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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1902
Page
5
Furniture bargains urged as the Anniston City Furniture Company plans a move to Corner Nobles and 2th streets in about six weeks. The firm offers thirty days of reduced prices to clear current stock and invites customers to see the deals in person.
City notices report Hon. H. J. Bowie and Hon. O. D. Seaderon traveling to Beats 4 and 14 where Bowie will address audiences on current political issues. The item lists various ads including job notices, real estate offerings, foreclosures, and local business promotions from the Evening Star.
Local ad copy markets lime and superior cooperage products. The notice touts quantity discounts by the bushel barrel wagon load ton or carlogd and invites orders by phone or in person at 1046 Tooth Street Warehouse Westonnton Avuiston.
Southern railway offers round trip tickets at one first class fare plus fifty cents from all poles in Alabama. Also routes Atlanta to Rome Georgia, Columbus, and Meridian Mississippi with intermediate stations. Tickets on sale Oct 20 to Nov 1, with limit Nov 4. For details contact district agents J. Lusk or F. B. Jones in Birmingham.
Impounded stock taken on operation and impounded for running contrary to city laws will be sold at the city hall Friday Oct 24 1902 at noon for pound fee unless sooner claimed by owners and charges paid. Items include a red heifer calf a black sow several spotted pigs and boars with various marks all unmarked. F BRYAN Chief Police.
An odd anecdote from a ringmaster describes how even seasoned performers suffer nausea when a horse balks or runs late in the arena. The article notes clowns and ringmasters alike feel the queasiness when the ring action slows or misaligns with the act.
At a royal house Edmond About was seated beside the hostess before dinner when Count Nieuwerkerke approached. About quipped Go away and the princess ordered the servant to take him away and that he would not dine there tonight.
A Scotsman attends a funeral lasting two days. On the second day after drinking, he rises to propose a toast to the bride and groom. A friend warns him it is not a wedding but a funeral, to which the Scot replies that whatever it is, it is a grand success.
A voice from an upper landing confirms a domestic scene as a maid replies she is apt to be out when called. The exchange hints at a domestic setting and tone within the Cleveland Plain Dealer narrative.
The piece comments that while spending money can gain entry to politics a common saying notes that leaving office with money proves a successful politician. The Boston Transcript quote echoes the cynical view of wealth as a measure of political achievement.
Two women banter about appeal and inevitability in a playful exchange. The back and forth showcases flirtation and clever wordplay as they tease a shared confidant.
All lagoon and watering work for the World’s Fair is to be completed this fall. Macadam roads are being built throughout the grounds to prevent weather delays and keep construction on schedule.
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