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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1901
Page
8
The upcoming street fair and floral parade by the Kiks in May dominates social chatter. A large prize fund will back the parade with an elaborate floral ball also planned. Prominent women will form a committee to finalize plans and ensure success.
The Peep Day literary club of twelve to fourteen bright girls, led by Miss Hermione Brown, with Miss Mary Gardner as president and Miss Margaret Reynolds as secretary treasurer, was beautifully entertained on Saturday afternoon. The program covered Life of Rubens, an instrumental solo, questions on Straw Hat, Descent of the Cross, and current events, followed by a social hour and a salad course. Pink and blue tarleton bags with bon-bons were given as favors.
A Harvard story contrasts Holworthy room life of a generation ago with modern luxury. The old suites featured a study and two bedrooms, no baths or electric lights, and housed Harvard’s famed four hundred. Today the rooms lack modern amenities and fashion condemns them as obsolete as progress prompts questions of preparation for life after college. Mr and Mrs Charles B Cooke of St Louis and Miss Christine Cooke of Piedmont visited with friends, former Anniston residents.
A newspaper item notes that while many new candies join the list, classic favorites remain popular and continue to be featured alongside newer introductions. The piece highlights enduring consumer demand and the balance between novelty and tradition.
Miss Hermione Brown won a sweet and charming title hostess at the club event with souvenirs given to each guest. Visiting from New Orleans and New York are Mr. and Mrs. Douglass A. Campbell and Mr. D. J. Campbell staying with sister Mrs. W. A. Willox on Tyler Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Craig Orfield returned to Atlanta after a brief visit. Mrs. W. S. Tillison now of Victoria, Texas, visits Mrs. John T. Bell on Wilmer and Twenty-fourth streets.
The advertisement touts Some of our new crop New Orleans Molasses or Yee's Maple Syrup as excellent for cakes and temper. It promises sweetening quality at liberal use and highlights the best flours for cake making along with the entire stock of groceries available at Cater Grocery Company.
At 2 p.m. today the Queen contest at the Elk’s carnival showed a live vote tally. The contest closes April 25, ten days before the fair, with voting coupons available free at L Smith & Co. store.
The Choctaw Route will run three trains daily between Memphis and Hot Springs starting October 7. Service expands to Indian and Oklahoma Territories with connections to Southwest Missouri Kansas Texas and the West.
An advertisement touts Cure Gold in tead and Kermott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine as easy to take remedies for colds. The copy promises rapid relief and simple use.
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