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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1907
Page
7
Fines totaling 71 dollars were charged against eight defendants in this morning's police court session. Two cases were continued to tomorrow. The notice also mentions gas ranges and coal supplies from Model Ice Co and announces upcoming staffing additions at the L and N railway freight depot.
The body of Seaman F Clarke who was killed in the line of duty on West Tenth street Tuesday afternoon was sent to his Danville Virginia home yesterday evening. J M Clarke, a brother, accompanied the remains.
The Evening Star claims its want ads quickly solve the problem of finding the quickest easiest and least expensive way to move. It promises immediate results and a service so positive the cost is a minor consideration.
A collection of humorous exchanges on marriage laziness and odd encounters. A wife teased for loving bric-a-brac. a lazy Tom preferring cigars over matches. a daughter amused by a visitor offering a half dollar. The dialog mirrors domestic humor and social cues of the era.
A bishop traveling through a mining country meets an old Irish man turning a windlass to haul ore. The sun beats down on the miner as the bishop warns about brain injury. The Irishman retorts by asking if he would work all day with brains.
A short verse by Edmund Vance Cooke urges resilience in the face of hardship. It questions whether one fought bravely or hid from the light, praising a cheerful spirit and brave attempt regardless of outcome. It contrasts physical harm with the manner of facing misfortune.
A collection of short pieces recounts a dying wicked man seeking confession a preacher’s hay mishap with a dinner invite a quip about a fat friend Beau Brummel and the Prince of Wales clash an African American patient in Charleston recounting a strange cavity tale and a nurse’s thermometer moment from Lippincott’s.
Sidney Smith recalls Lord John Russell as a small man whose reputation grew despite physical diminutiveness. The anecdote notes his awkward memory for faces and his cautious social approach, with a tale of a Scotch encounter where a young Whig companion asserts long-standing support in Parliament. The excerpt hints at a governor’s veto in Kansas politics as context.
In a message responding to Senate Resolution No. 4 from Atchison County, Governor BE. W. Hoch explains the term set em up used in his veto of Senate Bill No. 31. He mocks the idea of reviving the Democratic party, implying the phrase would wake the moribund party to action.
A New York preacher is a popular figure as visitors seek solace and counsel. His young daughter, observant and compassionate, greets callers with unexpected tenderness. She misinterprets a bishop, inviting him in as a “dying sinner” with prayer from his mother.
A learned professor is approached by a dirty bootblack who asks for a shine. Impressed by the boy’s filth, the professor offers sixpence if he washes his face. The boy returns clean, refuses the money, and tells the professor to keep it while he gets a haircut.
A renowned theologian, while touring a remote countryside, stays at a farmhouse. At breakfast the hostess asks how he prefers his eggs and sings three verses of a morning hymn. He joins in, then she serves eggs, explaining that the fourth verse is needed to boil the eyes hard.
Anniston Evening Star outlines two winter ready sewn patterns from York fashions a pale blue flannel tucked sack with hand embroideries and a dotted chadfle sack with frilled trim. Instructions note material choices sizes for a 6 months to 2 year old child and offer pattern No 6210 by mail with payment and full address.
A two part skirt design offers graceful option in embroidered batiste and bordered fabrics. It uses founce or bordered material and allows edges finished with hems or trims. The pattern lists yardage for medium size and waist measurements from 22 to 29 inches.
A teacher quizzes James after Edward calls him a Nar. James recalls the proverb about a soft answer turning away wrath and admits replying with a rotten tomato. The passage notes folk remedies carried for stimulation and toothache.
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