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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1902
Page
7
Mrs McDonald of 477 Beaubien Street Detroit a noted speaker and supreme deputy of the Maccabees details her recovery from torpid liver and kidney trouble using Wine of Cardui. She writes urging other women to seek relief from the remedy as she did.
A former secretary to Edmund Clarence Stedman recalls Mary MacLane at a downtown lunch. She bets the waiter a quarter for the tip and then matches his subsequent coin, pockets it, and quips that things are done better in Butte.
Two German aeronauts Dr Mie the and Lieutenant Hildebrandt ascended from Tegel at 3 pm into a thunderstorm. The balloon rose to 7 200 feet then plunged, the car nearly level with the gas bag. Rain sleet and thunder deafened them. a beechen forest saved their lives.
The United States leads global insurance volumes, with life insurance in force totaling about $12 trillion and fire insurance risks around $20 million annually. Leslies Weekly cites figures showing roughly $160 of coverage per person and $1,250 per family, highlighting vast national assets in insurance.
The article notes land values peaking in 1880 in the north Atlantic states, with a marked decline over the past decade. In the south Atlantic and south central regions values peaked in 1860, fell after the Civil War, and have risen since. The western states saw rapid increases except for the last decade, attributed to a surge of cheap land released publicly.
The Emperor Menedek and Ras Ma konnen are shown acquiring Swiss chronometers via adviser M. Ig. The pieces vary by at most six seconds over two months. A remarkable chiming clock imitates Westminster’s St. Peter’s mechanism for the Negus and Empress.
Ernest Seton has spent twenty years noting every small fact of animal life. Many footprints come from wild animals, with Mrs Seton credited for obtaining most. She even entered a zoo cage with a keeper to coax animals to walk on paper so their tracks could be shown.
A Bloemfontein journal notes the second edition apology for the nonappearance of the first edition. The notice labels the delay as unfortunate and characterizes the situation as very Irish, reflecting a humorous London Express tone.
Major General John Gibbon recalls meeting General Fitz-Hugh Lee at the McLean house in April 1865. Lee, once a West Point cadet, presented a five dollar Confederate note inscribed for Mrs Gibbon, calling it the last cent he had in the world.
A South African correspondent describes Boer Commandant Kritzinger cleverly using English to mislead British forces in war. He rode to a blockhouse in an English captain costume with two orderlies claiming a midnight passage, causing a column to halt under heavy fire. The ruse ended with the astonished noncommissioned officer realizing the deception and the men cheering as he rode away.
At Beaucaire opening Booth Tarkington was called the famous Hoosier novelist by a Malaprop seeking a label. When asked why Hoosier she heard a reply that it means a gentle man from Indiana. Later she greeted Tarkington as the famous huckster at a reception, prompting amused acceptance.
A preface to a new Tolstoy Sevastopoli translation recalls a German translator’s bungled inscription to Anpa harecnina. The original Slavonic line "vengeance is mine, I will repay" becomes a quip about "Revenge is sweet, I will play the ace" in a humorous mistranslation.
Frederic Villiers notes a prominent Australian hotel sign urging guests not to use soap when washing as water is scarce, highlighting the severe drought conditions and conservation measures in place.
A Bangor brickyard record was set when ten men used a horsepower machine, same type in use for 25 years, to see how many bricks could be produced in ten hours. The result reached 46 000 bricks.
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