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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1917
Page
2
Oklahoma pastor Rev D T Morton visiting relatives in Alabama will give a free talk at the high school auditorium tonight. The patriotic lecture has no collection and aims to inspire with national pride. Its text is drawn from varied sources and promises a clear, uplifting message.
A dated studio request urges parents to schedule a photo session so children possess visible memories. The ad emphasizes the desire to capture likenesses, urging readers to make an appointment.
R. M. Lusk district president of District 3 has called a convention with Oak Grove Sunday school next Sunday evening. All district Sunday schools are urged to send delegates.
The advertisement touts Omega Flour’s superiority with three points: premium wheat, meticulous grinding, and production in a top modern mill. A brief promotional note emphasizes quality and advanced milling facilities.
J. T. Hughes reports more than two hundred vehicles at the city wagon yard on south Noble street this Saturday. Farmers from distant areas tied and fed their horses and mules there throughout the day.
Union made. A brief note lists A. B. C. and Red Feather Cigars as repeaters and recommends trying them.
A Buss line will operate between Anniston and Camp MacClellan with daily departures from the Alabama Hotel at 7 a.m. and return trips from Camp MacClellan at 8 a.m. 10 a.m. 12 noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 8 p.m. The car leaves promptly as scheduled. TT J. M. Herren.
The story shows Earle Williams as a dramatic critic framed by the play’s author. The critic succumbs to events he warned against and ends up acting uncharacteristically, getting a head bump and becoming engaged to one of the plotters.
Robert T. Atkinson of the War Department Commission arrives for a Chamber of Commerce led gathering at 5 PM in the Anniston City Bank directors’ room. The meeting aims to finalize plans for social moral welfare and recreation for soldiers visiting Camp McClellan and to coordinate committees on welfare, accommodations, entertainment, transport, and clubs.
Lon Weathers of The Weathers Cafe announced weekly banquets for officers at the soldiers camp. He will rearrange the cafe to accommodate officers and their families with expert dining room and kitchen help from New Orleans.
Farmer C D Medders of Alexandria Valley heard a meteor strike the earth Friday night and found a deep hole in his front yard but no fragment or further trace of the object.
Oxford Lake Park closes its nine week run with tonight’s performance of Oscar Adolph a funny farce featuring Jack Crawford in blackface. The orchestra free dances conclude tomorrow and Friday nights as the engagement ends.
Public notice warns that J A Clifford has no interest or authority regarding the Alabama Hotel lease and any contracts with him are at the risk of the contracting parties. Dated July 20 1917. Also dated notices for sale and rental items including a four year old well broke male horse, a 32 gallon milk cow, and two furnished rooms for rent with board options in Leighton Oxford and Jacksonville.
Siam declares war on Germany and Austria amid a Bangkok Reuters report. Petrograd says German trenches in the Vilna sector were captured with about a thousand prisoners. The item notes steamers seized and broader wartime tensions as of July.
Reader seeks a cheap second hand five passenger Ford in good condition for cash. Respond with location and price to Cash care Star 23 If.
Roland Turner of the Southern Railway System of Farm Products Development issues a circular outlining a Fall Food Acre. He promotes planting rutabaga turnips cabbage carrots collards onions and related crops to yield fall harvests and free summer crops for cash. Turner offers his services for further instruction and guidance.
Montgomery report shows grand jury declined to indict vagrants or proprietors of houses for public women. It criticizes Attorney General William L. Martin for his Clean-up push. Officials say Montgomery’s authorities and military authorities will handle vice, with no public disclosure of continuing disputes with Hugo L. Black.
Readable lines mention Red Feather and A B C cigars with Union Label and Calhoun Grocery Co as distributors.
Mrs. G. P. Cartwright of Whitwell Tennessee reports four years of dizzy spells that made walking dangerous. After trying Cardus on a neighbor's recommendation and following directions she improved greatly and stopped the remedy.
A fragmented report describes men in uniforms over a ditch and iron pipe being laid. A passerby notes German prisoners among the crowd, with some huskies in white uniforms glancing up and a smile indicating limited English.
Local weather data shows temperatures high and low since 1 p m yesterday compared with last year. The entry lists mean for 24 hours ending 7 a m the normal for this date and excess since January 1 along with precipitation totals and barometer reading.
German prisoners at Fort McPherson are digging a ditch and laying a large water main to their new prison camp at the fort’s rear. The work is brisk and orderly as observers note their willing efficiency.
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