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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1914
Page
5
Henry Dear was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 36 days on the streets in police court for interfering with an officer in the line of duty. Officer Holland testified Dear cursed him and threatened to kill him and refused to allow a house search. The case was appealed. The Deer whisky storage case adjourned to Friday.
W. W. Cargswell paid $25 plus costs for disorderly conduct in police court. Price Bond and Blom Town, both described as negro hobes, fined $10 and costs each. Jesse Burnes, a white man, paid $10 and costs for vagrancy and $50 and costs for slapping and cursing his wife.
Anniston residents can bring damaged mirrors to Bagley Furniture and Undertaking Co for resilvering by Williamys of Chattanooga from July 17 to 22. Call 694 to place an order or visit the store for service.
A brief note of gratitude expresses appreciation to friends and acquaintances for support during illness. The message mentions gifts and includes shopping items from Stullman Bros and Fetz Sanitary Bakery with prices.
The Sacred Harp Musical Association of Alabama will convene at the courthouse in Birmingham on July 24 for a three day session. Singers and delegates are invited and entertained with arrangements made for their visit.
William Klein, longtime Georgia resident, spent yesterday in the city visiting relatives and renewing ties with local kin.
A catalog note offers a choice of 25 suits priced from 25.00 to 35.00. Ullman Brothers promotes fashion options with emphasis on value and selection for shoppers.
Local store Ullman Brothers advertises dresses priced at 5.00 6.50 and 7.50 in white and colored voile and crepe fabrics.
Ul lm Bros advertises Nemo Corsets by Ullman Bros offering spring styles in all sizes with emphasis on full range sizing and fashion options.
Gadsden July 20 L G Waldrop of Anniston district freight agent for Louisville and Nashville said business conditions look better than several months. He cites resumed Gulf States Steel blast furnace work increasing tonnage and reports crop conditions between Birmingham and Calera as excellent.
Special tourist tickets available daily to North South and East with 60 day limit return by October 31. Circle Tours rail and water routes to northern and eastern points from Buffalo New York and return for Epworth League meeting July 1 to 16. Kansas City return for B Y P A meeting July 2 to 6. Talladega Springs return at special rate daily weekends. Call any L N agent or J K Lanning Anniston Alabama.
Oxford special reports the Baraca class held a Glass room meeting to install officers led by President T. Dishroom and to launch an immediate membership campaign. The session also organized committees for membership music social and other duties with several local residents mentioned in passing.
Company M of the National Guard from Oxford Alabama departs tomorrow for a ten day encampment at Dingley near Montgomery. Capt Harrison commands 58 soldiers and two officers, with Dr T L Smith as surgeon. The unit travels 9 49 from Anniston via Calera to Montgomery by Southern Railway L and N and Central of Georgia.
The note hints at a long standing wish to save waste for a single day. It references a desired simple measure to secure a practical benefit. The text suggests an emphasis on efficiency and resource use without detailing concrete actions.
New York July 20 Karl Drand wicz sentenced to die in Sing Sing for participation in the murder of Ivan Martysewicz whose body was found in a trunk on Pitt street last December The case drew wide attention as one of the few trunk mysteries solved by city police.
Citizens debate a free ward at St Luke's hospital with support from H Parker and local physicians offering services. Joseph Saks endorses free hospital care for the poor and a council member favors city funding to sustain the ward.
In Atlanta on July 20 C E King confronts Ethel Cates during a porch chat as an electric flashlight shines on them. King finds C A Bryant with a flashlight. Bryant’s father intervenes and police are called. Judge Preyles will rule this afternoon on rights of uninterrupted courtship.
Rome July 20 On the eleventh anniversary of Pope Leo XIII death a solemn memorial mass was held at St Peter's this morning attended by Pope Pius and many cardinals. About 3000 people including diplomats dignitaries and tourists were present. The Pope blessed the catafalque and offered a short prayer for Leo XIII.
Columbus, July 20. Governor Cox summoned an extraordinary session to cut the state tax levy. Lawmakers organized at 16 o'clock and will focus on reducing taxes under the Warnes tax law, aiming for adjournment before week’s end.
Negro Parsons Fish As Disciples of Old reports a ministers picnic by the Uta city colored clergy at Million Mill on Choccolocco creek. Revs J N Wallace J W Wright W D Oatmen D J Bagley R M Mackenzie N D Lane S W Jackson James Brown A J Davis M Moreland J H Beasley and A W Rice attended with hacks from Hobson City and a feast after fishing.
Mrs Virge Watson and husband return to Birmingham after visiting Mrs Watsons mother in Choccolocco. Automobilists head to Chattanooga from Oxford with J W Hughes Jason Riddle Borders and Scarborough party. Mrs Nancy Coleman leaves for Atlanta to visit a sick sister accompanied by Jim Hughes. Ben Pittman and wife visit relatives while Arthur Phillips takes a short rest from work. Local drought relief follows recent rains.
Gray hair fades with age but Sage Tea and Sulphur restore natural color and give a fuller glossy appearance. The home tonic or Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy, 50 cents, darkens evenly, reduces dandruff and itching, and makes you look younger. Scarborough Drug Co mentions distribution.
Help wanted notice from Star newspaper soliciting a stenographer. It requests applicants to answer with initials X Y Z care of Star and references date 20 21 22.
Helpfully worded ad claims back pain and kidney weakness signal danger if untreated. The Anniston reader W R Whitlock testifies Doan's Kidney Pills eased spells of dull ache across kidneys and hips, with irregular kidney function. Price five cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
Hunters Bros offer to buy sell and swap cows with contact by phone 22. Advert reads in concise rural classifieds style under 17-tf listing.
In Cordele Georgia a nine year old boy named Charley Berry became the town’s youngest policeman after applying to Chief Sumner. The boy boasted he could stop petty theft and helped pursue a robber at J H Shipp’s home, returning with a captured suspect who confessed to the crime. Berry reportedly kept his cap on during the encounter and was injured in the process.
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