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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1906
Page
4
Governor Folk urged Jefferson City merchants to advertise in local papers and patronize town businesses over mail order houses. He argued strong town economies rely on local advertising and warned that honest business benefits from public cleansing of the ecommerce sector.
The Pressed Steel Car Company shipped the first all steel passenger car to Atlantic City for exhibit and soon to Washington for service on the Southern Railway. It is 74 ft 6 in long and 66 ft inside, with fireproof steel construction and no end-to-end telescoping risk in wrecks. The car weighs about 15 percent more than a wooden coach, with potential weight reductions planned.
Owing to power outage from 8:55 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., all Anniston Electric & Gas Company city motors halted and the Star issued under adverse conditions. The plant shut down to connect two new boilers, delaying steam generation and forcing daylight customers to pause. Streetcars idle, linotype unused, and some news omitted.
An advertisement endorses Chamberlains Salve as especially valuable for old chronic sores and keeping them in good condition. It notes the salve has no superior for sore nipples and lists J. L. Wikle as the seller.
A local notice proclaims the Aniston Cash Store is closing its doors with no prices matching its claim. The fragment hints at a sale or liquidation context but lacks concrete details.
Chinese women gain access to education with daughters in schools and some attending university courses. Periodicals for women appear in major cities and a book advocates marrying by choice. The empress supports the movement, endows a family school, and orders foot binding to end.
Critics condemn the German patent office for extracting excessive charges, claiming the state takes half the income as profit. The piece likens conditions for poor inventors today to Gutenberg's era of poverty after his printing invention.
A notice states 25 seats per month for the Evening Star with payment required in advance.
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