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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1906
Page
5
Anniston lodge No. 91 K P meets at 8 p m with work in several degrees and officer nominations. Also included are local notices about a funeral, a baseball result, street health ads, and a fire alarm at City Land Co building.
The article traces movable type origins to China in the 10th century and early printing advances before Europe. It discusses contenders for first European use including Laurenz Coster, John Faust, and Johannes Gutenberg with dates around 1436 and 1442, noting Gutenberg's 1456 Latin Bible as a landmark.
A quotation from Joseph Jefferson in Everybody's Magazine reflects his belief in early marriage. He recalls an Yale address where he debated bachelors who defend remaining single and warned young men to marry before it is too late, joking about the “bait” in the sea.
The executive committee of the board of trustees of the Alabama Presbyterian College will meet at 10 o clock tomorrow in Judge John B Knox's office to consider matters concerning the college for next year.
The jewel weed spreads seeds by bursting pods at touch as they ripen in August and September. Blooming flowers resemble orange red snapdragon like blossoms brown spotted, while dew clings on leaf edges like diamonds. The plant gains the name Noli me tangere meaning touch me not.
The term cocoanut comes from Portuguese coco meaning monkey reflecting the fruit’s face. Known in Ceylon by 100 B C the milk was used in cement making. Cocoanuts provide fiber for yarn stuffing and strong elastic material. Green nuts yield medicinal grated pulp used in curry.
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