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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1900
Page
3
Local notes report Great Southern Bakery ready to receive customers on January 16 with orders welcome for all bread ids. Also mentions L. W. Bradley at 1 West Tenth Street and a city death and funeral notices involving James M. Bishop and J. H. Brazieton.
Mr. W. G. Scott returned from Bessemer today. Mr. Fred L. Blackmon went to Atlanta this morning. Mr. M. Markstein visited Heflin. Mr. A. R. Noble returned from New Orleans. Mr. Jos. Saks went to Gadsden and Jay. Col. John M. Caldwell traveled to Birmingham. Mr. D. A. Farrell left for Montgomery today.
Mrs J R Lemon entertained yesterday afternoon from four to six at Quintard avenue for Miss Sarah Louise Arnwine of Athens Tennessee. The home was decorated in pink and green with potted palms and tasteful arrangements. Guests wore elegant attire as ladies received with Miss Arnwine described as gracious and charming. Several hosted the reception including Mesdames Turner Kennedy Curry Bowie Cater and Misses Frye Leeper Bell. Refreshments featured pink ices and cakes. Mr and Mrs Ward left this morning for Newman Georgia for a short visit.
In An niston all lines of business report steady growth as the new year begins, signaling a positive economic outlook for the Model City.
A small but appreciative audience welcomed the International Grand Operatic company performing concert selections and scenes from Romeo and Juliette and Cavalleria rusticana. Excellent voices and acting marked the evening though poor weather kept many away. The highlight was a duet by Isses Carroll in The Absence.
A wholesome farce comedy opens next Monday night at Noble Street Theatre. The Prodigal Father promises two and a half hours of laughter with new songs and exhilarating music. The company features Lynn Welcher John F Clark J Dixon Ed 8 Jolly Logan Williams Barrow Sisters Marguerite Leslie Fanny Temple and others.
Commencing Monday January 15 Postmaster Smith will inaugurate a mail carrier registration system by letter. The new method aims to ease registering letters by handing them to the delivering carrier who will issue a receipt. Officials urge patrons to use this as a permanent feature of the Anniston office.
Glen Addie correspondent reports multiple items from The Evening Star including upcoming wedding of Nettie Sharpe to Gunby of Rome Georgia and a Rome ceremony at Second Baptist Church. J G Tyson leases a mine at Arbacooche with plans to mine ore if equipment is secured. Jno R Walker from the car works seeks leg amputation in Huntsville. Robert Robertson joins the car works at 206 Chestnut. Steve Arnold moves to Wilmer Street South Anniston and Jeff Roberts takes the vacated premises. Wiley Adams leaves Fourth and Pine for Lewis Machine Works Oxanao as pattern maker.
The LaFayette house on Commerce and Tallapoosa streets is being demolished as part of progress. Once the best building in Alabama, the two story hand made brick structure hosted a banquet for La Fayette seventy five years ago. scholars regret its loss and warn that the ground will hold a modern business building.
London Tit-Bits reports a tale of a famous smuggler arriving with jewels hidden in a coat. Officers seized paste gems first, then tracked the real diamonds to the smuggler’s back beneath a porous plaster. A conspirator fled with the haul, leaving officers mocked by failure.
Sweden's forests account for 40.65 percent of the nation's area, the largest forested share aside from Serbia, underscoring the country’s long standing role as a major lumber producer for over a century.
Wil N. Perkins announces takeover of the Empire steam laundry on West Tenth Street and pledges careful personal supervision, requesting continued patronage and hoping to gain new customers with continued perfect service.
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