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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1907
Page
4
The Chicago Record Herald argues that future newspapers will not grow larger despite technological changes. Readers tire of bulky daily editions and Sunday issues, driving a shift toward smaller, more compact papers with greater cogency. Publishers will follow this demand as costs and reader preferences push toward concise formats.
Annis residents buying Massachusetts calendars note April 19 as a legal holiday marking the Lexington confrontation, the first battle of the Revolutionary War. The holiday is recognized only in Massachusetts, not in other states.
The Interstate Commerce Commission and new rate law are discussed as regulations. The writer argues a Chicago to California fare should not exceed 53 dollars, noting Jacksonville is far closer yet costs 27.50. The piece suggests two cents a mile as a fair Eastern road rate.
The Anniston district exhibit at Jameston exposition is described as strong with surprising products. Exhibit managers and participants are urged to cooperate to ensure Anniston is properly represented and presented forcefully to visitors.
A foot bridge on Leighton avenue between Seventh and Eighth streets poses injury and city damage risk due to a deep ditch and calls for immediate repair. Postmaster Charles R. Barker earns praise for diligent service while awaiting appointment, with Democratic supporters backing his official duties over his campaign. A vacant Eighth Quintard lot hosts a long standing mud hole attracting frogs and potential health hazards unless drained or filled.
The Oxford B Y P U announces a meeting next Sunday at 7 45 with state BK Y PLU president Mr Wingfield of Birmingham attending. An appeal invites older people to support the youths in winning souls to Christ. Program items include songs readings prayers solos and papers by Miss Annie Howle Miss Mary Snow Mr Gua Miller Mr Thos J Wheeler Earl Carey and Miss Edna Farmer with H A Singleton guiding songs.
Special to the Star Washington April 18 The French decree switching to maximum duties for coffee from Porto Rico or any U S port jeopardizes trade. The State Department confirms France plans higher duties The United States uses little Porto Rican coffee Spain and France were primary buyers The Spanish war cut Spain’s demand and now France follows suit
The Florida senate, 23 to 5, adopts a joint resolution to declare the 11th and 15th amendments void and to disenfranchise Black citizens in Florida. Senator John Beard of Pensacola led the debate, arguing the amendments were irregularly adopted and thus invalid.
The true teacher must be ready to be forgotten and rise above praise. If he seeks recognition, he should quit teaching. A teacher serves pupils and truth, becoming a colorless conduit for knowledge. He must stay out of the spotlight and focus on imparting truth to awaken minds. Professor G. A1. Palmer to Atlantic.
Mrs Parke-T observes Mrs Way Cobb has been abandoned by her husband. Parke questions how to send congratulations and references New York Life in this terse note.
A compilation of humorous and moral snippets from The Scrap Book featuring Bobby’s clever fractions, a tale about circumstantial evidence with a custard pie, Seneca on poverty and death, an Atlantic liner vignette, and Little Ted Brown’s defiant habit with a quip about spitting.
An elderly woman with extreme deafness lived near the river and heard a warship fire a ten gun salute. After the roar ceased she calmly smoothed her dress and invited visitors with a cheerful Come in. The tale appeared in Harper's Weekly.
The essay argues against moral legislation that abridges liberty and warns that punitive laws fail to deliver real morality. It cautions against envy toward wealth and insists on wise, justice-driven policy that respects natural economic laws and the role of capital, urging legislation for general welfare. It stresses avoiding class hatred and preserving productive enterprise to sustain prosperity.
Hannis Taylor argues that large gifts threaten republic life by shifting public direction with immense wealth. He warns money can distort values, destroy ideals, and push universities toward material science and wealth production, eroding intellectual and cultural foundations.
President J G Schurman of Cornell argues monopolies exist in some industries and oppress the public with high prices. Remedies include removing tariff advantages for trusts and enacting stricter regulation to prevent price discrimination across regions to crush rivals.
A San Francisco visit by an Irish contractor and his father from rural Ireland highlights cultural contrasts. The father tours the Presidio and Kearny’s sights, marveling at officers quarters and the cook shanty, as the sundown gun echoes a rising wonder at American life.
A Chicago attorney known for offbeat remarks questioned a plaintiff’s witness in a divorce suit. He urged the witness to repeat alleged slanderous statements and then to whisper them to the judge, prompting her shocked response.
Four year old daughter of a minister friend received a wooden washtub and board for Christmas. She had heard her father talk of washing sins away and joyful fatefully proclaimed, Now I can wash all my sins away.
A waiter explains portion sizes vary by seating area to a customer. The exchange reveals a restaurant ad tactic: customers by the window receive larger portions, used as a sales ploy credited to Szutok.
A Catholic Standard and Times reader quotes a mother remarking that she cut down her husband’s suit for her son, only to find it still too large, with the boy responding in a light, economical tone about the roomy pants.
A Washington Star quote contrasts praise and appraisal in politics with Senator Sorghum noting influence rests on appraisal more than praise. The wry line highlights perception of a public figure's impact and the shifting value of praise versus appraisal.
Sam Sunflower confronts Peter Persimmon about his treatment of his wife. Persimmon keeps her in pin money to fund purchases of rolling pins for threats, as described in a Baltimore News item.
A humorous captioned note from Harper’s Weekly jokes about overexposure in photography and the care needed to avoid fogging photographic plates.
A Humphrey gas instantaneous water heater is praised as the right choice for efficient hot water in suitable settings and optimal performance when conditions demand speedy heating.
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