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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
4
Miss Willie Privett's music class will stage an opera selections program Saturday at 8 pm in the high school auditorium. The program features overtures, arias, violin pieces, chorus numbers, and scenes from operas with several students listed as performers. A presentation gift and refreshments followed the event. community members and relatives attended and noted tributes to Mrs. Snodgrass.
A fragmentary ad touts Dr Pierce's preparations for urinary and stomach ailments. It claims to dissolve uric acid, relieve headaches and pains, and promote health without charge. The copy references the medicine as a remedy for dull pains and frequent discomforts.
An elderly Durand Wisconsin woman and a Massachusetts writer praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from menopausal symptoms including hot flashes and fatigue. The text urges middle aged women to heed warnings of suffocation headaches and other symptoms and attributes safety to the remedy.
Jane Watson and sister Mrs Hugh M Atkins stayed in Atlanta. Perrin Coleman left for Augusta after visiting Mrs Coleman. Blanche Eichelberger returned from Birmingham where she attended a reunion. Chester Price visits Birmingham then comes to Wilmer Avenue for weekend with his parents. First Presbyterian church pupils plan a lawn party Saturday afternoon. Sara Lapsley Missionary Society meets Monday at 4 30 at Mrs Bowes Leighton home with Mrs Bowie and Mrs Dean leading. Marie Woods of Birmingham visits Mr and Mrs Thos Herron on Tyler Hill. Richard H Dobbs returned from Tuscaloosa after visiting sister Mrs Searcy. George Wilson of Atlanta visits his parents. Mrs O M Reynolds returns from Greenville with daughter Mrs Lindsay Smith. Mrs Annie Blackmon visits Cedartown. Mrs Tl ah W Polhill, Miss Polhill and Edwina return from Birmingham where they stayed two days at The Ridgely. A. T. Pinson hosts a Wednesday reception at 2229 Christine Ave for her mother Mrs B E B Carter with W Alonzo Carter of Bryan Tex and Thomas M Carter of St Andrews Fla as guests. Mrs G B Fore of Redland Farm Alexandria could not attend due to sickness. she is daughter of Mrs Carter and sister of Alonzo and Thomas. A G Hanna and C B Hanna of Memphis visit local friends after the reunion in Birmingham.
An old advertisement states Bell-Ans Absolutely Removes Indigestion with one package proving effective. Available for 25 cents at all druggists.
An advertisement touts ethine double strength for removing freckles with nightly application. It promises complete clearing of dark spots and lightens lighter freckles, with a money back guarantee if ineffective. Also notes Miss Aleen Burnett’s return to her home in Gadsden from Tallinn Miles Grace Glass.
The Associated Harvard Clubs hosting their twentieth annual meeting in Pittsburg. About 806 organizations worldwide are represented with around 500 delegates attending. The event features class reunions and committee meetings, with the election of officers scheduled for tomorrow.
Hollywood May 19 The Actors Fund Benefit of America pursues a one million-dollar endowment with a Shakespeare tercentenary celebration in Beachwood Natural Theatre. A group of actors led by William Farnum Theodore Roberta Tyrone Power Frank Keenan De Wolf Hopper Douglas Fairbanks Sarah Truax Constance Crawley perform in Julius Caesar. Five thousand participate in the spectacle The Feast of Lupercal.
Berlin Ont May 19 voters decide on changing the city name. The election follows wartime agitation and a provincial act authorizing the vote, with predictions favoring a nearly unanimous decision to change the name.
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