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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1914
Page
5
Fragmentary notes show Prof. M. M. Beeememister and Pratt of Hickswit traveling through town. Mentions travel toward the Southern states including Georgia and the Carolinas with uncertain destinations and routes.
A partial advertisement touts imitations as similar in price to genuine items. The text claims inferior quality but urges buyers to choose the real article, noting freshness and urging comparison of value. The fragment ends with a stray word.
George Pleaamer TM of Union Foundry left Mobile to secure passage from the German consul. Cleasner is subject to duty in the German army and will be assigned to his regiment after landing in Germany. A Sacred Harp singing will be at Oxanha Methodist church this afternoon at 2 o clock led by W H Reynodeis and others. Charcoal yellowed seven bushels priced at $1.00. West Sider Wood Co phone D51-L.
The Third quarterly conference of First Methodist church will be held tonight at 8 o clock with Rev L Dobba presiding. Also brief birth notice: a baby girl born to Mr and Mrs J T Dawnherty at 425 Glenn Avenue, eight pounds.
A fragmented ad urging customers to compare goods and prices with competitors. The copy promotes shopping around to secure the best values and emphasizes the benefit of choosing their store for goods and service.
C A Cartero was called to Texcess last night due to a death in the family and will be away about a week. His sister has just returned to Texcaass after a week’s visit here.
Rev Hodges of the First Presbyterian Church will preach at Farker Memorial on Sunday evening. No morning services at this church except Sunday school. Julius Levy advertises new fall samples for suits trousers and overcoats.
Charles Pots of MPC Trigan City Indiana visits his brother Albert Fretz with a vow to locate good cleaning and pressing services. Phone 686. The fragment mentions Geo, ammmers, kAugs in uncertain context.
Francis Blac, the daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Black, fell from a second story window yesterday. She landed on the ground, suffered a few cuts and head bruises, but was not seriously injured.
Dry oak and pine tovewood delivered, price one dollar per round. West Side Wood Co advertises contact at phone 651-L for orders.
Tal Nelson was fined $50 and costs in police court this morning on a charge of violating the prohibition law. He received 30 days on the streets, with the sentence suspended during good behavior, his first offense.
Mrs. Ole Hilliard wife of actor Robert Hilliard inherits two and a quarter million dollars from her father James Everhard in New York. She was previously married to Williams the chauffeur and later his private secretary and divorced Williams in Brooklyn last year.
New York July 32 Within 24 hours after arrival Bozo Radovich a 24 year old horsefancier fan who fought with the Servians in the Balkans conflict called at the Servian consulate and said he wanted to go back to help Servia fight Austria He displayed three medals for deeds of bravery.
New York July 21 Norman McInnis a mine manager recently back from Nicaragua said chickens brought from the States to that country ate so much growing tobacco that their eggs became unfit to eat because of the strong tobacco flavor.
Local social column from Oxford highlights a July gathering at Goo Party Was Tera with Mrs. E. C. Urquhart boosting the ta club and five guests. The event features a 600 card game, top score by Mable Hort of Atlanta, sunflowers and yellow decor, orangeade served, and refreshments of ice cream and cake. Additional society movements include visitors, travels, and a church service with music planned.
Ben Boyd of Talladega County reports the first pink bollworm incident in the district this afternoon. The sighting marks the earliest case in the area this season and prompts local attention.
City council passes ordinance requiring all weeds on premises sidewalks and vacant lots be cut before August with fines not less than $1.06 or over one hundred dollars for noncompliance. Every residence will be visited Friday for inspection and violators warned.
Montgomery county board refused to confer 1000 tax rate proposals from Tax Commissioner Frank Peabody and State Tax Commissioner Jobe O'Brien. The board declared assessments would stand and similar to Marengo county actions, as Mooring and others faced hearings.
Hopes fade for Nelms sisters seen at a Tennessee camp meeting report. Investigators identify religious workers from Pennsylvania as the camp meeting link. Telegrams flood newspapers about a $1000 Nelms reward while many rumors spread across Seattle Panama City and eastern cities.
A. Wienberg, tailor for the Globe Clothing Compass in this city, has ten nephews in the Austrian army and navy. His brother will enter the service. Julius Marcus of this city recently sailed for the old country, and whether he will enlist has not been announced to local relatives.
Anniston and nearby residents report no material impact from the cotton market crash. J. M. Hicks of Talladega, a prominent operator worth several million dollars, is said to be uneasy but appears to have coordinated without loss.
Mobile reports its first bale of 1914 sold at auction for 15 cents a pound to a local concern. The bale was dressed middling and marks Mobile's earliest bale since 1896 when a bale arrived on July 28.
The National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis will direct a Septem ber census across thousands of churches to report tubercu losis data from the prior year. Results will fuel an educational camp a week in November and the Tuberculosis Day observance with sermons lectures and free material. More than 75,000 churches and over 1,200 anti tuberculosis groups supported last year’s event.
Governor and commission appointed Montgomery, Jeaby of Holy Pond and W. B. O rear of Jones to the Cullman County board of pensions examiners. The appointments were approved and forwarded to the new officials.
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled, stray quotes about marriage and home life including phrases about divorce and respect at home, attributed to a Houston EB source. The passage lacks coherent narrative or verifiable facts for a clear summary.
Gainesville Georgia July 31 Bart and Jim Cantrell brothers were today charged for the murder of Arthene Hawkins. Bart Cantrell is 18 years old.
A promotion by J. L. Wiley Crys Company markets a topical prescription for freckle removal. The ad claims a prominent physician authored the formula, promises a guarantee of refunds if unsatisfied, and asserts fast results with double strength ointment.
The article reports Franco Russian clashes and a looming general war in Europe. It notes hopes to localize the Augustan-Servian conflict fade, Prince Henry's diplomatic mission judged a failure, suspensions of four newspapers for premature mobilization announcements, and a federal council plan to bar meat and food exports.
In Vienna on July 2 the war with Serbia has just begun, hunger is felt, and food dealers hoard essentials and price them prohibitively.
The twenty fifth annual Madison County Sunebeey School association convention opens with 11 sessions at Hale Green. Delegates from across the county are entertained by the community, with Mr. W. T. McCoda presiding. Noted state workers attend as part of the celebration program.
In Eufaula on July 31 the first Barbour county cotton bale arrived, hauled by W A and W W Brown for young farmers south of Eufaula. The bale, from Georgia territory, weighs about 20 pounds and sold for 14 cents per pound, marking the earliest bale in 25 years and beating Quite county to the punch.
July 31 Montgomery report states the governor will issue a proclamation calling Alabama residents to aid the Alabama Panama Pacific Commission. The aim is to fund an Alabama building and a state exhibit at the forthcoming exposition. A letter from the immigration official and Alabama commission secretary outlines the plan to raise the money and asks the governor to issue the proclamation.
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