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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1903
Page
2
By direction of the Freight Claim Agent I will on the 15th day of Dec 1903 sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the following lot of unclaimed and refused freight for charges due thereon. Sale will be held at Southern Railway Freight depot in the city of Anniston Ala beginning at 10 o'clock at.
Oxford reports W L Strickland of Jackson Bros Co Lineville visiting the town. J M Ragan expected to be named postmaster at Anniston this week. Lena Bagley music class recital at Miss Bagley home received praise. Anniston hunting trip with poor luck. T A Turner ill with a cold, active in cotton trade. Mrs Jane Yoe, born Snow, long linked to Oxford, died last year at near 70. Renters seek more vacant houses to spur growth. W W Barnes of Barefield noted as year end thinker. Church services listed by Rev W Rrey Spinks Carey Liston. BE A Walker recovering, Pearl Miller returns from Talladega visit.
A mountain near Lion Chek in China yields alum as a natural curiosity and wealth, with a base circumference of at least ten miles and a height near two thousand feet. Alum blocks are produced by quarrying heated stone and boiling vats, crystallizing into six inch thick layers then cut into around ten pound blocks.
Starry Dockwell, 25, died at home after a severe coughing fit following a cold. His wife and child were present as a physician was delayed. The notice notes a cure promoted by Bale lard’s Horehound Syrup priced from 25 cents to $1.00, sold by J. L. Wikle.
Order your coal from the Annis ton Tce Mfg Co and get satisfaction. Phone 49.
Early signs include hoarseness followed by a rough cough. Give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as soon as hoarseness appears to dispel symptoms and avoid danger and anxiety. The remedy is widely used and considered safe and effective by mothers. Sold by J. L. Wikle, druggist.
A proposed union of fishermen along the Illinois River would require all fish stories to carry a union label or be viewed with suspicion once formed. Local debate centers on integrity and collective standards for catch reports and claims.
Editorial argues no nation can outmatch the United States in war, citing the battleship Missouri and the Missouri mule as symbols of American strength and resolve. The piece asserts U S military prowess and readiness.
A vintage medicine ad promising a cure for a cold within one day. It notes refunds if unsuccessful and includes E. W. Grove’s signature on each box. Price listed as 25e.
A listing of novels and authors includes Under the Rose by Frederic Ishman The Circle by Katherine Cecil Thurston Carrel of The Blessed Isles by Irving Bacheller A Rose of Normandy by W R Wilson Lovey Mary by Alice Caldwell Hegan Wee Macgreegor by J J Bell Gordon Keith by Thomas Nelson Page The Captain's Toll by Frank R Stockton The One Woman by Thomas Dixon Jr The Mettle of The Pasture by James Lane Allen.
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