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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1901
Page
4
A partial newspaper note lists editors R Gordon and publishers Stockton with a yearly advance price of five dollars and a monthly rate, followed by a truncated telephone contact.
A series of notices declare Walter B. Merrill as a candidate for Delegate to the Constitutional Convention from the 7th Senatorial District comprising parts of Cleburne and Uiheun, subject to Democratic party action. Also named are Winnea Denidate from Calhoun county and Malbony announcing candidacy for Mayor, all contingent on party nomination.
Multiple notices announce candidates for city council from First and Third wards. Names include W H McEleney J Be Livingston C B Reid Lon Rich and G B Robertson with endorsements pending Democratic party action.
Thomas Kilby and supporters announce candidacy for city council from Anniston Fourth Ward subject to Democratic party action. Kilby highlights continued service to the community and solicits party backing.
An urgent public notice reports Harry Powell announcing candidacy for the Pitth ward Windjoot Lo Che action of the Democratic prism ay. Jonn Fitgerald declares self as Fifth ward candidate amid friend solicitation.
A garbled record cites Epiror Jourp Wirre claiming The Anniston Evening Star praised Judge Barton election but was removed. It also notes Sally White winning a spelling bee and aiding local merchants with job work before assisting Editor Glascow.
A census bulletin reports the 1899 cotton crop at 9,645,974 commercial bales totaling about 4.8 million tons. It breaks down upland and Sea Island by square and round bales, lists ginning costs, and notes 29,629 ginning establishments with 5465 public, 2863 plantation, and 20,289 both. State tallies show large outputs in Texas, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama among others.
A Washington dispatch notes Alaska’s 1900 population at 62 590, up from 1880’s 32 252, with Nome 12 456 and Skagway 3 117. The piece laments harsh conditions and urges a fair trial of a local laundry service from Anniston Steam Laundry, inviting mail cards or telephone calls.
B G McClellen, member of Co D, recounts battles at Gettysburg, prison on David's Island, transport to Fortress Monroe and Richmond, parole in 1865, and final reflections as sole survivor of eighteen. He notes deaths of seven comrades in battle and others in later years, ending with his impending passing.
County Democrats in Calhoun County issue a call for a mass meeting of Beat 15 Democrats to choose 36 delegates for a county convention to be held March 14. The meeting is set for Saturday March 9 at noon and invites all Beat 15 Democrats to participate.
Nashua Iowa resident J W Patterson, a night police officer, recounts a severe January lung cold. He tried multiple remedies from doctors and drugs before using Foley’s Honey and Tar, and after two thirds of the bottle he was completely cured. Elam Drug Co.
March 7 By Num. Local notes report Johnie Harrison visiting from Texas to Anniston and Byoom station relatives, road work by R L Henderson and crew, Nora Heaton visiting, Rev Baird to preach, mad dog rumors, Daisy Fitzgerald visiting, Hi Miller from Oxford, J Haynie visiting from Bern, rural route carrier P Harrison's Sunday visit, and a boy who walked 600 miles from the west to Georgia with a potential $500 support offered by her father for transport.
An old ad claims Foley’s Honey and Tar cures the gripe cough and restores strength. It urges no substitutes and credits Elam Drug Co as the seller.
A Washington letter in the Birmingham Age Herald notes a curious gap on inauguration day when no President is sworn in for a period, marking a real interregnum between terms. The piece contrasts the steady world with political timing and cautions against substitutes for Foley's Honey and Tar, a throat remedy.
Rev. Hugh Johnson filled his regular appointment at New Bethel with an able Sunday sermon to a large attentive congregation. James Wilson recovers from fever. W. M. Scott announces the birth of another girl on March 2. T. D. Bynum of Bynum Alabama visited town Saturday on business. Local notes include mentions of Kermartt Clecotites and a brief misprint about a Quinn event.
Effective October 1 the Southern Railway began a Birmingham Alabama to Richmond Virginia Pullman Sleeper service. Train No. 36 departs Birmingham at 4 40 p m and returns as No. 35 arriving Birmingham 11 35 p m. The new schedule promises better service and details for tickets are available from C KR Jackson Birmingham.
The Queen and Crescent System south of Meridian opened October 28 offering a fast Meridian to Shreveport schedule with lines to Texas, cutting travel time to Texas points from 7 to 12 hours. Southern Railway fast train No 37 links with Queen and Crescent to provide the quickest Westbound service. Visit local ticket agents for details on this new route.
The Choctaw Route will run three trains daily between Memphis and Hot Springs effective October 7. Double daily service will extend to Indian and Oklahoma Territories with connections to southwest Missouri Kansas Texas and other points. EB Swift of Parkersburg West Virginia endorses Kernett s Ext Black Cherry for cholera morbus and summer complaints.
For the General Missionary Conference of the M Evy Church South in New Orleans from April 24 to 30 1901 the Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from all points at one fare. Tickets good April 22 23 24 with return limit May 2 1901. Inquire at local Southern Railway ticket agent.
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