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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
4
The piece advocates faster highway improvements to spur agricultural growth across Alabama and neighboring states. It notes rising road funding and anticipates a Merth Alabama Good Roads Association meeting in Birmingham. Delegates appointed by Judge E F Crook are urged to attend and push a broad speed roads crusade.
The piece explains why the painter depicted Moses with horns. It cites Jerome’s Latin Vulgate and the Greek Septuagint noting the word cornua meaning horned. Angelo aligned the image to reflect the biblical description of radiant, horned radiance.
A damaged excerpt explains shifts in soil science from a harshly degraded, sterile ground to understanding that soil hosts living organisms essential for fertility. It contrasts plant mineral nutrition with animal diets and notes the impact of microbial life on crop production.
A garbled bulletin from the Chicago Record-Tewald features a confused dialogue about an emu cheated of $20 and a horse injury, with stray phrases and broken sentences. The passage reads like overheard street chatter with no coherent event or identifiable figures.
A fragmentary 19th century note describes A Colombies, a Paris merchant, seeking revenge on a former sweetheart of Rauen. The will leaves a $6,000 legacy to a man who chose bachelorhood after refusing marriage about twenty years earlier.
A playful exchange between a bride and her friend about wives and letters surfaces in a letters anecdote. The chatter hints at witty remarks and a recovered attic trove of wedding notes.
Mr J C Street of the ferry, who bought the Gadsden and Co property for 31440, joins an Anniston syndicate. Street, once president of Queen City Bank in Gadsden, becomes a leading Anniston figure. The text notes a murder conviction with life sentence, and an accessory receiving ten years.
The Montevarlo Sentinel reports Ebert Powell, a Black man, lured into a woods by three Black assailants who robbed him and cut his throat. Powell died after naming his assailants. A posse pursued them. the trio was captured in Bessemer and jailed at Centerville on a serious charge.
The Elks drop plans for a street fair in Gadsden citing moral concerns. The community welcomes the decision after the grand lodge ban and belief the carnival would be demoralizing.
Mercury containing ointments can ruin smell and impair the body when absorbed. Do not use without a doctor’s prescription. Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo has no mercury and is taken internally to affect blood and mucous membranes. Buy genuine Hall's Catarrh Cure from Druggists for 75 cents per bottle. Hall's family Pills are the best.
Charles and Mel Martin faced trial in Columbiana last week for the murder of John W Pilgreen in Calera. The case, filed months earlier, focused on the defendants alleged role in the fatal shooting.
A compact opinion argues courage intelligence and health aid commercial success. learned professionals must add tact and business ability to win clients. It asserts eloquence wanes as juries tire and courts reverse cases due to fiery oratory.
Scrambled time stamps and stray characters show a disrupted timetable. The readable items include scattered entries such as 4.45pm 4.90pm 10 40am 2pm and 8am 2.20pm with partial references to Lupm and 1.40 pm.
Oscar P. Austin argues that Europe stopping purchases of U S wheat meat cotton and corn would exclude three-fifths of its wheat imports one-half of meats three-fourths of cotton and nearly all corn from world markets. He warns price spikes would follow if Europe cuts off these supplies and notes competition and ample supply keep prices low.
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