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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
5
Beginning Monday August 6 the package and baggage truck will serve Camp McClellan with two daily trips leaving the barn on Tenth Street at 9 am and 3 pm. Send packages or baggage to the barn or call for pickup and delivery with a signed receipt if needed. Prices vary by baggage size. J M Herron, phone 82.
Anniston Fraternal Lodge No. 700 A F and A M meets tonight with visiting brothers invited. John A. Edwards, secretary. Also advertised are middy blouses on sale at 69 cents, offered by Ullman Bros.
Ullman Bros announces new stylish hats in black silk plush velour and felt with all new shades and white option. Special low prices offered.
A fragmented notice mentions Kerensky holding multiple offices and Red Feather Cigars as repeaters. It notes Mrs. Sidney J. Bowie improving after surgery at St. Vincent's hospital and a World War I front report from the French war office describing a German attack repulsed west of the Meuse. Meats ad and tea ad appear among the clipped items.
In Geneva on August 7, commentary notes deep dissatisfaction in German political circles with the new ministry. Observers expect move toward a parliamentary government, but report that most new members are bureaucrats.
Discussions in Anniston weigh the town’s capacity to host a mobilization camp amid opposition from Birmingham and praise for local preparations. Speakers note Little Rock's $200,000 incentive for a smaller camp and warn Anniston’s future depends on citizen effort to attract and sustain troops after the war.
Three reasons declare Omega Flour 8 superior. It uses only the finest wheat, employs great care and skill in grinding, and is produced in the finest modern mill in the country.
Red Fox Kohnj-owa Brule Sioux, Carlisle graduate, lectures and dances at Strand theatre recounting Custer’s last battle of June 25, 1876. He clarifies Sitting Bull’s location, disputes Wounded Knee death timing, and highlights Indian involvement.
An advertisement urges parents to book portraits for their children promising lasting keepsakes and the joy of seeing themselves as children. The copy promotes Russell Bros Studio and an appointment time.
Dorothy Dalton stars in Back of the Man a Kay Bee drama on the Triangle program at the Theate Theater on Wednesday The film follows a youth of bright prospects swayed by ambition away from a guiding love and toward life’s heights. Charles I Ray Margaret Thompson Jack Livingston and J Barney Sherry co star with Dalton.
The article urges women to register for war service and choose divisions such as aviation, motor car driving, wireless, telegraphy, and languages. It emphasizes voluntary participation without quitting jobs and lists officers Mrs. Hoyt Shaw, Miss Carrie McClure Knox, Mrs. R. L. Hughes, Miss Iva Cook, and Mrs. Jim McIntyre as contacts.
Mrs. W. H. Baker visiting her daughter Mrs. Ralph Waters Hay in Pittsburgh will spend September in Atlantic City with Mrs. Hay. They will then spend a week or two in the Alleghany Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Newsome Cooper are mentioned next.
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