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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1909
Page
5
Dina Boone, an old-time habitual frequenter of local haunts, was charged with drunken and disorderly conduct with Mary Brown and Caroline Pyle aiding and abetting. Brown and Pyle were fined five dollars plus costs. Cologne Brown faced related charges but was discharged. Frugal ads and local business notices follow.
Ida Andrews was acquitted by Judge Creen today after being charged with drunk. continuances were granted in the cases of Sam Fair and Lindsey Reese for disorderly conduct, and R. Y. Street charged with being drunk. also an advertisement for English fruit cakes and life insurance by Jno. Lt. Yeatman. December 4 notice.
The local cotton market lists strict good middling at 14 and good middling at 16. A death notice reports Mrs. M. McCullough of Fruithurst died Saturday at home from pneumonia and was buried Sunday at Four Mile Cemetery.
Fresh shipment includes Norway mackerel smoked bloaters boneless herring and codfish. Our 25¢ coffee grows in popularity and sales, offering quality and low price. Also offering nice oranges and grapefruit at very low prices. Sterne's notes frugal household spending boosts home prosperity.
Henry Calloway appeared in police court charged with defrauding two elderly men of a $3.30 board bill. The court fined him $5 plus costs and ordered the board amount paid by work on the streets.
H. Clay Davis announces move to the second floor of the Levi building above Nicklet theater and says he is offering the best insurance on earth as of November 6.
The two and a half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Kelley is reported dead in a local tragedy. Details remain sparse as authorities investigate the incident and notify relatives.
A resident living at 1998 Mulberry Avenue died Saturday night after a brief illness. Funeral services were held at the home this morning at 10 o'clock, followed by burial at Edgemont Cemetery.
ANNISTON WOOD COAL CO announces a new yard at Seventh and Glen Addie offering the best coal and wood for the least money. Phone 337. Advertisement dated Nov 26 for one month.
R. O. Watson advertises high grade coal at reasonable prices with prompt delivery and a telephone contact given as 72. Novelty notice.
Cotton seed wanted by December 20 to buy 100 tons in small lots or by the carload. Highest market prices paid. Contact Roland Turner of Turner and Co. Oxford Alabama. Wednesday weekly edition.
The day’s want ads play a key role for readers seeking employment. Classified notices and job listings provide leads and opportunities as people scan the page for openings and opportunities.
Personal mentions list J. H. Privett and C. D. Martin of Jacksonville in Anniston today. W. B. Montgomery, Lincoln businessman, also here. Hon. John A. Brown of Cleburne County visited for business. President A M Ledbetter of the jury commission shows improvement after illness. Queen and Crescent Route ads note trains to Texas via Shreveport and children’s white Jersey leggings at H N Wheeler corner Tenth and Noble.
A Montgomery bill asks a chancery court to issue an injunction against the Knights of Pythias of North and South America and others to stop use of a similar name. The Alabama group claims deception, mail misrouting, and near identical emblems and paraphernalia. Judge Gardner has not yet issued an order.
Montgomery reports a rising Coosa river commerce as shoals from Wetumpka to Riverside are to be bypassed. Officials estimate regional commerce at 50 million dollars annually with Alabama river trade supporting Montgomery Selma and Mobile. Mineral and manufacturing growth include cement brick iron ore coal and cotton mills with rising values and investment.
Gov Fort of New Jersey opposed admitting tuberculous children to the state but, after a Lakewood visit prompted talks with the center, he modified his stance. He argues states should be consulted on locating a preventorium while maintaining concerns about infectious cases.
Edwardsville reports the Alabama conference of the Methodist Episcopal church closed its annual session. Reassignments for the new year include Rev. J H Dunn retaining as presiding elder of the Anniston district and Rev W B Smead continuing pastor at St Paul’s Church, Anniston. Bishop Earl Cranston visited, praising Edwardsville’s reception.
Local ads report strong business impact as storefronts rely on classified listings to draw customers. Patrons from the community testify to increased foot traffic and sales fueled by the Star Want Ads.
John 8. Sewell of the Alabama Marble company at Gantt's Quarry estimates that Alabama marble could supply global demand for thousands of years with full development. He projects Alabama output reaching about $20,000,000 annually within fifty years.
FOR SALE One six room house with porches and city water and all vacant lots in Fifth ward near South Anniston school. Also six small farms near Anniston. Deb swiftly details contact at Van Arsdel's jewelry store. FOR SALE Six room cottage on Christine avenue between Tenth and Eleventh streets lot 70 by 100 priced 2500 with 250 down and balance on easy payments TH Parker Co Mon Wed Sat. FOR RENT STRAYED OR STOLEN half grown white ball terrier reward if returned to 1320 Quintard avenue Deed 21.
Dr J C Hiden at Parker Memorial church asks who was the first woman and who named her. He agrees Eve was first woman but says God did not name her and invites answers at next Sunday morning service.
Dominican government engineers have completed a survey to reroute the railway from Puerto Plata to Santiago. The current line climbs the mountain with a cogged third rail. the new route would avoid this, offering a grade of two and a half percent and reducing ties and operating costs.
J Warren Folcom of Lowell Massachusetts moved last spring from his mother's house to his own home five miles away. The family cat was carried in a box from the old home to the new one. The cat now regularly visits the former residence for a day or two then returns to the new home for two or more days before going back again.
Japanese trade fell as England France Germany and the United States cut purchases of porcelain lacquers and bronzes by about 1 million dollars. Exports to China dropped by 12.5 million amid silver value changes and the Tatsu Maru boycott. Only mat floors mats and refined sugar exports rose.
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