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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1900
Page
4
Business leaders, especially in the dry goods, shoe, and clothing sectors, endorse a city movement to close shops at 6 pm daily except Saturdays. Initiated by a group of women, the rule suits summer hours and benefits clerks and owners seeking rest. Some trades like drugstores may stay open longer, but many stores will follow the six o clock closing.
The piece notes the Union Democratic party gains in Cuba favoring continued U S provisional governance until stable Cuban government forms. It highlights 6564 American exhibitors at Paris, more than France, and remarks on congressional speakers Tillman and Brosins. It mentions Anniston industrial growth, a Dewey boom in Chicago, and an upcoming Southern street fair as the city hosts Pythians.
Probate Judge Emmett F. Crook named registrars for Beats 15 21 22 23 to register voters for state and national elections. Beat 15 Ward 1 J F Creen books at Opera House block. Beat 21 Ward 2 W O Ward books at Mays Ward store. Beat 22 Ward 5 Wim Rose books in Glen Addie. Beat 25 Ward 4 A H Sheppard books at city court room. Registration runs thirty days from today for August state election and November national election.
An excursion to Birmingham is planned for Sunday May 6 with a round trip fare of 1.00. The train departs An niston at 7 30 am and returns from Birmingham at 8 00 pm Separate coaches for white and colored advertised to attract riders with the low rate.
The Woodstock Yarn mill buildings contract was awarded to 8. C. Houser & Wolsoncroft. The 100 by 340 foot mall building will start as soon as materials arrive and be finished by September first. Ten cottages for twenty operatives will be built nearby once awarded.
An inviting note from Ulman Bros salutes visiting knights and promotes the city’s largest dress goods silk millinery and clothing assortment. S. B. Swits, a J. N. Murdoch rep from Parkersburg WV, extols Kermott's Ext Blackberry as a cure for cholera morbus and summer complaint.
Yesterday afternoon at 5 30 oclock in the fifth ward home of the bride s mother Miss Agnes McCaffrey and Mr Edward J O Brien were married by Father Reis of Atlanta. The witnesses were relatives and a few friends the home prettily decorated. They honeymoon in Atlanta and will reside in Anniston. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mrs T J McCaffrey and Mr O Brien is a prominent railroad contractor with Birmingham visitors among those attending from distance.
Bover claims superior finish and longer wear at lower price than rivals. R. O Watson will move safes or any other items. Phone 72. Ul.
In a hotel discussion a veteran doctor links catarrh to microbes in the blood and praises Johnston's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier. A testimonial from Betsy A. Marett of Manistee, Michigan, claims the medicine cured her chronic catarrh and general debility after ten years of illness, with sales noted by local druggists.
In Anniston, residents are warmly invited to visit The Peerless Saloon, described as the city's finest sample room with fine goods and first class service. R. E Garner owns the establishment.
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