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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1907
Page
9
The house features steam heat and electricity in every room with elegant furnishings. A seasonally varied menu showcases delicacies and the service is noted as excellent. Stubbs Been’s staff create a homelike atmosphere and traveling men favor Sunday visits, proving the house popular.
Sawyer the Shoe Man operates at 1025 Noble St Anniston in business six years and sells a wide range of men and ladies footwear. He carries Tetson shoes Zeigler Kreppindorf lines plus gradu ating styles and labels every box with his gilt diamond trademark Saw yer the Shoe Man.
The Fore store at 1001 1003 Noble Street offers a large dry goods selection including furnishings notions and more. Mr Fore has built a sizable business through integrity and service to patrons.
Cater Grocery Co. promotes its broad range of groceries and specialized offerings. Located at 1009 Noble Street, it targets the best trade and invites patronage from the community.
Russell Bros offer artistic photography and framing supplies with three years in business. They boast a well equipped southern radio room recently modernized and invite patrons to view their fine work.
Located at 1021 Noble street this large heavily stocked shop owned by J N Wolfson offers a full stock of ladies furnishings hats caps dry goods and more. Prices are fair and clerks courteous making this a satisfactory place to trade.
The subject runs the sole exclusive millinery store in the city. Miss Daniel has operated nine years and formerly came from Baltimore. She travels east twice yearly and has shaped her shop to reflect eastern fashion.
Alabama Steam Laundry, under James T. Murphy, is among the city’s best equipped laundries. Established Oct 1, 1906, it has built a strong trade, employs 12 people, and promises top quality. Two wagons provide pickup and delivery services.
B Caldwell is described as a clothier and furnishers shopkeeper known as the one between the banks. Established four years ago the store offers a large complete line with fine tailoring and a stock of domestic and foreign cloths. Prices are reasonable and suits overcoats or trousers from his shop are guaranteed up to date.
Anniston Mercantile Co established 1887 as wholesale grocers and owners of the Model Guy Mills. Incorporators include W. A. Arbrough as president Ebn Scarbrough as vice president Hen Kasley as treasurer and general manager and R. Lapsley as secretary. They position as leading local business partners advancing Anniston’s growth.
W F Van Ardel succeeds J T Krisman and runs a popular local shop offering jewelry watches clocks diamonds and optical goods. He is an expert optician who serves the city and surrounding towns with quality eye fitting and repair work. Call for items in his line.
Jos. Saks & Co. stands as the largest and most satisfactory local shop, familiarly called The Famous. The firm touts full lines of furnishings hats caps and more, serving as agents for Knox and Hanan shoes.
The Hart, Schaffner & Marx and Steinbloch brands plus other high grade lines are carried by the store praised as the best house in the city. Mr. Saks is described as a very pleasant gentleman and a pleasure to trade with.
Trigg Steele Co operates as dealers in household furniture mattings rags curtains shades stoves and related items while also serving as embalmers and funeral directors. Established five years ago the business has been known under its present name since October 1906. Located at 1109 Noble Street the firm invites public patronage with lady attendants in the undertaking department.
The store lies in the Alabama hotel building and offers a large stock of men's and youth furnishings and up to date toggery. It also includes tailoring with a specialty in this line. Manager FW Harkins is seen as a pleasant, highly capable, and trustworthy businessman.
The Murphy and Rhody Furniture Company at 1210 and 1212 Noble Street occupies three floors and 46 by 110 feet. They stock a full range of furniture and offer undertaker services, handling about nine tenths of Anniston’s undertaking work. Mr. Murphy has twenty years in the business.
The Anniston Steam Laundry at 1215 No ble street is owned and operated by G. F. Wilson and W. A. Rose. It is among the best equipped in the South and employs 25 skilled workers with agencies in nearby towns. Take them your work.
W F Wier invites customers to view a refined line of ladies high class fabrics and accessories at 1228 Noble Street featuring silks linens embroideries and laces with new styles and bargains.
The alcove recently opened signals strong prospects for future success. The house operates on the European plan with a 50e table d hote dinner. Proprieties are Humphreys and Stearns, managed by Joel Goodlett, a veteran hotel man, inviting all to call and meet him.
Adkerhold and Co operate a general merchandise and fine millinery store at 19 and 2 East Tenth Street. Established in 1883, they claim to be the oldest business in town with a large, well equipped establishment.
Allison and Paschall at 809 Noble Street offer in house furnishings and specialize in Hoosier Kitchen Cabinets. They operate both cash and credit sales and invite customer patronage.
Anniston Trading Co operates the region's largest store in wholesale and retail china crockery glassware and house furnishings along with hosiery. Established nine years ago the business has grown successfully with officers L. Hussey president B W Gilmore secretary A Sutherland vice president and general manager F Z Wodimff treasurer.
Ullman Bros operates a leading dry goods store in the city offering a wide stock from nations millinery and ladies ready to wear garments. The firm emphasizes a large mail order business and serves the best trade.
City Hardware Co, wholesale and retail dealers in hardware builders material buggies wagons and agricultural implements, manufacturers of harness. Established four years ago it is one of the largest in this part of the state occupying large quarters and warehousing with two men.
The organization covers Georgia Alabama and parts of Florida and Mississippi and employs 18 in the city. Officers include Ross Blackmon president J R Landham vice president and D T Young secretary and treasurer all men of strict integrity and high standing in the community.
M F Doering a leading local jeweler since 1887 offers watches jewelry and optical goods Located at 1110 Noble Street he repairs diamonds and sets watches He serves as watch inspector for the L N and Southern railroads and keeps a full line of novelties catering to a discerning trade
G L Comer and G L Comer Jr run a five year old meat business successors to Comer Kennedy Co. They supply fresh beef pork ham bacon sausage and poultry to top customers. J W Comer and G L Comer Jr steer operations with the latter as general manager and widely regarded for courtesy and popularity.
