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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1917
Page
2
A garbled column mocks class divides in Calhoun county and Attractive Anniston while touching on global events, sugar imports, and urban cleanliness. It notes short dresses, shifting morals, and neighborhood concerns as Sunday streets disappoint residents.
A discussion argues nationalism should shape Europe’s postwar borders yet warns against aggressive forms like pan-Slavism and pan-Germanism. It endorses nationalism based on just, fair neighborly relations, opposing jingoes and Junkers and calling for restraint after WWI upheavals.
A forthcoming world congress aims to place a bloc on racial distinctions and forge a universal principle that no race may profit from another’s harm. Fraternization on European battlefields and prisoner exchanges among Britons French Americans Italians will foster shared feelings and a global solidarity beyond future jingoism.
Memphis theaters join national effort to aid Red Cross relief with special matinees. Actors managers ushers and musicians donate services while proceeds from patron donations support Red Cross relief work nationwide. Some venues cannot schedule extra shows due to production constraints.
The article urges immediate citywide efforts to maintain cleanliness in Anniston amid Camp McClellan traffic and expected Christmas visitors. It appeals to citizens and authorities to mobilize for a strong campaign toward a cleaner city and to preserve the city’s former pride and beauty.
The Indian Society of Chicago plans a meatless and wheatless menu for its annual dinner at Congress Hotel in Chicago tonight. The event aims to be a major patriotic celebration with a notable menu feature.
A compact list of historical milestones including births of Belmont and Timrod, Jenny Lind’s Baltimore visit, Pius IX on the Immaculate Conception dogma, Nashville and Albany developments, Boston’s Holy Cross cathedral dedication, the Ring Theater fire toll, Red Cloud’s death, and early World War I happenings with German and British fleets and battles near Monastir.
In the Eastern District of Alabama a trustee will sell at public outcry the Jenifer Furnace Company estate. The sale includes Jenifer furnace plant, 6000 acres of brown ore timber and lands, coal mines with mineral rights, mining machinery and tools, and household furniture. Bids require 5000 cash or certified funds. further 45000 to cover administration. Sale subject to district court confirmation. Taxes for current year excluded.
Default on note secured by a mortgage on land in Calhoun County Alabama triggers sale. On December 17 1937 at Jacksonville public square the mortgagee will sell a three acre tract described as fractions of lots ten eleven and twelve, south of a line, to satisfy the debt.
A Bulgarian official stated that Bulgaria will oppose any action that leads to American bloodshed on European battlefields. He claimed Bulgarians supported U S entry into the war, hoping for a fair exchange and favorable terms regardless of future events.
New York December event at Waldorf Astoria will honor Dr J J Jusserand French ambassador to the United States. Colonel Roosevelt and Senator Lodge of Massachusetts are among the speakers at the nineteenth annual dinner of the Pennsylvania Society of New York.
Boston honors Frederick Ayer on his ninety fifth birthday. Ayer, born in Connecticut, became a leading New England financier and Woolen industry pioneer who virtually organized the present form of the woolen business. Even in advanced age he remains a director in nearly twenty major corporations.
Senator Borah Idaho said he will renew efforts to urge government price controls once administration bills are introduced. Other lawmakers favor using President issued measures to curb profiteering and extend price fixing to basic materials including cotton. A fellow senator proposes applying diminishing returns to set prices on the hardest produced portions of a commodity.
Soldiers of the National Army at Camp Upton plan a major show titled Your Boy's Day's Work to raise funds for a gymnasium and theater. The program, featuring more than 300 trainees, recreates camp life from wakeup to taps at the flippo drome.
Chamberlain's Tablets are marketed for stomach troubles biliousness and constipation and have reportedly helped people cured after years of suffering. The advertisement claims persistent constipation can be permanently cured by regular use and following the bottle directions.
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