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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1907
Page
4
The Evening Star reports total editions printed in April 1907 reached 97 940 with a daily average of 2 220. The statement is sworn true by General Manager E B K McKee and notarized by B W Ledbetter on May 1 1907.
Subscribers are told the Evening Star shows the paid date on the address label. Examples explain how to read dates like 31jan06 and 2lang17 and 1lan08. Readers may request changes by remittance and should report any label discrepancies.
The piece draws a parallel between historical boom towns and ambitious individuals. It notes towns advertised inducements and natural advantages, while ambitious men with ability achieve success, turning struggling places into thriving cities and individuals into successful figures.
A South Carolina subscriber writes that no investment since leaving Anniston gives her more pleasure than Evening Star subscriptions. The sentiment encourages renewed effort and pleases the newspaper man.
Postmaster Barker announces a consignment of Jamestown exposition stamps arrives at Birmingham's post office after two weeks on sale in Anniston. The stamps mark a collector's item and will be available to the public.
A charity baseball game pits Mes. T. M. Wenderson team against Mrs. M. L. Payne’s squad. Exponent Joe L. Montgomery helped arrange it and a score board for hits and errors is planned. Proceeds go to the Pre Kindergarten association. last year’s receipts topped $40 with expectations for a large crowd.
Henry Miter recalls his first stage appearance in Amy Rob sart as the Earl of Shrewsbury. He describes intense preparation for a single spoken line and the disastrous opening night, including a failed attempt to rehearse with the orchestra and the lack of audible feedback from the audience or cast.
A tall Sir John Kennaway escorted a demure lady in a fawn coat through the banke doors as guards blocked the way. Deputy sergeant at arms Gossset drew his sword while Pettmell, an unwitting sinner, was hustled into the lobby. members soon returned to slumber.
Claiming catarrh is a constitutional disease, Hall's Catarrh Cure from FP J Cheney Co Toledo is advertised as the only internal remedy. It allegedly works on blood and mucous surfaces with a $100 guarantee and circulars available, with additional promotion for Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An old classified style notice touts hauling services and prompt prompt prompt. The brief lists Model Tee Co and a contact phone 59 mh2 tf.
An essay criticizes the star system in American theater arguing that writing for a specific actor stifles dramatic logic and originality. It contends managers push plays to feature famous names, forcing scripts to fit stars and producing predictable, less innovative works.
James J. Hill argues for government canal and river improvements to unlock latent freight capacity. He proposes a fifteen foot Mississippi channel from St. Louis to New Orleans, costing about 100 million dollars, enabling one towboat to move thirty to forty trainloads and divert heavy freight to gulf waterways.
A Parisian gluten bread is described as the daintiest baked good. It is made from pure gluten that cannot be kneaded, only mixed with water and whipped like egg white before baking. The result resembles baked lace.
In swamps the common cypress grows peculiar overgrown roots called cypress knees. They are large lumps of wood rising from the roots with no known natural or practical purpose in the plant’s economy.
A Dr Bell quotation in the Medical Times links cancer to overindulgence and neglect of hygienic laws. The remark frames cancer as a consequence of disregarding proper health behaviors and discipline.
The Boyne river, famed for the 1690 battle where James II lost to William III, flows through Ireland. Rising in Queens County it travels northeast past Trim and Cavan and enters the Irish Channel near Drogheda.
A line from Life quotes an old physician to his son returning from medical college. He offers one piece of guidance: tell every woman she needs a change of scene and tell every man that he is working too hard.
Dame Juliana Terners of Sapwell Nunnery near St Albans authored the first English angling book printed in 1496 She lists twelve files and notes that modern artificial lures built from her formulas could rival contemporary designs despite centuries passing.
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