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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
6
A jumble of phrases reflects a wartime mood with calls for support to soldiers. Imagery ranges from Camp life to German aggression and blunt social musings about moustaches and bumble bees, ending on a plea for action for soldiers.
Alabama faces a boom as lumber and steel demand for Camp Mc Clellan and Montgomery grows. The piece urges forest management and funding for education and cattle dipping laws, plus a constitutional rewrite to boost local revenue. It notes Anniston needs more taxes for growth, street work, schools, and safety measures for soldiers arriving.
The text notes that with a little money they can secure permanent prosperity by installing dipping vats and thereby increasing the embargo on Alabama cattle.
Government officials warn Pensacola to clean up vice near camps or troops will be moved. Montgomery vows action on a vice district while Anniston, once known for vice, now has a clean bill of health. Reports praise moral conditions as army regulations push vice away from posts.
J A Rountree of the Alabama Good Roads Association lauds Dr T W Ayers as a pioneer of Alabama roads. The piece recalls the 1898 Anniston meeting that formed the Alabama Good Roads Association with Ayers as president and Rountree as secretary, noting his editorship of the Daily Hot Blast and efforts in mobilizing federal road experiments and state action.
The writer questions war’s alignment with Christian teaching, contrasting the sacrifice at Calvary with modern soldiers' actions. She pleads for Christians to seek divine guidance, pray for peace, and consider nonviolent responses to conflict, signing Lula E. Adair.
A collage of wartime notes reports events from 1868 to 1916 covering a Liege Charlemagne monument, Adams death, Barcelona riots, prize court revisions, battles north of Warsaw, Italian Pelagosa occupation, Pozieres capture, Bapaume advance, British blacklist protest, and trench bombardments from Ypres to the Somme.
The Weather Bureau reports fair conditions for Anniston and vicinity with warm temperatures. Highest 90, lowest 66 this date. Precipitation 0.36 inches in 24 hours ending 7 am, total since Jan 1 0.60 inches. Barometer 30.26 at 7 am. sunrise 4 50, sunset 6 49. R. H. Dean observer.
United States district attorney Charles F. Clyne of Illinois turns forty born in Kane County in 1877. Shaw the dramatist is 61. Boston police chief Stephen O Meara is 63. pianist Scheling is 41. ex-governor Pilaisted is 52. author McCutcheon is 51. Rear Admiral Rodgers is 69. Col. House, Wilson adviser, is 59.
Purported Calotabs claim to be a nausea free calomel tablet that cleanses the liver without griping or sickness. Advertises safety and pleasant after effects with one tablet at bedtime and a 35 cent price per sealed twenty dose package. Your local druggist offers a money back guarantee.
Oklahoma City July 26. The State Corporation Commission will enforce new regulations to curb waste and ensure fair gas and oil purchases. Gas wells may not exceed 25 percent of potential production and must not stay open more than three days. Purchasers must buy within reach or take ratably, and pipelines require a commission permit to connect.
Raleigh July 25 Special emphasis will be given this year to marketing and credit at the North Carolina State Farmers' Convention to be held at the State College of Agriculture next month. Prominent bankers will discuss organizing and operating national farm loan associations. The meeting will also review the cotton grading system now used in several counties and its savings for farmers.
Chronicles events from 1775 Maryland convention pledging support to the Continental Congress. 1839 Khyer Pass opened by British force under Gen Wade into Afghanistan. 1856 Duke of Cambridge named commander in chief of British army. 1863 Confederate cavalry leader John H Morgan captured with most of his command at New Lisbon. 1860 Austria and Prussia sign a pact.
Chicago, July 26. Interest stirs in rail and finance circles over a today meeting of directors of the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul railroad. Rumors persist that President A J Earling plans retirement despite official denial. Howard Elliott, former New Haven Hartford president and current Northern Pacific director, is named as a likely successor by a strong faction.
District Court of the United States Eastern Division of the Northern District of Alabama. The first meeting of creditors for J. C. Jarvis, bankrupt, will be held in Anniston Alabama on August 6 1917 at 7 00 a m. Creditors may appear and prove their claims as allowed by the Bankrupt Act. C H Young Referee.
Brig. Gen. Enoch H. Crowder, provost marshal general, designates next Tuesday for registration in Hawaii. The US attorney and officer in charge will enforce the law under the attorney general. The central board in Honolulu supervises across the islands with consuls aiding translations.
Timetable fragments show trains numbered 46 10 16 83 and 85 with routes between Wilton Rome and Calera. Times listed include noon 12 58 and morning 6 35 as well as 2 25 and 9 00 PM, indicating multiple arrivals and departures.
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