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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1909

Page

9

Power of Love Draws Packed House at Noble Street

A full audience witnessed the Florence Gale company in The Power of Love at Noble Street theater, praised for clever specialty acts, Bert Howard’s juggling, and Vic tor Walker’s crayon work. M. B. Isle’s remarks stirred laughter. Miss Gale’s piano impressed. Mabel Health tops tonight’s bill.

Noble Street Theater Florence Gale Company Bert Howard M. B. Isle Victor Walker Miss Gale Mabel

Woods Liver Medicine Liquid Tonic Sold by Wikle

A liquid liver medicine offered by J. L. Wikle promises to regulate the liver relieve sick headache constipation stomach and kidney disorders and acts as a gentle laxative. It claims tonic effects from the first dose with a bottle priced at one dollar and containing 244 times the size of the 50e option.

Woods J. L. Wikle

Royal Oak lodge to meet. cab service announced

Royal Oak lodge No 106 I C O F will hold its regular meeting tonight at 7 30 PM with large attendance expected for important business. Starting January 1 1909 a cab and trunk wagon will operate for 25 cents inside cab limits with Sunday service at the same rate. Phone 44 Blake's Livery Stable jad tf

Royal Oak Lodge No. 106 Blake’s

Robert Loveman Reading At Elks Hall

The Southern poet Robert Loveman will appear at Elks Hall on Tuesday night January 19. Admission is 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for students or children.

Robert Loveman Elks’ Hall

Real estate bargains on Noble Street in Anniston

W T Owen real estate advertises choice improved or unimproved business property on Noble street. Call 1208 Noble St to invest now as factories run full time and Anniston remains steady.

Anniston Noble Street W. T. Owen Noble St

Police Court Receipts And Docket Summary

Police court this morning collected 17.90 in fees. W. M. Cartwright charged with gaming 6.50. Roy Benson fined 5.20 for dis orderly conduct. Fred Baker cited 6.20 for stealing a bicycle. Ralph Ledbetter’s two charges withdrawn as he was deemed mentally irresponsible. Bees Laxative Cough Syrup advertised as cold relief sold by J. L. Wikle.

W. M. Cartwright Roy Benson Fred Baker Ralph Ledbetter

Blake’s New Carriages For Perfect Comfort

Blake offers new carriages modeled after Pullman comfort with round-the-clock readiness. Contact by phone at 44 for delivery or details.

Blake

Alonzo Weathers Joins Model Produce as City Salesman

Alonzo Weathers, formerly with Johnston Bros. Co., accepts a city salesman post with Model Produce Company, successors to Ledbetter Produce. The firm, under G. E. Anderson management, with W. O. Ward as bookkeeper, shows promising prospects.

Alonzo Weathers Johnston Bros.’ Co Model Produce Company Ledbetter Produce Company City G. E. Anderson W. O. Ward

Cotton prices in market report show middling around 93 to 94 cents

The corrected daily market note lists good middling at 93 to 94 cents, with strain middling 9L-9. Striet middling and other grades appear in the report, indicating current price levels for buyers and sellers.

W. L. Jones Striet

Loveman to Lecture Tonight at Ellis Hall

Poet Robert Loveman, a Tuscaloosa State University schoolmate of Judge T. W. Coleman, arrives in the city for a lecture at Ellis hall. Coleman calls Loveman one of the most lovable men ever to visit.

Robert Loveman Ellis’ Hall T. W. Coleman State University Tuscaloosa

Anniston Noted as Pretty Yet Businesslike City

Visitors praise Anniston as one of the prettiest and most businesslike cities of its size they have seen. Mr. Williams has visited before, while Mr. Bonsal is making his first trip.

Alabama Anniston Mr. Williams Mr. Bonsal

Four Acre Farm Near Weaver Seeks Exchange for City Property

Property listing offers four acres level fertile land with a six room cottage a new barn fruit trees and a good location near school churches and Southern depot at Weaver. Priced at 1250 dollars terms half cash balance to suit exchange for suitable city property to be negotiated. Real estate agent W T Owen 1208 Noble Street.

Weaver W. T. Owen Noble St Jals

Watsons Coal and Laundry Offer Prompt Service

R. O. Watson offers high grade coal with prompt delivery contacting by phone 72. Anniston Steam Laundry provides new neck bands for shirts and shirt waists in all sizes, phone 96. Jy12-tf.

R. O. Watson Anniston Steam Laundry

Coal for sale by R. O. Watson

Coal of all grades offered for sale by R. O. Watson. Contact phone number 72 for pricing and delivery details.

R. O. Watson

Tips on Where to Buy a Great Many Things

Classified items include a wide range of needs with hints on where to purchase. Readers can find listings for appliances furniture clothing and tools across multiple sections tailored to shoppers seeking value and convenience.

Postage Cut for Germany Letters Starts Jan 1

Postage on letters to Germany drops to 2 cents beginning January 1 for mail carried on vessels calling only at American and German ports. This rate applies to letters transported under the new arrangement between the two nations.

Germany

Rings Little Liver Pill for Biliousness Ad

A liver pill advertised to relieve biliousness sick headache and constipation. It promises not to gripe and is priced at 25 cents. Sold by J L Wikle.

J. L. Wikle

Abroad and Homebound in a Foreign Frame of Mind

A compact reflection contrasts travel abroad with American life, depicting customs checks as barriers and labels on luggage as markers of difference. The piece notes the pull of America in history’s arc and the irony of exiting Jerusalem and Jericho while others seek aid.

Abrona Jerusalem Jericho America Puch

Satisfactory drug service call

Phone 72. R. O. Watson. jy12-tf

R. O. Watson

Auction of Trunks and Hand Bags at Rand's Old Stand

Aderhold Mercantile Co offers trunks suitcases and hand bags in a sale at Rand's Old Stand with discounts of one to three items.

