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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1906
Page
5
Correction on a previous report states the pole where Mr A L Gann fell was not owned by Anniston Electric and Gas Co but an old private telegraph pole. The item lists local business ads, lodge meeting results, real estate, court house repairs, and a police court fines tally, plus store promotions and theater plans in Anniston.
Anniston Trading Co announces a large enamel ware sale at 10 cents each with exhibits at City Hardware Company. A parlor courtesy to Manager Keen of the Alabama hotel is noted for its generosity. Court actions include murder cases set for late October and a case against Pink Boyd for concealing stolen goods.
Miss M Gaffney world renowned artist arrives in the Model City for a one week display in the City Hardware Company store on Noble Street. The exhibit features Battenburg, Roman cut work and Kensington pieces including two $500 a pair curtains and a range of tapestry etchings and centerpieces.
The seller notes higher cotton prices but keeps groceries shoes and dry goods at low prices with fresh Heinz pickles and new mince meat. He asserts goods are pure under the pure food law and urges customers to buy the best at the same price as adulterated items elsewhere.
Mary Russell Mitford, famed English authoress, won a £20,000 prize from an Irish lottery on her tenth birthday after selecting number 2224. The tale chapters her family’s London struggles and the lucky draw. It also notes milk consumption in Turkey and a yogurt-like fermentation called yaghoun.
An old advertisement asserts the safety and merit of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for children. It claims worldwide reputation for curing coughs, colds, and croup and states it is safe to administer to little ones. Sold by J. L. Wise.
The article explains Calumet as an Indian word not known to tribes described. It notes Norman roots meaning general pipe and cites various names for the pipe of peace among Iroquois, Algonquins, Winnebago, and Dakota peoples.
Submerging the Isthmus of Panama and adjacent territory would reroute the equatorial current into the Pacific and prevent the Gulf Stream from entering the Atlantic, dramatically changing Western Europe’s climate.
A jeweler would not steal watch jewels as they are valueless, costing only ten cents each. Antique watches held costly jewels, while modern watches rarely exceed a value of 15 dollars per gross.
A ghost story recounted by a crew member where a narrator asks a ghost if the rise is general or if it wanders from its grave. The lines evoke a liminal, humorous exchange blending dialect and folklore elements.
A concise aphorism attributes human flaws to internal inconsistency. The quote notes that wavering behavior exposes our weakest attribute, highlighting self-conflict as a fundamental flaw in humanity.
During the 1847 famine era the government planned a Galway to Ballina navigation via Lough Corrib and Lough Mask. A Cong canal was built to reach Lough Mask creating jobs, but the canal proved waterless due to the district dock being porous and overlooked.
A tortoise in an English kitchen hibernates in a coal cellar and awakens to a startled cook who misinterprets the creature. The cook exclaims he has broken the coal with the winter torpor, revealing a humorous domestic mishap.
The Boston Herald notes that craps may derive from the French creeps or the English game kraba. It cites Beseherelle claiming dice games from England, explains the name was spoken when 2 8 11 or 12 were rolled on first cast, and observes dictionaries give little illumination of the subject.
A Philadelphia Record summary notes that German naturalist K Letnemann counted eye facets in beetles. Larger beetles tend to have more facets, with little permanent sex difference though exceptions exist such as Lampyris splendjimala where the male has 2500 and the female 500. A species is recorded with 24008 facets. Active forms show more facets than sluggish ones.
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