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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1907

Page

2

Polite dinner prompts fury in a social clash

Rebecchi asked a friend to dinner then returned home furious. His wife exclaims about politeness and social expectations. He then asks Dobelli to lunch and the answer comes as acceptance. La Caricaturista.

Rebecchi Ariend Dobelli la Caricaturista

Carti with booklike thorns in passerby path

A dialogue exchanges between a student and professor about carti featuring curved spines that trouble pedestrians. The Chicago News notes these varieties create a snagging obstacle for passersby.

Chicago News

Notice to Non-Residents in Anniston Court

In the City Court of Anniston Anna Bell Foushee vs Anniston Stove Works Company et al an order of publication dated February 25 1907 requires the company to answer or demur to the bill of complaint by March 26 1907 or a decree pro confesso may be taken. Clerk A Nl Sheppard certifies the notice. fe25-mon-4t

Anniston Anna Bell Foushee Anniston Stove Works Company Charles D. Kline Alabama Anniston Evening Star

Mrs McCain and children to visit Lincoln for days

Mrs. McCain and her children will leave Thursday to spend a couple of days with Mrs. McCain's parents at Lincoln.

Oxford Mra Mc- Cain Lincoln Trixie Katie Mae Humphries Gadaden

Oxford News Roundup Moves Through Busy Day

Oxford merchants reported a brisk morning as A Stewart of Munford and Thad M Gwin with Mina Kate Cooper shopped. J P Tentley suffers grip while W D Snow remains critically ill at home. Rathbone lodge K of P meets tonight with full attendance urged. Miss Sue Snow visits to tend her father. Local clubs plan meetings at Anniston and Cave Springs with various discussions and drills. FOR SALE Good 6 room house and large lot near ear line.

Thad M. Gwin Mina Kate Cooper Mr. Gwin

Emerald Isle name origin from verdant Ireland

Ireland is nicknamed the Emerald Isle for its rich verdure a term first used by Dr William Drennan author of Glendaratag and other poems in the late eighteenth century.

Emerald Isle Ireland Willam Drennan

Treatyse of Fysshynge With an Angle First Printed in English

A note recalls that Treatyse of Fysshynge With an Angle, the first book on any subject printed in English, appeared around 1440. The citation highlights early English printing and fishing treatise history.

Fysshynge

Foreign Hotels differ in many ways in travel article

The travel magazine contrasts foreign hotels with American ones noting hot water is not piped to rooms and taps are scarce. Guests are guided to expect maid service for baths, a stated room price, and meals ordered at the hotel with other meals off premises. Lighting often uses brass levers rather than push buttons.

Travel Magazine America

Shaving Napoleon by Constant the Emperor’s Barber

Constant recalls the difficulties of shaving Napoleon in the chair. The emperor spoke and gestured constantly while turning or reaching for a paper, requiring extreme care to avoid cuts. Napoleon shaved one side at a time and mocked his own rough self-shaving, often leaving half of his face unshaved for a time.

Constant Napoleon

Time Keeping by Gourd Stars and Betel Quids

The excerpt describes diverse methods of telling time and distance among Indigenous and colonial peoples. It cites Apache use of a marked gourd aligning with stars to read hours, Assam hill folk counting betel quids, Governor van Twiller’s pipe-puff timing, a Montaguis travel marker using a shadow line, and notes the stomach as an initial time signal for meals.

Assam Washington Irving Wouter van Twiller Canada

Battles Decided by a Single Shot

A grosser recounting notes three historic sieges decided by a single shot. Charles XII fell in Fried richstein trenches, spurring Fried richshall’s surrender. Lord Cochrane’s mortar at Port Trinidad in 1908 thwarted a French surprise. a 1548 grape shot at Haddingtas drove back French gunners and saved the fortress.

Charles XII Friedrichstein Friedrichshall Lord Cochrane Port Trinidad Haddingtes

A Favorite Remedy For Babies Cough Remedy

Its pleasant taste and prompt cures have made Chamberlains Cough Remedy a favorite with mothers of small children. It quickly cures coughs and colds and prevents pneumonia or other serious consequences. It not only cures croup but when given early will prevent the attack. For sale by J. L. Wikle.

J. L. Wikle

Tax Officials to Limit Tax Round in Calhoun County

Notice that at the present Alabama legislature session an act will be sought to require the tax assessor and tax collector of Calhoun county to conduct a single assessment and collection round between October 15 and December 1 each year. Offices must remain open at the courthouse during December. Signed by Dave Cowden and D Z Goodlett on February 25, 1907.

Legislature of Alabama Calhoun County Court House

Notable U S Inaugurations and Historic Events on This Date

This date marks Jefferson second term inauguration in 1805, Lincoln in 1861, Grover Cleveland in 1893, and Theodore Roosevelt era notes. Historic items include 1814 Troyes defeat, 1897 Boston gas explosion casualties, 1905 anecdote on Dr. Thomas Eclectric Oil aiding a burned child.

Grover Cleveland United States Anna Gould Count de Castellano New York Boston Theodore Roosevelt Nancy M. Hanson Hamburg, N. Y

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Mark Wash Shepperd Anniston Banking M. B. Wellborn Oxford News Vefeefee A. Stewart Munford Tom A. Gannoway Silver Run J.P. Tentley Attack of the Grip Gus Emerson Rockland City Rathbone Lodge K. of P W. D. Snow Snow Mary Privett Jennie Privett Sue Snow Maplesville Self Culture Club A. F. Ballard Farmers’ Local Union Odd Fellows’ Hall Maud Davenport Katie Mae Riteh Cave Springs Thomas HW. Barry Talladega County Mc’Intosh Road A. F. Cox Abel, Ala W. ©. Gray New Kate Cooper Will Foreign Hotels Elam, Ordway & Houser and F M. Marsh & Sons Dave Cowden D. Z Goodlett Foleys Elam, Ordway & Houser Thomas Jefferson Wattle Troyes Abington Teazle William Cramp Philadelphia James Richardson Sahara Abraham Lincoln Firth of Forthbridge Edinburgh G. H. Brummell & CO Brummell & Pinson Twelfth Street Quintard Ave City National Bank THE Bank For Saving White House Whetstone & CO Wedeb Eleledeleleb Defeb
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