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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1909
Page
2
The Dallas capital hosts a strong gubernatorial candidate as Selma promotes business season. Read the Star ads to shop early and find Anniston store news. Work for Anniston is urged with direct effort and community action.
Aniston merchants invite readers to view a festive display of holiday goods in the Star. Shoppers are urged to visit local stores to see offerings and make purchases for the holiday season.
The Birmingham Ledger declares support for Hon. H. S. Mallory as governor candidate and notes opponents falling into line. It suggests Mallory may win though unity is not guaranteed, warning that whoever defeats him will become Alabama’s next governor.
A Chattanooga notice states The Manhattan, a literary club created to promote reading and discourse, has been suppressed. It claims Tennessee residents are a benighted people who have lost their love for personal liberty.
Quote emphasizes the blessing of finding and doing honest energetic work and calls for many Anniston residents to assemble and strive for the city’s improvement.
The piece notes that average office costs can exceed salary for successful candidates and that some office holders cost the public more than they are worth at current price levels.
Aldrich remarks with satisfaction that Andrew Jackson is dead. He muses that if Jackson or “Old Hickory” were president today he would curb the insolent boss of the United States Senate, contrasting with Taft as current leader.
Men count for more than money or natural advantages in city building. An niston has resources money and capable citizens to direct affairs. Why not get together and...
The speaker notes Anniston's slow growth and cites President Taft's view of a national prosperity. He adds that prosperity will rise gradually and calls for lower living costs and higher wages to benefit all citizens.
The passage mentions ex Mayor George BH Ward of Birmingham as a probable candidate for governor. It argues Ward should run and notes that if Judge Weakly and Treasurer Heed are not in the race, Ward would only need to defeat Mallory O Neil Spragins Moody Bowie and others to reach the state’s top office.
The piece urges immediate action to improve Calhoun county roads as winter approaches. It argues that a satisfactory road must be good in all weather and calls for a strong good roads movement now rather than waiting for future generations.
Walter D Agnew who recently became dean of the school of theology at the University of Chattanooga was born December 9 187% at Littleton Illinois and educated at Chaddock College and Illinois Wesleyan University. He graduated from Boston University in 1901 with a bachelor of sacred theology and held posts as teacher pastor and college administrator before his 1905 presidency at Missouria Wesleyan College.
An advertisement touts Mi o Na tablets as a guaranteed cure for stomach diseases and indigestion with money back if unsatisfied. It claims quick relief within minutes and offers samples and endorsements from Mrs Mary Hutchinson, with a price of 50 cents a large box through Elam Ordway and Houser in Anniston.
Special to Star from Jacksonville describes the rain postponing the Deestrick Skule event by the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist church. Other items note the Guild of St Luke’s bazaar at the Allegany hotel raising funds for vestry room improvements and community visits from Mrs. Morris and Mrs. Irby.
A compiled list notes key past events: Henry IV and Mary de Medici marriage in 1600, Milton born in 1608, 1847 Campbell takes Prince Edward Island post, Emma Abbott born 1850 and died 1891, 1867 Atlanta Reconstruction convention, 1900 Irby death, 1902 Vermont liquor law shift, 1908 Gen. Cameron death.
A brief promotional snippet invites readers to subscribe to the Star to receive breaking news on the day it occurs. It emphasizes immediate access and timely reporting through the newspaper service.
The Scarbrough Drug Co endorses Rexall Remedies as pure and dependable with a personal guarantee of satisfaction or a refund. Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets relieve stomach issues and cost 25 cents to $1.00 per package. Anniston residents are urged to buy only at Scarbrough Drug Co for genuine products.
Capudine is advertised as curing sick headaches and nervous headaches. It claims quick liquid effects for travel headaches and stomach or female troubles and is sold by druggists.
The Wisconsin and Michigan railroad, seventy three miles long with about twenty miles of sidings, was publicly offered today in Menominee to satisfy a tax claim of forty four thousand five hundred seventy nine dollars due the State of Michigan. The main line runs from Peshtigo Wisconsin to Iron Mountain Michigan.
Delegates from labor organizations across Pennsylvania gathered in Harrisburg to denounce government by injunction and judge-made law. They oppose state constabulary suppression of Pittsburg strike disorders and Vandergrift authorities banning the Labor Day parade.
Advertisement claims a single day cure for colds using Laxative Brom Quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. Box is sold for 25 cents and bears BE GROVE’S signature on the label.
Stock holders of the Ohio and Indiana Oil Company and Maine corporation held a special meeting in Augusta to wind up affairs. Declining oil prices and exhausted production in the company's territory prompted liquidation plans.
A saying on family finance notes that home prosperity comes when wife spends money with the same care as husband earns it. The remark emphasizes mutual discipline in household budgeting and shared financial responsibility.
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