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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star announces telegraphic news from United Press and lists subscription rates: ten cents weekly or five dollars yearly by carrier in Anniston and Oxford, three dollars yearly by mail. Also notes Anniston Republic weekly from the same office with one dollar yearly subscription.
The June 1907 circulation statement for the Evening Star shows daily totals around 2,254 to 2,260 copies with a month average of 2,254. The document includes a sworn statement by General Manager Br McKemn and notarization by Er. W. Ledbetter on July 1, 1907.
Residents of Anniston may have the Evening Star mailed to a summer address at no extra cost by notifying the Star office of their departure and the address to which the paper should be sent. Telephone 68.
The Star states it did not intend to reflect on the character of white citizens in the Alexandria area and regrets that their recent publication was construed as such.
The piece warns typhoid cases are rising in Nashville and Birmingham with scattered instances elsewhere. It urges home sanitation and cleaning, noting hot weather accelerates germ growth and that preventing conditions at home avoids costly medicine. Anniston is cited as untroubled. An hour of cleaning up is worth $17 worth of medicine.
1411 Lord of the tales defeated at Harlaw. 1701 Detroit founded by Cadillac. 1704 Gibraltar captured by English and Dutch forces. 1771 Thomas Geny English poet died. 1870 Alexander Dumas born and died. 1847 Salt Lake City founded by Mormons. 1862 Martin Van Buren died. 1883 Captain Webb drowned at Niagara.
Citizens of Alexandria valley protest a July 22 Evening Star remark about neighbor A J Hendricks and his wife. They ask the editor to retract the implication and affirm the couple’s character as Christian and respected locals. Signed by many residents dated July 28, 1907.
In Uniontown on July 24 the Anistonions scored four in the fourth inning aided by three Uniontown errors. Smith pitched effectively as Anniston defeated Uniontown 4 to 0. Batteries McGehee and McLemore teamed with Smith and Burgess in the game.
Results show Shreveport beat Birmingham 2 0 and 4 2 in two games while Atlanta defeated Memphis 8 to 4 and 7 to 3. Nashville edged New Orleans 6 to 5 with four matchups listed for today. Shreveport visits Birmingham Memphis visits Atlanta Little Rock visits Montgomery New Orleans visits Nashville.
The transport Buford sails for Manila tomorrow carrying the Twenty-fifth infantry, a battalion linked to the Brownsville incident. This departure removes almost all black troops from the United States, leaving only a handful of cavalry at West Point.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union schedules a 4 p m gathering at Mrs J M Bowie on Leighton avenue with other social news. Also reports travel plans visits and fashion notes from New York detailing lingerie trends and summer gowns with lavender tones and decorative hats.
The Maple Bluff club in Madison hosts prominent golf players for the Wisconsin State Golf Association championship preliminaries. The event runs through the week with prizes totaling 300 dollars, signaling a possibly record setting tournament under the association’s banner.
The fifteenth annual meeting of the United States League of Local Building and Loan associations opened in Chicago with delegates from many states. Mayor Busse welcomed attendees as Charles F. Bentley delivered the opening address and officers presented reports on the industry and its finances.
An antique ad touts Dean's Ointment as instant relief for babies eczema sores and itching. The copy claims quick cure and safety for children and notes availability at all druggists.
A peculiar incident at Quinn Furnace Company halted operations after the top stack bell loosened and fell into the furnace. The bell, which regulates heat by controlling stack opening, melted within seconds, forcing a temporary shutdown for several days during repairs per the Gadsden Journal.
In Milwaukee on July 24 three men Chauncey Lloyd Jones TI J Rosenberg and Elias Arnold representing the Federal Coal and Iron Company faced hearing on conspiracy against the government to obtain coal lands beyond legal allotment. The 6000 acres involved allegedly used false affidavits by pretender settlers under the homestead act and paid $3 an acre. The case accuses filers of not being bona fide settlers and frames it as a mining company scheme to seize land.
Jacob Laderach known as the strangest man in Switzerland has died at Müsingen leaving nearly $50 000 to the state He was a peasant miser money lender woman hater teetotaler non smoker and vegetarian He was about seventy and allowed no one to enter his house for almost fifty years
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