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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1901
Page
4
The fragment records the Evening Star publication details with editors Gordon and Stockton. It notes the newspaper’s office in Columbian Building Nobie Street Anniston Alabama and lists a subscription price and telephone line, with a garbled date of January 1 100.
The Evening Star announces agency locations in Glen Avon Glen Addie street West End Deng Store and other districts. Agencies offer sample copies and accept subscriptions and advertisements with prompt transmission to the office. Vendors include J C Maya Co in Winston Oxromp Privett Rug Store in Oxromp Moorefield Jewelry in Moorefield and more.
The Evevena Star wishes readers a happy prosperous 1901 as the new century begins. Commentary notes the era will bring changes similar to prior centuries and hints at global events shaping the year ahead.
The piece discusses Dr. Lee of the U S Naval Observatory arguing the new century began five hours after midnight due to global time sweep from Greenwich. It notes that on January 1, 1801 Piazzi discovered the asteroid Ceres in Palermo Sicily and that nearly 500 such bodies have since been found.
A proverb notes that a prudent person who makes a good resolution hides it from others to prevent accidental breach. The saying emphasizes inner discipline and self-control over public boasting.
The Queen & Crescent System south of Meridian opens October 28 with a swift Meridian to Shreveport schedule linking with Texas lines, cutting Westbound travel from 7 to 12 hours. Southern Railway fast train No. 37 couples with the new service, offering the public the quickest route to Texas points. Visit local ticket agents for details and ticketing information.
Southern Railway offers round trip tickets at one and one third first class fare between all points during the holidays. Tickets available December 22 25 and 24 25 3 1 1901 with return by January 4. Through sleeping car Birmingham to Jacksonville inaugurated November 27. Jacksonville arrival 8:00 a.m. via Atlanta first class service. Call your nearest ticket agent for details.
Effective October 1, the Southern Railway runs an elegant Pullman Sleeper from Birmingham Alabama to Richmond Virginia. Train No 34 departs Birmingham at 4 40 p m and returns arrives Birmingham at 11 85 a m Train No 36. This offers the public improved service not seen before. For ticket information write C F JACKYON.
A compilation mentions a horse’s record jump of seven feet six inches, Kansas per capita pub relief tax under 35 cents, Boston clubs including a mycological group, birch beer bark theft in New York’s Van Cortlandt Park, a Scotch collie surviving a Chicago waterworks incident, Mexico’s universal direct tax, and Napoleon’s May 1797 ascent of St Mark’s Campanile to signal the fleet’s surrender.
Locke Sawyer Co presents a Christmas housing blitz with multiple listings on Moore and Twenty-first streets including a 7 room east front house on a large lot for 1300, a 4 room cottage for 875, a 6 room cottage at 1100, and vacant lots 100 to 1000. Also offers store rooms, leases and Leighton avenue houses at 1400 with 6 percent interest on deferred payments.
A brief notice lists affordable housing on Leighton Avenue in West Anniston. On January 1st a seven room house will be available for rent to interested tenants.
The ordinance imposes annual license taxes for 1901 on various occupations within Oxanna city limits. Rates cover auctioneers, barbers, butchers, fruit peddlers, dealers, dancing halls, doctors, ice cream vendors, peddlers, plumbers, wagonists, railway lines, restaurants, sewing machine dealers, skating rinks, stove sellers, patent medicine sales, and other trades with set yearly fees.
By virtue of an execution from the City Court of Anniston in favor of Tredegar National Bank for 810.86, the sheriff will sell January 7, 1901, at the Anniston courthouse. Property includes multiple tracts in Calhoun county, to the highest bidder for cash. Dec7-dlaw-3w
A circuit court judgment in favor of T W Ayers against L P Harter John B Ware and W T Edmondson for 880 dollars plus costs leads to a sale of L P Harter's property. The sale is set for Monday January 21 1901 at the Anniston courthouse to the highest bidder for cash. The property is described as the southwest quarter of section 6 township 14 range 9 east containing 160 acres all in Calhoun County Alabama. Dated Anniston January 21 1900.
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