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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1901
Page
9
The big tree remains youthful far beyond surrounding pines and silver firs. Some trunks reach millennia while others die from disease or accident. Leaves and essential organs renew yearly, allowing forests to endure until devastating events end their reign.
An American traveler notes Turkish customs officials halted a doll sent to Switzerland because it wore Turkish dress. She also recalls Persians carpets woven with the name Habibollah being refused for export since the name resembles Allah, deemed unfit to be trodden on.
The passage praises organized library furniture including a Roman style table with beneath shelves for proper book placement. It describes a small revolving stand atop the table for dictionaries and reference volumes, crafted in polished hardwood. It notes morocco bound blocks and a decorative leather revolving stand with brass handle that moves and folds for packing.
A short Victorian note from All the Year Round recalls Sir Humphry Davy’s eccentric dressing habits. It claims he wore multiple shirts and stockings to save time, and that at times he dressed slovenly. When fishing he wore green clothing to blend with vegetation.
Elias Howe Jr born in Spencer Massachusetts is celebrated with a large eight by eighteen foot sign on a bonusl in Spencer. The sign reads that Howe was born there and features a huge hand pointing toward his birthplace with the words Down In the valley below Eliis Howe Jr inventor of the sewing machine.
Sheriff I M W Woodruff announces a November 11 1901 election to ratify or reject a new constitution. The county election board appoints inspectors and returning officers for Beat 1 through Beat 19 plus vacancies to be filled by present inspectors.
A brief medical claim notes Foley's Howey and Tar as a remedy for colds and pneumonia symptoms. The item presents a promotional tone with no clinical data and cites no official endorsements.
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