecture. An extensive U.S. tour has been arranged following the event.
Patrolman finds the body of an unidentified white man about 40 hanging by a rope from the Brooklyn bridge arch at Cherry and Dover streets. An ambulance surgeon says the man died about an hour before discovery and no identity has been determined.
A Kansas miller uses standard mills and open market wheat yet claims his flour is superior after relentless advertising. He has won contracts with Harvey hotels and expands reach, building a massive business by persistent praise and public memory of his flour. Authorities note such aggressive promotion can drive industry success.
In Baltimore on January 9, Vicar General Owen B. Corrigan will be consecrated titular bishop of Macera and appointed auxiliary bishop to Cardinal Gibbons. He is 50 years old.
Stockholders report the Farmers' Union warehouse has earned about 2000 dollars in four months, with 3550 bales stored and 3250 unsold. The fireproof concrete building uses a dry valve sprinkler system, ensuring safety and low insurance costs, signaling strong growth potential.
The text recalls banking history beginning in Philadelphia in 1781 with The President Directors and Company of the Bank of North America. It notes the 1784 Boston Massachusetts Bank, the Bank of New York, and the first U S banks in 1785 and 1816 with early savings banks in Philadelphia and Boston.
In a snowstorm a Highland railway train was held up for an hour or two. The guard, a cheery Scot, moved through the carriages to lift spirits. An elderly man warned he would die of cold if the train did not move. The guard advised against that, noting they charged a shilling a mile for corpses.
Elmer rejects sweet milk at breakfast and jokes that the milkman fed cows pickles in a humorous exchange.
Gaston bursts in with urgency asking Alphonse to witness a wedding turns away from a duel. Alphonse considers apologizing, then learns the intended outcome is marriage rather than violence.
A missionary describes how Kongos preserve bodies for burial by binding in cloth and storing for months in houses with a burning fire, while in Zombo the corpse is suspended on forked sticks in a ground vault covered with earth and palm branches. Some bodies are kept under a grass root then displayed in a funeral feast later. In other areas the dead are discarded into rivers or the bush to be eaten by jackals and vultures.
Zoology dominates many national flags with lions on the British standard and the royal lion lineage from Richard I. Eagles adorn Russia and Germany, while Spain unites both lion and eagle. Bulgaria bears a lion, China a dragon, and Mexico features a bird fighting a snake.
A juvenile elocutionist at a school exhibit attempted dramatic gesture to the line The comet lifts Its tail of fire. He lifted his coat tail horizontally to fit the phrase, drawing attention and eliciting smiles from the audience.
Beumas MacManus in Lippincott's describes Irish courtship where a rich house and a pleasing girl guide matches. A young Mary argues for Lawrence O Mahony with patience as the mother warns against youth. Laurence replies he will cure her fault and succeeds.
Nerbert Bates, who broke his arm playing with other boys at Wilmer avenue school, was taken to a local hospital yesterday. Doctors found the arm shattered and split in two places and performed an operation to aid healing.
Walter Brewer, longtime Woodstock cashier, has been promoted to general paymaster, a newly created and responsible position.
The column surveys players switching teams and roles in the coming season including Fred Benlow moving to Montreal and John Hoey sold to Baltimore. It notes color line references, managers in Ottumwa and St Paul, Ty Cobb praised, and hints at broader league shifts with Alfalfa league Kansas upstarts and world tour plans by Jack O’Brien.
Roosevelt had Senator Tillman of South Carolina shadowed by secret service men over possible interest in Oregon land frauds. The matter was reported to Senator Hale for committee review and will be officially promulgated before Senate action. Tillman plans to address the Senate next week.
At 3 a.m. a burglar enters a home. The plumber wakes, confronts the intruder, and throws him out after a brief struggle. The would-be thief escapes with only 4.30 dollars in his clothes, prompting the husband to quip that the danger is over.
The article recounts Captain Mayne Reid, age thirty, meeting a thirteen year old girl after she read his novel The Scalp Hunters. Two years later at a Polish refugees event she recalls an electric thrill as Reid entered and she approached him after his speech.
Mrs. Charles O'Reilly has returned to Philadelphia after visiting relatives here.
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