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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 25, 1906

Page

7

The Cleanest Cheapest Fuel for Grates and Bases

An advertisement touts the cleanest and most satisfactory fuel for grates and bases, promising low price and high efficiency for home heating needs.

Parlor Market opens at 115 West Tenth Street

A new up-to-date market has opened at 115 West Tenth Street drawing patrons with clean equipment expert management and a wide Swift brand meat selection. Proprietor J E Ford, formerly with Armour & Co, offers specialty delicacies and urges customers to visit and become regulars. Phone 523.

West Tenth Street Swift J. E. Ford Armour & Co Anniston

A Faroe Reformer Finds Rift Between Change and Custom

The Faroe islanders cling to old ways while one Strome man, a former Copenhagen-trained cabinetmaker, blacksmith in New South Wales and Danish sailor, returns home as a cautious innovator. He roofs with slate, urges cleaner water, and advocates outdoor fish-oil boiling, yet faces wary locals. When told women ride bicycles in England, he fears the world may end soon.

Faroe Faroe Islands Faroes Iceland Strome Copenhagen New South Wales Sleswick-Holstein England

Shakespeare on Responsibility in Life and Literature

Martha Baker Dunn in Atlantic argues Shakespeare portrays life through cause and effect and stresses individual responsibility. She notes moral consequences of actions, cites Macbeth and King Lear motifs, and concludes true courage shapes character while cowardice leads to ruin.

Shakespeare Denmark Macbeth Bosworth Field Richard Regan Goneril Martha Baker Dunn Atlantic

Unclear dialogue on inheritance and household needs

A housekeeper mentions a brother who died in California left $1,000 for Dinah. The washwoman mocks the idea, listing fanciful items and dress, ending with a laugh about obtaining them.

California Dinah Missis Phonograft Puck

Quote on private affairs versus public duties

Lord Meldbourne cautions that individuals struggle more with private matters than public duties, suggesting personal governance is harder than public service. The remark highlights self discipline as key to handling private life alongside public roles.

Lord Meldbourne

Lucky Postmistress Hails New Life Pills Remedy

A Cary Maine postmistress Mrs. Alexander reports Dr King s New Life Pills keep her stomach liver and bowels in perfect order. The drug is sold by West End Drug Co Elam Ord way Houser druggists at 25 cents with a guaranteed satisfaction claim.

Hammond sails to Brooklyn to join Louisiana at Navy yard

Talladega native and Annapolis graduate Mr. Phil H Hammond passes through Anniston en route to Brooklyn where he will report for duty on the new battleship Louisiana. He is visiting his sister Mrs Dr F E Gordon. streets in town show plowing work ahead of paving.

Phil H. Hammond Talladega United States Naval Academy Annapolis Anniston Brooklyn Louisiana Hammond F. E. Gordon

Winter’s arrival ends warm spell with profit and laughter

A notice urges laying in winter supply as a cool snap ends autumn warmth. It endorses a performance titled A Thoroughbred Tramp with a strong plot and cast, predicting lasting appeal and prosperous seasons ahead for the show and its backers.

Convicted Killer Will Fleming Sentenced Eight Years

Will Fleming, a Black man, was found guilty by a City court jury yesterday in the murder of Jule Tice. The judge recommended an eight year sentence.

Ray Magby Bar of Justice Will Fleming Jule Tice

Marsh's Big Drug Store Ad Promotes Sundries

An advertisement promotes drugs druggists sundries and notions at Marsh's large establishment located at No 911 Noblest, highlighting a broad selection for customers.

Marsh

Sam Coast in Her Own Way Character Study

A critique notes Clyde Fitch portrays Sam Coast as a villain who exploits weakness to force crime and break the sister of the ruined man, highlighting the play’s moral conflict and the actor’s performance.

Sam Coast Clyde Fitch

Birth of a Daughter to Mr and Mrs Patman

A 9 pound girl was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Patman. The advance sale of seats for Her Own Way presented tonight here is the largest since The Clansman played here last year. Several parties from neighboring towns will come to the show.

B. L. Patman

History on a Watch Face

The article notes Mesopotamian use of the number 12 as base due to four divisors and explains how twelve hours cover day and night. It cites Belgian astronomer Housean arguing for decimal time division and describes how sundial and stellar progress shaped our clock faces.

Housean Mesopotamia

Bankes the horse trainer of London and Rome fame

In 1600 London buzzed about Bankes, servant to the Earl of Essex, who trained a horse to count and climb a cathedral. Sir Walter Raleigh lauded him as surpassing all enchanters. Bankes and his horse were burned as witches in Rome.

London Bankes Earl of Essex Sir Walter Raleigh

A Possible Exception in a School Rib Lesson

A high school physiology teacher asks a student how many ribs he has. Charles replies he does not know, and attributes the confusion to being long waisted. The exchange ends with the teacher prompting again.

Charles

Ben Butter Retort Returns to Courtroom Lore

An old lawyer recalls General Ben Butter as a terror to judges. He recounts a moment when Judge Sanger, frustrated, asked the counsel what Tam on the bench was for, and Butler quips that the judge has him stumped.

