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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1900
Page
4
Publication notice appears from the Columbian building on Noble Street with incomplete data showing a date placeholder and location reference indicating a formal filing or notice in progress.
People can subscribe to The Star at WrANNISTON Castleberry's Drug Store on W. Fifteen Street Glen Addie W. G. Sivile store at Pine and Fifth corner West Eleventh Street G. R. Dickert's store Oxanna Oxanna Grocery Co Oxford T. B. Bagley's Furniture Store with agencies set for convenience in the city and surrounding towns.
Announcement states J H Kine is a candidate for Congress subject to action by the Democratic party. The note records a personal bid and party process without further details.
Por Sheriff announces W. T. Edmondson as a candidate for sheriff of Calhoun County, pending Democratic party action.
Former Calhoun County Treasurer announces candidacy for re-election as Democrat. Fenny J. Gooven is named in the notice as the party’s action subject.
The executive committee of the Democratic party of Calhoun County calls a meeting in Anniston on January 18, 1900, at 12 o clock in the city court room. Members are requested to be present. R P Thomason, Chairman.
The Calhoun County Democratic Executive Committee meets at noon in the city courthouse to decide whether to hold a primary or convention. The paper notes public preference for a primary and anticipates the committee will order one, while also commenting on local topics and distant events.
The piece laments the lack of a sustained commercial or industrial association in Anniston and urges organized citizen effort. It notes two prospective southern industries, a yarn mill and a knitting mill, could relocate there with proper initiative, water, and location, predicting strong growth if the city acts this year.
The Star invites increasing candidate entries as the primary approaches. The paper signals readiness to publish more letters and commentary from readers and potential contenders, aiming to cover an expanding field of announcements.
In Navajo County a sheriff’s invitation on black-edged paper drew criticism as residents weighed the right and wrong way to carry out capital punishment. The probe follows an unusual approach to announcing the hanging in early December.
A mock notice from Sheriff F. J. Warrion of Navajo County invites George Smiley to a public execution on December 8, 1899 at 2 oclock. The text promises grim details and a cheerful tone, reflecting sensationalist era crime propaganda.
Black edged notice reports sheriff delaying an execution and sending out invitations to his men on somber paper. The social critics remark the tone is too cheerful despite the grim context noted in the headline.
Three male milliners in New York challenge female competition by trimming hats at home and in shop studios. One former bookkeeper by day builds hatmaking skills with a dummy head and plumes, charging four dollars daily. A second opens a window shop and handles shopper, trimmer, finisher, and salesman duties, attracting steady custom. A young designer behind a Fifth Avenue shop window crafts hats in a private studio, rapidly producing saleable styles. The trend surprises the milliner, who once believed hat trimming was a strictly feminine art.
Near New York a test of a fathom meter shows a circular gimbaled center with a glass graduated scale. A magnet in the center and a primary cell energize the instrument to compare earth magnetism and provide immediate depth readings from a moving ship.
Public notice announces the private and humane execution of George Smiley for murder scheduled January 5 1900 at 2 pm. Attendants are urged to conduct themselves respectfully and avoid flippant or unbecoming language during the solemn event.
The text notes the Arizona Penal Code requires the sheriff to issue invitations to an execution but does not specify their form. It suggests the legislature should fix the official invitation form to avoid further issues like those faced by the Navejo sheriff.
A brief comic note from the Chicago Daily News remarks on how clashes arise when two stubborn people meet. The quip emphasizes friction over ideas and personalities in everyday disputes.
The piece recalls the decline of the goore quill pen as writing tool and describes adept quill drivers in London education. The narrator reflects on early schooling and a schoolmaster skilled in cutting and using quills with notable dexterity.
A reminiscence on the decline of quill pens and the rise of nibs. The writer notes that quills remained in homes into the late 20th century, but few could cut or use them well. People now ask for nibs, confusing nibs with pens, and teachers often misdefine pen versus nib in schooling.
The article argues that long before European exploration, extensive maritime and inland trade connected Asia and the Americas. It notes Chinese, Japanese, Philippine, Peruvian, Aztec, and northern tribes engaged in coastal commerce and inland exchanges, with Japanese junks reaching as far as California.
A collection of quotes on sermon impact and gambling advice. Ram's from Brown praises sermons that enter life and persist, while Elliott's Magazine counsels abandoning gambling by throwing dice away.
A British Medical Journal report notes a vanilla cream incident where nineteen people, one fatally, were ill after a dish cooked and left uncapped until noon. Experiments with milk, milk with vanillin, and vanillin solution suggest a bacterial development after ingestion, as only the vanillin flavored milk proved poisonous in mice.
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