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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1907
Page
5
The county commissioners court adjourned yesterday afternoon for the July term and will not meet again until August 8th. The notice prescribes the August session opening on the Sth of August. Local business and notices intermingle with advertisements and social summonses in the record.
The bill board assault case has been sent to the grand jury. Green Mayfield John Rouse and Henry Cameron were placed under bonds by Judge BE Crook. The trial of Jack Madden for knife assault on F C Knighton continued this afternoon and likelylong into the night.
At Glen Addie Baptist church seven mature men sought prayer last night. Viola Davis faced disorderly conduct and concealed razor charges in court, with a prior razor incident and a separate fight leading to fines. Mae Hynman, 13, died near Seventh and Glen Addie. Rev. Woods praised her Christian character. Stubbs Keen lease of the Alabama hotel transferred to Frank G. Warden, who assumed control.
Weather report from Anniston on July 12 records a 74 degree start and high of 81 degrees. South winds at 7 miles per hour with cloudy skies and a 0.16 inch precipitation readout. Forecast calls for showers tonight and Saturday.
Store advertises Panama hats for sale with discounts on several days including Saturday Monday and Tuesday. Genuine one piece panamas offered in new shapes at 4.26, regular prices cited as 5 and 6.50 with a limited time offer of 4.25 for immediate selection.
Paris morgue receives 1000 to 1500 bodies annually from personal crisis and murders while drownings dominate self inflicted deaths. In October and November drownings double the rest of the year, with men far more likely than women to be fished from the Seine and asphyxiation the preferred method among workers.
A London Spectator passage notes mobility in society remains tied to wealth as birth and talent meet a costly gate, implying entry to the social stage depends on money rather than merit.
A local sale advertises a wide selection of wash ties in top styles and colors. The Keiser make is highlighted with claims of superior workmanship and materials. On Saturday Monday and Tuesday ties to 1.50 value sell for 1.00 3 for 1 625e for 1.
A promotional sale offers three days Monday and Tuesday for $2.75 on $5.50 oxfords and $3.50 men’s shoes, with gun metal and tan Russian variants available. The ad lists various models and price points to attract buyers.
A Bowie case jury acquitted after five minutes out. Defense argued unwritten law upholding a widowed guardian protecting a defenceless family, with Sydney E. Mudd presenting the argument.
Lord Londonderry's new Seaham harbor colliery in England reached coal depth of 1821 feet after freezing ground to near 500 feet to avert quicksand. Twenty eight boreholes formed a circle to 484 feet, freezing tubes inserted, heat removed by ammonia. Ice wall built in 185 days and maintained 353 days, freezing sand at shaft bottom became solid.
Classified note lists cold watermelons at Sterne's with phone 253 and good cooking coal at Model Ice Co. with phone 49. Also mentions F M House and indicates 4x18 No 1 and No 2.
Commander Charles J. Badger becomes superintendent of the Naval Academy at Annapolis after Rear Admiral James I. Sands retires. Badger, from Maryland and entered the navy in 1869, was previously assistant chief of the Bureau of Navigation and led the cruiser Chicago on the Pacific station. Commander Cameron McR. Winslow succeeds Badger as Navigation Bureau assistant chief after commanding the cruiser Charleston on the Pacific station. Winslow, linked to President Roosevelt and secretary Root, has a noted wartime heroism record and faces a captaincy promotion.
Burdock Blood Butters markets a health tonic claiming to build sound health and well being for men, suggesting benefits for vitality and vitality. The ad frames health as personal autonomy and contrasts a healthy man as king with an unhealthy man as a slave.
The Rile monastery keeps a famed wooden soup stirrer used for over twenty years to feed thousands of refugees fleeing Turk persecution. The medieval building features a 20 by 100 foot kitchen with a stone dome and a large iron caldron that holds more than twenty gallons of soup.
The article profiles a solitary craftsman who manufactures roman candles in a tiny isolated hut. He works with explosives, earning high wages but enduring extreme loneliness as he handles a dangerous, ongoing toll in his specialized trade.
A tall 225 foot lighthouse at Point de la Combre on the Gironde river mouth in France was completed in nine months using concrete. The base measured about thirty five feet in shiliometer and the project cost $20,000, pursued to prevent the sea from washing away the old structure.
The best man dominates Servian weddings guarding the bride before marriage and sleeping outside her chamber. He wears a silk sash, carries a white staff and bouquet. There are two god fathers who present silk dresses. After the ceremony the best man guides the bride around the church and to the groom, while bridal tours are rare and reserved for the wealthy or nobility.
A humorous exchange shows The Needy One asking for a dollar for a day or two and The Other One replying the dollar is lent out with several names down for it when it returns. The cartoon reflects instant wit and a social joke from the period.
Miss Skeery recalls seeing a man skulking in shadow while returning home. She ran in fear, and her brother asks if she could catch him, highlighting a frightened late night encounter reported by the Cleveland Leader.
Humming birds from Venezuela enter the London scene as 17 of 53 survivors are shown in two glass cages in the Insect house at Regent's Park. The fragile natives endure a high heat display, while moths appear larger in the same enclosure.
Dialogue hints at marital strain with questions about infidelity and nerve to confront a betrayed spouse. Mrs Henry questions how the husband would describe himself, while Mr Henry denies and defends his actions.
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