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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1900
Page
4
A youth group from Aniston College raises six to seven dollars for the library fund, with each dime contribution recorded and explained. Social notes describe Miss Hazel Dimmick hosted by the Misses Brewer, a missionary tea, and local visits.
The Ullman Bros department store millinery unit features Miss Emma Edwards, an artistic milliner from New York, stopping at Mrs. Baker’s on Quintard Avenue to enhance the season’s attractive and complete collection. Donahoo & Company list coats in all grades. D T Brand, new to Anniston from Eastman, Ga, plans to depart for Ensley City tomorrow, after securing a position with Pratt Land and Improvement Company. his family remains.
French noncommissioned officers and men of the Thirty-fourth infantry practice on stilts in the Landes to speed ground coverage and telegraph work. They cover ground faster than horse units and place posts and wires efficiently. Peasant shepherds have long used stilts in the Landes to cross marshy terrain, inspiring this experiment.
A former drug clerk recalls a north east shop run by a cruel owner who exploited a visibly poor elderly colored woman seeking help. The old man's harsh response to her plea underscores the moral complaint about predatory treatment of the needy.
An authority argues that white races exposed to tropical climates become darker over ages, with darker parents passing a slight tint to offspring. He links this to African tribes’ observed changes and notes tropical American populations show an earlier stage. No shift since the Americas’ discovery due to geological timescales.
Capt. W. M. Hames returns to Jacksonville. Walter Scott departs for Rome. F E Shumate heads home to Dallon Ga. Levi visits Iron City. Dr J F Rowan of Jacksonville visits. Wm Dean from Jacksonville on business. Fred Dimmick arrives from Birmingham. George Burnett of Chicago visits. John B Knox returns from Talladega. J L Streetman travels to Atlanta. Alex T London Birmingham attorney in city. L M Mitchell returns from Spring Garden. J B Kion of Thomason visits. Gen J W Burke Mobile collector returns. K T Coseterry back from Talladega. G D P Rossel of Concord Tenn arrives, may settle in Anniston.
An Anniston laundry notes its lace curtain department employs workers who have dedicated their lives to this craft. The facility is located at 12th and Noble streets.
A lunch stand on East Tenth Street near the Fountain offers lunches hot coffee and fruit. Operating daily until ten o'clock at night. W. W. Wynn invites patrons to give it a trial. Sem Ad.
The damage case of Martha Tum lin versus the Southern finished with a verdict for the plaintiff for 850. The Tredegar Mineral Railroad versus the East and West case, set for today, was postponed until April 9.
A historical note traces how the term gun shifted from meaning fowling pieces and pistols to modern firearms. It contrasts frontier slang with current jargon and explains why cannon now refers to large artillery, while guns denote rapid firing weapons and other contemporary arms.
A young man wearing a tailor made suit from Levy is expected to place himself in a favorable position. The tailor is noted for producing suits designed to aid decisive, confident presentation.
The Washington Post recounts ideas born in dreams by Henry Ollingsworth of Neveland and a western inventor. He recalls an operator inspired by a whistle to create the popular two jaw car coupler. Another dreamt spikes with grooved faces, leading to a patent claim for 20 percent steel savings and cheaper rail ties.
New York park commissioner resumes issuing automobile permits at a rate of two or three per week to local owners. The measure aims to regulate vehicle access within city parks and manage space for residents and visitors.
Street offering first class livery as Edmondson and Anderson’s table popular. Order coal and stove wool from R O Watson. Phone 72.
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