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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1909
Page
12
Alabama newspapers prepare a collective push against the fee system branding it a winner. The Birmingham News declares every edition a prosperity edition and highlights its booster man as a notable success.
Local chatter folds around barbecue days and hints at discontent with prosperity. The column muses that if Aldrich becomes U S Senator, funding could improve by dismissing self styled figurehead senators.
A new money counting device is described as a breakthrough for newspaper offices where large sums pass through. the machine promises faster handling of cash received by wealthy journalists.
The American urges Nashville knockers to travel and seek a city they prefer. A splendid idea, recommended for Anniston knockers to put into practice to explore better options elsewhere.
The Rome Tribune-Herald notes newspapers give prominence to citizens who might lack publicity. It questions whether there is truly nothing for them and discusses the value of such exposure for ordinary individuals.
Farmers who have managed to plant corn Report favorable outlook as rains favor corn and a dry season aids cotton. The article suggests a strong corn crop and a shorter cotton season this year.
The Montgomery Journal notes that each daily Alabama paper narrates a story of progress. It asserts general advancement is visible throughout the periodical record and highlights ongoing improvements in newspaper production and community reporting.
The good roads campaign gains speed in Georgia and Tennessee as citizens recognize the need for better highways. The piece questions Alabama’s approach to its road problem and urges action.
Voters are urged to support speedy construction of fire pike roads in Calhoun County. Delays harm all citizen classes and slow county prosperity, with each postponement causing growing losses to the community.
Farmers planting under the William son method report a favorable season with ample rain boosting corn prospects. Sunless delays and heavy showers have limited cotton, suggesting a large corn crop but a smaller cotton yield in Alabama this year.
The poet Swinburne left an estimated fortune of 125000 dollars, with most wealth coming from inheritance. The passage notes poets earn little from talent alone and jokes that literary success hinges on being born in Indiana or opposing mollycoddles and nature fakirs.
The Montgomery county report notes over one million dollars spent on roads in ten years with more than half of the county’s roads modern and numerous concrete bridges. It urges Calhoun county residents to take up the road problem with determination to settle it properly for a better showing in a decade.
Community voices in Anniston hinder wider awareness of local progress as residents with interests here fail to publicize developments beyond their circle. The remark notes a missing bridge between local efforts and broader visibility.
The piece argues Anniston is poorly advertised and outlines a modern campaign to attract growth. It suggests the city could draw about 50,000 new residents over ten years by targeting population, industries and capital rather than vague appeals.
The Washington Post warns the tariff plan could raise the treasury deficit under Aldrich's bill as schedules cut imports. It argues Republicans bear responsibility for higher costs and trusts, while Dems miss a chance to push a downward revision and face political fallout.
The Chattanooga News asserts the Republican tariff bill abandons pledges to lower schedules on life’s necessities and condemns Democrats for mere protests while President Taft appears powerless to curb his party. The piece hints the bill’s passage is a farce that will not go unnoticed by readers.
A Montgomery Advertiser piece reflects on Tom Henley of Cherokee County charged with cutting government timber. It recalls Native stoicism in facing justice, recounting stories of Riley the Creek and Choctaw executions to argue enduring Indian influence in Alabama.
A Grand Central train carried tenement house mothers with two week old babies to Caroline Rest in Hartsdale New York. The program offers rest and a rigorously planned curriculum teaching infant care sanitation and milk preparation to reduce infant deaths among New York tenements with unlimited stays for mothers.
The piece advises color and diet for skin tones, urging a sallow hued reader to favor white and blues, avoid coffee and heavy sweets, and drink water with lemon. It recommends careful wardrobe choices with contrasting whites, purples, and pinks, plus gold jewelry, while stressing testing colors in different light with an honest friend.
Readers are informed that Hall's Catarrh Cure claims a cure for catarrh as a constitutional disease. The ad states the remedy is taken internally and supported by a $100 promise to cure failing cases, urging readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. in Toledo, with Druggists selling the product at 75 cents and recommending Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Advertises Dr Thomas Nelectine Oil as a powerful pain remedy available for 25 years in America. Describes it as the strongest and cheapest household liniment.
The article offers tips for fine hand work using cornstarch to keep fingers clean, advises on choosing needle sizes for lingerie, and describes making white kid baby booties with pink or blue silk feathers. It also covers bib aprons using yoke patterns, selecting back buttons, and finishing with bias facing for protection and fit.
Snippet from Life and Epicte d us includes Daisy and Tim in a playful misquote about affection. The dialogue hints at secrecy and affection without clear action or outcome.
A guide to proper use of dues and assessments in federated bodies. It warns against misappropriation and improper donations, urging presidents and treasurers to enforce constitutional limits, seek amendments for new expenditures, and maintain harmony to avoid bankrupting the organization.
A party game starts the ball rolling with multiple water dishes on card tables. Participants jab floating peanuts with hatpins to land them in a dish, scoring by retention rather than marks. The winning couple keeps the nuts, prizes include summer bonnets and novelty ties, with playful forfeits and performances for entertainment.
In a clipped reminiscence from Washington Star, dialogue threads a wife persuading her husband to join a social club. The exchange turns on voice and perception as the husband’s presence at home fades when he joins the club and his wife comments on not hearing him.
The fragmentary line presents a Latin proverb style phrase about a snake and venom. It hints at a moral or natural theme without clear context, naming no people, places, or events.
RB O Watson advertises high grade coal with telephone number 72 for inquiries and orders. The brief notice emphasizes quality and prompt service.
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