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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1906
Page
4
A rally is planned for next Thursday to advocate extensive educational reforms in Alabama. Senator Brickman and Representatives Cooper and Atmoli organize the meeting to gauge public desire for needed school improvements and potential special legislation.
The Star endorses forming a ladies committee at Hillside cemetery to beautify and maintain the sacred spot with substantial help from men. The piece urges local voters to support home candidates in the state primary.
A reflective note cites Johnson on peevishness as a life canker that drains vigor and hinders progress, creeping in with hourly depredations and tainting what it cannot consume.
The passage notes that a wife may stay with her husband longer and that many women begin to save their jam for visitors after about three months of marriage. It presents social expectations of wives and domestic practices.
Special to The Star reports a Birmingham Southern freight locomotive blew up at Bagley this morning. Engineer Edward Briner and James Bdwards died, an unknown man also killed. Several nearby employees were injured.
A historical appeal urges Democratic voters to back a future House majority with small donations. It claims a Democratic majority would probe graft across government, reveal deep rot, and push for a clean administration. Remittances are requested to fund campaign literature.
Anniston forecast for Aug 17 1906 notes clear conditions with fair weather tonight and Saturday. Barometer 30.02, temperature 74, wind east at 1 mile per hour, lowest at 5 am 69, no precipitation.
Chas. W. Moore a Ford City Pennsylvania machinist suffered a severe electrical furnace burn. He used Bucklen's Arnica Salve with a quick and perfect cure. The advertisement touts this salve as the greatest healer on earth for burns wounds sores eczema and piles and lists West End Drug Co. and Elam Ordway Houser's as sellers at 25 cents.
A senator notes his granddaughter loves animals especially dogs. The child mispronounces dog as daha and the family debates the proper term. The senator reflects on a playful language compromise and a light domestic moment.
An advertisement for Smith's Sure Kidney Cure promises a refund through the druggist if it does not benefit or cure kidney troubles. The offer states the product costs 50 cents and is sold by Searbrough Drug.
E P Cooper notes Councilman White among the group who opposed the bucket shop ordinance in Anniston, contrasting pushers of the reform effort with the dissenting member and urging proper attribution.
Jos Johnson, a negro, was hanged this morning in Louisville for murdering his wife. He remained alive for twenty four minutes after the gallows neck broke, marking a notable display of vitality. This execution was the second in three weeks in the city. The report also notes a note on yellow fever germs and a patent medicine advertisement for Dr Kings New Life Pills at local drugstores.
District Court of the United States Eastern Division of the Northern District of Alabama notifies creditors of H. H. Parker that the first meeting of creditors will be held in Anniston Alabama on August 27 1906 at 10 p m. Creditors may appear to prove their claims and take required actions under the bankruptcy act. Referee in Bankruptcy H. D. McCarty notes the meeting.
Bargain alert for plasterers and builders. 60 barrels of white rock plastering or cement offered at 75 percent of price, originally 1.50 per barrel. Anniston Cash Store Bass and Heard promoting liquidation.
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