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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1900
Page
2
A partial masthead from an Anniston Alabama newspaper dated January 18, 1900. It lists editor and publisher T R Gordon and city editor Howard B Williams with office in the Columbian building on Noble street and a subscription price schedule per year, month, and week.
Advertisers in The Evening Star must send copy a day prior to the requested publication date. No ads can be accepted after 9:00 a.m. for that day’s edition.
Parties desiring to subscribe may do so at designated agency points in Aniston Glen Addie West Eleventh Street Oxanna and Oxford. Stores listed include Castleberry's Drug Store W Fifteen Street W G Sivis's Pine and Fifth corner G R Dickert's Oxanna Grocery Co and Bagley's Furniture Store in Oxford.
Announcement notes J We Kina as a Tama candidate for congress, pending action by the Democratic party. The statement outlines party affiliation and the nomination process while listing the candidate’s name.
Por Sheriff Woe announces W. Z. Rdmondson as a candidate for sheriff of Calhoun county, pending Democratic party action.
A candidate announces reelection bid for County Treasurer of Calhoun County subject to Democratic party action. Fiuxnych Grover.
Citizens urged to attract outside money and to start one or more industries with local capital, including a yarn mill, to boost Anniston’s economy. The piece emphasizes faith in local investment, study of trusts in politics, and calls for honest primaries to restore Democratic strength in Alabama.
A historical column reflects on Thomas Jefferson's ideas of Cuba joining the union without coercion, contrasting with Republican policy in the Philippines. It argues Democratic governance would have fostered peace and mutual joy under the American flag, with freedom as a supreme value.
The Southern unloads eight carloads of cross ties for the spur track at Iron City and workers including Supervisor Jake Biddy lay the new rails. Other locals. J F Bree starts Tumbo property work, W J Scott finishes grading for Moitie and Frank, Williams of Anniston begins ore mining on Sear through property, H A Stovall’s horse dies, and visits from Simms, Wim, Hughes, and others are noted. Most locals favor primaries and Morgan.
New York report says John Sasel, known for nail and water chain cravings, remains in hospital after surgery on Saturday. He shows a strong appetite but cannot eat normally, receiving nourishment through tubes. He is described as not suffering greatly, yet still in danger with a critical stage ahead.
The Wielickta mines in Wielickta date to 1044 and extend over more than two and three quarter miles. A gray building houses mine officials and a gallery of royal visitors in capes and uniforms, their names and descent days tagged on salt. The Seton ballroom, begun 1750, hosts ceremonies for royalty and distinguished guests, with an Austrian eagle and green crystal throne. The mine contains seven stories, with three open to visitors Bono Kaiser Franz and Itzherzog Albrechts. Nearby is St Anthony's chapel carved in 1698, where priests perform duties honoring St Anthony and the miners who built the chapel.
A biographical note on Mr Parnell reveals his sensitivity to superstition despite a calm temper. The piece argues superstition is widespread beyond cities, citing lunar farming beliefs and omens like horse shoes, Friday sails, and unlucky numbers. It notes Europe’s strong 13 superstition and hotel avoidance of the number.
Robert Ellis Thompson argues in the Saturday Evening Post that superstition harms learning and development by biasing children to use only the right hand. He urges deliberate practice and educational change to end left-hand discrimination and promote balanced skill across both hands.
The piece argues that Oriental tastes for Western luxury stem from poverty and exhaustion in Asia. It predicts coming prosperity in the Pacific will foster a durable commercial advantage as Eastern civilization embraces Western comforts, citing Bancroft in the New Pacific.
A historical note states that out of 12 million American families four million earn under 400 dollars annually and nearly 80 percent have yearly incomes under 1 000 dollars, highlighting wide economic disparity.
A Pittsburgh Dispatch view argues that modern readers crave fiction but mostly bad novels. It notes a conventional 90 000 to 100 000 word length, with reform already underway, and urges shorter romances in cheaper forms to suit demand while praising romance and the craft.
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