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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
6
A piano organ sale ad promises high quality instruments with fair prices and easy payments. It mentions a catalogue and personal letter with low prices and options for monthly or yearly installments, claiming remote customers can access the offer.
Special inducements to reduce stock offer rail freights both ways and guarantee satisfaction. If not, instrument may be returned at our expense. Your old pine accepted as payment if you win. Let us explain.
Demand for teachers exceeds supply as a state life certificate program offers bound $8 per month tuition free. Nineteenth year session begins October 11 1901. For catalogue address CW Pavueepte, President.
In a scene near a guardhouse the king, accompanied by officers, passes a sentry who insists on orders from a corporal. Victor Emmanuel pretends to proceed, then accepts the guard’s strict rule. The next morning the captain rewards the soldier with a fine silver watch bearing Savoy arms.
The Scientific American reports tests by A Larsen showing liquid air saturating cartridges used as blasting charges in the Simplon tunnel. Cartridges must be fired within 15 minutes after removal due to rapid evaporation, or risk misfire. Disruptive effects matched those of dynamite, but the method’s short cartridge life limited practicality.
Superintendent Spetcer describes the strange behavior of ladyfish at the aquarium. He notes female fish fights, biting and hair tearing, comparing it to human quarrels though without human hair to regrow. He mentions angel fish and trout in basins and the need to separate them during rough clashes.
A European correspondent notes that a Berlin shower caused a several hour suspension of all telephone exchanges. He ridicules the move as petty officiousness, accusing Reichspost administration of shutting down lines to drink beer, unlike Bavaria or Württemberg.
The excerpt notes a summer indulgence of fried chicken and waffles, praising waffles as simpler to prepare than expected. It provides a recipe using one pint of milk two eggs two teaspoons baking powder an egg-sized batter plus flour to thin consistency, served with maple syrup.
The piece argues that the modern Greek population has largely lost its ancient heroic lineage. It claims most of the old Greek race is swept away and replaced by people of Slavic descent, with Turks stronger on the battlefield than Greeks. It laments foreign influence and a diminished Greek identity under King George.
The United States consumes fifty pounds of paper per person yearly and markets about 6,000,000,000 pounds annually with around 1,000 mills. From Philadelphia's first mill in 1690 to today, output has surged due to wood pulp use, yet core manufacturing remains similar to ancient China. U.S. production supports railways and steamships with roughly 7,500,000 tons of freight annually.
The New Vagabonds cancelled after dinner speeches at a London gathering of authors, labeling the evening a success without speeches. A quoted warning from a fictional Stranger warned would be orators that a speech could end in a funeral, underscoring the ban on speaking.
The Candid Friend recalls Lord Erroll as a soldier first and a popular, sociable figure second. He earned the nickname General Utility for his wide service in South Africa and his broad, friendly presence among peers. Disraeli’s quip about blue blood versus brains is cited as not fitting his case.
A sheriff's sale is scheduled in Anniston Calhoun County Alabama after a court judgment against J A Cresswell in favor of Tredegar Nations bank. The sale on July 29 1901 includes specified land parcels in sections township and range plus a black horse mule one buggy a black cow and a yearling with public auction at the courthouse front door during legal hours.
The Times notes a position as private secretary for a nobleman of good family. The advertiser is a 30-year-old doctor fluent in German English and French and experienced in managing a large fortune across landed property and industrial enterprises after years of travel including the United States.
Buffalo area rail link offers reduced round trip fares to the Pan American Exposition with special schedules and services. For details contact E. Jackson Birmingham Alabama or A. Beascoren Chattanooga Tennessee.
The city enforces a law prohibiting girls under sixteen from selling newspapers matches flowers or other items on public streets. Police have instructions from the fire director of Public Safety to strictly enforce the measure.
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