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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1907
Page
2
Oxford reports visitors from White Plains and Richmond Virginia as residents extend greetings. W M Styatt longtime Calhoun County citizen dies at White Traping and is buried. A marriage occurs in Oxford between T B Lackey and Ollie Norton. Local business and a Baptist church notice follow with service topics and dates.
A fresh shipment of elbow length ladies gloves arrives with strong value for the money. The retailer highlights quality and bargain pricing to attract shoppers.
Rev Meyers speaks on converting the richest man in the Bible during tonight's service baptism will follow for three candidates. Weeklong baptismal services continue with Bible readings on the Holy Spirit tomorrow afternoon. Public invited to all services across morning and evening sessions with prayers requested.
Haynes Hinson and Cox, agents for the Dependable Universal Tailoring Co, offer measure and guarantee perfect satisfaction. They advertise lightweight underwear, socks, low cut shoes, and negligee shirts as necessities now, with a claim they have them in stock.
Katharine Steel chapter D A R schedules Flag Day event on June 14 with Miss Meloa Haynes at College hill replacing Miss Caroline Draper. Reading of Captain Robson’s Continental Congress speech by Miss Draper added to program. Company I Calhoun Rifles meets every Tuesday tonight through July 17 encampment. Members urged to attend promptly and work to boost unit. Hon D P Haynes residence on College hill being painted.
Hartwell lodge No 101 A F and A M will hold a special communication at 8 o clock tonight with all in good standing urged to attend. Also notes closing sale of ready to wear hats at reduced prices. Miss Flora Powell and Miss Kate Cooper and Grace McClellan were guests yesterday of Mrs O M Alexander at her home at Wilmer avenue and Twenty second street Anniston. The day was memorable thanks to gracious hostess.
A fragment from The Scrap Book recalling General Sherman’s Atlanta campaign base in a farmer’s house with humble ablutions. A young listener questions the toilet routine and a poet’s meditation on war, humanity, and fate follows.
An old sailor, seeking work inland, agrees to round up sheep for a farmer. After three hours, he returns, claiming success. The farmer sees a hare among the flock, realizing the sailor was misled by a pranksome hairy intruder. The vignette hints at dreams of avarice and a boy named Ikey reflecting on wealth.
A mix of humorous anecdotes and brief scenes from famous periodicals. Witty exchanges and social quips appear from a Richmond hospital tale to a Wellington Napoleon joke, a Kansas boarding-house tale, and a child’s polite dining mishap.
A young Galileo watching a swinging lamp in Pisa inspired the idea of measuring time by a pendulum. The sight of the lamp's regular back and forth motion led him to develop the now enduring timekeeping system.
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