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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1906
Page
5
City notices report fashionable bracelets at The Reliable Jeweler and Optician on Noble Street, James Marshall to lead Anniston Hardware mill supplies, and multiple local updates. Salvation Army Harvest Festival dates, police court fines, new Kaplan building contract, and revival plans also appear among community items.
Mr. Fred A. Wicks has sold his farm and dairy north of the city to Mr. and White, and departs soon for Sweden, his old home. Wicks is noted as a vocalist of ability and is widely liked, soon to be greatly missed locally.
Barometer 80.04 temperature 74 precipitation 0.2 inches wind light at 4 miles highest 7 at 1 pm cloudy. Forecast for Anniston and vicinity shows showers tonight and Friday fair. W F Clark.
Telegraph report from Atlanta says guard Pet Fry at United States penitentiary in South Atlanta shot and killed convict Ed Richmond to prevent a fatal assault. Richmond, a ten year train robbery inmate, pressed the guard in the stone shed. Fry followed and the prisoner attacked, prompting the deadly response.
A large group of officers and men from the North Atlantic fleet attended the unveiling of a tablet honoring Bill Conway in Camden Maine on August 30. The ceremony drew many veterans and local officials amid a formal tribute to Conway’s contributions.
A Camden native who refused to haul down the U S flag at Pensacola Navy Yard at the outbreak of the Civil War is remembered by a memorial jointly funded by Camden residents and the Maine Loyal Legion. The monument features a large boulder with an inscription. Major General J L Chamberlain of Portland delivered the unveiling address.
A convict fought with Officer Fry over a heavy stick used for defense. Seizing the stick, the prisoner tried to wrench it away. Fry then fired aiming to wound. the bullet hit the prisoner's hand, provoking further fury, and a second shot killed the attacker, the bullet entering above the heart.
A local advertisement invites customers to get one of Donahoo & Co.'s fine rigs and take their family out for a ride. Phone contact listed as 82.
Classified notice announces old newspapers available for purchase at the Star Want Ads office. Items include various dated issues and editions in different conditions. Contact details not provided in fragment.
In Fritz Morris article for World Magazine the Spreewald region near Berlin is described as a forest of canals where villages exist on piles like islands. Boats are main transport from spring to autumn. letter carriers police peasants and families move along waterways with daily life and religious rites observed by a curious, devout people.
The Niagra Golf club begins its twelfth annual tournament on its local links in Niagara on the Lake running through the week. The Niagra challenge cup, currently held by Mr. Douglass Laird of Toronto, will be contested again.
The cross examining lawyer demands facts not suppositions as a witness admits misplacing a watch. The case proceeds until the lawyer learns his wife returned the watch to the first caller, who already knew its location.
In a playful royal aside, George III ponders a math puzzle about apples dumplings and a mysterious 20 tacked onto 111. The court responds with a riddle about numbers and misreading leaving the monarch more puzzled than ever.
A New York artist who painted a portrait of President Roosevelt spent several days at the White House observing the president’s expressions and manner. After finishing the portrait, he prepared to return to New York but the president sharply warned him with a quip about not sewing a pin into his ear.
An exchange records editing staff discussing a fire early this morning and a society editor listing the attendees. The dialogue notes no photographer was sent and mentions a roster of names collected by the society editor.
Anniston City Furniture Co promotes widest stork size and greatest variety at the lowest prices with Noble aut Twelfth street address.
A brief reflection on how grief fades with time and the duty to maintain the final resting place of loved ones. The text stresses honoring the dead through diligent care in life and after death.
An advertisement urges readers to procure monuments for graves, stressing that forgetful graves fade from memory and urging immediate action within their means and taste. The copy presents Box and Ellis as the supplier.
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