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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star monthly report for January 1907 shows totals of 2 045 345 copies and a daily average circulation of 2 215. The statement is sworn by B B McKel general manager and witnessed by Notary B W Ledbetter on February 1.
A conference of negroes at Tooskeoga urges ministers and teachers to educate on the menace of loafers and to enforce laws against vagrancy gambling and intemperance. They say idle people of all colors should work and warn that loafing fuels burglaries and assaults in Southern towns.
The Montgomery Advertiser reports Commissioner of Agriculture J A Wilkinson will distribute funds or materials within a few days. The brief cites official plans and outlines anticipated timing for the distribution.
Several hundred packages of alfalfa seed are being distributed to farmers in Alabama for experimental sowing. Alfalfa is viewed as highly valuable among forage crops, and its wider cultivation is considered advisable.
England’s new ambassador the Hon James Bryce questions Capt BR Hobsons claim that England backs Japan in a possible war with America. Bryce labels it politics and warns he may have to deny statements later if not careful.
A heavy snow occurred in north Alabama yesterday afternoon while morning rain kept the ground wet causing rapid melt. T L Thomas, a twenty year Mobile and Ohio railroad engineer, dropped dead this morning while oiling his engine. Gadsden National Bank received its charter and will open next Monday with $125 000 authorized capital, KE Hollingsworth president and W G Srockway cashier.
Jim Griffin a white man was convicted in the circuit court at Hfonteville of highway robbery and sentenced by Judge D W Speake to ten years in the penitentiary. He was accused of robbing Rev. Peter Baker in this city months ago and claimed the affair was a joke, though the recovered money and spendings betrayed him.
The sermon compares wealth to passing a camel through the eye of a needle a fortress passage in old Arabia and Ireland shows similar eyeholes in stone cabins Ireland hosts near perfect example at Grianan Eileach Donegal annals say Eileach was built by a Tuach de Danaan chief about 1300 years before Christ.
A New Yorker shows a visitor a tiny five room flat with a den the music room and a packing closet. They describe sleeping eating and dressing in the rooms and even cooking with dogs in the kitchen.
Mercury containing catarrh ointments threaten senses and the whole system. Do not use without a physician’s prescription. Hall’s Catarrh Cure by FP J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio claims no mercury and acts through the blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Hall’s Family Pills offered for constipation.
The Atlanta Georgian excerpt quotes Jacob Schurman defending Rockefeller education funding, condemning Civilizing The South remarks as hypocritical. The piece lauds Southern virtues and notes sharp rebuke of Northern intellectuals' view of southern civilization using Rockefeller wealth.
A collection of short quips and anecdotes from various papers. remarks touch on smokeless towns cotton crops and political figures like Hoke Smith with light sarcasm and regional humor. The items reflect editorial banter and social observations of the era.
A London Spectator excerpt argues women find happiness in detail rather than ends, noting their pleasure in social life, children, and minutiae of work. It claims women fret less about future defects, favor small joys, and may fritter away time on little things while men seek bigger, fleeting pleasures.
An opinion notes that attitude shapes outcomes for heaven or trouble, arguing that dwelling on trouble invites it. The piece cautions readers to view situations differently to avoid ongoing woes.
A brief exchange reveals a quirky financial maneuver as one character lends an umbrella to Stickles, arguing the loan saves 25 cents daily by borrowing rather than paying for an umbrella option. The scene blends humor with a small economy lesson in a domestic setting.
Ferdinand Brunetiere recounted an American museum scam letter about a so called rare Meaux eagle praised in his writings. The French author explained the eagle was long dead, clarifying the misunderstanding from a shrewd showman in the United States.
The Philadelphia Press quotes a theatrical manager telling a star performer to curb domineering behavior toward fellow company members. The actor retorts that he is the star, prompting a pointed reminder that he is not a fixed star.
A customer jokes about buying a suit with no pockets, asking for a fashionable measure in a tailor’s shop. The tailor quotes sixty dollars and the customer implies he won’t pay the bill, delivering a humorous exchange.
A terse classified item lists a phone line 72. RB O, Watson, seemingly an inquiry or service note.
1820 Cato street conspirators arrested five executed May 1. 1827 Waverley authorship acknowledged by Sir Walter Scott. 1857 Fanny Davenport NY debut. 1861 Order of the Star of India instituted. 1863 Speke and Grant Nile discovery at Lake Nyanza. 1895 ex Queen of Hawaii imprisoned for conspiracy. 1897 Powers order Greece imprisoned for conspiracy. 1902 Ellen M Stone released by Macedonian brigands. 1904 Senate ratifies Pasama Canal treaty.
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