Doing a Flying Business
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1907
Page
2
The Measure of Light and Foot Candle Concept
The passage explains measuring light quantity using a candle as standard. It describes inverse distance law: brightness halves with distance, giving foot candle as unit for surface one foot from the light and clarifies how two foot candles relate to the illumination.
Tripoli Stone Filters Offer Simple Water Purification
In Newton County Missouri a natural Tripoli filter stone is available. The soft porous stone can be cut and shaped with basic tools and is claimed to purify water rapidly by removing filth microbes gases and odors. The advertisement touts its simplicity and cost effectiveness compared to prior filter designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton County
Tripoli
Missouri
Seneca Tripoli Filter Demonstrations Offered
The Seneca Tripoli Filter is available for hydrants and vessels with demonstrations offered. Prices listed are 4.50 and 6.50, and the seller invites potential buyers to view and see how the filter works.
Lincoln and Stanton: A Lesson in Calm Disposition
The piece notes Mc Burnett's improving health at Edwardsville with his wife present and mentions local social and business visitors from Hicks and Silver Run. It also relays a Harper's excerpt about Lincoln handling Stanton's temper, advising restraint and calm leadership.
Man Fights Back in Damages Case
A railway damages case features a plaintiff who identifies as an invalid and resists rough questioning by a barrister. He cites nervous-system injury from the accident and sclerosis of the spinal cord, challenging the lawyer’s conduct as harmful to his health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gow
Ueatll
Larvister
Hut
Watt
T. Pts Weekly
London
Surrender of Vicksburg Seen by General Frederick D Grant
Major General Frederick D. Grant recounts a boyhood memory of the Vicksburg surrender on July 4. He recalls White flags, orderly marching, exchange of rations between former foes, and a solemn Independence Day witnessing the Confederate town's capitulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Frederick C. Grant
Father
Pemberton
Aa Coops
Pkke
Logan
Frederick D. Grant
New York Herald
American Flag Not Considered Toy by Customs Board
The U S general appraisers ruled on January 31 that Takito & Co and other Japanese importers cannot bring in silk American flags as toys under the Dingley tariff. The flags, less than two inches, were assessed 50 percent duty as silk manufactures. The decision states the flag is not commercially or nationally regarded as a plaything for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of
United States General Appraisers
Takito & Co. of
Chicago
Sharretts
Pyrotechnic personalities spark a fiery exchanges
In a playful Sunday Magazine vignette a red light, sky rockets, a pistol, and other firework figures speak with witty banter. The gag centers on fireworks teasing, boasting, and chasing, culminating in a boastful line about a lad unable to find a sulphur stick amid a toy gun dialogue.
Old North Church Faces Closure Amid Finances
The Old North Church in Boston once famed for Paul Revere’s lantern signal now nears disuse as finances falter. Rev. Charlies W. Dunne resigns as pastor and former members’ deaths shrink support. the 1723 building risks closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old North
Old North Church
Boston
Paul Revere
Charlies W. Dunne
Fragmented OCR history fragment on Latin language reach
Fragmentary passage describes Latin as a bridge language across regions from Scotland to Asia and to the Black Sea. It mentions an event involving an uncle and an in law, and an in camp or town setting with a doctor and undertaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tweed
Scotland
Euphrates
Asia
Crimea
Chersonese
Black Sea
Pillars
Hercuiles
Mediterranean
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