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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1916
Page
6
A collage of garbled quips, travel tidbits, and loosely related lines from various papers. It references Villa’s movements, the Sussex torpedoing, and assorted jokes about people and places. The text shifts among humor, political allusions, and local notes with scattered names and events.
A reflective piece notes that as people near life’s end they confront a sea of disappointments and unfulfilled years. It contemplates aging, regret, and the quiet toll of time on hopes and plans.
A reflective meditation on life as a sea voyage from youth's bright, idealized shores to the rough, predictive storms of experience. The piece contrasts imagined Lotus land happiness with real setbacks, urging endurance and steering toward an eventual harbor where dreams may be fulfilled.
The Star urges reinforcing Woodrow Wilson with another term to apply his proven diplomacy and leadership under normal conditions after the war. It argues his earlier election offered normal times and that his talents could have further advanced the country, predicting new postwar challenges and praising his readiness to meet them.
The article notes rising gasoline prices and reviews remedies from legislative controls to kerosene substitution and higher gasoline yields from crude oil. It highlights the Rittman cracking process as promising, with several plants under construction, aiming to boost yields and lower costs amid growing U.S. car use.
April is described as a tender mother of nature, awakening plants and birds, bringing hopeful rains and a renewed world. The piece praises April’s tears as life giving, soothing, and spiritually meaningful, citing Sir Walter Scott and concluding with Memphis Appeal’s reflection on nature and mercy.
In a letter to the editor of The Evening Star Dr. John W Abercrombie denies allegations of bias in reporting his Fourth District congressional bid. The exchange centers on editor Barrett and coverage of Muscle Shoals, the preparedness bill, and southern policy debates affecting Alabama and the South.
Hugh W. Roberts of Washington attacks Dr. Abercrombie in a March 30 letter, arguing the candidate misreads public sentiment in the Fourth district. He predicts Blackmon or Judge will win the next congress seat, condemning Abercrombie’s motives and long residency.
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