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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
6
The Anniston Evening Star records its establishment in 1899 and notes daily publication except Sundays under Mortytom Publishing Company with RB Gordon and Moker in editorial and management roles.
A brief notice from Anniston Alabama notes the Post Office water is clear and a member of the Public Services Association is mentioned. The Anniston Republic weekly newspaper draws from this office for its telegraphic news service. Subscription is $1,000 per year.
The document reports actual editions numbers for November 1906 with daily totals ranging from 2,310 to 2,830 and a total printed count of 58,175. It notes an actual daily average of 2,327, signed by General Manager E B McKer and witnessed by Notary E W Ledbetter in Calhoun County Alabama.
The article honors human wasps in war, citing Francis Marion the Swamp Fox and Sumter as swift, sting like figures. It notes Jobe Moseby, born December 6, 1883, as a fearless Confederate scout, active in the Civil War era, and recounts his early enlistment and relentless tactics against Federal forces.
A local physician warns of a hard winter with cold wet weather and heavy snow and sleet. He prescribes a home remedy using Fluid Extract Dandelion, Compound Kargon, and Compound Syrup of Sarsaparilia, claiming it prevents catarrh and aids kidney function amid broader notes on post office salaries and civil service reforms.
The article recalls Mosby’s rapid raids as Jeb Stuart’s scout, including the capture of General Stoughton and a raid that disrupted Sherman’s supply train. Lincoln quipped about horses lost, and Mosby later befriended Grant after the war. Mosby served as American consul at Hong Kong from 1878 to 1885 and remained linked to a Washington department.
From two authoritative sources the public learns that postal service deficiencies in smaller towns stem from government parsimony in paying its lesser employees. Milton M. Dearing, secretary of the civil service commission for this district, gathered views from over 80 postmasters in a recent symposium. A majority of them testified to budgetary pressure affecting staffing.
A 19th century testimonial advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure as a universal cure for catarrh, claiming it treats the constitutional disease internally through blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers $100 if it fails and cites testimonials, with sale through druggists at 75 cents. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Secretary of War Taft submitted his annual report to Congress reviewing the Brownsville Texas incident. He sustains President Roosevelt's discharge of three companies of the negro Twenty-fifth Infantry, urging the move to be final and unchallenged by critics who opposed firing the regiment.
About 35 parishioners visited Rev A A Hutto in Decatur on November 27 bringing pantry items. They spent an hour socially and left the pastor and family grateful. The church reports 48 additions this year and average contributions of 23 dollars per member in the last associational year.
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