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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1909
Page
7
An urban notice promotes a vaudeville bill featuring Jap the educated bulldog and a blackface duo alongside reel pictures. Dates, showtimes at 3 and 7 pm, and contact details are listed, with further ad copy urging persistent advertising to boost sales.
Classified notice shows 15 and 20 cent pineapples in a large shipment. Reidinger & Co. offer prompt service for fancy groceries via porter or phone 22.
A solicitation advising property owners to list with us for sale and inviting potential buyers to call. The notice emphasizes estate listings and purchaser contact. It presents a straightforward invitation without extra details.
Freeman Christian, a negro, remains at large after allegedly assaulting Felix Da viston, a white employee at Union Foundry with a heavy stick, breaking his arm. A warrant for assault with intent to murder is sworn, and Aniston police pursue him. The incident is described as unprovoked.
A stream of visitors from St Louis Huntaville Rock Run Jenifer Rome Wetumpka Choccolocco Cedartown and Atlanta were in Anniston today and last night. Notables at the Alabama included James L Philip pottt D B Williams from New Orleans and Miss Meade the Tennessee actress earning about 1500 a month. Receipts for the performance climbed to 1124 setting local box office records.
SPECIAL DRUM MAJOR PEAS $1.35 PER DOZEN CANS. This price available in dozen lots only. STERNE'S ad copy notes a went ad when personal property is to be turned into cash.
Mrs. G. H. Livingston died in Jacksonville Monday afternoon and was buried Wednesday at Edgemont cemetery after funeral services at Mrs. J. E. Livingston’s home. Two sons, George E. Livingston of Augusta Georgia and Paul Livingston of New York, returned home for the funeral. She was a pioneer of Anniston.
John P Leyden is engaged as master mechanic at the McWane furnaces in this city, a position he accepted a few weeks ago. He tried farming last year, but recently returned to his first love, mechanics.
The Star reports a gentleman's watch advertised by Chief of Police N. Glosson was taken from two boys believed to have stolen it while trying to pawn it. The owner may recover it after identifying the item and paying advertising costs.
A pale intellectual young woman laments a servant's careless act that used her completed modern society novel drafts to start a fire in the grate. Miss Tartan remarks on the burning shame as the tale unfolds.
Out-of-town automobile travelers from Gadsden Talladega Jacksonville and nearby towns attended the Anniston district event Tuesday evening boosting receipts to a new record.
A contrast in how people behave at meals as described in a Detroit Free Press item. Manners imply refined, quiet serving of soup, while mannerisms exaggerate, rapid bites and odd speech. The piece highlights social cues and etiquette.
An earnest citizen asserts equality of men from birth, while Mr. Rafferty counters that equality fades as people grow, in a brief exchange quoted from the Washington Star.
Advertising dominates modern commerce as shops struggle to survive without heavy promotion. The piece argues that strong marketing is essential for business, contrasting past thrift with current need for bold campaigns to attract customers and stay competitive.
Debate over which spoke first Adam or Eve centers a Boston women’s club discussion. The Washington gathering awarded Eve the honor of uttering the first human language, a topic Dante also explored with medieval scholars. The question pleases suffragists as a catalyst for female voice and agency.
A western woman reports that taking a spoonful of cream before and after swallowing makes the bitter medicine tasteless. The claim suggests cream can alleviate the nausea from various elixirs once disguised by frost, jelly, or wine.
Classified advertising proves inexpensive for small sellers to move items. Ads offer simple, quick placements for modest listings and routine requests, delivering visible results with minimal cost and effort.
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