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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1909
Page
2
Frank Murphy of Iron City, long ill with typhoid fever, has recovered enough to sit up. During his illness his wife died, a fact kept from him by the attending physician until recently. when he learned the news he wept as he comforted his motherless children.
In Turin the government plans a criminological museum. Courts will send corpora delicti to Turin, formerly sold or destroyed. Prof Lombroso and Prof Cesare Longrose will select instructive objects for exhibition for criminology students.
A wry reflection on joy and prosperity from an Atlanta Constitution flavor text. The narrator jokes that seeking happiness can lead to trouble yet remains a worthwhile risk, citing a country proverb about human nature and the lure of prosperity.
The saying notes that financial harmony in a household depends on joint care for earnings and expenditures. It emphasizes equal diligence from wife in spending as husband in earning for home prosperity.
A Baltimore woman emerges as a contender for legislative honors in a local political race. The candidate’s platform and community support signal a notable bid in the upcoming election season.
Berlin residents await the trial of William Schack a Reichstag member from Jena district after his arrest on morality charges. Under the pseudonym Iriple he advertised for an affinity a young girl answered and alerted the public prosecutor Schack claims the matter concerns his wife Mrs Schack an invalid who had given consent his supporters seek to prove him insane.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on October 13 a dignified gathering of about fifty Army of the Cumberland veterans opened their annual reunion. General Gates P Thurston of Nashville presided as president. The two day session features reminiscences of war days and visits to Missionary Ridge Chickamauga and nearby sites. Congressman Washington Gardner of Michigan will deliver the annual oration at the Auditorium tonight.
Miss Marie Irvin of Boise Idaho has won the contract to decorate and furnish the governor’s new official mansion. The award marks one of the few such contracts won by a woman in the United States. Irvin studied art in Boise and Chicago then returned to Idaho a year ago and decorated the last inaugural ball, leading to this commission. She favors simple design and refined artistic expression.
Reports from Florida indicate disquieting damage from the gale with possible heavy fatalities in the lower Keys. A thousand Florida East Coast Railway workers are unaccounted for and twenty miles of roadbed washed away. The Southern Pacific liner Antilles, carrying Governor Sanders, went aground but passengers and crew are safe.
A Springfield North Carolina merchant recounts dire diagnosis given to his son as consumption with hopeless prospects. After three weeks on Dr King s New Discovery the boy recovers fully and the remedy is promoted as infallible for coughs and lung diseases. Available at local druggists for 50 cents and one dollar.
A brief notice suggests a likely want advertisement relating to an unusual item or service and implies its appearance in this issue. The reader is invited to expect further details if desired.
Yarmouth features Kitty Witches row as the narrowest street in the world with an entrance of twenty nine inches at one end and fifty six inches at the other. Neighbors can shake hands and reach across the street to exchange candies. The town has 145 rows totaling over seven miles, with Kitty Witches noted as the most interesting and narrowest.
Pope Pius and King Emmanuel protested as Francisco Ferrer was shot at Montjuich for inciting Barcelona riots last summer. The firing sparked fears of revolution and endangers King Alfonso. Spain and Europe tremble as protests spread, with 20 000 workers marching on the Spanish embassy in Rome and troops pushing them back.
A cautionary note warns careless boatmen of back pains lung symptoms and river dangers. It promotes Electric Bitters as a remedy quoting J R Blankenship of Belk Tennessee who claims a 50 cent bottle cured his weak kidneys and backache.
A globe trotter recounts dining in Vancouver where a Japanese waitress prioritized him over two Canadian women. He explains Japanese views of gender place the man above the woman, noting he received the largest portions as a man.
The piece notes New York in 1837 hosting about thirty first class hotels mostly near City Hall Park with a total capacity around 6,000. Visitors numbered about 20,000, and strangers frequently wandered city streets seeking nightly lodging. Only three hotels followed the European plan. rates ranged from 2.50 to 350 dollars weekly.
Miss Pearl Nolen was shot in her home Sunday afternoon by R. A. Foster and remains alive but in serious condition. Foster fled and has not been captured. The assailant and Nolen had a prior dispute and Foster, thought to be drinking, fired as she hid behind a bystander. Foster formerly lived in Anniston and now has a wife and children in Montgomery.
The Vienna municipal council approved a program for Schiller's 150th birthday observance on November 10. Schools will close. the Schiller monument will receive flowers and a council wreath, and a city representative will place a wreath at Schiller's Marbach birthplace. Memorial exercises will be held at the Rathaus and tablets placed in schools.
A fragmentary dialogue aboard a circus outing shows three women explaining how they paid for admission. One says she sold rags, another helped by digging a garden, and the third awkwardly hedges about obtaining a half dollar. The discussion hints at a recent divorce and a plan to buy a Sunday shoe from a pawnshop if funds arise.
The Alabama Commercial and Industrial Association met today at noon in the Chamber of Commerce auditorium. Delegates from every commercial body in the state gathered to promote statewide cooperation and advance local interests. After a business session they dined in the Chamber lunch room and christened the new building, then planned a group visit to the State Fair.
M L Bingham of Princeville Ill refused amputation and trusted Bucklen’s Arnica Salve to treat gangrene that had eaten eight toes. Doctors warned of death but the salve healed his foot. Available for 25 cents at local druggists West End Drug Co Elam Ordway Houser and Scarbrough Drug Co.
Dr Gustave le Bon argues Hertzian waves could become key to universal peace if controlled and concentrated. He warns that such waves might also be weaponized, and cites a Paris Matin claim that a parallel wave transmitter would end war, requiring colossal parabolic mirrors ten thousand yards high.
N H Brown of Pittsfield Vermont touts Dr Kings New Life Pills as essential family medicine. Advertises for chills constipation biliousness or sick headache with a 25 cent price at Houser Scarbrough Drug Co.
Milwaukee enters the bid race to host the next Republican national convention with municipal officials pushing a competitive plan and local business support targeting the event's economic impact and prestige.
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