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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1907
Page
7
Noble street between 10th and 11th streets is sought for lease by the Comer Kennedy Co. A desirable tenant is wanted for a one year or longer lease. Must have all modern conveniences and be in a desirable neighborhood.
A local shop advertises eye safety and full guarantees on tested glass fittings. With over twenty years of experience, the firm claims expert knowledge and reliable service in eyewear fitting and glasses.
Poll taxes collect slowly with 630 paid. about 1,300 of 2,500 county residents may owe. Ads announce Arnold silk cotton blends, silk pongees in solid colors, panama cloths, and batistes for ladies and children. Angling at Oxford lake hindered by dredging. nearby patterns from Ullman Bros. Also a political meeting of Gordon Memorial camp UCV at Blue Mountain lodge hall. Recorder Greene reports police court dispositions with total fines around 20.85 dollars.
Mayor Thomas E Kilby purchases an electric powered auto the citys sole electric vehicle. Local bacon marketing claims top quality and value selling sliced breakfast bacon at 25 cents a pound with no wasted ends. Dr Abner C Thomas departs for Sistersville W Va then New York to focus on New York interests. Ben Davis released on bail after perjury charge. Scarlet fever nearly eradicated in the city with one case remaining. Spot cotton quoted 9 to 10 cents for locals. New shades in various colors and lengths offered with custom orders available.
Judge Crook reports Fred York has applied to buy all lands in Calhoun County seized for taxes and owned by the state. Citizens are urged to review the list for their lots and recall past troubles from similar sales. The notice warns of potential costly proceedings.
J. B. Goodwin and Mr. and Mrs. EB Turner are away on a weeks long vacation at Magnolia bay for fishing and hunting. Mrs. Louis Hoster Jr with Mrs. Louis Hoster Sr of Bessemer visit Mrs. Walter Brewer on Tyler hill in the city.
English voters halted municipal ownership a heavy tax rise, stunning the Progressives after tramways lights and baths ran up costs. Boroughs and London County Council faced cranking bills with losses, while private bids and public works fell short, prompting critics to warn of waste and self interest.
Anniston Electric and Gas Co offers gas coke as a clean cheap factory fuel for grates and base burners at 4.50 dollars per ton delivered. Telephone 109.
The excerpt portrays a colonial society where women faced peril from Indigenous threats, fear of African and mixed-race populations, and the harsh realities of convict labor, transported criminals, and indentured individuals. It notes occasional encounters with respectable Englishwomen seeking service, yet warns that such ties often ended quickly due to warnings and social pressures.
The concertina, dating from the early 1800s, is put forth as a revived serious instrument in England. Invented by Sir Charles Wheatstone in 1829, the same year Vienna saw a similar accordion. Popularized by Sig Regendl, a juvenile guitar prodigy, he once made London concerts feel incomplete without him and his concertina.
In the September 8 1786 New York Gazetteer a column laments the rising number of lawyers threatening prosperity and diminishing freemen. The writer complains every honest trade once valued now pales beside lawyers and merchants with lawyers invading posts of importance in Congress assembly and the commercial convention.
A reader from Atchison recalls a boy corrected for naughty language. The father, insisting on mimicry, asks the boy to recite a list of words his mother objects to, then notes the boy tires of the words and abandons the habit.
A long ago publishing gaffe altered a poem line from See the pale martyr in a sheet of fire to See the pale martyr with his shirt on fire. A speaker’s reception also sparked a misprint as The just concourse rent the air with their snouts.
The Florida Times-Union reports confusion as Tout-Has Jones leaves racing, amid reform talk. The jockey suggests reform aims to shift betting uncertainty, while observers debate the rider’s motive and the future of racing.
A peculiar natural history note describes the toad shedding its skin in periods, the old skin forming a new one beneath, a coat not given away or traded, and the creature swallowing the overcoat to store it within its stomach. The narration evokes a quirky observer’s view of amphibian adaptation.
A fragmentary domestic quarrel describes a wife scolding her husband over spending, with harsh phrases about extravagance and restraint. The damaged text hints at miserliness and marital tension, though full context is unclear.
Two doctors debate the necessity of a medical operation. The first questions its absolute need as the second asserts it is essential to recover a bill, proposing life insurance as the only viable source.
In Yew Light Fair Visitor you have really decided not to your house. Fair Hostess says the land matter lies with a real estate agent after his lovely advertisement of our property neither John nor I could think of parting with such a wonderful and perfect home.
A humorous exchange shows a methodical husband asking why his wife never puts things away. She answers with a playful line about finding items where they belong, highlighting domestic routine and orderly habits.
In a Philadelphia record style exchange the speaker Muggins jokes that his daughter’s voice cultivation cannot be cured, and Buggins concedes he is the best option available. The dialogue hints at a comical or ironic production or record context.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama Island Investment Company will be held at the company's office in the city of Anniston, Alabama, on Friday February 8, 1907 at 8 p.m. L C Watson secretary announces the meeting from Anniston January 9, 1907.
A terse classified style line notes a coal or drug inquiry with the phone contact 72 for RBO and Watson. The fragment implies a utility or business notice directing readers to reach RBO Watson at that number.
Southern Railway offers round trip winter tourist tickets to Georgia Florida and Cuba points at special low rates from October 15 to April 30 with return deadline May 31 1907. Through sleeping car Annietoh to Jacksonville leaving 6 26 p m sleeper reservations and rates apply to M H Bone D P A M Coxwell D P A Birmingham Alabama.
The Real Estate and Land Office invites listing property for sale and offers to help buyers find city or county properties. Located near the courthouse opposite their offices, led by W. G. Ledbetter & Co. This ad promotes bargains and patronage.
Jobe Pratt, born April 14, 1881 in Unionville, D C, is credited as the first to devise and sell a practical typewriter the pterotype. He moved to Bungland in 1864 with his wife and received provisional protection from Britain in 1864 and patent No 3163 in 1866. Pratt later secured U S patents after returning home becoming the first to make and sell type writers.
While enjoying a military band performance a listener praises Mexican players for their musical prowess. The friend notes they can read and produce notes despite language barriers, rivaling top national orchestras and bands. Columbus Pispateh is cited.
An elderly customer visits a grocer and requests a pennyworth of carrot. She asks for extras, and the shopkeeper promises a variety of goods. She storms out in frustration, shouting she will return if not satisfied.
A countryman hired a California photographer for a half length portrait at half price. The artist delivered a waist up view. The sitter, angered by the result, used stronger language than polite in Philadelphia Inquirer style.
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