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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1900
Page
2
A new tinshop is opened in the basement of the Dixie Hardware Co by Rork and Derrick seasoned tinmen. They offer roofing guttering repairs and all metal and sheet iron work with prompt attention, guaranteed satisfaction, and reasonable prices.
The Parker House passed to Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Dewberry who will run it with first class fare and special attention. Twenty third floor rooms are available at low prices for reputable applicants. Come and see.
Walking is praised as a spring activity and a civil art that blends health, happiness, and poetry. The piece notes its loss to cars and bicycles, extols walking solo or with companions, and highlights its mood elevating and restorative effects. It also lists local small notices of people visiting or traveling between Sylacauga Oxford Edwards Forsyth Jacksonville and Anniston with brief movements of residents.
Anniston Steam Laundry promotes decorations and bunting in Blue Red and Yellow for a K of P grand lodge event. ULLMAN Bros. advertises higher earnings from improved service as a local laundry.
Local readers recall the nickname Kennesaw as a badge of quality for a five cent cigar sold in Aniston. The phrase signals a familiar trade mark tied to city lore.
Improvements at Oxford Lake Park are well underway and travel to the resort has begun for the season. New boats have been added and the open cars are in service, signaling full operation.
In Chattanooga Tennessee on May 1 a special service celebrated paying down the church mortgage. The congregation sold city property to raise six thousand dollars and last Sunday night a twentieth century rally led to subscriptions totaling seven point five thousand dollars to liquidate the remaining debt, with the mortgage burned in a large ceremony.
All kinds of hauling done promptly and satisfactorily by Ed Mondson and Anderson. Contact phone 38-3.
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