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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1909
Page
7
An old advertisement promises to cure a cold in one day using LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. It asserts a money back guarantee if it fails and features the E. W. Grove signature on each box priced at 25 cents.
A Washington Star quip contrasts precocious children with ordinary schooling. A tongue in cheek debate questions whether a person who pushes others to do as he wishes can truly be a scientist.
On a western railway train a noted anarchist explained to passengers that every citizen should act freely and that laws should be abolished. A leader of outlaws boarded the train and shouted Hold up your hands. This report appears in the New York Weekly with dramatic rhetoric about law and liberty.
A paraphrased reflection quotes James A. Garfield on territory as the body of a nation and its people as the living spirit. The statement links land, hills, villages, and soil to national identity and vitality.
Lucian recounts how Apollonius trained a physician from Abonotichus who mentored Alexander. They plied fortune telling with a tame giant snake impersonating Aesculapius, performing seances and prophecies to amass wealth and influence in Rome before the creature’s fate fades into history.
A Venetian glass manufacturer is said to be producing bonnets by the thousand. The glass fabric used has silk like sheen and color, and is water repellent.
The quote reflects on the value of beauty and sunsets if priced per head or announced with a drum before hawthorns bloom, pondering human fuss over nature's appeal. The tone is philosophical, wordplay about inflation of aesthetic worth and divine timing.
A brief dialogue feature notes a man saying he did not speak to a woman but listened, claiming to have made a big hit by letting her speak. The piece reflects a conversational aside captured by the Louisville Courier Journal.
The glass vacuum jacket designed by Lord De War in 1895 enabled experiments in liquefying air and gas, offering long lasting heat or cold retention. The device was not a mere novelty but a key scientific instrument of its time.
A compact history tracing aeronautics from early experiments through the modern era. It surveys pioneers, key aircraft milestones, groundbreaking flights, and evolving aviation theory in concise, accessible sections.
A southern sea port anecdote from Youth's Companion recalls a general barring all except his cow from a grass plot after milk shortage. An admiral’s wife cuts across, prompting the sentinel to remind, You’re not the general's cow, in a humorous clash of authority and propriety.
A reflection contrasts appeals to emotion with intellectual force. The author argues that reasoning rarely moves the head, while those who seek to persuade through intellect may resort to violence. The quote attributes a blunt method to those favoring head over heart.
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