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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1907
Page
7
A nostalgic ad touts Arbuckles Ar iola Coffee as genuine and well ground at home. It promises adherence to the National Pure Food Law Guarantee No. 2041 filed at Washington, contrasting it with bulk store blends.
Notice of mortgage sale by J W D Hopper and R A Hopper. The property, a ten year old mouse colored mare mule named Rody, will be sold at Oxford Alabama on June 22 1907 to the highest cash bidder between legal hours. J F Smith Whitson and Harrison Attorneys for Mortgagee.
The notice lists round trip rail tickets from San Francisco to Los Angeles for 65.30 and to Norfolk, Va for the Jamestown exposition. Tickets available June 7 to 14, final return by August 1, with stopover privileges west of the Mississippi. Homeseekers’ excursion to the West runs June 4 to 18 with 30 day return. Contact H P Salter, J K Lanning, and local agents in Anniston Birmingham Louisville for details.
Public school pupils may pick up reports tomorrow afternoon at 2 o clock at Leighton avenue school. The circuit court docket opens June 17 with many cases due for return.
H L McKee financial agent for the Talladega orphans home spoke at the First Presbyterian church in the presence of Rev A C Brown. He gathered support from the Model City for the home during yesterday morning’s events.
In New York many first time dressmakers faced questions about diplomas. A worker recalls borrowing credentials to reassure customers and suggests framing a diploma like a doctor’s to earn trust from wary patrons. Even skilled sewers sought printed proof of experience to combat complaints about incompetence.
A hotel clerk recalls how several traveling men leveraged illness and a staged accident to secure priority room assignments from a waiting list. The first man claimed stomach trouble, the second said sleep had been broken by a sleeper car accident, and a third cited a supposed internal injury after a horse incident.
A New York Press excerpt explains how to stop a runaway horse with calm, decisive action. The officer says grab the bridge of the neck and hold on as the horse slows, stressing perseverance over violence as a guiding principle, echoing Plutarch’s line on perseverance.
A humorous quote from the Houston Post notes a woman drives major life change for a man and gains a lot in return, reflecting social shifts in relationships and finance.
Board your horse at Donahoo and Co. stable where animals are well fed and well cared for by an experienced staff ensuring proper attention and grooming.
In Forth barony County Wexford peasants with whitewashed cottages follow a unique funeral rite. Two wooden crosses are placed along the road to the cemetery with prayers at a roadside hall. After burial one cross rests in a hawthorn bush and the other at the head of the grave, a practice dating back generations.
A stockbroker, asked about his father's age, quips that he is quoted at eighty but could reach par and possibly rise to a premium. The comment plays on financial terms to humorously imply aging.
Mr Heamley asks Miss May for a kiss and she gently rebuffs saying she would be mad to let him. The exchange highlights playful romance and the witty tone of the scene.
The State of Alabama Calhoun County Justice Court case Pete Morris versus Frank Williams attaches the defendant's estate by garnishment, served on Woodstock Iron and Steel Corp. Williams, a non resident, is notified of the levy and attachment pendency as of May 25 1907.
Justice Court of W. T. Edmondson notifies M. J. Collier a non resident defendant of a garnishment attachment levied May 7 1907 against his estate in the Western Steel Car and Foundry Company. The notice states the attachment pendency and directs acknowledgment of the levy.
Three young women craft decorative passe partout pictures by mounting magazine and ad cuts on cardinal backgrounds under glass. They trim figures with a sharp knife, creating silhouettes that glow against bold crimson card, transforming ordinary images into striking keepsakes. Plate glass and uniform card colors enhance the effect.
The article notes uncertain origins of the cross bun and cites an early superstition tied to Good Friday bread. It mentions a practice where a family kept the bread for a year and used grated crumbs in water as a supposed remedy for any ailment, a claim attributed to the Leeds and Yorkshire Mercury.
A West End diner vented at a waiter over a cutlet claim calling it beneath a calf’s status in the British Empire. The waiter apologized, saying he did not mean to insult the patron.
In Cunten on Lake Thun a natural tree fountain endlessly flows from a high spout. Water from a spring was routed through a shaft into a cut poplar trunk rammed in the ground. The trunk rooted and branched, creating a remarkable top growth over about twenty years.
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