Ben Butter Sanger Tam Butler

The Secret of the Maple Sap Flow

Dr. Ix M Wiegand explains in the American Naturalist that maple sap flow is not caused by gas or wood expansion but by temperature effects that alter osmotic permeability in pith ray cells. A rise above freezing increases flow while non crossing fluctuations do not.

Ix. M. Wiegand

To Cure Rheumatism with Dr Shoop’s Remedy

Cure rheumatism by cleansing the system from the poison that causes it. Dr Shoop’s Rheumatic Cure is the only way learned physicians endorse for relief and cure. Tablets are convenient and economical. Begin today for lasting results. Sold and recommended by J L Wikle.

Nothing New Under the Suan and Early Inventions

Alfred Lang recalls astonishment at a cornet solo recorded on tin foil wrapped around a brass cylinder powered by a weight and butterfly regulator. He links it to an eighteenth century Paris Academy machine like a typewriter with ivory keys, built by Leroy of Versailles under Louis XIV.

Edison Journal Des Savans Academy of Sciences of Paris M., Leroy Versailles Horlogeur du Roy Louis XIV Alfred Lang Engineering Magazine

Beads From Shipwrecks Mark Scilly Shores Across Centuries

In an essay from Harper's, Robert Shackleton recalls royal grants of wrecks and the Scilly Islands tale of a bark carrying beads that wrecked 200 years ago. The ocean remains generous, tossing beads ashore intermittently as islanders search anew.

Henry I Scilly Robert Shackleton Harper's

Beard or love doomed A. in Liverpool tale

A Liverpool paper portrays A. forced to grow a beard to ward off pneumonia, courting a woman who won’t marry unless he shares “What.” The contemporary mocks the dilemma and suggests a crude solution: keep the beard and eat the woman.

Liverpool

The True Name of Love Is Friendship

A meditation on a love that evolves from longing to a shared quest for an ideal beyond self, defining friendship as the deepest form of love. The passage asks who has known this bond and suggests that true friendship transcends romantic desire.

Conversation Reveals Widow’s Housekeeper Departure

A dialogue between Schroeder and a widow reveals the widow’s housekeeper left after praised puddings. The widower comments her cooking was so splendid that he feared marrying her. The brief exchange hints at social and domestic tensions in a light domestic vignette.

Habit Drives Power in Social Control Says Brockton Times

A Brockton Times quote argues that those who control others wield influence through habits. It notes humans are swayed by routine and small beginnings grow into an unbreakable chain. The piece emphasizes how habit becomes a demanding master in shaping behavior.

Brockton Times

Distilled Water Weight Noted Near One Thousand Ounces

A Geubie foot of distilled water weighs very nearly 1,000 ounces. The statement appears as a curious measurement note likely tied to a historical or scientific context.

New York General Court Decrees Salted Hog Goods Rule

State historian notes amendments from the 1670 General Court of Assizes in New Yorke. It forbids bringing dead hogs into the city for sale or debt payment unless cash salted and packed as required by law, otherwise smoked or dried.

New York New Yorke

Maud and George discuss marriage disappointment

Maud asks if George is sorry to marry her. he says no he is thinking of all the nice girls he cannot marry. Maud reacts with horror as he reveals his thoughts about others.

Maud George

Happiness as a byproduct of noble deeds

The piece argues happiness cannot be pursued as a profession or sought directly. It arises incidentally as a reflex from doing noble work, suggesting true happiness follows virtuous action rather than deliberate pleasure seeking. Sue ceas Magazine.

Sueceas Magazine

Men Are Born to Succeed Not to Fail Thorean

A brief motto attributed to Thorean emphasizing resilience and achievement. The line frames a stoic stance on personal motive and perseverance without additional context or events.

Thorean

Birds of a feather do what adage lesson from a class

A master taught youngsters proverbs and asked for the saying Birds of a feather do what The first child spoke up with Lay eggs showing a humorous misunderstanding in a classroom scene.

Egas

Caring for the Dead Through Lasting Monuments

A plea urges timely action to honor departed loved ones with proper gravestones and grave markers. It warns that forgotten graves fade from memory and urges readers to arrange monuments within their means to prevent neglect.

Gas Coke Price Announcement for Anniston Delivery

Gas coke burners priced at 4.50 per ton delivered to Anniston. Contact EmItric and Gaboo for details via Telephone 109 and oc18 tf.

Anniston Electric & Gas CO Anniston Emitric & Gaboo

Boozer Firm to Discontinue After January 1 1907

Notice states the firm of D. M. Boozer will discontinue on January 1 1907 with all goods sold at sacrifice prices.

Southern Railway Pullman Service Highlights

Southern Railway announces through Pullman service from Birmingham to New York with vestibuled and sleeper cars, including dining and observation cars. The route runs via Birmingham Richmond Atlanta Washington and connects Chattanooga Salisbury and Jacksonville with multiple sleeping and dining options.

Washington & Southwestern Seiten New York Birmingham York Atlante Ahington Pullman Drawinang Greenville Asheville Ala Radford Chattanooga Chattan Salisbury Birmingham v Bromewick Atlanta Jacksonville Auguste Charleston Birm Atlante Weene Rene New York A

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