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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1901
Page
4
Fragmentary OCR text shows editorial staff names and office address details for the Columbian newspaper, including editors Gordon, Wf Tockton, Ione Ve Orhald, and Noble Street office line.
The piece cites 17 000 live casualties as the hidden war cost and cites figures from the War Office showing 14 728 deaths including 3 000 battle deaths, 1 201 wounds, 66 Boer prison deaths, 504 died after return home, 208 accidental deaths, and 4 793 from disease with 775 missing or captured and 2 198 returned as invalid. It notes the broader toll on the empire and references favorable terrain near Pretoria and Talladega weather.
Anniston prepares a six day street fair and carnival starting Monday with welcome visitors from near and far. The Elks and local businesses organized a thoroughly planned event promising a successful, entertaining carnival that will delight guests from miles around.
Articles of incorporation were filed with the secretary of state for the Eastern Railway of Alabama. The line would run from Talladega on the Southern railway to Lineville toward the gold producing region of the state. Mention of Foley's remedy appears in ad text from the Me Bates Drug Co.
A reader from Arnold LA reports kidney disease lasting three years with nocturnal awakenings. After using Foley's Kidney Cure, he achieved a complete cure and now feels better than ever and recommends it to friends. McElreath Drug Co.
The Southern railway will sell tickets at one fare for trips to Birmingham within about one hundred miles for the event. Tickets available April 29 through May 6 1901. For tickets and details contact Southern railway ticket agent or T P A R B Jackcox. Draying services offered by R O Watson.
Effective October 1, the Southern Railway began operating a Pullman sleeper from Birmingham to Richmond. Train No. 86 departs Birmingham at 4:40 p.m. and returns as Train No. 86, with improved service noted for that route. Information for tickets is requested from CLUE.
The Department of Agriculture reports Alabama faced minimal rainfall and a cold spell that caused frost damage but allowed replanting. Early cotton was killed and replanted, corn planting continues, wheat and oats show modest prospects, gardens lag, and strawberries ship. An ad testimonial follows.
Edwardsville Standard News reports Lawyer Apee of Anniston visited Saturday on important professional business. He is described as a commanding figure with a reputation as a top lawyer in the land.
Chief Mays assumes control of the Anniston police department as reforms move forward. A new regulation requires officers to wear uniform attire with clean white shirts and collars, polished shoes, and a generally genteel appearance.
Dr N P Banks prominent Alabama capitalist and philanthropist died at his Opelika home aged 70 from pneumonia. He served as a Methodist church steward and city schools trustee with wide business interests. A local testimonial praises Foley Kidney Cure though unrelated to the obit text.
Farmers face a poor early season forcing a second planting after selling down to cover initial crop needs. The situation, already strained, leaves prospects for a satisfactory harvest bleak. Plus a reader letter from Miss Mamie Smith of Middlesboro Ky praising Foley's Honey and Tar for rapid relief in a child’s severe cough.
Condensed July 27 1001 timetable shows routes from Atlanta to New York via Birmingham and Birmingham to Danville and Salisbury. Notes describe Pullman sleeping cars Birmingham to New York, and Chattanooga to Cincinnati, with dining car service en route and Library Observation car on some trains. Key stations include Atlanta Charlotte Danville Lynchburg Charlottesville Washington Baltimore Philadelphia and New York.
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