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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1901
Page
7
A local event advertises a refreshment stand called The Haunted Swing offering sandwiches crackers canned goods cake hay ice cream soda water lemonade milk and more to attendees. The notice notes evening hours and sets expectations for a well supplied stand.
The page lists passenger routes including Birmingham to Atlanta and New York with Pullman Sleepers, details on stops at Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and Danville, and notes about service days and car types. Names such as Chattanowes and Greensboro appear among station lists.
A Chicago Chronicle tale shows a weary headline writer who, after nights spent crafting 25 letter headlines, sees ads and papers sparked by his exhausted mind. An elderly man asks if he suffers from delirium tremens, but the answer reveals a grimmer, professional burden.
Harvard Library houses an autograph of John Milton and a Milton hand annotated copy of Pindar dated 1620 with Greek and Latin marginalia. Bequeathed by Charles Sumner these items include a two page author index. Milton’s signature dated 1689 appears in a Neapolitan visitors book. The most notable Milton manuscript resides at Trinity College Cambridge. Harvard holds two time stained volumes said to be the only original memorials in the United States.
A compound claimed to resist acids is made by melting one part India rubber with two parts linseed oil and gradually adding three parts white lead to form a plastic mass. When heated it softens little and after setting remains unaffected by hydrochloric acid and only slightly by nitric acid. Drying is aided by adding litharge. Then a humorous exchange on marriage fees.
A Baltimore American reader quotes Mr. Henry Peck praising the circus. He notes the ringmaster’s whip cracking as a daring display, comparing it to other acts and admiring the spectacle of riders and horses. The remark highlights public fascination with risky performances.
A quirky dialogue notes noisy neighbors and a claim about a daughter and poetry. It then mentions the Sahara desert spanning 2,500,000 square miles between the Atlantic and Nile. Finally it asserts London’s founding around 0 A D with a wall built in 306 A D.
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