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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1907
Page
8
Sufferer’s backache signals kidney trouble and warning of Bright’s disease if neglected. Cooper’s New Discovery and Cooper’s Quick Relief are urged as cures, with a testimonial from Mr. P. Leonard of Allegheny praising digestion, energy, and kidney health after one week of use.
A historical list notes events on different years including Hotspur slain at Shrewsbury 1408, the Canons and Common Prayer Book for Scotland 1687, New France governor resignation 1663, Germanic alliance formation 1785, Emmett Ireland rising 1808, Russian invasion of Bilistra 1828, engraver Christian Qobrecht death 1844, Jews Relief Act 1858, Livingstone expedition return 1864, second Atlantic cable start 1865, Franco English treaty of commerce 187th, and Princess Beatrice marriage 1886.
The Texas County Superintendents' Association opened a three day conference at the University of Texas in Austin. Participants include president T. G. Harris and education officials from De Witt Hunt Travis Harris Bowie Bexar counties along with state education department representative J. M. Brilley.
An aged woman in ragged clothes stood before a burning pawnshop. Firemen observed strange lights from the flames as she cried and pleaded, insisting she does not own the shop but claiming her husband’s salt is up the spout and he is unaware.
A string of local visits and travel highlights includes Mrs W Ward and Miss Julian Ward in Anniston, Judge H D McCarty in Gadsden, O M Reynolds and family en route to the Carolina coast, Miss Mary Nabors visiting Montgomery then Anniston, Mrs W L McOna and children returning from Talladega Springs, and Miss Willie Rob Buchanan visiting Talladega. Also present are Mr W M Franks of Anniston Furniture Co in Ashland on business, a furnace party for Anniston youths, and regional arrivals and dinners involving Mary Murphy, Uta Belle Kilby, J Fred Steele, Mrs J A Rosbury, Mrs C B Palmer, Mrs EE Wellborn, and Alice Craig visiting from Piedmont.
In Un iontown on July 23 the fastest Western Alabama team defeated Anniston in a tight contest. Welch guarded the visitors while Velie and McLemore supported. batteries were Welch and McLemore, Reynolds and Burgess. Tonight and tomorrow feature Shreveport at Birmingham, Memphis at Atlanta, Little Rock at Montgomery, and New Orleans at Nashville.
Birmingham 8 over Shreveport 2. Atlanta 12 over Memphis 4. Little Rock 4 over Montgomery 1. Nashville 5 over New Orleans 4.
Nashville reports six men killed in Lake County Tennessee and Blue Landing at the Mississippi River as the storm center of trouble. Pat Words was shot and killed by Luther Rankin at Blue Landing. A pistol duel at Blue Landing left two unnamed negroes dead. Red Dublin killed a negro in a debt quarrel. At Ridgeley a fight left a white man and a negro wounded, later found dead on a railroad track, likely lynching.
St Louis 1 Philadelphia 2 St Louis 1 Philadelphia 5 second game Cincinnati 2 Brooklyn 1 Pittsburg 5 Boston 4 Chicago 2 New York 0
Results yesterday show Detroit 6 over Philadelphia 3 and St Louis 4 over New York 6. Chicago 1, Boston 1, Cleveland 6 at Washington 2.
Columbus 1 Gulfport 3 Vicksburg 3 Meridian 0 Mobile 0 Jackson 1. Get what you want quickly by putting a want ad in The Star.
Greensboro note reports Edward Stickney, 80, sought medical help for the first time in memory after a sudden rain and chill. A prominent planter and longtime lay reader at St Pauls Episcopal, he lives near Greensboro and is uncle to Dr. R. H. Stickney, who also has an elder uncle with a strong health record.
City reports seventy-nine typhoid cases since July 1 in the district bounded by Ninth to Fourteenth avenues and Twelfth to Nineteenth streets. Thirty more cases elsewhere in Birmingham. Seven new cases since last Saturday confirmed by tests from Inspector E M Duncan. Health Officer Harkness notes positive results.
The Elliott Fruit Company of Gadsden shipped ten car loads of peaches last week and had to continue loading all day Sunday to complete the shipments.
The Association of Surgeons of the Atlantic Coast Line railway met at the Jamestown exposition in Norfolk Virginia and will stay in session for three days. Dr. D W Bullock of Wilmington Maryland is president and the group includes many leading Southern physicians.
Bids open tomorrow for the old wooden sloop of war Marion at Mare Island California. Built 1871 75 at Kittery Maine she weighs 1900 tons 11.25 knots with 1100 indicated horsepower. Length 216 feet breadth 87 feet draft 16 feet 6 inches. Recently used by California Naval Militia for training.
The State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs convenes in Grand Rapids Michigan for a three day session led by president Mrs Lucy Thurman of Jackson. External speakers include Mrs Josephine Francis of New Orleans Mrs Rosetta W Lawson of Washington D C and Mrs B K Bruce of Alabama.
The Central Illinois Golf Association opened its annual tournament in Champaign with many top state players present. Today featured team play while individual contests are scheduled for tomorrow and Thursday.
A humorous remark from a widow suggests learning to diet by marrying an artist. She recalls her last husband, an artist, who taught her to live on two meals a day, claiming longer marriage might have reduced meals further. The quip appears in the New York Hobe column.
Donahoo and Co advertise a selection of high quality horses and mules for sale highlighting reliable stock and fair prices for buyers seeking strong equine partners and drafts.
Anniston forecast notes a clear day with fair tonight and Wednesday. The barometer reads 30.04 at 7 am, temperatures range from a low of 71 at 5 am to a high of 97 at 1:30 pm. Wind is from the north at 2 miles. Precipitation recorded as 0.0.
The timetable lists local and express trains to Atlanta and Macon with a day express to Atlanta Washington and New York. A night express to Atlanta and the East is shown, plus a local to Atlanta and intermediate stations, with times around 8 23 am 0 22 pm 7 45 am and 4 07 pm.
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