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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1916
Page
7
Column of humorous quips and editorial jibes from the Anniston Star and Alabama papers. Bits reference city life, weather, farming, fashion, and local figures with jests on inflation, gasoline, opera, and public virtue. Includes a sharp note on a Calhoun farmer's cotton plans and playful observations about local culture.
The Star lauds Woodstock Purnaces resuming operation and celebrates a new spirit of county cooperation. Plans include inviting James Mitchell, Seaboard’s W J Harahan, and extending streetcar lines while boosting cotton and pig iron outputs to meet global demand.
A civic minded piece argues newspapers must serve the city by publishing news that benefits the public and suppressing stories that would harm the town’s image. It notes editors balance ethical constraints, public sentiment, and the cure of civic harms through selective reporting.
The article extols Anniston as a premier southern city of culture highlighting refinement, mental and moral development, and physical improvement as core to civilization. It asserts Anniston’s enviable standing among cultural communities and notes visitors’ impressions of local interests.
The piece highlights Anniston’s debating clubs and societies as engines of education and public betterment. It notes active member involvement, the social vibrancy at meetings, and the city’s schools churches and educated communities, portraying Anniston as cultured and forward looking.
A discussion on pervasive selfishness across ages and roles. It critiques self centered behavior in youths and parents, notes mothers sacrificing time for daughters, and highlights chronic invalids and servitude in families. The piece frames selfishness as a sin combining robbing time, coveting, gluttony, envy, and sloth.
A sermon interprets Pauls claim that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners without exception. It warns many die unsaved as papers report daily deaths, urges personal acceptance of salvation, and notes the humility of Paul as chief of sinners as motivation for faith.
The speaker declines further speeches after an April 29 address before the Chicago Bar Association. Pressure grows to hear Col. Roosevelt in Des Moines Kansas City Denver and other large midwest cities. The planned trip mirrors Wilson's recent preparedness tour in the same region.
The report outlines the aim and scope of a new Y M C A project focusing on religious and physical development. It notes competing towns Huntville Selma and Jackson Tennessee already have multiple associations with facilities valued at $60 000 or more. Two five member committees were appointed one to plan finances and the other to organize membership.
The article reports a Zeppelin raid on eastern counties last night and notes one airship was brought down near the mouth of the Thames and captured by British patrol boats.
A dispatch from M Goulbeff reports the hospital ship Portugal was sunk in the Black Sea. Among the missing are Count Tatistieheff, a Red Cross delegate, a Red Cross doctor, Baroness Meyerndorff, fourteen other sisters of charity, fifty Russian medical staff, and twenty nine French crew. The Portugal carried 273 aboard and 158 were saved.
Gerald King Parker leaves Southern Railway Company after years with the firm and joins O H Parker & Co. The transition marks Parker’s shift to a new role within the Parker business group.
Mervin Stefhe of the Traders National Bank Birmingham visits family today as part of a personal trip. He is cited as meeting relatives during his stay in the city.
Several missing items are noted: a pocketbook with $5.50 near EB Bt and the Coop on Constantine Ave. a black brooch with forget me not and small pearl center. a silver mesh bag with small change and receipts between 11th and Moore and Huserl Bros. Contact numbers and rewards offered.
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