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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1901
Page
6
A collage of curiosities includes tales of arsenic eaters among shepherds feared for their deadly devotion and a dramatic Bernhardt entrance aided by Turkish slaves. Anecdotes cover General Greene’s strict discipline, a private’s farewell, and a witty remark about memory in a London lecture.
A Metropolitan Street Railway conductor answers seven for every call at night, claiming it eases worry. A Queen Victoria Jenny Lind anecdote follows, showing tactful restraint and Jenny Lind singing God Save the Queen to ease an awkward royal moment at Her Majesty's Opera House.
Effective October 1 Southern Railway begins operation of a Pullman Sleeper Birmingham to Richmond leaving Birmingham at 4 40 p m train No 34 and returning arrives Birmingham 11 35 a m train No 8. The service promises better travel options and information is available from Mr ty EL Sett h a prominent dealer.
Letters of administration on the estate of John H. Corning deceased were granted by Judge Enmett F Crook of the Probate Court of Calhoun county Alabama on March 11 1901. Creditors must present their claims within the statutory period or be barred. Frank Marvin administrator.
A reader notes that Chinese roads occupy private land with owners bearing taxes while losing access and mobility. Carts pass by trespass through fields, farmers dig ditches to drain roads, and dust suppresses surface, creating waterways. Roads along fort edges stay crooked, hindering short trips and puzzling visitors.
An inspector on a Madison avenue electric car questioned its course to downtown. The motorman checked the front platform sign showing One Hundred and Thirty Fifth Street, the roof sign Second Avenue, and the rear hood Astor Place. After adjusting, the car continued to move.
The piece compiles brief jests from era papers noting a boy reluctant to call his uncle by name and a legal-mannered battering defense. It contrasts domestic propriety with humorous misuses of language and legal phrasing for comic effect.
Aleslee's Magazine humorously notes shaving mirrors life span by hair loss. It claims a man shaving from age 16 to 70 would cut substantial hair, imagining a 3 feet long head of hair and a 27 feet beard collected would travel with a circus in summer and advertise a hair restorer in winter.
A playful exchange staged as a quote from the Philadelphia Bulletin between Sue and Flo about marriage plans. Sue claims engagement to an artist. Flo counters by noting the fiancé is a dentist who draws from real life. The exchange humorously blurs professions and art.
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