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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1902
Page
4
Published by authority of the secretary of agriculture. Washington August 2. Reports on albino quail in Oklahoma and ageing lawyers in Maine. Hungarian patriot Korsuth to attend a statue unveiling in Cleveland. Promotion for home merchants and Lincoln county politics touched. General Freep Gragt’s son at West Point prompts a fatherly anecdote.
A local business secured the contract drawing hopeful reactions from residents and officials. The deal outlines responsibilities and expected timelines, with community leaders signaling ongoing oversight and accountability.
The Anniston public building plan faces non letting of the contract and concerns flood about speculators profiting from the appropriation. The speaker warns that money meant for the project often leaks to intermediaries, urging reform to prevent such misuse.
The advertisement asserts Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh in all stages by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. Proponents offer one hundred dollars for any uncured case and invite testimonials from Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists at 75 cents. Hall's Family Pills recommended as best.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from points on its line to Monteagle Tennessee for Monteagle Assembly from July 3 to August 15 1902. Tickets on sale July 2 3 28 and 24 with final return August 30 1902. For details contact any ticket agent. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is widely trusted and sold by J L Wikle.
New line of fall samples of clothing just received at J. N. Boyers the tailor. Beauties, don't fail to see them.
A fragment notes Warter's hand made cigars wrapped in tip foil. The readable text is terse and unclear on context or date, offering a single descriptive detail without additional facts.
Washington August 1 report from Mejor C McDerby of the corps of engineers warns 50 000 Crescent City residents face destruction due to poor levee construction. Levees along the river banks are washed out and caving in with crevasses in high water risking loss of life and property.
Community notices highlight kidney complaints and urge using Foley's Kidney Cure from Miller Drug Co to prevent fatal results for those affected.
Flour described as nutritious, reliable, well ground and bolted should be bought from Avnisten Mercantile Co. The text touts Postell's Elegant Flour as white, free from objectionable features and hooded throughout, sold by local grocers.
Reports from Melbourne list sixty seven recovered at Mear Kimbla colliery Woldtone after an explosion with rescue efforts hampered by afterdamp. In Ozark pension exams are set for Drs Cullen Dawson and Ord. A New York dispatch notes four thousand five hundred dollars pledged to Youth Africa home rule efforts. A New York health board report links the death of 14 month old Alfred Croneberger to malaria and erysipelas from a mosquito bite. In Cleveland hard and core coal price hikes are noted with coke up fifty cents per ton. In Charlotte cotton mill figure A M Crowder dies at 82. South Florence post office closed with mail redirected to Sheffield.
A Georgia man credits Dr King’s New Discovery for curing years of bronchitis and his wife’s asthma. The ad promises it as the best group medicine for throat and lung diseases with guaranteed bottles at 50 cents and 1 dollar, and free trial bottles at Miller Drug Co.
Southern Railway announces one fare for the round trip to Birmingham Alabama for the National Baptist Convention colored gathering in September 1902. Tickets good September 14 to 16 with return until September 27, 1902 available from any ticket agent.
Tickets go on sale July 15 to 20 with final travel limit September 1. Diverse routes and stopovers offered through the Rockies to the Pacific Coast. Maps and pamphlets available by mail from I E Rehlander T P A Chattanooga Tenn.
Dixie Harpware Co advertises Stag Paint as spreading easily and smoothing surfaces to produce a unique glass finish, inviting customers to learn more about its claimed advantages and availability.
Wanted for United States Army able-bodied unmarried men ages 21 to 35 citizens of the United States of good character and temperate habits who can speak read and write English. For further information supply to Recruiting Officer 927 Dowie Street Anytown AMY.
An advertisement extols Clifton flour highlighting long use by housekeepers. It urges readers to tell neighbors they buy Clifton from Bransford Mills to gain assurance of quality and satisfaction as a lasting, trusted brand.
Judge Be F Crook presided as Linda Cobb a Black defendant was found guilty of assault and fined 48 dollars, to which the payment was secured and she released. J Fo a white man paid 26 dollars for abusive language after securing bail. Stewart Brimer and Pink Evelt, both white, were found not guilty of assault and battery. Ada Robinson and Mary Robinson were bound over for assault and battery on Mrs Daniel with bonds set at 100 dollars each.
Harlan, of Eaton, Utah, who suffered years with severe indigestion, reports triumph after using Electric Bitters. He praises the remedy as a godsend for dyspepsia and stomach troubles, noting benefits to stomach, liver and kidneys, with a 10 cent guarantee from Miller Drug Co.
A permanent branch of the French Medical Institute offers three months of free medical services to all invalids who call before August 10. The staff will provide consultation, examination, minor surgery, and advice at no charge, with a promise of cure where possible. Hours run 5 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily, Sunday 10 p.m. to 1 p.m.
Cheap return travel to Texas Oklahoma and Indian Territory with August and September dates listed. Tickets valid 21 days. Contact Write & EK Reblander P. As Chatt peel giy Leics for details.
Announcement states Hon Sidney J. Bowie is a candidate for re-election to Congress, subject to the Democratic party's votation.
The Evening Star notes Joseph J. Arnold and E. H. Hanne declaring candidacies for Calhoun county's Representative seats in the upcoming Legislature subject to Democratic party actions. Jas Kerra Jr endorses a people elected Railroad Commission with powers like Georgia's.
The Democratic party is advised of H. T. Persons as a candidate seeking reelection to county superintendent of education subject to party action.
A series of formal announcements declare candidates for Calhoun County Commission in the Third and First Districts. Names include J. L. Harvey G. W. Clabbard A. J. Parvin C. Martin Thomas J. Weaver Charles D. Martin and P. C. Patterson, all subject to Democratic primary action.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets to Birmingham Alabama for the National Baptist Convention colored session September 17 to 24 1902. Tickets selling September 14 to 16 from other points and September 15 to 17 from Alabama points with final return limit September 27 1902. See any Southern Railway ticket agent. You need a new suit get Boyes Ad bbhbeey sue you.
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