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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1909
Page
5
Medical notices from the Nobles Street office in Anniston Alabama outline types of eye ear nose and throat diseases. The item references a local office and addresses patient concerns in a brief catalog style notice.
The suit targets Mrs Eva Hl Barker and the Barker estate trustees for 2500 a year. Charles Bell Barker, valued at 600000, was a bachelor until Miss Stringer’s suit brought Mrs Barker into public view.
A Marquis in 1878 admired a village fete portrait of a peasant girl from Avranches. He sought the artist, learned the girl was nine, and pursued her as she grew. With the father’s consent she was educated in Paris, and on her eighteenth birthday she became the Marquise de C.
A correspondent explains ivory jelly made from ivory dust ground from scraps of ivory used in knife handle production. The jelly, nourising and prescribed for anaemia, is produced in Sheffield and has begun extensive manufacture. The writer and his doctor both find it good and recommend trying the whole case.
The article asks what Dorcas did after receiving a Christmas present. It notes she went to the store to learn the cost, illustrating a simple domestic moment. Moments capture daily routines and shopper curiosity in a small town scene.
Charlottesville plans Poe birthday events at the University of Virginia on January 18 and 19. The celebration honors Edgar Allan Poe, a former student, with West Range Room 13 restored for the occasion to showcase the university’s reverence for the literary figure.
Classifieds suggest tips and guidance on locating a wide range of items for sale. Readers may find pointers to shops, markets, and services through the advertisement sections.
A late night intrusion in a Greek household prompts the plumber husband to confront a burglar. After a tense ten minutes, a crash and a fall, the thief is expelled from the home with only four dollars and thirty cents in his clothes. The wife faints but is revived as the husband jokes about the outcome.
In a Tremont street Boston store a nervous Frenchman cracked a vase and fled with pieces. The floorwalker stopped him and explained payment due, the man offered 70 francs then flashed a fifty dollar express draft. The draft proved fraudulent and the thief vanished southward.
A meek husband seeks a deed of separation after growing patient no more. The lawyer muses on faults on both sides, and the client retorts with a jab about his wife’s alleged flaws. The tale appears as a humorous snatch from the New York Times.
A Chicago Inter Ocean item quotes a bachelor girl sighing over aging and a costly hair ordeal. She laments paying three dollars for brown curls only to find gray hairs and yellowing leaves in the final result, calling the situation unfair.
This Chicago News piece features a witty exchange about the location of atoms and a grim reference to a place of hangings named Effigy. The dialogue uses dark humor to contrast science and mortality.
The verse reflects on kissing as a social question noting moral, legal, religious, and communal views. It links permissibility to law, ministry, and modesty while contrasting with shared human need and abundance.
A village shopper storms into the store demanding the proprietor explain why eggs sold to his wife were labeled fresh. The grocer Mr Peavey admits he bought the eggs from Si Wiley, who traded them for biscuits weeks earlier, though doubt remains about freshness.
The tale recounts Captain Mayne Reid meeting a thirteen year old girl who later became his wife after she read his novel She Scalp Hunters. Years later at a Polish refugees event she encountered him and felt an electric thrill as he entered the room.
Mr Hobart recalls a New York painter summering at his farm who knew his limits and painted only hens and pigs. He declined offers to try grand projects, preferring simple work to avoid botching houses. Hobart believed the youth would earn a living through modest art.
The Cleveland Leader notes that Venezuela's name derives from early Spanish settlers who likened its appearance to Venice, signaling a home theme as a husband and wife joke about attending theater.
At Rostand's French academy admission a breakfast honored the author of Cyrano with Mme Bernhardt as guest of honor. She wore a gown made for the event and dramatically poured a drink over herself. Rostand's two young sons imitated her toast spilling their drinks as well.
Four year old Clyde and his father stroll past a pond where tadpoles appear. Clyde asks what they are and the father talks about bringing them home. A frog crosses their path prompting Clyde to compare himself to his father and say, Was there ever so much difference between me and you.
An idle elderly man at the World's Fair asks where Java is and a young man answers with a quip that it is “just a little way from Mocha” in a playful exchange from the Argonaut.
In a playful scene a girl named Jean suggests an alternative fix after her mother struggles to remove a doll's head. Jean imagines a simple solution by removing the body instead, revealing a child’s inventive whim in a domestic mishap.
A teaser quip explores the enduring puzzle of keeping public interest in any topic, asking which subject proves hardest to engage with. The lines hint at the mortgage as the stubborn focus challenging attention.
A wag spots a closed brougham with sleeping driver outside a large Manchester draper's. He stealthily shuts the carriage door then bows and departs as the coachman awakens, none of the other players learning what happened. Only the coachman and the lady inside know the rest.
Northbound trains depart Nome for Chattamooga Rome Meath Talladega Selma and Atlanta with several night and day services. Southbound services run to Birmingham Memphis Atlanta Calera with local and through connections.
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