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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1907
Page
4
The March 1907 issue shows a total number printed of 57 610 and a daily average of 2 216. FE B. McKer General Manager swore to the accuracy before Notary B. W. Ledbetter on April 1 1907.
The Seaboard Air Line must postpone its Anniston extension due to inability to secure funds as Alabama legislators restrict corporate financing. Southern Railway plans for several improvements also stall. engineers fear most statewide rail projects will halt or be limited to maintaining existing lines. Reform is hoped upon the legislature's reconvening to ease unreasonable restrictions while enforcing reasonable controls.
The piece notes Oscar Hundley faces resistance in securing a federal judgeship in Alabama. Despite backing from party powers, most of Hundley’s own party reportedly objects, while Senator Pettus protests the appointment. The will of the people may prevail, but Hundley could receive the post under protest.
The article notes the final resting place of Galusha A Grow within the mausoleum. It provides details about the resting place and the significance of the mausoleum as Grow's chosen burial site.
Built about 25 years ago in Arn Cemetery near Harford Susquehanna County Pa it is a Vermont granite mausoleum bearing Grow family names on its facades. A gray granite tablet inscribes the stanza from Gray's Elegy reputedly repeated by General James Wolfe on his Quebec field.
The Colored Teachers of the State plan their 26th annual association at Talladega College chapel starting April 10 for a three day program. The event is described as lengthy and interesting.
The miniature railway at Oxford Lake Park began operation last Saturday afternoon. The track runs from the boat house to the pump house about a quarter mile, with three passenger cars for 82 riders, drawn by a miniature engine with airbrakes and a whistle. It promises to draw many picnickers to the popular resort this season.
In Munford two Black residents, 80 year old Jack Pedigee and Camelia Shields, burned to death in a house fire. Authorities suggest Pedigee started the blaze. Talladega mayoral race reports a single candidate, C Oliver, for Tuesday’s election.
Dr. K R D Evans won the Lineville mayoralty this week. Councilmen chosen include J C Weaver J T Handley B H Moon and James A Smith. Talladega Medical Society named Dr J W Grimes and Dr D P Dixon delegates to the State Medical Association with Dr B B Warwick and W T Hutchinson as alternates.
Mr. Cleveland Denman, Misses Sue Bagley Vista Bagley Addie Boothe and Willie Leight Taylor were part of a group seen going out Monday morning according to the Jacksonville Record.
Jeff Angel of Route 4 becomes a new subscriber this week, in Jacksonville Record coverage of local readership growth.
A pavement brick found during sidewalk excavation for the Mellichampe building proves Jacksonville clay’s durability. Thirteen to fourteen percent thick, it started about four inches, yet remains solid as rock after more than sixty-five years. The Jacksonville Record urges a brick plant to capitalize on this enduring material.
A new company forms to construct a $25,000 oil mill at Ashland in Clay county with W. B. Wallace as president A A Northern as secretary and T T Wallace as superintendent.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills promising a hundred dollar reward for any deafness caused by catarrh that cannot be cured. Claims deafness stems from inflammation of the Eustachian tube and mucous membranes. Addresses Toledo, Ohio and lists price 75 cents for pills.
The Heflin New Era reports a bottling works will soon be established in Heflin bringing industrial activity to the town.
Local Masonic group in Heflin plans an Independence Day celebration with community activities marked by patriotic observances and local participation.
A London Chronicle excerpt recalls Nasreddin-Hodja as a wise fool who teases a bragging youth claiming no weaknesses. A distressed man pleads for help finding his donkey, and Nasreddin suggests the youths declared flawlessness would not help him recover it.
A St. Louis Globe-Democrat article explains the Gulf of Mexico as a storm prone region where hurricanes form near the Saragossa Sea, sweep toward West Indies and Mexico or Texas coasts, and produce dangerous tidal waves caused by wind pressure rather than true tides. Some surges allow escape, others cause drownings.
A Times-Democrat item recounts a humorous tale of an old farmer from St Louis who patented a hole after blowing dirt from a key with a breath. He built a factory producing millions of keys and holes daily, making wealth as the world used the clean keeping keys, though the patent later faded.
Vinol framed as a superior cod liver oil based tonic with iron, marketed as a powerful strength creator for the elderly, weak women, and after illness. Dr. endorsement cited and Scarbrough Drug Co guarantees satisfaction with refunds. Available through Scarbrough and other druggists nationwide.
A 19th century guide outlines four practical tests to tell genuine olive oil from cottonseed or peanut blends. Price cues suggest purity if a bottle costs around 80 cents to a dollar per quart, with high grade California oil commanding more. Color, taste, and a cold-clarity test provide additional indicators of adulteration or authenticity.
Town and Country urges caution with restored antiques and old mahogany for daily use. Reproductions aged enough to have glow are wise, and oak chairs and fittings suit dining rooms. Jacobean sideboards and hatracks existed, though not originally common, as shown by a dealer’s sale of a Jacobean hat and umbrella rack.
The article from New York Post outlines pantry setup and maintenance tips for servants. It emphasizes ample shelf space two side by side sinks nickel racks bright light and clean glass doors. It also covers linen drawers canton flannel dust protection and organized silver storage.
In society circles divorces are rare but separation by mutual consent grows more common each year. People maintain visiting lists with spouses who avoid meetings, yet there has not been an open breach. Temper is the usual cause, tied to the belief that the young marry before reaching discretion.
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