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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1917
Page
3
The Weather Bureau forecasts generally fair conditions tonight and Tuesday in Anniston and nearby areas. For the week starting July 29 expect warm weather with widely scattered thunder showers possible. Local data include high 91 and low 71 since yesterday.
Social notes report Mrs. Harry Bellenger of Macon Ga entertained by Mrs. Charles Davidson and Mrs. William Orrison with about eighteen guests at the Orrison home. Spotted daisies and gladioli, a salad course, and merry chatter marked the gathering.
Montgomery July 30 Special reports the Eclipse Stock Absorber Company of Escambia county incorporated to manufacture an automobile shock absorber with $10,000 paid in capital and main office in Brewton. Investors include W. & Crook of Brewton and T. H. McDonnell and James E. McDonnell of Mobile. The Lime-Cola Company of Tuscaloosa also incorporated with $10,000 authorized capital and $9,000 paid in.
Members of the first regiment rested after completing a 223 mile hike from Mobile. About forty nine thousand dollars from June earnings was paid to officers and men, with each enlisted man receiving thirty dollars under the new government pay scale. Intensified training resumes early next week.
In Jackson Mississippi July 30 lines form for next year's primaries to replace United States Senator James K Vardaman. Representative Byron Harrison leads opposition while figures mention Governor Theodore Bilbo former Governor Earl Brewer and Congressman T A Sissons as possible challengers in the contest shaped by war policy and fiscal impact.
The Pacific Northwest patriotic tennis tournament opened today at the Tacoma Tennis Club replacing the usual championship for this season. Notable players entered, signaling spirited competition as the event runs through the week.
Persuasive ad touts Calotabs as a safer tasteless calomel tablet for biliousness constipation and indigestion. One tablet at night with water promises a clean liver and good appetite next day. Twenty doses thirty five cents with refund guarantee. Local society notes list several visits and relocations of residents around town.
L J Carter secretary of the Montgomery Y M C A for six years has resigned to take charge of Y M C A work at the cantonment being erected at Greenville North Carolina. This leaves the local association without its entire office staff. A W Jones was sent to Fort Wilson Texas and F T Banks has been stationed at Camp Sheridan. An entirely new force must be employed.
A Washington conference organized by the National Committee on the High Cost of Living urges federal land taxes and resource control. It calls for a 1 percent tax on land value, 2 percent on unimproved land, federal acquisition of natural resources, with owners paid nothing for goodwill or nature's value, and products sold at cost during the war.
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