Personal notes from Birning area visitors and arrivals
John B Kaosix visits Birning fairs with Miss Fonna Dukw of Gadsden and others from Montgomery and Jackson, residents return from Atlanta, Attendees include Captain James Crack and Captain Vred Ly Blackmon. W. O. Mashburn returns to Annieton with Duncan & Jono, local officials from Jacksonville visit, illness keeps I P Salter home, Frank T Hardee returns to Hardeeville after visits.
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Beoater
Blackmon
Montgomery
National Retail Growers Convention Opens in Dallas
Regular and special trains bring hundreds to Dallas for the National retail growers association annual convention. The event starts tomorrow and will run several days with discussions on key trade issues. A serialized note about Dean's Ointment appears amid the text.
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Dallas
Tex
National Retail Growers' Association
Sescion
An Army Hangman Goes Mad Then Steps In
A Crimean era army story recounts a would be executioner going mad overnight. A new volunteer finally takes the hanging role after the court's sentence, but he is spared by the clever ruse and the try-out ends unexpectedly. The incident highlights chaos in military justice.
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Port Hanaman
Crimea
UN Tan
Meéa
Soggciuc the Tau
The Way to Work and the Will Power Secret
A Harper's Weekly excerpt urges starting tasks regardless of difficulty. It stresses daily gratuitous exercise to keep the will alive, arguing consistent effort trains life control and destiny. Postponement breeds laxness, while a daily practice fortifies a completely fashioned will.
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Harper's
Weather summary for Anniston January 21
Barometer 30.64 at 7 am. Temperature 28. Precipitation 0. Wind north at 8 mph. Highest 45 at 2 pm. Lowest 28 at 1 am. Weather clear. Forecast: fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer Tuesday. Official in charge W F Clarke.
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Anniston
W. F. Clarke
Authorities brace for Red Sunday amid unrest fears
Special to the Star reports that in St. Petersburg on January 21 authorities are taking strict measures to prevent disturbances on the second anniversary of Red Sunday. All public meetings are banned and warnings have been issued against crowds gathering in streets or other public places.
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The
Star
ST. Petersburg
Saw Her Chance and Bon Net Accident Tale
A humorous exchange recounts a wife tossing a cattron at her husband after he sat on her bon net, with the husband quipping about his lack of a new bon net. The snippets shift to a conversation about military band superiority and a joking 99 percent insurance premium on a lost ship, citing cases like the Bulgaria, Croft, and Adelaide Mary policies.
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Flareup
Italian Rioter on Trial in Paterson
Special to the Star Paterson N J January 21 Luigi Gallioni is on trial charged with complicity in the silk dyer riots of 1902. He faces six indictments including shooting and assaulting an officer. After the riots he vanished and was found recently in Barre Vermont where he edited an Italian paper.
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Btar
Paterson
N. J
Luigi Gallioni
Trisl
Galliani
Barre
New Court House Construction Begins in Heflin
The F B Hall Construction Company of Jackson Mississippi started work today on the new county court house in Heflin. Architect C W Carlton arrived to supervise the initial phase of the project, marking the start of the building process.
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New Court House
Cleburne County
Heflin
Carlton
F. B. Hall Construction Company
Jackson, Miss
C. W. Carlton
Dominion sails from Bermuda for England after repairs
Special to the Star from Hamilton Bermuda reports the British battleship Dominion, damaged in last September's great storm and mended in Bermuda, has departed for England today signaling a return to active service.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Dominion
England
Freight Agents Discuss Rates in Southeast Meeting
Palm Beach January 21 conference committee of the Southeastern Freight Association opened a critical session. Traffic department matters on the docket include rates and differentials across Southeastern roads.
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Star
Palm Beach
Southeastern Freight Association
Southeastern
The Origin of the Oberammergau Passion Play
Local tradition recounts that in 1633 a plague threatened Partenkirchen Escheloke Kohlgrub amid the Ammer valley. A resident who broke quarantine died soon after, eighty four Ammerthalers perished, and the survivors vowed to enact a Passion play every ten years if God spared them. The first performance in Oberammergau occurred the next year and has continued every decade since without missing a show.
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Oberammergau
Partenkirchen
Escheloke
Kohlgrub
Ammerthal
Ammer
Jesus
Feminine Influence in France Noted by London Mail
A London Mail excerpt argues French women wield unseen power across classes from duchesses to peasant wives. It claims wives manage finances, labor in farms, and sustain husbands who rely on their influence, yet remain undervalued and underrecognized.
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France
London Mail
How to Grow a Miniature Oak Tree from an Acorn
Secure a ripe acorn and suspend it by cord within half an inch of water in a glass. Leave undisturbed for months until it bursts, sends a root into the water, and grows a straight tapering stem with small green leaves. Change the water frequently after growth starts.
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John B. Kaosix
Birning
Fonna Dukw
Gadsden
Ming Hattie Road
Leighton Avenue
James Crack
Jacksonvile
Tony
W. Earlton
Atlanta
W. O. Mashburn
Annieton
Duncan & Jono
Horace L. Stevenson
C. Martin
Jacksonville
I. P. Salter
Frank T. Hardee
Hardeeville
D. C
Mra. I, BH
Mardee
Moore Avenue
Wational Grocers
Dean
ST. Louis Exposition
Allman Bros. Department Store
menTs Sra
Ullman
Ullman’s
Mamma
Tammy
Willnesues
Foleys
Elam, Ordway & Houser
J. L. Wikle
J. R. Taylor
West End Drug Company
Trim
Oberammer
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