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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1901
Page
5
Shook prominent Bridgeport Ala merchant sells stock to Annis psrherty and enters general merchandise in Anniston. Local notices mention Levi's Leaders ads, typhoid fever cases, and new furniture stores on Noble street. Also: picnic at Oxford Lake, car trains to event, and various local business promotions.
Local notes report Rev R J Walston conducting services at the usual hours with expectations of future impact as pastor of the Methodist church. Also mentions business items including safes moved, laundry services, and staffing changes at Norwood offices. The Chicago Glee Club engagement is cancelled and a gold plated watch charm is lost on Lakes Line car. Work on the Turner building begins with J Houser as general contractor subletting stone and brick work.
An important notice from Russ Rose Lunch Room asks several prominent city gentlemen who owe tickets to settle by July 20. If unpaid, accounts will be placed out for collection.
Keep comfortable during the hot weather with our Duck and Linen samples. Cool comfortable and perfect fitting suits made to order seven fifty up Julius Levy Noble Street The Model Laundry Clear water and good soap used in washing clothes at 12th and Noble.
W C Carleton of JW Go lucke & Co let a contract this morning to J W Gallther for a ten room brick residence for Mr and Mrs Theo J Kline of Savannah on the north east corner of Leighton avenue and Thirteenth street. Work began this afternoon and occupancy follows completion. Plans for two more residences on Leighton avenue and Thirteenth street will be completed for rent and contracts let within about a week.
The Southern railway offers round trip tickets from June 1 to September 30 with a final return by October 1 1901 at reduced prices to major summer resorts. Destinations include Asheville, Black Mountain, Blowing Rock, Brevard, Flat Rock in North Carolina. Morehead City and Lithia Springs in Georgia. Cumberland Island and St Simons in Georgia. Isle of Palms in South Carolina. Lookout Mountain and Oliver Springs in Tennessee. Tate Springs in Tennessee. Buffalo to Lithia Springs in Virginia. Charlottesville and Old Point Comfort in Virginia. Virginia Beach and Warrenton in Virginia. Additional points available. Rates and schedules available from officials including R E Jackson, J P A Birmingham, C A Benseoter, A GP A, Chattanooga Tenn.
Southern Railway announces reduced price Buffalo round trips with unsurpassed schedules and service. For details contact BE Jackson T P A Birmingham Alabama or C A Benscorrer A G P A Chattanooga Tennessee.
Parlor observation and cafe dining cars operate between Memphis Tennessee and Atlanta Georgia with through schedules both ways. The route uses K C M B Railway and Southern Railway connections with meals on a la carte service and a smoking room in the rear car at moderate cost. A separate Pullman sleeping service runs Memphis to Atlanta on a nighttime schedule.
Local ad lists dental care items with prices: Tooth brushes 10 to 40 cents, tooth picks assorted, five cents per box, tooth soap 25 cents, tooth powder in bottles 25 cents.
Bids for feeding the city prisoners for the next two years are requested. Bids must be at my office by noon July 25 1901. The right to reject any bids is reserved. Menu requirements available at the Clerk's office. R H Stickney Jr Commissioner of Police
Effective October 7 the Choctaw Route will run three trains daily between Memphis and Hot Springs Ark with double daily service to Indian and Oklahoma Territories. Connections tie to points in southwest Missouri Kansas Texas and the West as part of the One Day Solid Sure program.
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