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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1914
Page
2
A Tuscaloosa editor laments typographical errors in a wartime story about protecting peasants and pheasants. The spoof note mocks misread headlines from the Amundson Star and parodies the newspaper clash over imperfect copy.
The piece recalls editor Jim Neazemally and notes Calhoun County tax collectors and residents advocating more goats. Ben Calwellot of Jacksonville is highlighted as a leading goat raiser, with Louis Philipsen of Tuscaloosa as an enthusiast. Citizens urge help from local officials to promote goat and sheep farming across the state.
Readers confront a growing anti liquor movement as Collier’s Hearst and others push temperance amid WWI bans. Officials claim beer slows reaction and harms soldiers, urging total abstinence for health and efficiency.
A brief note discusses how plant uptake of elements changes with soil composition. The article cites researchers Russell and Kiewer and references previous work on soil minerals and element exchange in the root zone.
The fragment outlines nitrogen and phosphate calculations for a one acre crop rotation over three years. It lists crop yields and mineral uptake figures, then suggests returning nutrients to the land via legumes, hay, and straw to balance soil content. It promises a subsequent article with methods to date and compare nutrient use.
Washington December sees President Wilson conferring with Cuetess leaders on a limited third session program. Key items include two water power bills, land policy, Alaska leasing, ship registry reform, reserve bank issues, rapid mail pay, railroads compensation, and a $25,000,000 good roads measure as Congress prepares for action.
A public health tract from Birmingham urges fight against tuberculosis. It warns that one in two deaths in some areas and one in seven elsewhere are due to TB, stresses transmission within households, and calls for community action to prevent spread. It invites county committees to obtain tract No. 2 and contribute through the secretary in Birmingham.
Key events span 1787 Delaware adopts federal constitution and Ohio pioneers head west from Ipswich Massachusetts. 1863 Longstreet lifts Knoxville siege. 1894 Robert Louis Stevenson dies in Samoa at 44. 1897 German marines seize Kalchau. Queen Victoria visits wounded Sudan soldiers. A ship named Tennessee launches in Philadelphia.
The article notes a flurry of proposed bills including labor, migration, ship subsidy, water transportation under the Interstate Commerce Commission, resale and patent regulations, warehousing licenses, and Federal Reserve banking access. The rivers and harbors bill may be revived as factions bargain, with Wilson’s position yet unannounced.
Schedule lists multiple local and regional trains on the Louisville and Nashville line to Birmingham Gadsden Rome Selma Wilton Talladega Calera and surrounding points. Arrivals and departures given with times such as 6:25 am 12:15 pm 4:10 pm and 9:45 pm.
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