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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1901
Page
4
Announcement of a merger affecting KE Forbes music business in Montgomery Alabama scheduled for August 15. Pianos and organs offered at deep discounts before the change, with multiple stockholders to join the new firm and EB Forbes named president. Anniston branch listed. catalogues and prices available on request.
A Toronto man staying at a London hotel discovers a stranger’s bag swapped for his. Inside the bag he finds English railway bonds worth half a million pounds and a plot by Theodore KE Bliss to evade police. The man is wrongfully arrested, freed after weeks, and further entangled as Bliss plans a property purchase in Canterbury and joins him on a train journey.
The article outlines table setting practices for six, including placement of knives, spoons, forks, goblet arrangements, and napkin folding. It shifts to social observations about barbers, Chinese hair, mourning customs, and a note on church attire and politeness, ending with a quip about a native audience and a call to let down tall hair.
Henry Van Lyke cites a poem from Atlantic Monthly about leaving home to seek education and finding the real prize in learning, not pride. The speaker reflects on pride as the false prize and growth as the true goal.
Sheriff announces public auction of land and personal property in Calhoun County Alabama to satisfy a Tredegar National Bank judgment. Property includes multiple described sections and personal items a black horse mule buggy cattle yearling. Sale set for Monday July 29 1901 at the courthouse front door in Anniston during legal hours.
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