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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
5
The government has ordered extensive water and drainage pipes from Anniston manufacturers for nine or ten new cantonments in the South. Numerous carloads are shipping daily, with five miles of Camp McClellan water system entirely produced in Anniston.
Best prices offered for meats and groceries by Hunter Bros. Contact phone 22 for more details.
Miss Clemen tine Miller of Okolono Mississippi has written and produced The Womaniless Wedding. The play will be staged in late September by the Y M C A under local patronage. Miller has been a recent visitor of Mrs. Sam Morris and plans a Texas tour before the production. About twenty Anniston residents have promised roles, with strong expectation of a full house.
An antique advertisement touts Magnificent flour as the whitest and lightest, calling it the best for baking. It emphasizes purity and high quality, appealing to homemakers and bakers seeking superior results.
On a desolate beach near a life saving station a lifeguard named Ira rescues a baby girl from a wreck and names her Perwinkle Ephraim Rawlins an aged beachcomber cares for Perwinkle until she is 16 Dick Langdon a rich New Yorker is saved by Perwinkle from a yacht wreck Her innocent goodness helps Langdon become useful and he marries Sayoy tomorrow
Five dozen white skirts received by Ullman Bros offered in special quality. Prices listed 98c 1.19 and 1.29 with regular values from 1.50 to 2.00. Shop details indicate a sale of domestic apparel stock.
Admirers of Viola Dana will see her in Busy Barnacle at the Theato Theater Friday. Lakshima, a high caste Hindoo maiden, disguises as a boy using baggy clothes borrowed from a boat captain for scenes filmed between Jacksonville and Charleston. Dana’s cap and disguise create a memorable image.
Omega Flour is marketed on three strong points. It uses the finest quality wheat, employs great care and skill in grinding, and is milled in the country’s finest and most modern mill.
Miss Pearl Kelley leaves for Rome Georgia to visit Mrs Dick Arammell. A B Rains of Montgomery, a former resident, is registered at a local hotel. Alice Robinson arrives to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Sam Robinson. Calhoun Grocery Co announces meat trade and cigar promotions Red Feather and Made in Anniston cigars. The Chinchillabee camp fire girls schedule an ice cream supper at the Allen home Friday afternoon August 3.
Samuel E. Pingree former Vermont governor 1884 86 and longtime Republican figures received birthday greetings on his eighty fifth anniversary. Messages came from Modern Woodmen lodges of which he is the oldest New England member.
For rent a land strip on Jacksonvill e pike in front of Camp McClellan and three and a half acres for sale. Apply to W. C. LeGrand & Co. Effective Sunday August 5 trains 45 and 46 between Anniston and Rome are discontinued between Anniston and Etna Ga. Train 29 to Birmingham departs Anniston 4 15 pm instead of 3 55 pm. Train 9 to Wilton departs Anniston 4 20 pm instead of 4 90 pm. Southern Railway System. L A STANLEY City Ticket Agent.
Clara Kimball Young heads the Selzick Pictures photoplay The Easiest Way at the Strand Theatre tomorrow directed by Albert Capellani. The drama retains big Broadway moments with added scenes offering new light on Laura Murdock's character from the original stage version by Eugene Walter.
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