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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1900
Page
4
For Supt Education SH Persons is listed alongside Coroner W M Franks in a district slate. The statement names Lad District candidates X H Bagley and others in a local political roll call.
The Star and Republic will publish an industrial and souvenir edition aided by citizen support. It will attract manufacturers seeking locations for factories and feature sketches of leading business and professional figures. The magazine form edition aims to showcase Anniston as a progressive city with strong enterprise and liberal promotion of welfare.
The public debt per capita in the United States, once 50, now stands at 15 according to a Treasury report. Interest per capita fell from 2.85 to 0.53. The Democrats in Memphis district Tennessee nominate Malcolm R. Patterson, son of Josiah Patterson, for Congress.
Delegates in Philadelphia show unanimity for McKinley s renomination but face a crowded field for vice president with Roosevelt favored though not a candidate. In Britain, war shortages force clever uses of electricity on dairy farms to automate feeding and replace missing workers.
The Event to Star edition promises to highlight Anniston's advantages as a manufacturing center without sparing expense. It aims to boost local pride and export reach, while editor Jourd White’s humorous Moulton wife-hunt piece in the Edwards Hill Standard-News stands out as a notable Alabama press gem. W. J. Williams, ex Anniston resident, tops the Georgia Bankers Association meeting as a speaker urging banker farmer ties. The city’s fraternal orders show active growth, reflecting strong communal unity and benevolent activity.
The Southern railway urges travelers to coast to seaside or mountain retreats via its routes. It lists Asheville Hot Springs Lookout Mountain Monte Sano and many Virginia springs as reachable with low fares. A folder Sum mer Homes and Resorts describes about one thousand hotels and boarding houses with rates and rail connections. Contact C A Bellscover in Chattanooga for a copy.
Anniston Steam Laundry Winson Rose Prop s Corner Twelfth and Noble streets invites customers to submit their oldest cheapest lace curtains for cleaning and evaluation, promising a favorable response for top items.
A Dunbar area plumbing firm promotes porcelain bath tubs and related fixtures at a range of prices. The notice highlights multiple tub styles and affordable options for home renovations.
Western North Carolina is praised as a dry healthful climate called the Land of the Sky. Asheville, the mountain city with about 12 000 residents, sits where the French Broad and Swannanoa rivers meet. Wealthy residents house luxury homes including the Vanderbilt chateau and its vast estate costing many millions.
Double daily rail service to Hot Springs via Choctaw and Little Rock Hot Springs and Western railroad. Trains depart Memphis at 11:30 p.m. and 9:10 a.m. with a through Pullman sleeper on the night train and a reclining chair car on the day train. For details contact F D Blackman in Chattanooga or C J Warrick in Memphis.
Afternoon and evening gatherings at the lake drew crowds last summer with attractions and moving pictures greatly enhancing fun. The grounds provide swings lunch tables pavillions croquet and tennis facilities for nightly use throughout the season.
The passage notes that while some privileges are available, others are charged at the standard rate for amusements nationwide. It highlights uniform pricing practices affecting access to entertainment venues.
Elam Drug Co. office and conductors offer special round trip tickets at 20 cents with a fifteen cent coupon redeemable for boat hire, bathing, or merry go round rides. Tickets cover one fare in each direction on the line, but not a full loop unless boarding at terminals. Ten cent round trips Oxford to the Lake include a ten cent coupon. A fourteen mile open car ride without alighting costs ten cents, with no tickets accepted and no Sunday round trips from noon to 6 p.m.
Extra cars run every Sunday afternoon and evening to comfortably carry visitors to Oxford Lake. Special cars may be engaged at reasonable rates. Four illuminated cars are available for evening parties.
The management aims to secure broad support from travelers and the public, pledging best efforts to merit a large patronage for the Lake Line during the coming season.
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