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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1902
Page
2
A reflective prompt questions whether the face seen in a truthful mirror matches the color and smoothness Nature gave. It invites contemplation of authenticity and cosmetic alteration. The tone is philosophical and introspective about self representation.
Mr. John F. Bray and Miss Lucy Richardson plan a quiet church-home wedding at Rev. John E. Barnard’s residence next Sunday night at 7 o clock. Bray is a union labor man. Richardson is popular and virtuous. Afterward they reside at 201 Nineteenth Street.
An early advertisement extols Electric Bitters as a permanent cure for various ailments. It claims benefits for stomach, kidneys, liver, nerves, and blood, and asserts effectiveness against kidney and liver troubles, stomach disorders, nervousness, sleeplessness, rheumatism neuralgia, and malaria. McElreath Drug Co guarantees satisfaction at 60 cents.
A policeman attempted to serve a summons on a notorious poacher who lived alone and evaded service. The officer found the defendant absent, but the goat remained tethered in a corner. Mac entered the house, read the summons to the man’s goat, and left a copy inside, noting the inmate was beardy.
Mrs M A Jolley of Noble Oklahoma praises Herbine as the perfect liver medicine and blood purifier. She asserts it prevents malaria by keeping the liver in order and notes its fever-poison absorption blocking function. Available for five cents at J L Wikle and J B Privett in Oxford Alabama.
The Southern Railway announces a single round trip fare to Asheville for the Society of American Florists event in Asheville New York from August 17 to 19 with return by August 25 1902. Tickets available from any Southern Railway agent.
Tickets go on sale July 15 to 20 with final limit September 16. Travel includes diverse routes and stopovers through the Rockies and to the Pacific Coast. For maps and pamphlets write I E Rehian der T P A Chattanooga Tenn.
July 28 list shows uncalled letters in Gentlemens List and Miscellaneous, with hundreds of names including Archer Allen Burrow Brown Crawford Davies Jones Johnson, Andrews Baker Caldwell Davis Foster Gordon Heller Kelly Moon Pope Pope Prichard and others. Callers to mention advertised letters earn free delivery. One illegible entry noted.
The Southern Railway announces free mailed Summer Home folders with details on cut rate summer resorts across Tennessee North and South Carolina Virginia and Georgia. Traveling Passenger Agent C E Jackson invites requests and promises information on discounted rail rates for these destinations.
The Seaboard Air Line Railway issues a Summer Tourist booklet detailing sea-side and mountain resorts in the Carolinas and Virginia. Copies available through any Seaboard agent or by application to B. B. Ryan in Portsmouth, Va, and W. H. Christian in Atlanta, Ga.
Announcer states Hon Sidney J. Bowie is a candidate for reelection to Congress pending Democratic party action. The notice signals Bowie seeks another term and emphasizes party endorsement as a condition.
The Evening Star records multiple announcements for Calhoun county candidates for the next Legislature. Jos J Arnold and Jas Kerrn Jr seek Democratic party support. E H Hanna is also named as a candidate, pledging a people elected Railroad Commission with strong powers.
Leighton Alabama druggist H P Kampe reports a customer’s child expelled 119 worms after using White's Cream Vermifuge. The tonic is marketed to improve digestion, strengthen nerves, and restore childhood vigor, priced five cents at Oxford merchants J L Wikle and J B Privett.
The Superintendent of Education announces H T Persons as a candidate for re election to the office of county superintendent of education, subject to the rules and procedures governing the election.
For the Monteagle Assembly in Monteagle Tennessee from July to August 1902 Southern Railway will offer round trip tickets from points on its line to Monteagle and return. Tickets go on sale July 2 3 28 24 and 25 with a single fare for the round trip and final return August 30 1902.
Lt L Harvey G W Hubbard A J Farvin Martin Thomas J Weaver Charles D Martin and P C Patterson announce candidacies for county commissioner Third and First Districts Calhoun County subject to Democratic party action in a free open primary for white voters.
Tailor Junius Levy in Opera House Block announces a new line of summer fabrics including linens duck cheviot wool crash in latest shades with striped and checked patterns. Suits priced from 9.00 to 14.00 and promise perfect fitting.
City tax collector C L Quinn warns taxpayers that taxes are delinquent and that after June first interest and costs will be added. Taxpayers are urged to pay to avoid extra charges.
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