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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1903
Page
4
The notice calls Anniston residents to join the Commercial club and report new manufacturing plant proposals to secretary W. T. Owen. It urges at least 200 members and active support from all officers to attract enterprises for Anniston. It also comments on race-related violence and public safety.
Advertisement extols Dr King's New Rife Pills as a remedy for stomach and liver troubles within families. Mentions availability at West End Drug Store and Miller Drug Co Drug Store and Finley's barber shop next to Love Drug Co.
A reflective piece warns that overexertion and reckless speed harm judgment and character. It urges patience and inner power greater than self, citing Emerson to anchor the motto live by a star. The essay condemns rapid, impulse driven action in republican life and calls for calm, temperate, steady governance.
The article argues worth is measured by eternal values not weight scales. It asserts life is a struggle for purity against evil, and success is victory over self through character. It emphasizes that identity lies in what we are and become, not what we own.
The telephone system upgrade by Southern Bell 65 nearing completion this week after weeks of cables and wiring work. Manager Patterson reports the Anniston exchange is being prepared for increased business and service disruptions have been minimized during connections. Excursion rates advertise round trip fares to Knoxville with limited validity and extension options for travel in summer 1903.
Wanted for A S Army able bodied unmarried men aged 21 to 35 who can speak read and write English and are citizens of the United States of good character and temperate habits. For information apply to a recruiting officer Constantine building Anniston Alabama Tuesdays Thursdays Saturdays to 950.
The Cotton Belt Route releases a new illustrated booklet detailing success stories of westward growers. It highlights fruit and truck farming on lands once $8 to $10 per acre now yielding $100 to $300 net per acre in a single season. E W LaBeaume G P and T A Cotton Belt St Louis MO offers a free copy and guidance to securing a Southwest home for rent paid in the East or North.
Levy the tailor announces a new line of woolens for spring suits and invites customers to order. The shop highlights fresh fabrics and custom fitting services to craft tailored ensembles for the season.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer note recalls a Cumberland mountain cabin where a husband and wife, rarely seeing others, fill their days with simple rituals. They chat about meals at dawn noon and dusk and end with planning for tomorrow as they wind the clock and retire.
An advertisement urges treatment of cholera infantum in infants with Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and castor oil, claiming a cure when directed. Sold by J. L. Wikle.
W C Lewman superintendent for M T Lewman & Co. Louisville endorses Cobb’s original Anniston lime as free of grit, yielding well, and the best lime in the South for Southern work and construction.
Customers praise Finleys shop for offering the largest and cleanest bath tubs in the city. The business sits next to Love Drug Co, a nearby landmark.
The Great Southern Hotel in Gulf Port Mississippi will open Saturday July 25 offering 250 sleeping rooms on the European plan with bath options. Rooms include telephone hot and cold water electric lights and screened windows. A full orchestra will perform twice daily and outdoor amusements are available. Reservations and rates via manager Cyrus H Clarke.
In hot weather you still need fuel for cooking. Contact R. O. Watson at phone 72 to order wood supplies.
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