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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1909
Page
5
The Montgomery Advertiser notes Miss Maud McClure Kelly, one of Alabama's two women lawyers, is in the State capital to prosecute a damage suit against the Atlantic Coast Line railroad for a child’s death near Sprague Junction. She recently graduated, will be admitted to the Supreme Court next April, and practiced in her father’s office.
A humorous exchange shows a former dry goods clerk becoming a butcher. He notes the Indies do not aim to match spare ribs or steak, implying pragmatic shifts in labor and markets. The Kansas City Journal reflects on changing roles and economic realities.
Montgomery January 21 The Birmingham meeting backed a general conference of business men to improve school advantages. Alabama has seen rapid education gains under Governor Comer and the current legislature, with expanded common schools, high schools, country school funding, and agricultural schools. State Superintendent Gunnels welcomes business support to secure funding and public will for needed legislation.
Mrs. Walter Furney of Baltimore who recently resided in Aniston will arrive Saturday to be hosted by Mrs. Edwin Houston. An at home is planned for Tuesday afternoon January 26 as a compliment to the visitor.
In a New Orleans Times-Democrat excerpt, a speaker corrects names at a dinner as figures such as Lady Featherstonhaugh and Lord Dalzell are discussed. The Earl and others debate proper pronunciations of Ireestonhay, Deal, Colquhoun, Leveson-Gower, St. Maur, and Calhoun, delaying the tale.
A correspondent recounts Professor Blackie politely dodging a lady seeking his view on Sankey hymns during their peak fame. He praised cheese at lunch to deflect, then received four lines of verse linking cheese to the body and soul. The verse ends with a playful punch about oath and gratitude.
A job applicant in a Philadelphia suburb misreads a civil service certificate as a qualification for a butler. The employer notes the skill may matter to him, but the exchange reveals differing tastes in what counts as fitness for service. The scene underscores stereotypes about minds and education.
A London Spectator vignette recalls Bahar the first great mogul of Ferghana. He seized the throne at eleven, lost it to a traitor and to Samarkand, wandered two years, then reclaimed Ferghana. He later failed again over Mongol loot and died at thirty-two after a dramatic sacrificial plea for his ill son Humayun.
Goats Anderson will join Rochester next season while Manager Lake of the Boston Americans retains Niles Keyes and Thompson for upcoming bouts in New Orleans. Various trades and signings ripple through leagues as Detroit schedules spring training in San Antonio and a flurry of promoter activity targets high profile matchups and player movements across teams and leagues.
A London Illustrated News dispatch reports Bulgaria as a peasant commonwealth with landholding freedom for all farmers. Most wealth is foreign, large landowners few, and tiny incomes dominate village life. Despite poor sanitation, peasants stay strong and thrifty, sharing rooms and mats, while wealthy rural figures remain rare.
A Hungarian peasant's son fails law school exams then forges a diploma on parchment kutya ber. The father discovers the scam and notes there are more barristers than goys in Hungary, leaving insufficient kutya ber for all. London Answers.
A tourist and a local discuss soil and crops. The native notes that agriculture depends on seed type, implying variable crops by planter choice.
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