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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1901
Page
6
The piece promotes well fitting attire from Boyer in Anniston. It notes that smartly dressed men win with the fair sex and in business, claiming Boyer outfits are affordable and comparable to other options. New Fall stock is now in.
A Jacksonville Alabama school advertises a program to prepare teachers for state certificates. With demand for graduates exceeding supply, the board offers tuition free, eight per month for living expenses, now in its nineteenth year. Address CG W. DAUGETTE, President.
A timetable lists circuits and dates for the fourth round of quarterly meetings in Alabama towns including Talladega Anniston Oxford Munford Heflin Piedmont and Jacksonville White Plains with sessions from September through November. The notice also states the Model Laundry at 12th and Noble uses clear water and good seep as principles for washing clothes.
A young woman seeks a job at W M firm but delays for a funeral fund. A friend urges practical action and funds a suit, advising her to invest in hope and relocate for weeks. Six weeks later the once forlorn sister thrives after mountain air and new clothing.
A travel note describes Kaffirs and their foods with a girl crying over caterpillars, the writer declining to eat them, and a native later cooking and savoring the wriggling morsels like a boy enjoying a strawberry while the caterpillars glow green and fat on the page.
A naturalist explains deep sea fishes and mollusks survive three miles down due to loose tissues that let water pass through them equalizing pressure. The main death cause when surfaced is the removal of accustomed pressure. Sharks from depths over two miles reportedly die before reaching the surface.
The passage asserts evil spirits as the source of all illnesses for Mongolians, dismissing modern explanations like bad sewers or late nights as unworthy of consideration. It notes the final surrender of life when fate dictates, with calm acceptance by the afflicted.
The article recounts a 19th century witness test of the Lick telescope lens at Cambridgeport. Alvan Clark demonstrates how heat from a nearby hand causes visible light and polarization changes in the giant glass disk, highlighting the lens’s extreme sensitivity to external heat.
In London Jenny Lind, facing rival Grisi, faltered under a scornful gaze until she sparked a moving reply with a childhood prayer. The fellow singer Grisi then embraced Lind, kissing her as the audience watched in quiet wonder.
An elderly man at a distant relative’s will reading is surprised to learn a field is bequeathed to him and then the old gray mare in the same field goes to another. He interrupts the proceedings with the quip that the mare is eating his grass, drawing smiles from attendees.
The Denver Times recounts Tom Yaguell serving as justice of the peace in Alimpan the highest incorporated town in the country at 12,000 feet. He fined a disorderly character one dollar plus costs and the defendant threatened to appeal. The court denies the appeal saying this is the highest court in the United States and you can’t appeal.
A dialogue notes that a traveler George wrote daily letters while away, but a clever trick shows all missives were drafted in his office before departure. The clue: the typewriter’s broken letter e exposed the ruse.
A dialogue depicts a man arguing that damp conditions are a disadvantage yet he calls it an advantage. The exchange highlights a humorous take on fire safety by suggesting dampness reduces burn risk in a house.
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