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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1901
Page
7
A fragment recounts Mrs. Opie guiding a child to admire prisms and rainbow light, then shifts to a 1807 amateur golf championship tale where Chicago Tribune declines syndication, altering a match description to imply a larger sum and a banker named Morgan.
The passage details how some spiders weave low set silken tubes in grass rocks and roots to trap ants. Ants enter these webs and are eaten, with duels sometimes occurring between a large ant and a small spider. Spiders cut out threats to protect their webs. Some spiders know when to stop feeding.
Advertisement notes a widow's love life setback blamed on offensive breath and bodily troubles. Dr Kings New Life Pills are praised as a cure for constipation biliousness and stomach trouble, claiming to cleanse the system sweeten breath banish headaches and aid liver kidneys and bowels. Available for 25 cents at Elams drug store.
Prospective travelers are urged to consult agents about the Union Pacific routes to Colorado Wyoming Utah California and Oregon. Pullman Palace Sleepers Buffet Smoking Library Cars Dining Cars with a la carte meals and Pullman Tourist Sleepers are offered. For timetables and tickets contact your local agent or J F Aglar General Agent St Louis MO.
The Southern railway announces through sleeping car service from Birmingham to Jacksonville via Atlanta starting November 27. Train No. 36 departs Birmingham at 4 40 p m and arrives Jacksonville at 8 30 a m first class service. For details contact your ticket agent or C E Jackson T P A Birmingham Alabama.
Verdi, opposed to press access, staged a Paris Otello dress rehearsal with critics confined to limited seating. He greeted the orchestra with gratitude, then stood apart from the press, acknowledging only the musicians during a five hour session.
A distracted Judge Marshall drives a stick gig in North Carolina. After his sulky tips, an old negro suggests backing the horse. The Judge promises tavern payment. The landlord later reports a silver dollar left for the man, who calls him a gemman with no money in his pocket.
A Blackwood's excerpt contrasts hardier older English statesmen with modern politicians. It notes Lord Brougham drank port at dinner and Teal shooting at dawn, Lord Lyndhurst dined on lobster and champagne, and Mr Kinnear recalls Disraeli and others in festive, robust habits. The piece comments on longevity amid excess.
A man visiting a Glasgow suburb called at a farmhouse and was offered a drink. He offered sixpence, refused payment, and continued his way. At the garden gate he suspected the lady’s son and reached for the sixpence, but a shrill voice corrected him. The voice told a boy at the side door to speak to the kind visitor.
In a deluxe hotel dining room a host and his maiden aunt share a sumptuous feast. As coffee is served, rain begins and the host asks the waiter to order more food. The aunt protests, exclaiming she cannot eat another bite and is overwhelmed by the meal.
Dialog notes a proposal to wed a policeman, Bridget confirms, and a friend jokes about trouble mirroring another marriage. A remark about a club and Yonkers Sintovnian adds local social color.
A London Globe report notes how sensational crime stories can inspire copycat acts. It cites 1885 Geneva case where Lombardi killed her children after reading about a wife killing her husband, and a Hamburg incident where a doctor’s remark inspired a man to lacerate himself to die.
A Chicago Record correspondent lists Windsor castle positions and salaries. The King’s Hunner, clockmaker, heralds, master of tauste, surveyor of pictures, librarian, examiner of plays, keeper of the swans, and bargemaster are named with annual wages ranging from 1 500 to 2 500 pounds or dollars.
A Boston visit leads J H Jones to a Divinity Hall conference where Dean Reverett fires a soft rebuke while the crowd senses a quiet clash of knowledge. Nearby an elderly mountain observer at Mountain House proclaims his role as the echo, warning interviewers off with a grave vow.
A lurid tale claims London parks teem with edible birds easy to poach and roast. It describes garret living artists in Lincoln's Inn Fields dining on pigeons and hints at rare birds sold to shady dealers.
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