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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1907
Page
4
Actual editions of the Evening Star in April 1907 show daily numbers around 2,225 to 2,290 with total printed 57,040 and a daily average of 2,220. The statement is sworn by General Manager F E B McKeef and notarized by Eb W Ledbetter on May 1 and May 3, 1907.
A pitch urging local merchants to use store news and announcements in the paper to reach a wide circle of buyers. It argues shoppers care about new fabric and home items as much as weddings and fairs, enabling sales while items are fresh and avoiding remnant counter pricing.
An observational quip condemns scientists for attempting to weigh the soul and locate it in the body. The author mocks Boston researchers and Chicago collaborators for pursuing such weighty questions, asserting science should not dabble in unverifiable metaphysical aims.
A Boston man is described as having a financial insanity disorder akin to a Wall Street syndrome. He reportedly spent money not belonging to him, illustrating how for every crime there is an insane motive.
During an amateur theatre performance in a Georgia town the onstage villain slashed his own arm so convincingly that he nearly bled to death before medics intervened. The incident halted the show as actors and audience reacted with shock.
The note laments mass immigrant arrivals at Ellis Island New York suggesting native born Americans will be displaced. It predicts reduced roles for actors and an uncertain future for natives as immigration continues at a rapid pace last night earlier news reports.
At Oak Hill Cemetery in Georgetown a marble statue of John Howard Payne the author of Home Sweet Home sports a whiskered face due to a sculptor error. The misgiving was later corrected but the marble now shows a mustache. The incident followed a donation by William Corcoran who funded the monument.
An excerpt describes how Englishmen could acquire noble titles in Portugal by introducing a new tree and buying a farm from a convent with historical baronial tenants. It notes an agent in London offering the farm to a would be tenant for moderate payment, allowing the title to pass to successive occupants.
The text explains Gaelic as the language of Scotland's highlanders and notes its relation to Irish and Manx. It mentions the term Gaelic is mainly used for Scotland and that the three languages originated as one, now analogous to broad Scotch versus standard English.
A pupil in a school near Chatham Square, New York City, defines spine as a long limber bone with the head on one end and you on the other, citing Lip Pinckott's Magazine.
A brief exchange quotes Judy lamenting a strained family dynamic as her mother-in-law falls into water and she questions why others did not help, reflecting tension over a woman’s displeasure and duty.
An expert survey imagine a landing in Plato on the Moon during lunar sunrise. The scene shows day and night sharply divided with stark landscapes, alien vegetation blooming briefly before long night returns, and no wind. Vegetation thrives on volcanic emissions but animal life remains uncertain in the airless environment.
Wynne expresses strong optimism about The Limit. He recalls Berry-Is Forde’s habit of confident spending even with little money, illustrating a belief in securing payment through future gains. The anecdote likens simple purchases to potential wealth the speaker expects to attract.
A poet speaks of a life saddened by the memory of a beautiful girl and a decree that they must part. Miss Chicago asks who the judge, highlighting a moment of curious social banter.
A historical ad promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh claiming to reach the blood and mucous surfaces. It offers one hundred dollars for any failing cure and lists internal dosage with circulars and testimonials. The note also mentions Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Locker’s reminiscence recalls seeking a perfect Shakespeare First Folio. He buys a copy missing only Ben Jonson’s leaf, learns a dealer sold the leaf for £80 to £100, and later acquires the leaf at a high price.
A Circle Magazine note recalls the challenge of rendering biblical phrases into languages with no written form. It cites Dr Haven at Bible Society as saying "Lamb of God" posed a major hurdle because Eskimo people had no concept of sheep, leading to a translation as "the Little Seal of God."
Mrs De Style recalls meeting Mrs Schopper at a bargain sale as she celebrated her silver anniversary. Mrs Gunbusta asks if she is married twenty five years. Mrs De Style notes her husband gave her $25.
An exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer presents a question about wealth and happiness. A speaker asks if someone can be both rich and happy while expressing willingness to be used for experimental purposes.
The article urges keeping the bodily machinery clean to ensure best work. It promotes a constipation cure using a nightly and premeal spoonful dose with a compound of senna, Rochelle salts, AriSagrada, bicarbonate of soda, water, and glycerine, prepared by a druggist.
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