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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
4
A six month statement shows July daily average 2280, August 2410, September 2321, October 2814, November 2527, December 2344 for the Anniston Alabama Evening Star. E B McKee, general manager, swears to the figures before Notary FE W Ledbetter on January 1, 1907.
The Atlanta Journal recalls a man who collapsed and died after offering his seat on a New York streetcar. The anecdote contrasts reactions of different cities, musing on possible causes from gallantry to sudden shock.
The postmaster warned Hagerstown Pennsylvania newspapers that continuing to publish news items about raffles or lotteries tied to the First Hose Company fair or similar events could lead to expulsion from the United States mails. Federal anti lottery statutes bar newspapers that advertise lotteries or gift concerts from mailing.
The First Methodist church women of Gadsden have voted to maintain a charity ward in the local hospital, continuing support for the ill and needy in the community.
A persuasive piece argues sentiment and sympathy should guide business toward building a hospital in Anniston. It contends doctors, ministers, and women support the idea, asserting combining sentiment with business could advance the hospital project.
George Coffman, described as a negro, has been arrested for months of clothesline thefts in Gadsden. He reportedly amassed a large stock of underwear during the pillaging. Gadsden area news notes a real estate development and cotton holdings linked to local figures.
The Brown Mercantile Company is incorporated with a capital of 50000 dollars at Svmeauga. The Selma post office gains first class status due to a big rise in annual business. Trenry Saunders was killed near Florence when a tree fell on him. The Chevalier cotton mill at Eufaula sold at auction to Lawrence Wild for 55000 dollars.
Local drug stores report a sharp drop in catarrh remedy sales over the past year. Hyomei stands out as the main exception, credited with curing many catarrhal troubles and reducing demand for other treatments. The Scarbrough Drug Company guarantees a cure or money back, boosting consumer confidence. The pocket inhaler costs one dollar, with extra bottles fifty cents.
An Anniston ad from the Searbrough Drug Co promotes Vinol a cod liver oil concentrate claimed to aid coughs colds bronchitis consumption and weak lungs without stomach upset. The notice insists Vinol builds appetite digestion and blood and offers a money back guarantee if customers are unsatisfied. It notes Searbrough as sole Anniston agents and mentions sale nationwide.
The period under Augustus saw papyrus rolls copied by overworked slaves and sold cheaply. Thrace notes his works circulated as pirated schoolbooks, Martial jokes that Thirteenth book copies cost about 15 cents, publishers sometimes printed unsold larger editions, and deluxe epigrams could fetch about 80 cents at Atreetus.
A temperance reformer boasts over converting the town’s gravemaker who testified on stage. The former drunkard recounts a month without liquor and jokes he saved enough to buy a oak coffin with brass handles, promising another month teetotaler effort.
As fruit season opens parrots and parrakeets descend by the thousands. They settle on trees to feed on fruit, leaving only stones, and are shot while gorging. Report describes flesh as very dark yet delicious and resembling cherries peaches and plums.
A witty exchange features Miss Cayenne and a remark on authors not becoming wealthy. The dialogue suggests that if a writer amassed wealth to fund libraries, he might restrict readers to his own works. The tone is satirical and social.
A terse exchange between an artist and a poet reveals pride and doubt about readership. The haughty poet claims vast attention while the editor’s reach is described as nationwide, underscoring tensions between creators and gatekeepers.
Frank J. Cheney of F. J. Cheney & Co. swears as senior partner that the Toledo firm will pay a hundred dollars for each chronic catarrh case cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized December 6, 1886. the remedy is ingested to reach blood and mucous surfaces. pills also offered.
A brief timeline lists events such as births of Robert Burns and Adelina Patti, royal christenings, marriages, political milestones, a Garfield assassination trial, Nellie Bly’s round-the-world feat, a Memphis murder, and notable deaths and political actions from 1530 to 1906.
An antiquary recalls Oliver Cromwell’s Puritan rule banning Christmas festivities. He cites holly and mistletoe as heathen symbols, with penalties of thirty days in jail for decorations. The public resisted, demanding light holiday joy and led Cromwell to relent within a year or two.
An offer urges readers to visit J. L. Wikle's drug store to obtain a free sample of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. The ad claims the tablets are easier to take and more pleasant in effect than pills, and that they correct disorders of the stomach liver and bowels.
An antiquary compares ancient wages to modern salaries noting Columbus era pay of 820 a year and crew wages while detailing costs of a Christmas dinner in John Knox era. He contrasts baronets and ministers earnings with limited purchasing power and the absence of inflation via trusts.
Ernest Harold Baynes recounts moments of calm contact with wild birds including a pine siskin, a yellow throated vireo, and a red breasted nut hatch. He notes animals offered no alarm when touched and even returned to nearby feeding spots, illustrating surprising trust between humans and wildlife in St Nicholas.
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