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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
4
Summer readers in Anniston may have the Evening Star mailed to a new address at no extra cost by notifying the Star office. Provide the new address and effective date. Telephone 68.
A Todiana visitor urged Star reporters that Anniston’s climate scenery and industry invite attention. The piece argues for strong city advertising and a public campaign to attract tourists and new residents, noting folders prepared by Dr. J L Wikle as a start and urging generous appropriations for promotion.
The passage notes an insurance company suing a railroad in Montgomery while comments compare the pot and the kettle. It reflects local moral debate with mentions of Aniston appeals, women’s voting limits, and Georgia’s stand against licensed liquor, all in a witty, opinionated tone.
Billy Smith, famed baseball magnate, dismisses an Atlanta paper’s claim he meant to marry a chorus girl as a joke that spiraled into a fiasco. The episode centers on rumors and a public misperception of his personal life.
Montgomery faces Birmingham while New Orleans plays Shreveport and Nashville travels to Atlanta. Memphis meets Little Rock as 403 games on the schedule span multiple cities and teams.
Birmingham beat Montgomery 3 to 2 in the opening game while Montgomery won the second 6 to 0. Shreveport defeated New Orleans 5 to 4. Little Rock edged Memphis 5 to 1.
South Atlantic League results show Savannah 2, Columbia 0. Charleston 1, Augusta 7. Macon 4, Augusta 7. Dominant win by Augusta over Macon and a shutout for Savannah against Columbia.
Philadelphia defeated Washington 3 to 1 in the first game and beat Washington 3 to 2 in the second. St. Louis won 4 to 2 over Detroit while Boston lost 2 to 3 to New York and Chicago routed Cleveland 9 to 4.
The Brooklyn team wins 11 to 5 over Philadelphia in the first game. Brooklyn scores 2 to 8 in the second meeting, Pittsburg 2 to Cincinnati 4, and Pittsburg 5 to Cincinnati 6 in the second. New York 0 and Boston 5 round out the results.
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A satirical line colors a column noting a henpecked rooster as a sign of weakness. The piece rails at tyrants, suggesting judgment of rulers and a jokey jab at Judge Joe Cone.
An actor named McBooth narrates the tale of a man who walked around the world. The Washington Star reports on the traveler and his remarkable voyage detailing endurance, landscapes, and encounters along the worldwide route.
A New York merchant recounts an office boy’s first telephone call. The boy reported a caller asking for the owner and muttered that it might be his wife, highlighting the problems of managing two lines in a busy office.
A newspaper advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for catarrh, claiming it affects blood and mucous surfaces. The ad offers 100 dollars for any case it cannot cure and urges sending for testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, with price 75 cents. It also promotes Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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