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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star reveals May 1907 circulation figures with daily prints around 2,200 to 2,260 copies. Totals show 61,885 for May and a daily average of 2,202 with a noted exception of 1,700 extra papers on May 20. Signed by E B Mee Kef as General Manager and B W Ledbetter as Notary Public.
Residents of Anniston can continue receiving the Evening Star this summer by mailing or notifying the Star office of their new address. Include the departure details and the desired mailing address. Telephone assistance is available at 68.
The piece argues for moderate demands from telegraphers and praises self governance. It notes Pennsylvania governor vetoes multimillion dollar appropriations to balance state finances and critiques graft in the capitol project. It links Bisho p Lawrence’s Exodus sermon to the era’s White House crisis in 1907. It reflects on severe weather in spring and recalls 1816 Virginia frost and crop losses as a contrast to complaints.
The author argues drastic Alabama railroad laws risk confiscation by reducing receipts below operating costs. They urge encouraging eastern capital, building more rails, and double tracking, warning Seaboard’s Anniston extension halts and seeking foreign investment with fair taxes to avoid driving away billions.
The New York Herald notes citywide figures including forty nine offices of foreign cousins in New York, daily sugar intake of 1 008 700 pounds, and a century long average of 108 be seated daily. Holidays raise attendance, tobacco losses reach 19 000 daily.
Germany bans mud throwing at animals. Raphael’s 1514 portrait of Pope Leo X’s brother sells for 106000 dollars, a Berlin record. Summer and fall will see about sixty congresses in Mannheim as urban migration rises, prompting Secretary of the Interior to note military service as a factor.
Ammonia is recommended to neutralize insect and spider bites and prevent swelling. It also keeps silver bright when added to hot water and cleans windows and mirrors. Hot water with ammonia cleans dishcloths and brightens faded carpets. Adding ammonia to vase water preserves cut flowers longer.
A collection of terse editorial quips from multiple papers. Notes on running expenses, Kipling as poet laureate, city census calls, St Louis initiating a census, and the Broad way blacksmith shop closing for improvements.quences and reform themes appear across the clippings.
Small ad listing shingles for sale with contact F. M. House and phone number 253. Listed as 20-tf shorthand.
Anniston lost to Alabama City yesterday by 5 to 1 due to errors. McFarlin will pitch against Rivers today.
Major early season games feature Birmingham vs Little Rock, Nashville vs New Orleans, Montgomery vs Shreveport, and Atlanta visiting Memphis in a set of intercity confrontations. Strong teams eye pivotal early results as the schedule unfolds.
In Shreveport Nashville won 4 to 1 with Batteries Gaskill and Rapp and Duggan and Wells. Memphis defeated Birmingham 6 to 1 with Stockdell and Owens and Turner and Garvin. Little Rock lost 2 to Montgomery 4 with Hart and Page and Malarkey and Seabrough.
In American League results Philadelphia beat Detroit 4 to 1 while Washington lost to Cleveland 0 to 1 New York also fell 0 to 1 St. Louis defeated Boston 9 to 2 and Chicago routed an opponent 8 to 2 with other games pending.
In Cotton States action Columbus defeated Jackson by 6 to 5. The Wright team departs Anniston tomorrow night for a game in Pell City on Saturday with Carnes facing Dendy in the box.
Jack explains his love to Tommy and asks about Nell, with the family planning an introduction promised by Aunt Emma in London.
Special to the Star reports Sewanee Tennessee to host seven days of semi centennial events for the University of the South. Alumni and friends arrive for reunions and exercises as programs include Sophomore oration, declamation contests, trustee meeting, semi centennial sermon, cornerstone laying for Phi Delta Theta house, and senior graduation. Notables include Governor Patterson Ira Remsen Francis H. Smith George Curtis Carpenter and James W. Kirkland.
The one armed youth Will Lee was charged with stealing clothing and disorderly conduct. The court assessed damages and fines totaling 21 dollars, with 13.80 for the city from the clothing theft and 7.70 for the disorderly conduct.
A timeline notes Richard Branden’s death in 1649 and other milestones: Joshua Clayton born and died in 1798, Richard Wellesley born 1760 and died 1842, Daniel McCook born in Pennsylvania and died 1863, Sieyes’ death and birth, Hanover’s rise under Victoria, Paulding becoming secretary of the navy, Lizzie Borden acquitted in 1893, Victoria’s jubilee in 1897, and Baron von Ketteler killed in 1900.
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, a constitutional disease, with a $100 reward for any case it cannot cure. It urges internal use to affect blood and mucous surfaces and promotes accompanying Haig’s Family Pills for constipation.
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