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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1901
Page
4
The snippet shows the paper’s proprietors Gordon and Stockton editors and publishers, office location in Columbian Building Noble Street, registration in Anniston Alabama, subscription price 5 dollars with monthly or weekly options, telephone number 68, dated February 1901.
The Evening Star announces its agency network in the city and surrounding areas. Sample copies, subscriptions, and advertisements are available at listed outlets in Glen Addie, West End, Anlerton, Oxannia, Oxworp, Oxanna, and Jacksonville with offices and stores noted for pickup and transmission of submitted materials.
The 7th Senatorial District including Clearlane and Calhoun counties announces Walter B Merrill as a candidate for delegate to the Constitutional Convention. The nomination is subject to Democratic party action.
The article highlights F A Stuart of Marshall Michigan who turned six years of ad spending into a million dollar success. He attributes his rise to persistent daily newspaper advertising and a consistently meritorious product, growing from ten thousand dollars to over two hundred fifty thousand annually.
The article cites leading citizens including many Confederate veterans arguing that a Northern written history of the United States contains untruths. It condemns such works as insurgent and rebellious labels that fan old sectional resentments. The piece warns there is no longer sectional strife and calls the author a near criminal for reviving history to inflame tensions.
A short Montgomery Advertiser note describes a drowning near a creek called Big Hilla hee Creek five miles southeast of Oxford and mentions Aniston and Anistonians. It also reports Miss Nellie Knight planned to marry Major Moden Ewart Carthew Yorsteun in Bombay, with other names noted.
Advertisement urges travelers to ask agents about Union Pacific services across western states. Describes Pullman Palace Sleepers with smoking and library cars dining cars with ala carte meals and Pullman Tourist Slopers. Advises contacting local agents or General Agent J F Aglar in St Louis for timetables and tickets.
Effective October 1 Southern Railway opens an elegant Pullman Sleeper Birmingham to Richmond by train 36 with return train 85 departing Birmingham at 4 40 p m and 11 45 a m respectively This offers better service than before For tickets contact agent C F Jackson at Birmingham Ala Mardi Gras tickets to New Orleans and Mobile exempt from Feb 1 1901 to 19 1901 at one fare to Mobile and New Orleans via Southern Railway routes Tickets on sale January 12 to 18 1901 travel must be completed by March 19 1901 No tokens beyond noon February 19 1901 Tickets limited to return by March 19 1901 Information from Southern Railway agents
Effective October the Choctaw Route will operate daily trains between Memphis and Hot Springs Arkansas. The service offers double daily trips to Indian and Skiahons Togories with connections to southwest Missouri Kansas Texas and the West.
Fragmentary OCR text references various fashion features and names such as TuULivs Lavy and Ter ehant Vaitor with incomplete phrases. The readable portion hints at describing best features and weave styles but lacks coherent context or complete events.
A regular Anna nias club meeting at its usual venue elected O Z Henderson new president by a large margin. The gathering of about twelve members included K J Garner J H King Albert E Noble Jos Saka Roger Huey R B Perkins Newton H Reid and George Lindsey plus invited guests. An oyster roast followed speeches and tall tales with the hatchet awarded to the biggest tale teller. The club plans to invite Evening Star to attend the next meeting and laments the absence of founder James Noble Sr. at yesterday's event.
Texas & Pacific Railway announces sale of single fare round trip tickets from Texas stations for Mardi Gras travel on February 13 14 15 16 17 and 18 with return eligibility to March 1 1901. Limited to sound trip. chair car line from Ft Worth Dallas to New Orleans touted as fastest. inquiries to H D Hughes or E P Tener in Dallas.
The Annisin Carpet Mill on West Eleventh Street seeks several young women for regular six day work weeks with good pay and pleasant conditions. Apply at once. James Buckler notes this February 1 posting.
The play produced in Chattanooga drew two full audiences with strong performances. Miss Clare Dicky and Miss Effie Gorman led a happy cast as the young wife and Mrs. Wetherby, with W. H. Turner delivering a roar inducing portrayal of the distraught lover.
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