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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1907
Page
6
The story recounts Mendelssohn overhearing a bee while resting beneath a tree during a ride with a friend. He later points to a passage in the midsummer night dream overture where a violoncellos modulates from B minor to F sharp minor, calling that buzz the insect that inspired the sound.
Amos F. King of Port Bryan New York claims Buckton's Arnica Salve cured a sore on his leg after more than eighty years of pain. The product by Elam Ordway Mouser and Scarbrough Drug Co. is sold by druggists for 25 cents and guaranteed to cure all sores.
The red coral used for necklaces forms a shrub like colony of polyps with a red core axis sold as jewelry. Fishermen surface the colony, remove the soft mat ter, and preserve the axis. Red coral is horn like, polishes finely, and changes color when heated.
A bachelor recalls hosting a small party for Welsh rabbit after friends urged a gathering. He bought an ornate serving dish and silverware costing about 35 dollars, though the intended guests never arrived, turning a simple supper into a costly misadventure as noted by the New York Press.
A speaker claims the happiest marriages occur between exact opposites. Miss Pert replies by guiding him to a different side of the room to meet a bright, intelligent, well educated girl for matchmaking.
In Nov 1786 Secret Memoirs recounts the mania for oversized buttons, some as large as six pound crowns, adorned with medals and cameos. Isabey recalls copying Vanloo and Boucher designs on snuffbox lids, earning 6 to 8 francs per piece, while fashion kept buttons as large as a five franc piece with cameo scenes, earning 12 sous each.
A Harper's piece argues vast unknown areas lie in deserts, jungles, and frozen regions. It notes Liberia as particularly underexplored due to coastal settlement limiting inland forest exploration, despite rich rubber resources. Included are comments on deserts like the Sahara and Arabia, forests in the Amazon, and cold northern regions.
A portrait of beauty argues character beyond form and features praising neatness clear eyes and vitality. Electric Bitters is advertised to restore weakness in women, improve nerves and complexion with a 50 cent guarantee from Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
A meeting of the stockholders of the Alabama Loan and Investment Company will be held at the company's office in Anniston Alabama on Friday February 8 1907 at 8 p m Secretary L C Watson Anniston Ala January 9 1907 25 30
A London jewelry house robbery leads to a grand chase on the seas. Scotland Yard and private agencies dispatch detectives aboard the Monarch to pursue an American-identified thief aided by diversions. Four officers pursue Stone Dubois Saunders Wilkinson aboard the ship, with Uncle Abijah Barnes spying and foiling the plot by guiding suspicions toward nonentities.
A humorous exchange reveals a man’s belief about his wife’s status before marriage. The other person confirms that many more women exist beyond his prior impression, highlighting a lighthearted gender remark.
Benedick notes the luminous paint is splendid while Singleton asks its use. Benedick explains they paint the baby's face so they can give him a drink in the night without turning on gas lights. The exchange highlights practical humor about keeping quiet at night with glow paint.
In America the refrain is Long Live Dr King's New Discovery King of threat and lung remedies Mrs Julia Ryder Paine of Truro Massachusetts says it never fails to give immediate relief and quickly cure a cough or cold Her view is shared by many New Discovery cures weak lungs sore throats after other remedies fail and is the only safe cure for coughs and colds Guaranteed by Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Co druggists 50c and 1 00 Trial bottle free
The piece extols incandescent gas light as soft yet strong for reading and sewing and offers to share more knowledge about gas illumination, asserting the gas service is an approach to perfection and inviting discussion at the shop or the customer’s home.
A historical timetable lists rail connections to Atlanta Macon Washington New York and Florida from Saeed Heflin with westbound routes to Birmingham Meridian Shreveport and Texas points and southbound links to Selma Talladega Meridian Childersburg. Northbound departures include several early morning and evening times.
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