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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1900
Page
2
A promotional note urges men to have their clothes made by the shop to impress wives sisters and sweethearts. It claims custom tailoring costs no more than ready made options and promises easy, stylish results for any relationship. The ad targets fathers brothers and boyfriends with a friendly persuasive tone.
Etvorrie Gas Co of Anniston names H. W. Sexton as general manager, signaling leadership change and company direction.
The Alabama division of the Grand Army of the Republic met in Cadman this week and chose Anniston as the next encampment site for May 1901. Officers elected include Commander Gt Randolph of Anniston and Senior Vice Commander R E H Allison of Decatur.
The Alabama gathering ended after three days with Polania chosen as the next meeting site. Officers elected include Mrs. John A. Kirkpatrick of Montgomery as president, and other officers from Opelika Tuscaloosa Greenville Auburn Montgomery Greensboro and Eufaula.
A collage of tiny jokes and anecdotes from multiple papers. Proposals, authors, editors, and editors replies appear beside brief captions. Includes lines about a Boer dialect story, a leading man, a funeral mood, and a walling exchange about typic New Yorker. The fragment ends with a local contact line for R. O. Watson.
Washington May 4 Representative Burnett introduced a bill directing the secretary of the interior to reclassify public lands in Alabama into agricultural and mineral categories and subject them to homestead entry.
Albert Long sues John Johnston for six dollars in the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry Co garnishment case. Johnston, a non resident of Alabama, resides in Atlanta, Ga. Hearing is set for May 25 with J CREEN Justice of the Peace signing the notice on April 12, 1000.
Executrix Bertin J. Houser informs all creditors to present claims against Thomas L. Houser deceased within the legal period. Notice dated May 4, 1900 by court order in Calhoun County. Also includes unrelated ad copy about ready-made and tailor-made clothes for men.
Improvements at Oxford Lake Park are well advanced as the season begins. New boats have been added and the open cars are in service, signaling the resort’s lively start to travel for the season.
An advertisement from Anniston Steam Laundry Wilson and Rose at Corner Twelfth and Noble streets offers to launder lace curtains, claiming deep discounts on the cheapest oldest and dirtiest pieces with a promise to take better items afterward.
A special Southern railway excursion runs from Anniston to Atlanta and return on May 5 to May 6. The outbound leaves Anniston at 7 23 p m and arrives Atlanta by 11 p m May 5. The return departs Atlanta at 12 10 Sunday night May 6. Fares are 1 50 round trip. Accommodations provided for white and colored passengers. Contact Southern railway ticket agents for details.
For the Southern Baptist convention in Hot Springs Arkansas on May 10 17 1900 the Southern railway offers tickets from points on its lines to Hot Springs and back at one fare round trip. Tickets on sale May 7 to 10 with return limit May 24. Schedule and sleeping car service are described. prospective travelers should contact their nearest ticket agent.
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