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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
3
Washington marked a centennial celebration of establishing a permanent seat of government in the capital. The date traced to 1783 when a group gathered in New York to celebrate the birthday for the first time, long before official holidays were set.
The text notes odes to Washington and a plan to meet on anniversaries honoring the nation's leader. The celebration grew in importance and spread across states, with Mississippi abstaining. It claims Washington was born in 1732 and died in 1899, reflecting historical misconceptions.
Senator Foraker, chosen by the Senate to read Washington's farewell address, delivered the reading here yesterday. The act was an implied honor to the senator.
The new Washington Lafayette statue was presented to the city yesterday in New York. Randolph Guggenheimer delivered the principal address during the ceremony.
In Brooklyn on February 23 four houses under construction on Fifth Avenue were blown down by a heavy gale blowing at about sixty miles per hour. No injuries are reported. Police and fire units respond to the scene as residents survey the damage and secure the area.
The American Journal of Health endorses Murray Hill Club whiskey as an absolutely pure product. It argues that properly used alcoholic beverages can benefit strength and vitality and urges physicians to consider it as a pure stimulant option.
A fragment notes Murray Hill Club Whiskey being sold in an unspecified location, with partial phrasing pointing to a sale event at a local business or venue. No clear date, buyer, price, or full location is provided in readable text.
In accordance with Democratic executive resolutions of January 18 1900 Calhoun county selects inspectors clerks and returning officers for the March 7 1900 county officer primary. Beat by beat lists include Jacksonville Alexandria June Bug Maddox Polkville Peeks Hill Hollingsworth Landers Allen Piedmont Rabbittown White Plains Choccolocco Iron City Oxford Sulphur Springs and assigns specific officers and clerks for each polling area.
The shop invites customers with a broad sale of watches clocks and jewelry at low prices. Everything is guaranteed up to date and repairs are offered. The store proclaims it is here to stay and to treat customers right.
An anecdote from Youth's Companion recounts Betsey, a freed slave, advising a minister's wife on social acceptance in Europe. Betsey spends wages from laundress work to buy gowns for impoverished Southern women, proving status lies in character, not birth or jewels. The tale ends with the woman rejecting Empress Eugenie jewels, choosing conduct over display to earn true respect.
Miss Annie Brewer returns from Birmingham. Mrs W H Brown and several visitors from Birmingham Macon Jacksonville Caryville Meridian and Pennsylvania are guests locally. A Rifles armory social entertains. Paderewski concert draws Anniston Musical Society party to Birmingham.
The record enumerates election beats 15 through 25 in Anniston and surrounding wards detailing inspectors clerks and returning officers for each beat. It notes that several committee members did not recommend a returning officer and Rh Thomason as chairman appoints an executive committee member to act as returning officer for those beats.
The Philadelphia Record notes a serious golf ball shortage due to scarce gutta percha, raising prices from 3.60 per dozen and threatening growth in golf’s popularity. Demand from tournaments drives high usage, with second-hand balls sold cheaply after remodeling for practice.
A Beirut despatch dated February seventeenth reports Musselmen of Sidon wounded the British vice consul's son and surrounded the consulate. Troops were dispatched to the scene. Julius Levy advertises new spring woolens and fabrics while Anniston coal company promotes supply orders.
A shopper bargains for fabric saying she wants 24 yards not 29. The saleswoman refuses then offers 23 yards. The customer approves and buys, her husband approving with a admiring smile at the end.
The New York grape belt spans 30,000 acres with an average yield of 7,000 cars and 3,000 baskets per car. This brief provides an overview of production scale and units used in reporting harvested fruit quantities.
A writer argues hat style reveals character. A well fitting hat marks a methodical, sensible man. oversized hats imply reflective, introspective traits like Gladstone. eyes-covering hats hint at scheming. forehead hats suggest frankness. side hats denote independence but risk vice.
A reflective piece notes men mutter and soliloquize in crowded streets. It argues that urban din fosters isolation as individuals express thoughts aloud, often unseen by others, while moving through downtown.
An industrious hen owned by James Murtha of Hattonia lays two eggs on Mondays and Thursdays and usually lays one egg on other days.
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