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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
6
A collection of quirky remarks and misprints touching politics, celebrities, and social issues. Topics include Roosevelt, Teddy wind ailments, I W W, Bryan, and denials of ethnic or gender stereotypes, all framed as historical newspaper snippets with garbled phrases and odd captions.
A collage of quirky misprints and playful errors from diverse papers shows faulty phrasing, odd spellings, and humorous misread lines. The excerpt gathers snippets about faults, neighbors, and everyday scenes reflecting a restless press culture.
A committee of physicians questions the nation’s waste of eight and a half billion dollars yearly through drinking and related behavior, challenging the public to consider personal responsibility in this costly issue.
Dr. BE F Bowers writes that American medical directors from three large life insurers estimate seven to forty three percent of accidents stem from alcohol. He notes railway, street car, automobile, vehicle and horse, mine, drownings, gunshot injuries and heat prostration links, with national efficiency losses totaling about eighty five hundred million dollars yearly.
The piece argues that foreign born citizens and hyphenated Americans threaten American neutrality in the European War. It cites President Wilson urging suppression of disloyalty, calls for rooting out disloyal citizens, and condemns those who oppose Wilson or aid foreign interests. It ends with a quip about an inventor selling an adjustable shirt collar.
The Nashville Banner argues Mr. Bryan’s idea to align Democrats with Progressives in St. Louis could attract disaffected Progressives. It notes Wilson’s progressive bent, compares Hughes and Taft platforms, warns against repeating past Bryan alliances, and urges offering Progressives a Democratic refuge amid a unified stance on domestic policy.
Alabama Christian Advocate warns prominent citizens against lending their names to dubious causes or companies. The piece cites ministers whose endorsements were used to recruit investors, noting losses to friends and widows. It urges safeguarding a good name as a vital possession and discourages opportunistic name lending.
The Tennessee commissioner of food and drugs, Harry L. Askew, faces sharp charges of using official influence to favor oleomargarine makers over dairy farmers. A circular letter he circulated urged travelers to switch from dairy butter to a nutritious substitute, allegedly Meomar margarine, prompting strong rebuttals from dairy interests and calls for a thorough inquiry.
This date 16 June 1373 marks the treaty of alliance between Portugal and England. Ferdinand of Portugal and Edward III of England led the agreement which aligned Portugal on Britain’s side in the earlier war context, with subsequent treaties ratifying the arrangement.
Timeline notes range from the 1772 death of John Churchill to 1916 declarations between Germany and Portugal. Events include Austria allied with Bavaria in 1866, Prussia and Bavaria joining the German Empire, a deadly 1882 Iowa tornado, 1896 Santiago fort bombardment by Admiral Sampson, and 1906 statehood acts for Arizona and Oklahoma plus the 1908 Pan Anglican Congress opening.
British reports 40 killed and 80 injured from Zeppelin raids near London in two latest attacks. Austrian forces storm positions south of Lemberg railroad. French troops push into Artois and seize a mountain top along the Fecht River in Alsace.
The film Hypocrisy exposes social ambition and the chase for wealth within high society. It uncover s marriage for status, men's greed, women's climb, and gambling risks in stocks and cards as a forceful moral drama. Savoy tomorrow.
Former presidential hopeful William Jennings Bryan addresses a Democratic convention praising peace under the current administration. He questions Republican critiques of foreign policy, argues for America’s moral leadership, and urges the party to win “the greatest of all prizes” through unity and faith.
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