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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1909
Page
2
The notice lists the Anniston Publishing Company address in the Kline Building at Eleventh and Market Streets with editor T. Fain and a subscription price of 1.00 per year in advance. Dated Tuesday June 4 1909.
A June commemoration in Anniston honors Confederate heroes including John Pelham and Joe Wheeler. The piece extols Alabama figures like Pettus, Rhodes, and Longstreet era leaders, praising valor, loyalty, and “Lost Cause” ideals as it recalls battles, losses, and devotion to country, home, and state.
The June 7 meeting in Chicago opens a national conference on criminal law and criminology. Topics include abolishing the jury system, imprisonment for minor offenses, replacing local police with state systems, penal code revisions, and improved offender treatment.
In a brief exchange from New York Journal prose the characters discuss a birthday gift in a playful miscommunication. A misfit nose and a coy remark about the present frame a quirky moment of social wit. The dialogue hints at humor and ambiguity in gift giving.
A Yonkers Statesman clipping shows a quirky exchange with a mule voice declaring nearsightedness as a reason to visit, while a female voice on the sofa questions why he is so close. The dialogue hints at a humorous or surreal scene from a local column or feature.
The Houston Post reports Li submitted jokes on gray paper and Jokesmith notes the comics are eighty years old and turning gray.
A playful exchange notes the authorette asking what part of a book she enjoyed most and Miss Cayenne replies the cover design, reflecting light magazine whimsy and literary culture.
A vivid weathered line from the Kansas City Times quotes a speaker exclaiming a remarkable ascent as if a scene from a stunt, describing an event where a boy or object rose a hundred feet in a dramatic moment.
Venus tells friends she lost her arms in a revolving door while trying to attend a peach basket hat sale. The Chicago News records the odd anecdote as a humorous item with no further context.
Actress Minnie Maddern Fiske works for animal kindness between stage duties. She sends subscriptions to a Milan humane society and distributes pamphlets urging better horse care in lumber camps across the United States and Canada. She also warns and distributes pamphlets to drivers and witnesses cruelty in the streets.
A teacher teaches students to craft paper cornucopias for drinking cups to avoid public fountain cups. Paper cup folding kits are cheap and useful for travelers and shoppers who frequently need beverages, offering a simple personal option for staying hydrated.
A rich man refuses a suitor for his daughter sparking quiet tension. The father reveals his sorrow is for the young man, not himself, as the exchange exposes deeper conflicts in the Cleveland Plain Dealer account.
A tall impatient man paces a wayside platform and asks a twelve year old about a late train. The boy smiles, but does not reply, while a stranger asks why the boy did not answer. The boy fears the man might punch his face, thinking the man was mocking him.
A father asks his son Eddie to soak the lawn thoroughly that evening. The exchange stresses exceptional watering and suggests soaking as much water on the grass as on the speaker. The line is cited from the Kansas City Times.
The German government plans to deepen the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal to thirty six feet now with provision to reach forty six feet later. The canal width will be doubled and the locks will be larger than those at Panama, signaling expectation of more warships.
The New York Press conjectures whether ancient Thessalonica, addressed by Paul, is today’s Saloniki where Abdul Hamid the former sultan is imprisoned with limited comforts and a retained chef and harem.
Postmaster Carney of Norfolk Virginia posts a notice restricting leave requests. All requests for time off due to toothache illness funerals picnics church sociables and similar events must be handed to the division superintendent before 10 am on game day morning.
A brief exchange questions travel abroad and duty to one’s country. The speaker notes concern over knowledge of home soil before international trips. George is described as potentially becoming economic in outlook.
Money can't purchase all joys and comforts. A sunset remains priceless and a child's greeting holds value beyond wealth, while a well furnished mind unlocks inner play and reflection any time.
Hearst News Special from Paris reports a prisoner’s confession tying the Impasse Rousin murder to burglaries at Versailles churches and a painter’s studio. He names a language‑speaking suspect, once a model, tied to Mme Steinheil and Mme Japy, with signatures found in church registers and plans to rob a wealthy eccentric.
Frankie Neil is scheduled to meet Monte At Tell at Colma on June 19. The event details are set with both parties expected to attend and discuss pending matters.
The pamphlet explains foal feeding to promote conformation and value. It advises small, frequent meals starting with oatment when foals begin nibbling, supplementing with bran later, and keeping food fresh. Alfalfa is encouraged as a safe, beneficial forage, with continued access as desired. Denver Field and Farm.
A. Y. Meersch warns leg weakness in growing chickens disrupts balance and growth. He notes rapid growth strains the constitution and recommends a pill mixture including strychnine iron phosphate and quinine sulfate, given as two pills daily.
A De Laval Monthly teaching notes dairying as the most profitable cash business on the farm. One cow yields 40 to 60 dollars yearly in milk plus a calf, while steer fattening to three years costs feed without netting value. Milk money from a good cow can exceed costs, leaving the cow productive for another year.
A writer argues for eight pig sows over four pig sows, noting eight produce more pigs and reduce per pig birth costs. With sows costing about $12 yearly, a four pig sow yields $3 birth cost per pig and eight pig sow $1.50, saving roughly $90 on sixty pigs.
The article notes sheep eat various grasses, sows with hungry litters feed pigs, and horses thrive on regular meals. It recommends regular feeding schedules for dairying and advises not burning cornstalks but using a stalk cutter to incorporate them into the soil to improve humus and moisture retention.
A brief paragraph notes that a grit shortage will quickly disrupt egg production as hens cannot properly digest their feed without grit, halting the internal egg manufacturing process. It emphasizes the essential role of grit in digestion within poultry.
A note from the Western Poultry Journal discusses that bird fanciers of all classes may use various kinds of stones, arguing that as long as the stone is hard and sharp and of suitable size, any stone will do.
The article promotes a universal feed for young turkeys using stale bread soaked in sweet milk, pressed dry for initial feeds, then cracked wheat and pinhead oats. It warns to feed in small amounts and avoid overfeeding, suggesting keeping them a little hungry.
The Indian Runner duck weighs about four pounds on average and thrives on a large free range rather than confinement. Fully grown and market ready at seven to eight weeks, these ducks are strong egg producers, good foragers, hardy, and valued for eating.
A dairyman notes cows may “hold up her milk” due to nervous condition or disturbed mind. Providing chop feed or bran diverts attention and the cow will soon secrete milk normally.
W. J. Atkins, lone in a Saw Mill at midnight in Banner Springs Tennessee, suffered a severe cold that spread to his lungs. After trying many remedies he used Dr King s New Discovery and returned to work cured. The ad promotes 50 cent and 1.00 bottles with a trial bottle free from local drug firms.
Frank B. Duncan of Pittsburg recalls repeatedly entering the wrong berth while traveling in a sleeper. A night incident with a well behaved child and an attempted to touch a woman's foot leads to a humorous yet revealing moment on a Pullman car.
Ingleside resident B F Ayscne tried many doctors and 200 dollars of medicine before using Dr King s New Life Pills which he says wholly cured him. The pills relieve constipation biliousness sick headache stomach liver kidney and bowel troubles. 25 cents at West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser Searbrough Drug Co
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