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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1903
Page
4
The Evening Star offers mail delivery for readers leaving the city for summer or extended absences. The price by mail equals carrier rate, and customers can call Telephone 68 or write to The Star to arrange regular delivery.
The Fourth Estate argues advertisers should not reduce promotion in heat. Successful firms advertise every weekday year round to keep their name before the public and avoid costly recovery after silent periods.
A reprinted advisory notes lettuce should not be cut or touched with a knife. Epicures roll leaves with a fork and dip in dressing while common diners stuff mouths, some avoiding even a silver fork. The piece contrasts dainty eaters with traditional habits and hints at etiquette norms.
Atlanta July 9 The Houston child labor bill failed in the Georgia House by 75 votes to 89. Delegate reforms were debated with heated exchanges as supporters and opponents clashed over education requirements and penalties for parents and guardians. The measure could be reconsidered later in the session.
About August 1 the Calhoun hotel in Anniston will cease catering to the public. It will be succeeded by the Alabama, a larger and more modern hostelry reflecting the city’s progress. Mr. Formas will manage the Florence hotel in Birmingham, and the McKleroy building will be overhauled into a large City Hardware store with upper floors converted to offices.
Four men named Henry Ford Arthur Steger James Lawter and Foster Smith were jailed in Huntsville Alabama after a failed attempt to wreck a Southern railway passenger train near Brownsboro. A cross tie on a 20 foot embankment struck the 35 mph train. officials say a miracle prevented disaster. They allegedly planned another wreck for robbery and face the death penalty if convicted.
The piece notes savoring lettuce heart as the preferred bite and recounts a planned duel in Memphis where police halted the confrontation. It also endorses Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets for digestion with a pharmacy sale detail.
Wonderful Nerve offers relief for cuts wounds bruises burns and sore joints but Hucklen’s Arnice Salve kills the pain and cures the trouble. It is billed as the best salve on earth for piles too available at West End Drug Store and Miller Drug Co Druggists.
For a limited time a display of large grown palms and ferns is offered at reduced prices. Quick growing vines provide immediate shade, plus a range of small plants for flower and foliage beds. Visit on Nineteenth Street and Blue Mountain Avenue.
A concise note promotes Finley's barber shop as well regulated and clean, located next to Love Drug Co. The line emphasizes a tidy, trustworthy venue for grooming.
Southern Railway offers round trip first class fares to Knoxville Tennessee on June 21 22 23 28 29 July 5 13 and 20 1903 with a 15 day sale limit plus 25 cents and extension to Sept 30 1903 for 50 cents. Details from agents H F Latimer and J Lusk in Birmingham Alabama.
There will be a change of programme at the Oxford Lake theater this evening with continued good performances promised. Fred O'Rourke returns with songs and monologues and is popular with theatergoers. Ludlow Allen and John Guyer will again be heard, Warren and Howard offer acts, and new animated pictures will be shown.
One hundred dollar reward offered for an incurable catarrh case. F J Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio, props. endorsement from West & Truax and Vanpine, Kinnan & Manvel. Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by druggists. Testimonials free. Hall's Family Pills promoted.
An ad notes plenty of large clean towels, good soap and brushes at Finley's Bath Rooms next to Love Deng Co with polite porters available to customers.
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