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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1907
Page
4
The April 1907 edition list shows daily circulation figures ranging from 2,205 to 2,230 copies with a total printed count of 67,940 and a daily average of 2,229. The statement is sworn by General Manager Br. B. McKeff and notarized May 1, 1907 by W. Ledbetter.
The notice explains how to read subscription dates on address labels and what the dates signify for paid periods. Readers can request changes by sending a remittance and report any label-date discrepancies to ensure accuracy.
Judge Oscar R. Hundley wins praise from lawyers and citizens in Anniston for his favorable impression on the bar and people. Opposition arose only from supporters of other applicants, while support for his fitness remains strong. Judge Muondley also earns praise for prompt, fair, and firm rulings and solid legal knowledge.
The plan envisions a canal from Guntersville on the Tennessee River through Rome and Gadsden on the Coosa to Brunswick Georgia on the Gulf. Gadsden would not build it alone. towns along the Tennessee River and cities including Atlanta along the Rome to Brunswick line would participate. The project remains in the talked about stage but could transform West Tennessee East Alabama and Middle Georgia if realized.
The report notes that high caste Hindus bathe daily and that most railway stations in India provide wells for travelers to perform daily ablutions.
A Kentucky river trip tale recalls a peddler who sold playing cards and Bibles from Louisville to Frankfort. He bought the stock at auction, sold the cards for two dollars a pack, and gave away the Bibles with the beards.
The piece argues that modern humans must live according to convictions and abandon old forms. It says organic life equals development and that individual happiness is limited. only the race can approach complete happiness, while individuals progress toward an ideal, sensing a foretaste of ultimate well being.
A French painter visiting Paris with a friend on the selection committee laughs that his work is shown upside down. The reply notes the committee refused it the other way, implying a deliberate display error or inside influence.
A Washington business leader showed his country cousin the city landmarks pointing out residences of foreign diplomats. He drew attention to the British minister’s home and asked the cousin to guess its denomination as a joke.
The exchange quotes Farmers Korntop and Rich debating sending their son to college. Korntop insists he planned for college, while Rich says it is unnecessary since the boy has learned to smoke cigarettes, according to a Catholic Standard and Times item.
Mrs Oldcastle notes Mr Wappleson's kindness while the hostess recalls his army injury and a silver plate in his jaw attracting curiosity. The dialogue carries a light social tease on personal histories.
A series of observations on excuses, honesty, and human behavior. It notes that philosophers avoid own troubles, people mistaking opportunities, and the tendency to overpromise honesty. It ends with a wry analogy about riding a free horse and ending in a fall.
A New York Sun report recalls a criminal court lawyer describing a case where a lawyer was offered twenty dollars to secure the release of a defendant. He says he tried to extort more but received only two dimes, showing the ease of bribery in such sessions.
A Pittsburg Post item notes a young doctor recently arriving who is described as friendly. He believes in reciprocity and makes acquaintances hoping they will reciprocate. The brief portrait emphasizes his social approach rather than professional details.
The text explains that long feathers attach to the bone forming the wing. This connection provides strength and a surface to beat the air, enabling flight.
Dialogue shows Percy and Alice debating the fear of being buried alive with Alice dismissing the notion as nonsense.
A 19th century advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio as a constitutional treatment for catarrh. It claims the medicine soothes blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward for any uncured case, with internal doses and accompanying Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
An ostrich yields about three pounds of feathers yearly. Uncle Sam prints daily paper money valued over 3,000,000 dollars. Wheat prices roughly doubled since 1750. Augustus Saint Gaudens commissioned for a new twenty dollar gold piece design. Thirteen years ago Professor Thurston predicted ships of 20,000 tons within a generation. The Japanese house of peers has 370 members with most life peers and hereditary peers only one fifth seated. Carnegie Library buildings in Brooklyn will include a bronze bas-relief portrait of Andrew Carnegie funded by library funds.
George Alexander elected to London county council. Avery Hlopwood's The Powers That Be closes in Cleveland and heads east next season. D Annunzio delays Nave in Rome until next season. Victor Moore to star in The Talk of the Town based on Popularity by George M. Cohan. Margaret Mayo adapts Under Two Flags for Toby Claude for vaudeville next season. Parisian Model company to London after New York run for Drury Lane season. Wells Dunne and Harland buy Dream City road rights to feature Mary Marble and Sam Chip.
A witty exchange unfolds as a wife recalls her husband’s reaction to the dressmaker’s bill and how the milliner’s upcoming charge left him speechless, a snapshot of domestic banter.
A humorous excerpt contrasts a man claiming many troubles with another boasting a wife, car, and a race betting system, as featured in Les News Weekly. It highlights social beat and light satire about luck and possessions.
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