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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1900
Page
3
Nellie Cates died Saturday night at her uncle William Cates home near Peaceburg after a long illness with consumption. She was well known and many friends mourn her loss. The remains were buried in Eulaton cemetery yesterday afternoon at five.
Advertisement by J R Landham and Co offering a car load of buggies bought last November before price rises. They will sell at the same low prices, advertising them as trade winners for summer trade.
Western North Carolina’s Land of the Sky offers a dry healthful climate famed as a natural sanitarium. Asheville, highest city east of Denver, centers a thriving 12 000 population area with modern city amenities. Wealthy residents build grand homes, notably George W. Vanderbilt’s chateau and estate valued at over four million dollars.
The Southern railway promotes a folder titled Summer Homes and Resorts detailing nearly one thousand seaside and mountain retreats from Asheville to Lookout Mountain and Monte Sano with rates and schedules. For a copy contact assistant general passenger agent A Bellscorer in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Hot Springs Arkansas travelers can take the Choctaw route with double daily trains to the resort. Through Pullman sleepers on night service and reclining chair cars on the day service connect Memphis to Hot Springs via the Choctaw and the Little Rock Hot Springs and Western railroad. Inquiries directed to F D Blackman in Chattanooga or H Angle in Atlanta or J Warrick in Memphis.
Local papers react to Sidney J. Bowie entering the Fourth district congressional race. The Birmingham Age Herald likens Bowie to a lighthouse in fog while several papers praise his honesty and Democratic fidelity. Talladega News Reporter predicts a decisive Bowie victory if he runs.
The Anniston Steam Laundry at Corner Twelfth and Noble streets proclaims they do more work and earn more money than any rival by offering better quality and service in every way.
A brief note urges readers who value style to choose Boyer clothing for well dressed outfits. It highlights the brand as a recommendation for quality attire.
Thomas E Sloan died at his East Ninth street home after several weeks illness. He was 60 styled as an honest generous man. Survived by a wife and four children. He came from Chattanooga two years ago and worked at Peerless saloons. Interment followed at Edgemont cemetery with 8 o clock Sacred Heart services. Pallbearers were W T King Fred Osborn John Dorek M J White James Jallivan Elmer Delsmite.
From this brief notice readers are urged to seek Boyer for tailoring to ensure proper fit. The ad highlights custom alterations and personal service to achieve accurate measurements and comfortable wear.
A tale opens with a quick engagement followed by an elopement and marriage to a new lover for worldly gain. In a second voyage story, a young engineer explains his wealth comes from an elderly cousin’s fortune, revealing how a young man’s marriage prospects hinge on a rich, widow relative and the return of funds to the family.
A Chicago Daily News item reports a humorous note on marriage with a block head bride who declines a wooden wedding celebration, treating the idea as too suggestive.
Fragmented OCR text shows a railway or travel fragment mentioning Chattanooga with scattered numbers and times. No clear event or outcome is readable from the segment.
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