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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1907
Page
8
Reliable dealers acknowledge these vanilla lemon orange rose extracts have long been standard in markets nationwide. Consumers praise them as pure, strong, and finest flavoring extracts in the world.
In Philadelphia on May 17 the American cotton manufacturers meet to discuss export trade barriers and methods to reach foreign markets. William Whittam Jr, special agent for the Department of Commerce and Labor, spoke at the meeting.
At a Macon Georgia federal building a rooftop quarrel over a rope ends fatally as Thoreas Battle 50 plus is killed D M Berry foreman falls to the ground after being struck with an iron rod. The incident occurred seventy feet above ground amid steel beams.
Former Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith will keynote a banquet in New York on May 20 honoring George B Cortelyou newly named secretary of the treasury. Invitations go out to presidential postmasters in Connecticut and other federal officials are expected to attend.
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A fragmented line from a historic page hints at a velvet belt or sash motif linked to a May day scene. The readable text is sparse, with uncertain surrounding context or attribution.
Local society columns mention Mika Donoboo reforming from a judge and pursuing a diploma next year. Misa Margaret Diwnen Heynolls visits from Avniston for a recital with A. L. Smith. Reynolds participates in a Calla hall recital by the Birmingham Conservatory of Music. Mrs. Walter Brewer attends a golden wedding in Greenville. Mrs. Edwin Bloomberg visits Birmingham. The First Methodist ladies hold a market tomorrow at Cater Grocery from 9 to 10, and Juliette Davidson travels to Anniston to join her mother. Mr. C. A. Thompson’s pupils host a musical at East Twelfth Street. both recitals praised.
Results from yesterday show Birmingham defeating Little Rock 5 0 and Montgomery 5 Memphis 1 while Nashville beat New Orleans 1 0. St Louis 4 Philadelphia 0 and Chicago 7 Washington 2 highlight a busy slate with Columbus 2 Vicksburg 1 and Meridian 3 Mobile 0.
Jacksonville 3 Columbia 0 Macon 0 Charleston 1 Savannah 0 Augusta 3 (It in nings).
Largest lot of ladies up-to-date trimmed hats in town includes pattern hats and silk chiffon with silk flowers. Hats worth as much as 5 dollars, our price 1.98. Fine goods 33 inches wide suitable for ladies pony suits and linen skirts priced at 25 cents per yard. Misses and children's trimmed hats also offered.
Allie May Robertson died from a brain abscess at 2 p m yesterday. She was the 3 4 year old daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Robertson of West Fifteenth street near Cobb avenue. Funeral at 3 30 this afternoon at Edgemont grave conducted by Rev Hamilton.
A spring tonic recipe is detailed, citing 4 oz Fluid Extract Bucha 1 oz Bulsa Mixture ½ oz Fluid Extract Gentian Compound and 15 oz water. The dose is a tablespoonful three times daily before meals. Any good pharmacy can prepare the formula at nominal cost.
Alabama Presbyterians host the Anniston Turks in a foreign mission game and welcome home material to boost the college team. The Turks will also face Talladega here next week on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Joe Miller, an African American man, entered a South Anniston home without permission and upset a hot stove in a drunken dispute. After resisting removal, he wrecked the stove and was fined 28.30 dollars in police court.
May 17 report says Harry Orchard remained shrouded in doubt after Gov. Gooding and several reporters visited the penitentiary for an Orchard interview about the Steunenberg murder. Orchard, 40, 5 ft 9 in, 190 pounds, claimed immunity for disclosures and identified Canada as his birthplace but gave no location.
Organic rocks are so called because they formed by action of life. Coral and chalk are classic examples, produced by organisms over geological time.
A renowned Chicago criminal lawyer kept by the Weelley relatives to defend a Western team accused of crime uses every legal tactic to delay and win appeals. Despite strong evidence, the case reaches the U S Supreme Court after lengthy litigation. In a jailhouse interview the defendant asks the lawyer what he would do if the Supreme Court rules against him. The lawyer replies I hope to go to heaven.
London Notes and Queries discusses early usage of gent and gemray terms. It cites Sir John Northcote notes and Lord Gray remarks about Hallford or Halford, tracing the cognate gemray back about a century.
The report records a barometer of 30.18 at 7 am and a temperature of 45. Precipitation shows none. East wind at 1 mph. highest temperature 78 at 2 pm. lowest 44 at 6 am. Forecast: fair and warmer tonight and Saturday with fair conditions. Official in charge Clareaf signs off.
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