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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
6
A collection of quips about wartime life and politics. Jokes reference Colonel House and Secretary Lansing, airships, the Noble Street car line, and local places like Montgomery and Annis ton. The piece notes soldiers’ stamina and health in Alabama camps, with Times News at the center.
Reports suggest a major offensive in northern Belgium aims to widen land fighting while a decisive naval engagement may follow. Observers compare the potential sea battle to Dewey at Manila Bay, noting its possible impact on the war's outcome.
Anniston prepares for visiting soldiers with ample YMCA support rooming, welcoming churches, and strict moral standards. Officials stress clean camps, disciplined recruits, and no local saloons or immoral establishments within reach. Citizens pledge aid to ensure servicemen stay on a right path during Camp McClellan’s presence.
An American reader notes the Entente victory in Belgium as a major Allied feat. The article praises British and French success in driving back the Crown Prince's army and views it as a strategic blow that could weaken the German submarine base’s defense and allow further Allied advantage.
Cantonments near cities trigger a push for a new water supply in Atlanta. The water plant is described as obsolete and inadequate after a 2 500 000 gallon increase to meet Camp Gordon needs. The water department warns the mayor and council that action is essential to avoid possible shortage. The situation intensifies with the cantonment expansion, urging immediate remedies.
W R Orchard argues editors should be judicial interpreters not biased advocates. He says papers must be fair, open to all sides, publish news and opinions worth while, and avoid partisan excess. A future editor’s motto: do not be unfair to those who disagree.
The Sunday Star reports Anniston will host forty four thousand soldiers at Camp Mc Clellan. Building is underway and the first payroll paid thirteen thousand dollars in its first week. The camp is the state’s largest and among the South’s biggest, bringing growth and prosperity to Anniston. Congressmen Blackmon and allies are praised for securing the camp.
A critic questions door bells versus old-fashioned knockers likening push buttons to folly. He notes bells misbehave by ringing on their own and wires may be cut. The piece mocks modern electric devices and muses on hospitality and doorways.
Ellison PD Smith, South Carolina Democratic senator nicknamed watch dog for cotton interests, turns 53. Born August 1, 1864 in Lynchburg Virginia, he helped organize the Southern Cotton Association in 1905 and later chaired and ran for U S Senate after a record primary and re election. Also noted are figures Alexander L Greek throne, Morris Hillquit, Brig. Gen. Samuel Sturgis, Levi Ankeny, and Rt. Rev. John J. Nilan marking birthdays.
Highlights include Samuel Doak's birth in 1749 and death in 1829, 1831 London Bridge opening, 1870 King William of Prussia in France war, 1884 abolition jubilee meeting, 1889 visit by William II, 1895 English missionaries massacred, 1914 Germany declares war on Russia, 1915 battles on Narew, 1916 Deutschland voyage and German declarations, plus Poland relief and Polish matters.
London marks the start of the war's fourth year as Germany defends on all fronts and Britain declares war on Germany. The US joins the Entente, while Allied drives push German lines back though on often hostile soil. Critics expect the coming year to be decisive and potentially disastrous for the Central Powers.
Montgomery reports injunctions against four women operating immoral houses were granted by the circuit court at the attorney general's request. The action brings total closings to thirty since Sunday and prompts departures from the city as fear grows of further arrests. Judge Gaston Gunter will set hearings to decide if the injunctions become permanent.
An old advertisement urges parents to use California Syrup of Figs as a gentle liver and bowel cleanse for sick and constipated children. It claims rapid relief from stomach issues and diarrhoea, promoting the fruit laxative as a safe, all ages remedy and instructs to verify the genuine 50 cent bottle by the California Fig Syrup Company.
The article reports Secretary Baker opposing exemptions for men married after the draft drawing while noting a plan to treat marriage as a potential prior claim. He adds that cantonment materials are 78 percent on the ground and mobilization readiness is near, with most supplies expected in about a month.
Union hours and rules have been adopted at Camp McClellan Major C L Dulin announced this afternoon in advertising. The large draft flow will train about 45,000 men at Anniston with camp regulations in force.
The report calls for 1,000 more carpenters and laborers to complete 1,000 structures for the camp city by May 15, with eight hour days and overtime. Two thousand men are now at work and 1,599 are wanted by Friday, housed in the hospital for soldiers, as the rapid completion proceeds amid no further trouble after dock hands from Orleans were sent back.
The article notes vacant stores in Oxford attracting inquiries from prospective tenants. The Commercial Club plans to assist farmers in the Choccolocco Valley by marketing farm produce and organizing fall plantings of winter crops on larger acreage than ever before.
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