Help the Hospital Movement Gains Local Support
Community urged to back a new hospital in Anniston to relieve suffering. The appeal highlights Mr Kaplan’s generosity as a catalyst and calls for broad public donations to sustain the relief effort.
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1902
Page
4
Community urged to back a new hospital in Anniston to relieve suffering. The appeal highlights Mr Kaplan’s generosity as a catalyst and calls for broad public donations to sustain the relief effort.
Tas Atlanta News notes a San Francisco woman who vowed not to eat for forty days to protest trusts and died yesterday. The piece suggests her example might deter the trusts if widely followed and reflects on the public impact of such actions.
An advertisement touts PP.P Lippmanns Great Remedy as the world’s best blood purifier curing scrofula and related ailments. Ida Hastings of Savannah Georgia testifies to a complete cure after trying P P P. Sold by all druggists with wholesale and retail distributors listed.
The Anniston baseball team left this morning for Rome Georgia to face the Rome club in a three game set. The first game is scheduled for this afternoon amid expectations of three tight contests as Rome has strengthened since their last meeting. Anniston returned from Memphis tired but undaunted after Branford hit two home runs and a base hit in the Memphis finale.
The Annis ton theater opens September 6 with Yale's Devil's Auction. A 50‑member company with extensive scenery travels, and Noble plans broad renovations to attract audiences. The season features the same notable companies seen in Nashville Atlanta Birmingham and Memphis.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh a constitutional disease. It claims internal use cures the disease by acting on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a hundred dollar prize for any failure. Includes testimonials and Toledo Ohio address. Also notes Hall's Family Pills.
August 18 report from Jacksonville describes a post office burglary attempt during church services. Dr J B Crook, brother of the post mistress Dora Crook, hid in the office and fired on Avery Turner as he tried to steal from the cash drawer. Turner fled two blocks before surrendering and being jailed.
Anniston’s First National Bank stands high on the 1902 Roll of Honor for national banks. The roll, compiled from October 1901 statements, ranks banks by surplus and undivided profits relative to capital. Only 493 of 4221 national banks earned honor nationwide, with Alabama’s second place to itself and Mobile’s bank as the other state entrant.
The article reports Mc Barnard’s upcoming sermon on labor relations, contrasting secret fraternities with churches, and noting past discussions of employer employee harmony when corporations operate by the golden rule. The piece highlights audience attention to the labor question and cites sermons as a banner for workplace ethics.
A bank advertisement urges saving 25 cents each workday with 4 percent interest compounded semiannually. It promises five years of growth to Four Hundred Twenty-Eight Dollars and Thirty-Five Cents and invites a personal interview with cashier J. W. McElreary.
An old advertising notice touts Postell's Elegant Flour as nutritious, reliable, well ground and properly handled. It states flour is a daily essential and lists Anniston Mercantile Co. as sole agents and retailers.
A brisk sale item features an all wool walking skirt priced at 4.50. The listing notes a women’s apparel bargain with durable fabric and classic style likely appealing to shoppers seeking value and warmth.
A vintage note touts Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets as the cure for bad taste and stomach disorder. It claims the product cleanses and invigorates the stomach and regulates the bowels, sold by J. L. Wikle at 25 cents per box.
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