Social Gossip Notes From Forest Home and Nearby
Captains Elliott and Mrs Elliott arrived from the Tombigbee river plantation after wintering in Florida. Martha M. Bell leaves for Atlanta to study hospital work and will oversee a new hospital on Quintard avenue. Several locals from Gadsden, Jacksonville, and Buffalo visited the Alabama today and Piedmont this week.
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Ains
J. M. Elliott
Tombigbee River
Florida
Elliott
Meyr
Gadaden Times News
Martha M. Bell
Atlanta
We. J. C. Moore
Quintard Avenue
Aerial Telegraphy Pioneered by Amontons in Early Times
A Philadelphia North American note recalls Amontons as an early originator of aerial telegraphy. His system sent messages from Paris to Rome in about three hours using signals at elevated posts with telescopes. The method faced opposition from officials and was abandoned despite its promising concept.
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Amontons
Kell
Amontona
Parks
Rome
Paris
Alpa
Yieth
Oly
Philadelphia
The Cottage and the Ideal of Simple Living
A critic argues that true cottages emphasize modest scale and unpretentious design. He warns against seaside mansions and faux elegance, urging restrained proportions, plain materials, and harmonious coloring as the essence of a well crafted cottage.
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Bulding
Robert C. Spencer i
Local Officials Probe Business Capacity Claims
Municipal authorities question the capacity and legality of a local business operation led by Majer Henry L. Higginson. The owner asserts proper conduct while officials review licensing and city rules.
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Lappin
Majer
Henry L. Higginson
Modern methods cut tuberculosis deaths and offer pine oil cure
Tuberculosis death rate in New York has dropped by about 40 percent since 1481, saving roughly 6,000 lives annually. A Maine specialist touts open air exercise, deep breathing, nourishing food, and a tonic of Virgin Oil of Pine with glycerine and whisky as a cure for colds and coughs, sold by Leach Chemical Co. with warnings about imitations.
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New York
Pine
Maine
Leach Chemical Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
English Hall Marks and the Leopard Shield History
A summary of hallmark history outlines London and provincial marks from the Goldsmiths' Hall records, noting the leopard head as a true hallmark and the evolution of date letters, makers marks, and governmental punches. It cites Edward II charter, 1518 start of date letters, Britannia standard shifts, and regional marks like Edinburgh, Glasgow, Sheffield, Dublin.
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Goldsmiths’ Hall
London
Edward II
Goldsmiths’ Guild
Edward IV
Goldsmiths’ Company of London
Nasay
Mather
Charles
Paul Lamerie
Edinburgh
Lailinburgh
Glasgow
Shefield
Birmingham
Dublin
America
Prisoners in Etowah Jail Must Bathe
Etowah County commissioners approve funds for a jail bath and the sheriff plans immediate installation. A room will be fitted for hot and warm baths and each prisoner will be required to bathe a set number of times weekly with bathing the first duty of every inmate.
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Wike
Governor names Seymour director of cotton statistics bureau
Special to the Star from Montgomery reports Governor Comer appoints W. H. L. Seymour, president of the Alabama division of the Southern cotton association, as director of the bureau of cotton statistics a new agency created by the current legislature in Alabama.
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Alabama Cotton Growers’ Association
Star
Montgomery
Comer
W. HL Seymour
Alabama
Southern Cotton Association
Bureau of Cotton’ Statistics
New Street Sweeper Doing Excellent Work
The city reports Noble Street is kept clean each morning this week by a new street sweeping machine. A mule wagon carries a long cylindrical mop system, with a preceding sprinkler dampening dust before 5 am to prevent dust and litter from blowing away.
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Noble Street
Weather Summary for Anniston March 19
The morning barometer stood at 30.15 inches at 7 a.m. with a 65 degree temperature and no precipitation. Winds blew southwest at 5 miles per hour. The lowest temperature was 64 at 6 a.m. Cloudy conditions forecast partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday.
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Anniston
Man Not Born to Read Drives Demand for Glasses
Dr. W Saleeby argues that modern life forces near sightedness and a shift to short distance work. He says the eye inherited from ancestors favors long range use and glasses arise from adaptation to reading. An ad at J L Wikle’s drug store offers Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets with a free sample.
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W. Saleeby
Dr. Saleeby
Chamberlain
J. L. Wikle
In Memory of Calhoun Banquet Guests Announced
Noted speakers invited to a New York banquet celebrating John C. Calhouns 125th birthday include Gov Ansel of South Carolina and President Woodrow Wilson. Three Calhoun grandchildren John Patrick and Margaret Calhoun join the event in New York and Atlanta respectively.
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New York
Gov. Ansel
South Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
John C. Calhoun
John
Patrick Calhoun
Margaret Calhoun
Atlanta
How Gluck Wooed Music
Gluck and his servants frequently move his piano to the lawn where his best ideas come while he plays in the garden. Champagne bottles sit nearby as he believes sunshine fuels inspiration. He did not write a renowned opera until he was fifty.
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Gluck
New York Times
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Woodson J. Martin
Wire
C. G. Cansella
Gadsden
J. Martin
Amy Martin
Wester Thomas Martin
Jacksonville
The
Alabama Today
Bernice L. Biehl
Misa Tieles L. Burnett
Buffalo
Mathema
George G. Tate
Piedmont
Mic W. J. Clarke
W. A. Skelson
al Grocers
Etowah
the County Commissioners of
Seymour
Ons
Calhoun
Gro. J. Friedkin
Sonal
Fidential
Anniston, Ala
N. E. Ory
RB Steel & Sons
Princess Rink
Shelactt Building
Elam, Ordway& Houser
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