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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1914
Page
3
York reports Jimmy Gilmore speaking for the Federal league promising peace on terms favorable to the separate major league. The piece recalls endless anecdotes about Guy Shanks’s near-fatal health scare and Tris Speaker’s cigarette issue, plus looming cost cuts by magnates including travel and lodging reductions for players.
Princeton star Hobey Baker has joined the New York Athletic Club and will play on its hockey team this winter. He is regarded as one of the country’s greatest all around hockey players and is expected to be a prominent figure in games in New York Boston and Montreal this year.
An advertisement claims Dr James Headache Powders end neuralgia and all headache pain in moments. Priced at 10 cents per package, the copy promises quick and sure relief and urges readers to stop suffering and try the product.
The slugging left fielder of the Philadelphia Nationals is sought by New York Giants manager John McGraw who is prepared to take extreme measures to secure the player.
A reader notes a total hotel bill saving of about 1600 dollars and imagines how much champagne those savings could buy for magnates.
Montgomery December 18. J W W Moss and George Dewyre of Jefferson county must go to prison for murder. The supreme court denied their applications for new trials. Moss was convicted of murdering Will Gray and sentenced to life. Dewyre received thirty five years for the killing of Robert Herring in second degree murder.
The Kentucky McDowell Society will honor Edward MacDowell tonight with an evening of his compositions and life. Stereoptico views from the MacDowell Settlement at Peterborough, provided by the mission's widow, accompany the program showcasing the environment where his famous works were created.
A proposed Alabama law creates the office of Official Shorthand Reporter for the City Court of Anniston and the Circuit Court of Calhoun County for a four year term. The act sets oath, removal for cause, and a maximum three dollar daily fee to be added to trial costs and paid to the Calhoun County treasury.
In the Special Term of the Calhoun County Probate Court on December 3 1914 Eva Wood administratrix of the estate of J Ho Privets decedent filed an account and vouchers for final settlement. The court ordered January 4 1915 as the date to examine and allow the account and notice to all concerned to appear.
Readable fragments list residents such as Miss Lola Vategt and Miss Verna Wiehe alongside prices and places like Wemner Ala and Garden Mids Mule. The garbled OCR mentions multiple individuals including Mrs Costle Hat and Miss Oraee AwStin with monetary figures and street or district hints such as Reek Run and 8400 Mera.
An old recipe to darken hair uses Sage Tea and Sulphur, sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. A small bottle costs about six cents and darkens gray hair naturally with a few applications, while also claiming to stop dandruff and falling hair. Agent Scarborough Drug Co.
An old time remedy advocates Jad Salts dissolved in water to neutralize urinary acids and soothe the bladder. It claims to ease burning, irritation, and frequent nighttime urination by flushing kidneys and bladder, with emphasis on inexpensive, non habit forming relief.
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