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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1914
Page
4
A collage of phrases references fire recovery optimism and travel blurbs. Mentions Rush and early medical practice along with lines about Anniston Talladega and a local daily ad style. The text reads like a promotional snippet from a newspaper page.
The chorus girls from a famed theatre company touring An niston last week appeared in the city in a desolate mood wandering streets and warming on building ledges. The sight recalled a parody line about women behind the footlights and contrasted with their prior stage image.
Washington Dec 10 Poultry dressing directions from the department outline methods to draw and clean a chicken not home including flaming plucking head removal gutting and trimming giblets with cautions about safety and best timing for cooking the dressed bird.
Star notes city charity workers favor the Good Fellow Club plan to spread Christmas aid locally rather than erect a municipal tree. The piece highlights practical outreach, citing Montague on a child’s belief Santa Claus may skip the poor this year.
A discussion argues advertising pays in all seasons, with stronger returns during slow periods. It cites established firms that maintain or expand ad space when business declines, and a New York candy manufacturer who urges continuing campaigns even in hard times.
WM. H. Zinn appeals editor to support a glass front exhibition building near the Unterm Station to attract travelers and boost Arlington town. He urges a dedicated promoter paid $125 monthly to advance civic pride, attract visitors, and modernize the city as a model town.
A columnist notes that persistent publicity can sustain sales during lean times. He cites a Milwaukee advertiser who boosted spending from 550 000 to 800 000 and prospered as rivals faltered. The piece argues for maintaining public visibility and judging market capacity to buy in better terms.
The article extols Mary Pickford as the leading US film star with a nationwide fan base. It notes boxcar banners and weekly Mary Pickford Days in major theatres, praising her appeal across diverse audiences. It mentions her pairing with John Burnny and the contract news with Famous Players to produce eight years of work.
A compiled list notes events and figures such as the burning of a papal bull in 1520, Elizabeth I signing Marie’s execution warrant, births of John Murray in 1741, Prussian capture of Breslau in 1747, the Royal Academy founding in 1768, Matthias Baldwin in 1795, Fort San Antonio capitulation in 1835, and Walter Powell’s sea death in 1881, with several garbled entries.
Oregon delegates at the State Association of County Judges and Commissioners focused on improving roadways. Speakers outlined modern building, eroding and repairing methods. President Rufus Holmay urged continued progress as members planned a visit to the Columbia River Highway to inspect current work.
The 1914 letter requests publication of a section of the Alabama code, detailing exemptions from writs of execution or attachment. It outlines items protected from seizure for debts contracted after the code's adoption, including cooking utensils, stoves, furniture, bedding, clothing, a specified weight of meat and lard, meal and flour, portions of corn or wheat, potatoes, and barrels of syrup, to be chosen by the debtor.
Forecast for Anniston and vicinity calls for frost tonight and Friday with generally fair conditions tonight into Friday. Ephemeral data notes barometer at 29.92 inches, high 14 degrees since yesterday, low 1 degree, 24 hour precipitation 0.62 inches, year to date precipitation 36.97 inches, excess 314 degrees, sunrise 6 23 pm, sunset 4 84 pm.
Calhoun County organizers announce Belgian relief money will be spent by local merchants and for clothing and food, not sent to Birmingham or New Orleans. Judge J J Wilkett, chairman, reports steady checks and recontributions daily as James Bowron, state chairman, outlines shipping plans via steamer Wabana to New Orleans before January 18 and notes instructions for sending clothing and funds locally if preferred.
The report discusses trains involved and directs operators to meet at the designated point to provide a check system, aiming to reduce trainmen forgetting or miscoordinating actions. It emphasizes practical steps for synchronized operations and safety.
Fragmentary page cites mob pressure after a verdict in the Mary Phagan murder case. The text presents a defendant's sorrow, claims of innocence, and fear of execution, while invoking justice, perjury, and a hoped reversal in Georgia. The tone reflects courtroom drama and public outrage from the era.
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