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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
2
An Anniston Alabama notice lists subscription prices as 500 for a period with details truncated. The readable fragment confirms pricing and the local origin without identifying the publication name or full terms.
Parties who wish to unsubscribe from The Star may do so at convenient agency locations. The list includes Anniston Castleberry's Drug Store on W Fifteen Street Glen Addison W G Sivil's store at Pine and Fifth West Eleventh Street G R Dickert's store Oxanna Oxanna Grocery Co Oxford T B Bagley's Furniture Store.
Announcement notes J. W. Kina as the Tama candidate for Congress, subject to the action of the Democratic party. The notice signals party affirmation and upcoming renomination steps in the electoral process.
Por Sherrill announces W. T. Edmondson as a candidate for sheriff of Calhoun county, pending Democratic party action.
Henry B. Gitoven announces candidacy for re-election as County Treasurer of Calhoun County under the Democratic party, subject to party action.
The Democratic executive committee of Calhoun County calls a meeting in Anniston on Thursday January 18 1900 at 12 o clock in the city court room. Members are urged to attend. Re P Thomason chairman.
The Democratic Executive Committee of Calhoun County meets at noon in the city courtroom to decide whether to hold a primary or a convention, amid calls for party harmony and likely support for a primary. The piece notes ongoing debates and broader curiosities about fairs, hangings, and distant events.
The piece urges Anniston to form a commercial or industrial organization to replace past clubs. It warns without united citizen effort the city will lag in growth yet notes two large industries seek southern locations. A yarn mill bleachery and a knitting mill could relocate here, given water and location, and another successful knitting operation already exists.
The piece notes an expanding candidate pool once the primary is ordered and mentions The Bill's announcement column ready to publish all entries.
In Navejo County the sheriff’s December invitation on brick-edged paper drew criticism for its cheerful tone. Authorities warn there is a right way and a wrong way to handle official notices and executions, after the ill received outreach.
Notice invites the public to attend the execution of George Smiley on December 8 1899 at 2 PM in Hoterook Arkansas. It promises new methods of strangulation and describes the event as cheerful and a success.
In Navajo County Arizona officials comment on the tone of a black edged invitation. The sheriff postponed the execution and issued the invitation again on black edged paper to his men.
A Cincinnati Commercial Tribune report notes three men in New York City have entered hat trimming, challenging women in millinery. One ad hoc house-to-house designer charges four dollars a day, another runs a window shop with a staff and high prices, and a young designer in a Fifth Avenue shop creates hats at a rapid pace.
A recent test of a fathom meter near New York claims to measure water depth beneath a moving ship without sounding. The circular device has a suspended gimbaled glass circle with half degree and fathom graduations and a central magnet. A primary cell energizes the magnet to detect Earth's magnetism and reveal local depth differences from a moving vessel.
A formal notice from Holbrook announces the imminent execution of George Smiley for murder. The event is set for January 8, 1900 at 2 PM and invites attendees to observe with restrained, respectful conduct.
The Penal Core of Arizona requires the sheriff to issue invitations to an execution but does not prescribe their form. It suggests the legislature fix the official invitation form to prevent further issues like those facing the Navajo sheriff.
A brief Chicago Daily News item notes a clash of cranky personalities sparring over a matter, triggering a heated exchange and quick attention from readers. The piece emphasizes the confrontational tone and the quick escalation of the dispute.
The piece recalls dying craft of nib cutting as schooling began. Stool pens existed earlier but goose quill faded from common use. A skilled first schoolmaster demonstrated cutting quills with remarkable precision and speed.
Notes and Queries reflects on the decline of quill pens from common use, noting experts could still tell a quill from a fresh dip. The piece explains how readers increasingly request nibs rather than pens, and how teachers and children alike confuse nibs with pens in modern handwriting culture.
The excerpt argues that commerce existed worldwide before European contact, with extensive Asian maritime routes linking China, Japan, the Philippines, and other isles, plus inland trade along rivers and mountains. It notes parallel American exchange among Peruvians, Aztecs, and northern tribes, citing Bancroft's New Pacific.
A British Journal report details vanilla cream poisoning where nineteen people fell ill and one died. Investigation points to a bacterial development after consumption, with vanillin in milk and sugar as the flavored component contributing to the outbreak.
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