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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1901
Page
8
Mr M. and Miss Fanote Palmer were married at 3 PM this afternoon at the Palmer home on Gurnee and Fourteenth Streets. The bride, from Piedmont, moves to Selma with her conductor husband. The couple left at 3 54 for Piedmont then will settle in Selma. Mrs V L Adams returns to Birmingham after weeks with her daughter.
Studiosis will meet with Mrs. 8 J Bowie next Saturday afternoon May 4 at oclock instead of Thursday as previously announced. Mr M F McCarty and Miss Maggie McCarty went to Birmingham for the May Festival concert tonight. Mrs J M Watson and children of Savannah Tenn returned home after visiting relatives in Oxford and Dallas GA. Mrs 8 BF Scoggins arrived from Dallas to visit son G A Scoggins. Mrs George A Newman of Rome is with her parents. Miss Kila Baer left for Calera to visit sister Mrs W F Ross.
Mr. Gus House was shot Saturday evening at his Oxford home by W. M. Johnedu and later in critical condition. Joe House, his brother, said Gus did not want Johnson arrested unless death followed. The House family is well known countywide and the tragedy is broadly deplored.
Chas Ellis of Lisbon Ta repaired a washed down telegraph line in icy water and suffered a severe cold. Doctors in Oakland and nearby cities warned of consumption, but after using Dr King’s New Discovery he was cured in six bottles. Elam Drug Co sells it 50 cents to 1.00 with free trial bottles.
Beginning October 7 the Choctaw Route will run three trains daily between Memphis and Hot Springs Arkansas. Double daily service reaches Indian and Oklahoma Territories with connections to Southwest Missouri Kansas Texas and the West.
An old advertisement promotes Ken Antt’s Chocolates as a cold remedy for head congestion and sore throat titled One May Cold One. The claim centers on a chocolate lozenge with quinine marketed to relieve symptoms.
Deputy Sheriff G. M. Edwards was killed Sunday night while pursuing warrants for Dock Adams and Ben Jones across the river. A shotgun blast through a door killed him. a posse hunts for a suspect with potential lynching rumors. He leaves a wife and two children.
The case J. P. Leyden versus C. J. Houser was settled to mutual satisfaction this morning in circuit court.
Mr. Alf Truitt visited from Atlanta yesterday and Mr. W H Clark returned from Cedartown. Mayor H L Stevenson of Jacksonville arrived for a visit, while Rev S L Harris left for Atlanta after staying with Mr J M Barge. Mr W P Shepard of Boston visits the local plant with Mrs Shepard staying at Noble Institute.
Bargain sale of a second hand organ at Forbes' Wausie store. Must be sold. Also an attractive line of spring suit samples from $20. J. N. Boyer & Co.
Daily corrected cotton futures table lists contracts for Feb through Dec with bid ask and last sale figures. Prices fluctuate across months from 7.65 to 7.33 with several closing ranges and adjustments noted by Murphy & Co. and G B Flint.
Effective October 1 the Southern Railway operates an elegant Pullman Sleeper from Birmingham Alabama to Richmond Virginia. Train No 36 departs 4 40 p m and returns as No 35 arriving Birmingham 11 35 a m. One fare round trip within 100 miles. Tickets on sale April 29 to May 4. For information contact a Southern Railway ticket agent.
For the Memphis Reunion of the United Confederate Veterans in late May 1901 the Southern Railway offers discounted round trips from all lines to Memphis. Tickets from beyond 200 miles are sold May 25–27 1901 and from within 200 miles May 27–28–29 1901 with return to June 4 1901. Extension to June 19 by deposit and fee. sleeping car service highlighted. contact local agents for details.
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