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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1907
Page
7
A large number of residents from the city will travel to Union cemetery next Saturday for the annual graveworking day. The site holds graves of Alabama’s pioneer families and attendees span all citizen ranks.
Advice on mirror placement emphasizes reflection of pleasing views to enlarge space while cautioning against sunlit glare. Sunlight damages the backing and dulls the reflective surface, so avoid hanging mirrors where sun rays strike directly.
The list highlights common wasteful practices and better habits. Avoid lighting burners early, bake multiple items at once, use appropriate vessel sizes, and match flame to cooking needs to improve energy efficiency.
In Calcutta the gasless night routine is helped by a luminous paint used on a baby’s face to guide a drink in the dark. Benedick praises the invention while Singleton asks its purpose.
A physician notes many men blush and recommends aging remedies. He suggests shedding heavy clothes especially woolen socks and, for persistent blushers, nerve training through public speaking and social duties. He observes blushing often fades by about age thirty five.
Mudge notes the watch stopped for two or three days due to not being wound. Jeweluer asks to view it. The other recalls instruction to wind it before bed, admitting he hasn't slept for three nights.
A note from a poor woman anxious to attend church prompts the wife to seek funds. The husband replies with a bill, saying they must help those in need, especially with laudable aims, while the wife clutches the note in triumph.
In a historical note the ritual execution axe before treason prisoners is discussed. Accounts cite Evelyn’s remarks on Lord Stafford and others, detailing stagey displays before sentencing, the fear of the condemned, and the varied reactions of Balmerino and Kilmarnock at Westminster in 1746.
Smithson cites London Tit-Bits about Bucephalus snatching a trumpet alert and waking Alexander the Great to ride into battle. Harun al Rashid uses Arabian horses as scouts, Ishmael’s line traced 4000 years. Albuquerque tames wild horses on St Helena and trains them to dig potatoes and husk corn. A New England clergyman recalls a horse re-nailing a dropped shoe with its teeth and hooves.
Two men on a local Denver train complained of its pace as it stopped every few minutes. When the engine took on steam, one man quipped it would be hard to capture moving pictures of such progress.
Gertrude Atherton wrote to Henry James expressing pleasure at his review and asking if he liked her novel, seeking a direct verdict. The note appears in Everybody's Magazine reflecting literary exchange between prominent authors.
A Plain Dealer piece quotes a respondent asking if wealth and happiness coexist. The person muses about willingness to be used for experimental purposes to explore this balance. The lede frames the tension between riches and contentment without detailing outcomes.
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