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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1902
Page
7
A humorous reminiscence unfolds as a weary shopper recalls chaotic city shopping and a peaceful stint at the East Norley General Emporium. A vendor wrestles with ribbons and tools, joking about repairs and delays, ending with a wish to shop there each Christmas season.
Practical notes on orchard grouping by variety and soil use, water guidance for pot plants, and irregular border planting. Advice on drainage with broken crockery, plus a New York lawyer anecdote about a $10 debt and a $20 sue offer from a scornful client.
In a Brooklyn Life quip a husband tells a friend he has no room for his books as the storage room is reserved for his wife. He adds she stores things that are too poor to destroy yet scarcely useful.
A Philadelphia Press item notes Mrs Subbuba telling her husband she rushed to town for shopping and money shortage. A Boston Transcript quips about Stavers and Iron Howes, highlighting sharp, witty back-and-forth exchanges typical of the era.
The Atlantic excerpt argues vice stems from inattentiveness and thoughtlessness rather than ignorance. Immediate appetites create strong nerve impulses, while distant consequences echo as faint memories, making short term gratification seem more real than long term outcomes.
A traveler with a white rose visits a cabin where a grieving couple tell of their missing daughter who wandered into a rose thicket. The wife, now mad, believes the roses hid the child and tramples the rose the traveler wears.
Robert Pinkerton recalls a Chicago office episode where a noted criminal, seizing a snuffbox snatched from the desk, attempts to blind Pinkerton. The elder Pinkerton returns with a revolver ready and the crook jokes that the nose wins this time.
Saddler Lime, a droll north Scotland figure, relates a rural shop dream to a neighbor. He described seeing his wife fly to heaven with large wings, and his attempt to shoo her back was to clap his hands and cry, fearing she would never have another chance.
An Irishman visiting America and admiring Niagara Falls exclaims that nothing in the old country compares to the sight yet notes there is nothing to hinder it. His friend asks his opinion, and Pat responds with a humorous remark about the fall.
Dialogue set with Clarence lamenting money and Uncle Henry offering a wish for common sense. Clarence notes everyone desires what they lack, reflecting a moral exchange from a Boston Treapacrt item.
A damaged excerpt shows a lines of affectionate phrasing and a request for money or a gift. The speaker references memories of past romance and hints at a financial request or payment. The text is incomplete, with garbled phrases and missing context.
A Monte sane Independent piece argues that licensing fools would reduce other taxes and preserve a government surplus. The columnist suggests a "single tax" policy as a solution to financial strains.
A reflective aphorism notes the fool’s preoccupation with debts of life while the Wise figures collect interest on the burden. The piece also muses on the paradox of kind grandmothers serving as mother-in-laws in social life.
A fragmented quotation mocks gender roles and wealth with a line about a boy’s first pants triggering a mother’s sense of two men in the house. The quirky aphorism ties philanthropy to domestic life in a cryptic, old voice.
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