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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1906

Page

4

Movement for good roads in Calhoun county urged by farmers

The Calhoun movement for better roads is praised as vital to the county with plans under discussion. Commissioner C D Martin proposed improvements, a road overseer may be appointed, and road bonds are seen as a reasonable funding method. Emphasis ties road work to educational and church access and endorses Capt. James Crook for Agriculture Commissioner as especially suited to farming needs.

Calhoun Coull C. D. Martin W. H. McKleroy James Crook

Songs of School Days and Dandy Dixie Minstrels at Noble Street

The piece reviews Henry Beamish style reminiscences in a book praised for childlike language and charm. It notes Doubleday, Page & Co. sell it for $1.25 and likens it to Riley and Field. The Dandy Dixie Minstrels at Noble Street Theatre feature copyrighted songs and parodies by Voelckel and Nolan with John Ruckier and others.

Messrs, Voelckel Nolan Dixie Minstrels

Mr N H Reid Plans Auto Return From Atlanta Trip

Mr N H Reid and friends will travel by rail to Atlanta tomorrow morning and return in Mr Reid's handsome Reo automobile, which was left there indoors for several days due to bad weather.

Atlanta Mr. Reid Reo

Voters Urged to Bring Registration Certificates at Polls

Voters who registered since July 1 1906 are asked to carry their registration certificates to the polls to prevent challenges or confusion during voting.

Dr M M Cunningham to speak in Cal houn county towns

Dr M M Cunningham candidate for governor will address voters in Cal houn County with sessions at Oxford on Tuesday August 21 at 8 pm Jacksonville on Wednesday August 22 at 9 30 am and Anniston on the same day at 2 30 pm with appearances scheduled for multiple cities.

Calhoun County Oxford Jacksonville Anniston

Come and Hear Him Campaign Appeal For Henry B. Gray

A Birmingham audience hears a candidate for lieutenant governor denounce newspaper editors for backing Bryan democrat Henry B. Gray. He credits Gray with ending wire brokerage gambling in Birmingham and urges fathers to vote for Gray next Monday to shield their sons from vice.

Henry B. Gray Birmingham

Tame Grouse Strutting In Late September

The ruffed grouse displays a turkey like strut toward the end of September. Cocks and hens show tails spread, black ruff, and ground dragging wings to flaunt feathers. Birds bow tap and hiss, with the cock persisting while the hen ignores him, a display described in Country Life In America.

America

Degraded California Indians on Santa Barbara Islands

Missionaries describe Santa Barbara Island inhabitants as the most degraded of humans with low morality. They fed on grasshoppers and earthworms, resembling mainland natives. Extermination attributed to altered conditions imposed by missionaries.

California

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THE Anniston National Bank Prank Leigh Savings Department Evening Star Jaly Bundey W. F. McCartney O. M. Alexander Calhoun Co Alabama the Anniston Evening Star B. Gordon Ala Post& Office Market Streets Publisher's Press Association Annieson Nnilton, Alabama Good Roads Movement Ayer Ben Dawe Sya J. W. Foley Dandy Dixie Minstrels Hennry Beamus Mr. Foley Henary Beamus Dedi Ann Henary Beamus Sedd We Otte Miaik Saik of Grone Ann Wenn Wenn Thay Sole Heaury Bea James Whitcomb Riley Eugene Field Doubleday, Page & Co New York Ers Noble Street Theatre Colored Lyric Players John Ruck Oklahoma Odette Cotton Pickers Robert Leach Bill Simmon Mr. N. H. Reid M. M. Cunningham William J. Brya Palmer and Buckner Wall Street Russell Bros Noble Street Kodaks Russell Bros., Anniston Oxford Lake Park Comedy Moving Pictures Rogers A. F. Roberts Kohler Anniston Electric & Gas Co Cor. Tenth & Noble Sts Everett Union Square City of Coney Island Staten Island Manhattan Beach Brighton Beach North Beach Rockaway Beach Bergen Point Far Rockaway Dreamland Happyland Zoological and Botanical Gardens Aquarium New Yok Mooener York Ann St Free Tourist Bureau Foleys Elam, Ordway & Houser Bright
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