Breakfast Delays Spark Mother's Frustration

Mrs Subbubs demands punctual breakfast as Bridget blames the broken alarm clock. Bridget admits the alarm rang loudly but she could not wake, expressing exhaustion and reluctance to rise.

Golden Rule Encampment Holds Enthusiastic Meeting

Golden Rule encampment No. 12 of the T O O F met with large attendance last night. Four were elected to membership two candidates were present received the patriarchal degree. An adjourned meeting is set for next Monday to install officers and practice for the golden rule degree.

Golden Rule Encampment No

Special Black Taffeta At Low Yard Price

Aderhold Mercantile Co offers guaranteed black taffeta 36 inches wide at 1.25 dollars per yard and 97 cents per yard sale price. Located at Rund's Old Stand.

Aderhold Mercantile CO jalo-St Rund’s

Woodstock Iron Works Directors Visit City

W. and Bonsal of Hamlet North Carolina and Ernest Williams of Lynchburg Virginia, directors of Woodstock Iron Works, Inc., are in the city as guests of president J. M. Barr.

W. &. Bonsal Hamlet N. C Ernest Williams Lynchburg Woodstock Iron Works, Inc J. M. Barr

Cure Wrinkles by Keeping Facial Muscles Resting

A beauty doctor argues that paralytics show how to erase wrinkles by keeping facial muscles still. He claims aging skin regains youth on the unwrinkled side, and promotes his creams and massages as remedies, noting exposed skin wrinkles from sun and wind.

New Orleans Times-Democrat

Patti Declines Bucharest Gig Chooses Vienna Snow

Patti cancels a Bucharest appearance due to cold and snow in Vienna. Impresario M Schurmann persuades by telegram promising a grand Italian Romanian nobility reception at Bucharest station with ministries, processions, torches and bands. Patti approves and asks the start time.

Patti Bucharest Vienna M. Schurmann Mme. Patti

Capucine Cure Advertises Cold Remedy

An old ad claims Hick's Capucine relieves colds and grip by reducing feverishness and aches. It promises quick relief and restoration of normal conditions with Hulda effects. Available at drug stores for 200 and 2? amounts.

A Friend In Need

A bashful young man makes advances and retreats for about half an hour. Little Johnny hides behind the sofa in a cramped position as he contemplates daring another approach. An impatient cry from behind declares the situation, urging a bold move.

Johnny Brooklyn

Literary Irrigation in Cleveland Plain Dealer

A witty exchange from the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a young author’s 253 page novel where the heroine sheds real tears. The remark plays on the novel’s dryness and the author’s humorous deflection about page count and emotional content.

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Inconsistent Howell Rowell Accused of Watch Theft

The New York Press reports Howell-Rowell, described as inconsistent, would grant time then have the accused arrested for stealing a watch, conveying a volatile defendant scenario and legal actions.

Howell — Rowell Powell New York Press

Public Opinion Snowfalls and Social Power

A brief meditation on how private views fade beside the force of public opinion. The piece contrasts the triviality of single snowflakes with a day of snowfall and questions who truly cares about collective sentiment.

Sailors and a Benzine Remedy on Atlantic Run

On an Atlantic liner sailors repainted surfaces with large brushes when a man in a black suit sat on fresh white paint. A sailor rushed to warn him and the man leaped up to check his trousers. He planned to fetch benzine to fix them and tipped a quarter to the sailor.

Atlantic Bill Bull

Star Want Ads Meat Market Promises Choice Goods

Want ads promote A Vack's Meat Market offering native beef veal pork mutton eggs and chickens. Text highlights low prices and quality meat supplies.

A. Vack’s

A Glutton for Work at the War Office

Arthur W. A'Becket recalls a first day in the British civil service middle of the nineteenth century. He is urged to index a pile of circulars and works tirelessly for days, only to be told by his chief not to overdo it, as the index may prove useless once outdated.

Arthur W. A'Becket War Office Times Becket

Developing a Star in Cyrano as Mansfield Pushes Cast

Richard Mansfield drives intense preparation for Cyrano as nearly the entire cast resigns repeatedly. Margaret Anglin, cast as Roxane, challenges rehearsals with her beauty and temper, while Mansfield pursues a strict, sobering approach to awaken the role's depths.

How Mansfield Margaret Anglin Roxane

Land Where Our Fathers Died Refrain Sparks Confusion

In a school singalong a boy Ardyce misquotes America and corrects his brother Wayne as their father overhears. Wayne asks with surprised tone about the number of fathers, prompting a moment of humorous linguistic mix up in the Delineator excerpt.

Ardyce America Brother Wayne Wayne

A Way Men Have

Uncle Eben quips that luck equals hard luck when a man prospers he will claim all the credit for his success in a Washington Star quotation about luck and merit.

Eben Washington Star

They Were Strangers in Howell Rowell Home

The New York Press notes Howell Rowell is rarely at home and Powell visits so infrequently that a letter of introduction to his wife would be helpful.

Howell—Rowell Powell New York Press

Also Mentioned on This Page

CAR Works Police Court THE CO. i Loveman Stoddard Sald Rand Aderhold Muercantile CO Bridget Mrs. Subbubs Mim Scchlep Slarper’s Weekly Praise Model City Nooble Street Anniston National Bank W. H. M’kleroy W. A. Davis Frank 1 C. D. Woodruff R. F. Smith United States W. F. Clarke Wolfskin British Civil Service Richard Mansfield Mr. Palmer Cable Mansfield Cyrano Paul Wilstach Scribner’s Anniston Evening Star O. M. Alexander Wilmer Anniston Inn W. Fordyce Ness Arch
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