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Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1907

Page

7

Local Short Stories and Community Notes

Firemen’s band members plan a social at the fire hall tonight blending business and pleasure. Globe Tonic free samples offered with bottles on sale at 35 cents. J L M Curry council and IOOF lodge host meetings. moving pictures at Anniston Theatorium. Police court reports include fines for drunkenness. Ellenburg held on trespassing charge with hearing set.

Firemen's Hall

Building and Loan Men Set for Chicago Meeting

Nearly all delegates have arrived in Chicago for the fifteenth annual meet ing of the United States League of Local Building and Loan associations. Sessions begin at the Palmer House tomorrow and continue Thursday with addresses reports of officers and several papers likely to spark debate on controversial topics.

Chicago Til United States League of Local Building and Loan Associations Palmer House

National Beta Theta Pi Convention Opens at Niagara Falls

The Beta Theta Pi fraternity begins its annual national convention in Niagara Falls New York with delegates from all regions attending. The organization, founded at Miami University in 1839, now numbers over 15 000 members.

Niagara, Falls N. Y Beta Theta Pi Fraternity America Miami University

Humorous fragments tease city life and laundry hoaxes

A jumble of lines mocks daily chores and local talk. Names like Hewitt Jewett Howson Lott Wigson surface amid wry exchanges about tennis and change. The piece hints at city pride, office shelves, and the notion of not wanting an undertaker as a neighbor.

Howson Lott Wigson Tie Bureau of Information Slicem's

Veranda Rendezvous Sparks A Rural Courtship

Tom Errett and Augusta Smith pursue a shy romance sparked by garden walls and missives. Misplaced telegrams, summer plans, and a mistaken age add comic tension until a planned encounter at Holly House sets their future in motion.

Tom Miss Smith Holly House

The Anvil Bird and a Rain Gauge

The piece describes the campanero or anvil bird of Brazilian forests, noting its white plumage green facial skin and a note audible up to three miles. It compares its vocal prowess to marvels of tiny vocal machinery and cites traveler accounts from the Westminster Gazette. It then mentions a standard rain gauge with a five inch copper funnel feeding a bottle.

Westminster Gazette

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Royal Oak Lodge No Donahoo & Co John Shelnutt Birmingham Telephone E. M. Bewis Empire Montevallo Jellico Coal Pet J. L. M. Curry Council No. 9 Will New Hall Eleventh and Noble Streets Anniston Theatorium Globe Tonic W. 10Th St Gadsden Ellenburg Fourth Street Wilmer Avenue Newman Sawyer The Charles Elliott Topeka Kas Wittkowsky Charlotte N. C J. Q. A. Brackett Massachusetts George O. Baker Hewitt Jewett Eno Ranleigh Crankleigh Cae Mee Homer Spr Tom Errett Mr. Errett Miliain Herndon Roberts Columbia Heights N. J Thomas Errett Augusta Smith Columbia Links Augusta Cortlandt Street Agnes Roberts Cortlandt Street Ferry the Heights Sal Jones Law Harper's Providet Eurepe Mozley Moziev Mozier Chamberlain H. McKleroy A. Davis D. Wooudrufy Geena BR. F. Smith Am’t Gast Anniston National Bank United States Elicita GH Wei M. F. Doering G. H. Brummell & CO Brummell & Pinson Twelfth Street Quintard Ave Anniston Maxport City National Bank Talladega Springs Talladega Springs Hotel CO White House
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