This office shows a full line of Singer machines on exhibition at 927 Noble Street. Manager H. G. Earnest is an experienced local expert with seven years of reputation for the Singer. Call on him for prices and terms.
Jebeles Bros wholesale and retail dealers in fruits nuts and confectionery own Union bakery at 1018 and 1020 Noble street and Alabama confectionery store at 1200 Noble street. They run soda fountains serve pure syrups, 15 years in business with eight employees, also bakery making bread pies cakes and all ice creams. Call and see how fine their products are.
Julius Levy has run a tailor business since 1893 offering made to measure suits and repairs. The item notes it is the city’s oldest pressing club located at 922 Noble Street.
Bass Heard and Howle operate a sizeable Anniston establishment on Thirteenth and Noble offering dry goods clothing boots groceries millinery and more. The firm, formed recently in February, blends wholesale and retail with eight staff at an annex selling staple and fancy groceries. Officers include J L Basa president EB Heard secretary treasurer and BE A Howle general manager. Howle's decade in wholesale groceries underpins the firm’s credit and customer service.
The company plans entirely new fittings and aims for the finest facilities in the county. Manager J. B. Warrick is a renowned piano man whose knowledge and courtesy have greatly contributed to the business’s success.
The New York Bargain Store offers a rich array of dry goods dress goods shoes hats clothing cloaks skirts millinery and more. Established five years ago the shop has grown yearly and now employs seven people in a large stocked building measuring about 120 by 60 feet. Proprietor Nathaniel F E Ory is described as young courteous and skilled in commercial circles.
R. Steele and Son operates a jewelry business in Anniston with J. P. Steele as manager. The firm offers a wide range of jewelry, watches, diamonds, chinaware and expert repair service. They relocated eight months ago to 1126 Noble for larger quarters and invite inquiries.
Established in 1805, Robinson's Book Store is described as the largest in its line in the city. The business offers books, stationery, artists' supplies, picture frames, newspapers, periodicals, and office supplies with a large trade. For contact, call the store.
Located at 1106 Noble street the J Berman shop offers men and ladies clothing furnishings shoes hats furniture carpets and rigs. In business six years it emphasizes easy payment terms and a large NY sourced stock promising newest and best products for a broad trade.
G. H. Kress & Co operates about 60 outlets nationwide with the local branch run by G. H. Titus who has served three years. The shop offers a wide range of goods priced at five ten and twenty five cents, showcasing remarkable value.
J T Hodge operates a furniture and house furnishing goods business at 923 Noble Street. Established six years ago, the two floor store measures 25 by 125 feet and is heavily stocked. He is an agent for the New Home sewing machine and conducts both credit and cash sales to hundreds of patrons.
Co. L. Donehue Co began over a year ago and now employs ten. Specializing in ladies tailoring and dressmaking they are the city's sole provider. They sell skirts and suits to order with weekly or monthly payments. Last year they did 9000 dollars in business and expect to exceed it this year. The firm holds 1100 accounts and is located at 10224 Noble Street.
The Anniston Fertilizer and Ice Company has operated since last September and now employs 30 workers. It manufactures high grade fertilizers and ice and runs a large-scale operation with a well equipped plant.
The officers are A. G. Donahoo president and George D. Hanks secretary and treasurer. The firm sells livestock coal and operates a large livery sale stable with 50 horses for hire plus boarding. They have operated ten years and seek inquiries from interested parties.
E. E. Forbes Piano Co founded 1889 and incorporated 1901 lists officers Ki. E. Forbes president J. O. Smith and W. J. Palmer vice presidents A. O. Mallory secretary treasurer The firm manufactures and sells pianos organs and talking machines and will move into a larger location on September 1, 1907.
The company notes all latest machinery used in their line and aims to double their fertilizer plant for the coming season. They produce a high grade product and will raise the grade further. Officers listed are C. J. Houser as president, J. W. Mallory as secretary treasurer, and L. Mallory as general manager.
The largest city livery stable sits on West Tenth Street operated by Blake & Mitchell. It houses about 15 horses for hire offers boarding, sells mules, and has drays and hacks available at all times.
The Globe highlights its extensive inventory for men boys and youth with a full range of clothing and furnishings. The firm emphasizes high customer satisfaction and broad stock to meet every demand.
The Henderson Sturgess Piano Co located at 925 Noble Street is run by general manager J A Snodgrass. The Ann Arbor Michigan factory is led by president J C Henderson with J W Sturgess as VP and GM. Established November 1 1896 the firm employs 12 men serving Anniston Gadsden Jacksonville Piedmont Pell City and surrounding areas with pianos organs sheet music and wholesale retail trade.
G H Brummell & Co, builders of baggies and vehicles, have run the business for 20 years. They repair all kinds of items, employ eight workers, and claim to be the largest in their line in the city.
Anniston Hardware Co established in 1987 is described as the largest firm in its line in the state. The business handles wholesale and retail trades and sells hardware, stoves, tinware, harness, buggies, and saws.
The firm describes itself as a comprehensive mill, furnace and mining supplier and agent for Studebaker wagons Oliver plows Anchor buggies and many others. It operates three floors two warehouses and carries lime cement roofing and building materials. Officers listed include J Sproul president J Sproul vice president and Geo B Cater treasurer.
The wedding ceremony concluded as the shy bridegroom, stammering with embarrassment, whispered to the officiating clergyman whether it is customary to kiss the bride.
Joswell told of a pocket picked handkerchief at a public dinner. Dr. Johnson dismissed it as the ostentation of a Scotchman to let the world know he had possessed a handkerchief.
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