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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1902
Page
2
The July 31 crop bulletin notes nearly normal day temperatures with cool nights and scattered, mostly light showers. Drought persists statewide, causing poor gardens, late peaches marketed slowly, and generally poor to backward crops though cotton and corn show modest gains with rainfall.
The Alabama Conference of the Seventh Day Adventists will hold its first annual meeting in Anniston from August 4 to 18. The event doubles as a camp meeting and educator convention for the denomination south of the Ohio River. Attendees will engage in reform efforts including temperance dress diet social parity and education with a dining tent offered at reasonable rates. The camp sits on the square near the City Land Company's office and welcomes all visitors. Summer illnesses are rising in children and a local family notes Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy helped. The ad includes a testimonial from Lansing Iowa. For sale by J. L. Wikle.
It is observed that if a fruit tree such as apple, pear or cherry is stripped of its bark in the second week of June a new surface of bark immediately forms. It is believed the main growth of deciduous trees occurs around midsummer.
In a playful Philadelphia Record exchange Mrs. Muggins praises her husband as a man of rare good taste and judgment while Mrs. Buggins seconds the sentiment, noting he would not have chosen her otherwise.
A playful exchange features Papa asking if Johnny wants to be a captain of industry and Johnny replying he would captain the baseball team. The source text includes a stray line about a white poplar tree used as a natural fighting red.
A Georgia farmer jokes that poets are useless at field work. He says poets avoid plowing to spare a wild flower and won’t swear at a mule for fear it has a soul. The exchange reflects rural skepticism toward poets and labor.
A. H. Davis of Sterling Iowa reports two bottles of Foley's Kidney Care cured his kidney ailment after two years of trouble. The testimonial appears in an ad from McElrath Drug Co.
Southern Railway announces round trip tickets from points on its line to Monteagle Tennessee for the Monteagle Assembly Bible School July 3 to August 15 1902. Tickets on sale July 2 3 23 24 25 at one fare for the round trip with final return limit August 30 1902. Inquiries from any ticket agent.
Bold advertisement claims Botanic Blood Balm cures blood poison cancer ulcers eczema carbuncles and related maladies. It promises relief from pimples ulcers sore gums and bone pains by killing toxins in blood and restoring health. Offers free sample and medical advice from Blood Balm Co Atlanta Ga for $1.00 per bottle.
The Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs opens on July 3 as an all-year resort managed by the Frisco System. Major renovations aim to make it equal to the best Southwest hostelry.
Tailor Junius Levy announces a new line of summer fabrics including lions duck cheviot wool crash in latest shades stripes and checks. Suits priced from 9.00 to 14.00 with perfect fitting. Opera House Block location.
An advertisement urges treating rheumatism by protecting kidney function to remove uric acid. It touts Foley's Kidney Cure as the most effective remedy and quotes K. T. Hopkins of Polar, Wisconsin, saying three doctors failed before the cure succeeded.
The Southern Railway announces a large supply of hand some Summer Home folders with information on cut summer resorts in Tennessee North and South Carolina Virginias and Georgia. Traveling Passenger Agent C E B Jackson invites requests mailed to MoFtid Pter Building Birmingham Ala for rates and details.
Warter's cigars are described as first class work by skilled men with none better five cent cigars than Warter's Hand-Sa Kennesaw.
A shopper asks for quick tailoring with a simple directive to get a new suit ready. The message implies urgency in obtaining formal attire through Boyer, highlighting prompt service and resolve.
The store presents a wide spring assortment with more than 500 distinct styles across apparel and household items. Shoppers can explore varied fabrics, colors, and patterns, aiming to refresh wardrobes and home interiors.
McDuffie and Hewitt attach the property of C F Cotton in Anniston Calhoun Alabama. Levied on a heavy oak bedstead dresser and washstand. Cotton resides in St Louis Missouri and is non resident. Witness A B Sawyer July 8 1902.
Notice from C L Quinn city tax collector stating taxes are delinquent and that after June first interest and costs will be added. Citizens urged to pay to avoid extra expenses.
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