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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
6
A fragmented collection notes Alabama town efforts to improve health and infrastructure. References to Anniston Birmingham ties, public health aims, fly control, housing pressure, and local business concern appear alongside stray verses and brief remarks on miners pay and civic duties.
Anniston leaders and Birmingham interests seek to boost trade as Camp McClellan expands. Proposals press for earlier morning trains from Anniston to Birmingham and reliable return options to accommodate soldiers and visitors. Local merchants pledge ready stock and prompt schedules to capture camp-related commerce.
A Washington paper reports Anniston rents have surged by about three hundred percent since camp building began. Troops from the District of Columbia will arrive soon, bringing relatives and visitors, risking higher costs that may deter travelers and hinder local prosperity. The town must curb excessive rents to attract guests and sustain growth.
Birmingham Ledger argues that a Arkansas federal court ruling requiring names on cotton futures contracts would end futures trading. It contends futures speculators, lacking stake in the staple, drive price volatility, while actual buyers and sellers in regular exchanges fix value through real goods and delivery.
A contemporary wartime note analyzes an advance near Ypres, estimating 26 miles of front with 2 090 defenders per mile. It posits about 40 000 German troops in the attacked trenches and argues that sixfold losses for prisoners imply a total German casualty rate, given the futility of retreat under heavy rear bombardment.
The United States Shipping Board orders take over all ships under construction in American yards as part of government mobilization. About 700 vessels totaling over 1.5 million tons, mostly for foreign account, are affected as discussions on owners’ compensation are postponed. General Goethals proposed the step but lacked board approval.
Notable birthdays honor Varrieon W. Craver longtime Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh chief librarian now at the United Engineering Societies in New York city born in Owaneco Illinois thirty three years ago. Also celebrated is Herbert Hoover age forty three and Rear Admiral Thomas B. Howard age sixty two.
A collage of events spans 1519 Magellan's voyage. 1557 Franco‑Spanish clash at St Quentin. 1792 Paris turmoil. 1821 Jay Cooke born. 1861 Lyon killed at Wilson's Creek. 1915 Plattsburg camp opened. 1814 Franco‑Austrian rift. 1915 Russian victory in Armenia.
Reports from the western front note Allies capturing Doiran near Salonica from Bulgarians while Italian and Russian forces press Austria with further grain exports. A separate probate sale in Calhoun Alabama announces land to be bid for cash by administrator T D Mosteller on August 4 1917, later postponed to September 22 1917.
Harvey B. Lutz as trustee will sell at public auction on September 6, 1917 in Anniston Calhoun County Alabama the property described in the deed of trust securing bonds issued December 15 1903 by the Anniston Furniture Factory. The parcel includes land bounded by Division Street Oxford Lake lime right of way and Poplar Street with buildings machinery kilns boilers engines and personal property.
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