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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1902
Page
4
James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, argues for expanding farm education with science and research. He cites 1862 Congressional land grant colleges and 1860 experiment stations, noting current public schooling fails to serve farm youth and urging curricula closer to production needs.
It is suggested that Anniston's splendid band attend the inauguration of Gov Jolk next month. The band is regarded as one of the best in the state and would reflect credit on Anniston before thousands of listeners.
Premier Arthur J. Balfour argues knowledge will fragment. He foresees a future where the specialist dominates and the generalist risks becoming lost amid vast detail. The essay reflects on the elusiveness of universal mastery.
Former French ambassador to the United States argues that universities are the nation’s soul. They train men for the future and determine whether American civilization spreads beyond the Pacific by force or through intellectual growth.
Secretary of War Clin Root argues against banning beer and light wines at army posts claiming it drives enlisted men to roam nearby neighborhoods drink bad whisky and consort with abandoned people. He warns the law would increase drunkenness disease insubordination desertion and moral physical degeneration.
Proceeds of voluntary offerings go to the Free Kindergarten association. Probate Judge KE F Crook returns Saturday night from a visit to his mother in Columbus Georgia. Mr and Mrs O J McCarley have released from a pleasant visit to relatives in LaFayette. Mrs Walter Harper returns to the city after visiting her mother. Mrs L M H Whetstone leaves today for Rome GA to visit friends.
A newspaper ad touts Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as a remedy for burns cuts sores eczema and piles. It claims the salve alleviates injuries from frequent street accidents and urges purchase at Miller Drug Co and West End Drug Co.
The Starboarder opens Monday January 5 with clean costumes bright specialties and a handsome scene that are expected to bring ringing applause and strong audience reaction.
An advertisement asserts deafness stems from an inflamed Eustachian tube and offers one hundred dollars for any case of deafness caused by catarrh not cured by Hali's Catarrh Cure. It promotes Hali's items including family pills and urges sending for free circulars from J. Cummny & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Anson G Phelps Segur, a retired financier long associated with Jay Gould, has died in New York. The veteran broker, prominent in finance circles, passed away at his home after a long career marked by leadership roles and influential connections.
The wife of President Loube of France heads the national battle against tuberculosis. We handle Blocton Coal. Telephone 82. Donahoo & Co.
The slow in its entirety is the best fan producer seen here in years. The orchestra carried by this company is alone worth the price of admission.
Apparent on the surface is the claim that provisions are made to supply customers with beef, veal, poultry, turkey, chicken, duck, rabbit, and fresh fruit in perfect condition for the table. Prices claimed moderate for quality and living high.
A brief classified notice announces prompt coal delivery available in Anniston via telephone number 49. The message notes convenient ordering by phone and targets local residents seeking immediate coal service.
Novelist Mrs Humprey Ward lies critically ill at her English home after a long period of illness. Neighbors and literary colleagues express concern for her condition and send wishes for recovery.
An advertising note from Burdett & Rayfield touts Uricsol as a universal cure for rheumatism sciatica lumbago and kidney liver and bladder troubles caused by uric acid in the system. Claiming forty nine years of druggist experience a large company backs the remedy and it is sold by Lamar Rankin Drug Co in Atlanta and Uricsol Chemical Co in Los Angeles at one dollar per bottle or five dollars for six bottles.
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