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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1907
Page
4
The statement shows daily and total January circulation numbers for the Evening Star, including monthly totals and a daily average. Signed by general manager B. B. MeeKee and sworn by Notary Public Baislet Day in February 1907, with figures for dates and regions listed.
Oxford and Pell City, previously reliant on outposts of whisky, may gain dispensaries if the governor signs the bills after senate passage. The move raises questions about temperance progress in towns that had no saloons and whether dispensaries will aid or hinder the cause.
The Star states that much of Evelyn Nesbit Thaw's testimony today was withheld and telegraphed, publishing only the unobjectionable portion and indicating no other type will be printed in this paper.
Today marks the anniversary of Adelina Patti, celebrated for a life devoted to melody that elevates listeners from everyday life to a musical paradise. The passage highlights her enduring youth and noble mission to thrill audiences with almost divine song.
Adelina Patti, famed operatic soprano born in Madrid on February 10, 1844, announced her final retirement. She trained under Maurice Strakosch, debuted in New York November 24, 1850, and first appeared at Covent Garden May 14, 1846. Her career spanned many countries with immense earnings noted from 24 Argentine concerts in 1888. Patti married thrice, to Marquis de Caux in 1868, Ernesto Nicolini, who died in 1898, and Baron Rolf Cederström in 1899.
An essay argues the value of not knowing the future and not reading others minds. It contends that certainty would drive madness, offering examples of predictable doom, mortality, and the burdens carried by friends, emphasizing that tragedies and hidden sorrows enrich life’s boundaries.
An advertorial warns against medicines containing whisky or coal tar for coughs and colds. It promotes Hyomei as a germ killing, soothing inhalant, claiming rapid relief and a full cure with a pocket inhaler. Scarbrough Drug Company backs the guarantee, outfit priced at 1 dollar with 50 cent refills.
Washington reports the House considers excluding all mail from the United States to curb patronage. Senate backs Howitzer on prohibiting interstate pajama shipments. Commerce cancels licenses of firms in NY, DE, PA over voting declines. fourth assistant postmaster general eyed. Press overhaul aims to make that official editor of papers. Advertising ban to curb extravagance and protect morals.
Local manager Ed D. Smith of the Noble street theater reports a telegram from Joe Chambers of the Elks theater Talladega praising Everybody Works but Father. The troupe arrived in Anniston and will perform this evening at Noble street theater with scenery, carpenters, electricians, machinists, and a large chorus. Cast includes Harrison Greene Katherine Roberts Bert O Rourke and Gaylord Hurlock. Seats on sale. a good crowd is expected.
An old expression notes the sun's regularity, contrasted with the liver and bowels aided by Dr. King's New Life Pills. The ad, guaranteed by Elam Ordway & Houser and Sear through Drug Co., lists 25 cents and promotes a humorous regional line about Simkins-Old Skinner and Timkins in a Chicago News quote.
Martha Baker Dunn notes Montaigne faced marriage with cheerful alacrity and valued restraint. He preferred Plutarch to console his wife after their daughter’s death, arguing the dignity of marriage lies in not being overly fond of one’s spouse.
A curious feast observed by Mohammedan inhabitants of India is linked to the origin of painting the town red. The Hell festival uses red powder in vermilion and rose shades, staining white clothes and making participants resemble demonic figures from hades. The ritual, once tied to heathen excesses, faces disfavor among the better classes due to its dissipated origins and ensuing excesses.
The Wednesday Study club will not meet with Miss Kate Bell on Wednesday afternoon. The meeting has been indefinitely postponed. Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Daniel of Gadsden were in Anniston yesterday.
A gospel minister walks a long hall and sees a housemaid pass into his study though she is later found elsewhere. He rings the bell and the maid comes from the top of the house. No one is harmed, the minister believes he saw the servant in two places at once, a puzzling tale with a happy outcome.
The speaker notes ancient sums spent by Mark Antony and Caligula dwarf contemporary wealth, citing Antony’s house selling for over $500,000 and Scaurus’ villa burning at a loss of over $12,000,000, with Nero begun palace wings costing over $14,000,000. The piece urges modesty, claiming even the richest modern people are cheap by ancient standards.
A Greek narrator explains nargile use among his people noting pure tobacco grown in Persia as tumbeky. He describes washing the tobacco to remove strength, squeezing out juice, and drying it before smoke is drawn through water which purportedly removes nicotine for a harmless, pleasant smoke.
A brief aphorism notes that the desire to look intelligent among fools may reflect shallow wisdom rather than true understanding. It contrasts public display with genuine insight, suggesting prudence in appearances versus substance.
Special to the Star Omaha Feb 19 The intersynodical foreign missionary convention for men the first big gathering of its kind to be held by the Presbyterian church of America opened in Omaha today and will continue until Friday Public figures and business leaders have been invited and an attendance that meets optimistic expectations is reported.
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