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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1901
Page
7
A fragmented OCR line mentions Ofale B Jorma and an institution labeled Ochool with a cursive reference to a president or official named W. Daugeite. Punctuation and capitalization are inconsistent, but the fragment seems to hint at a school or organizational heading.
I M W Woodruff sheriff of Calhoun County Alabama announces an April 25 1901 election at all voting places to decide on a constitutional convention and to elect fifty five delegates at large and two delegates per county. Returning officers and special deputies are named for poll protection and order.
The notice outlines Southern Railway schedules with No. 22 and No. 36 routes from Birmingham to New York via Atlanta and Washington. It mentions dining and Pullman services, vestibule trains, and stations including Selina, Chat'n'va, Knoxville, Birmingham, Birmingham to Danville, and Charlotte to Washington. Officials listed include TACK SON, FREEMAN, and GANNUN.
A long list of election beat numbers and their inspectors and returning officers is presented for an upcoming vote. Vacancies are to be filled by inspectors present on election day. The notice is signed by Probate Judge Emmett F. Crook Circuit Clerk I E Watson and Sheriff M W Woopruff. The ANNISTON STEAM LAUNDRY ad at Noble Street promotes mail or phone orders.
A Bangor Maine letter to the New York Sun profiles gum hunters who roam October woods with poles knives snowshoes dogs blankets and climbers. They track spruce gum by scarred trees climb high to extract resin and rival crews silently claim rich areas earning up to 3 to 8 dollars a day and 100 to 800 dollars per season through solitary hard work.
Guests were settled at tables while waiters in full dress moved about. A club leader unfolded a new two dollar bill, tore it in half for a joke, kept one half in his vest, and gave the other to a waiter with a quip about payment after dinner.
The playwright David Belasco recalled a trick to test a manager's reading habits. He sent a roll of blank paper tied with red ribbon and, two weeks later, revealed the blank pages to show the manager had not read the work. The prank exposed the manager's lack of effort and produced a comic moment.
In a Chicago Tribune quote the ostensible head of the family notes a book agent selling an etiquette guide claimed to teach good behavior in six lessons. He dismisses the idea as a humbug saying real instruction takes years.
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