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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1901
Page
7
The park invites guests to enjoy outdoor sports and fireworks at night. Attractions include a free swimming, boating, bathing, bowling alley, electric merry-go-round, dancing, vaudeville shows, and the new Mysterious Swing also called The Haunted Swing. Refreshment stands offer sandwiches, cake, candy, ice cream, soda water, lemonade, and milk shakes at affordable prices.
Walter Camp notes that a Yale football party once ordered three portions of cold roast beef at Cambridge hotels to feed three men. He recalls a captain who, dining in Boston, spent 15.55 dollars for a late dinner before a big game, yet still played the next day.
Rear Admiral Robly D. Evans recalls a snake charmer mishap in a naval shore camp. A cranky clock tale follows from a suburban hall clock. The piece ends with a note on unwritten Pullman sleeping car etiquette as described by the International.
In Calhoun County Alabama Annie Buffington sues John Buffington in City Court of Anniston In Equity. Defendant non resident residing in Chattanooga Tennessee must answer by June 15 1901 or a Decree Pro Confesso will be entered. Notice posted May 17 1901. A H Shepperd clerk.
Bertie, 17, a future surgeon with a scientific mind, announces to his family that he has found the original function of the vermiform appendix. He claims the appendix is the purring apparatus of a cat after anesthetizing Caesar, while Aunt Susan collapses.
Local ad promises piano or organ trials at home with no initial cost and payments as you are able. It stresses a reliable, long established business and invites readers to inquire about ownership options and sewing machines as well.
The Board of Pension Examiners for Calhoun county announces a July 1901 session in Anniston to consider applications under the amended pension law. Eligible veterans may present an honorable discharge as proof, and widows of deceased pensioners may prove widow status with two witnesses.
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