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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
7
A Russian visitor misreads an address in London and cannot hail a cab. The tale ends with the joke on the gatepost inscription Ring the bell. A second piece contrasts romance of owning an engine with practical railroad aims and the fault lines between ideal and real railway operations.
A London M. P. correspondent recalls the Duchess of Montrose at a bazaar selling photographs. A Scotchwoman balks at 5 shillings and offers to trade her husband for 2s 6d, then half a crown for the duchess herself. Other quips include Louis XIV’s court watch remark and a joke about a mushroom-eating insurance risk.
In a Stray Stories exchange a conversation links stage success to drawing good houses and money for work. A note on typhoid appears, claiming it does not occur in certain regions. Scotland’s land use is outlined: a twentieth forest, seven tenths hills and heath, one quarter cultivated.
The Queen and Crescent System south of Meridian opened October 28 with a fast Meridian to Shreveport schedule and connections to Texas lines. Southern Railway fast train No 37 links the routes, shortening travel time to Texas points from 7 to 12 hours for the public.
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