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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1907
Page
4
Retiral Editions of The Evening Star for May 1907 show daily averages around 2 200 to 2 290 copies with 1 700 extra papers printed on May 20. The sworn statement by E Bh McKee notes May circulation figures are true to the best knowledge, witnessed by B W Ledbetter on June 1, 1997.
Readers may continue the Evening Star by mail with no extra charge by notifying the Star office of their departure and the address to which the paper should be mailed. Telephone 68.
The piece argues for limited foreign immigration in Georgia to address labor shortages among farm hands and core workers. It suggests that foreign workers could spur Black workers to pursue available jobs, improving local industry and farm productivity. The tone advocates cautious, law abiding policy without broad inflows.
The text warns that Japan faces internal division risking peace as the Progresives resemble Socialists and may push toward war if they gain power in fall elections. It notes the government seeks no war but could aim for Pacific expansion, and that war with the United States would be disastrous yet possible.
Cuban demonstrators voice fury over rising prices for American foodstuffs and long standing resentment toward high Cuban cigar costs. The outbreak reflects broader discontent with cost of living and imports.
A collage of 18th and 19th century events listed by date includes the deaths of James Boxwell in 1795 and Charles Spargean on January 30, naval actions in 1842 and 100 years earlier, the 1848 Republican Nations Convention in Chicago, the 1805 Baltic Canal opening, the 1803 Cardinal Vaughan death, and literary notes on Richard Croker's triumph with editorial commentary.
The article notes the United States holds the world record for traffic on huland waters and cites an annual global revenue figure of 80 million dollars. It mentions a range of other disparate items including a Penalty abolition in Uruguay, a rabbit washed into water, government tipping allowances, and Alaska telecommunication camps led from Nome with routes to Skup way and Williehorst.
A bemused note from the Atchisen Globe about social errors and improving friendship through better grammar and behavior. It wryly suggests many couples quarrel over social duties and that people leave homes feeling rushed and unused.
Clare Kummer author of Dearie and Sergeant Brune pens a book for Noahs Ark. Gustav Vou Seyf Mertita ex Student King Opera becomes stage director for I Aiglon revival by Maude Adams. Frank Darius will conduct The Prince of Pilsen with Delmar Opera at Delmar Park St Louis. Karl Schmidt succeeds Darting in The Prince of Pillen. Miss Whalfred Lee Wendell, a western playwright, seeks New York management with The Merry Man for a likely future production.
A historic reflection argues wealth as a driver of progress and education. It cites John Adams, Jefferson, Rockefeller and Carnegie as philanthropists shaping society. It warns corporate wealth can menace if unchecked, urging semianual public accounts.
James Bryce argues that the dramatist faces vast public funds and audiences yet fails to meet the era’s opportunity. He compares Greek, Shakespearean, English, German, and French giants and contends Goethe, Schiller, Racine, Corneille, and Moliere stand among history’s greatest.
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