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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1907
Page
4
The weekly issue from Anniston Publishing Co. reports large reach in Calhoun Roan Talladega and Cleburne counties. Subscriptions cost one dollar per year and all remittances should be payable to Anniston Publishing Co. in Anniston Alabama.
Final editions show daily and Sunday circulation figures across April 1907. Totals list 57 940 printed and an average daily print of 2 220 with names EB McKeef general manager and Brow Ledbetter notary public. The sworn statement is dated May 1 1907.
The advertisement pages praise local businesses for enterprise, progress, and fair dealing. It lauds the firms represented in the Buyers' Guide as worthy of community confidence, urging readers to trust honest prices and good goods from these advertisers.
Reading fragmented notes from Birmingham and Yale, the piece notes Birmingham residents walking away sales and mentions Old Kuroki being introduced to a Yale college yell yesterday, implying homesickness and cultural clash. The text is unclear about specifics but records a scene of movement and a college greeting.
It is noted that railroad wrecks still exceed the demand. It appears overproduction would reduce output, but it does not.
The remark notes a bygone Chinese custom of decapitating a banker after a bank failure and proposes applying a similar punishment to railroad presidents for wrecks as a deterrent, implying severe accountability.
A reflection on how people ignore hard lessons from past crimes. The author notes laws exist but violations persist, driven by present pleasure over future misery, as repeated cycles of killing and stealing show the ineffectiveness of punishment without behavior change. The piece labels the problem as hard to solve.
A farmer sued the railway company after his cow wearing a bell was killed on the tracks. The driver blew the whistle to frighten the animal, but the farmer argued the cow was agitated to frighten the engine. The jury ruled in the farmer's favor.
A feature on vanished waterways in the American Southwest and West. The piece describes ghost rivers that vanish into sand and underground passages, noting remnants like Salt Lake, Lake Tahoe, and Bear Lake, plus depths of Crater Lake and Lake Tule in the context of ancient basin landscapes.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases combined. Hall's Catarrh Cure from F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo is claimed as the only constitutional remedy. It is taken internally and claims to cure by acting on blood and mucous surfaces. They offer one hundred dollars for any failure.
A garbled Washington diary and a Shiloh battlefield tale reveal missteps and misstatements about juries and military action. The juror controversy centers on alleged recognitions while the Shiloh exchange shows a German officer misreporting a battery strike and a comic miscommunication with the general.
In an errorless game the Anniston Turks defeated the Talladega Hustlers. Shortstop O Bruner starred defensively, Cozart boosted team hitting, Harry Roberts debuted well on the mound, and Hubbard and Roberta split six strikeouts.
Results yesterday show Memphis 3 Birmingham 2, Atlanta 5 New Orleans 1, Montgomery 5 Little Rock 2, Shreveport 6 Nashville 2. The report lists city pairings with final scores in a compact round of games.
A slate of matchups includes Birmingham at Memphis Atlanta at New Orleans Nashville at Shreveport and Montgomery at Little Rock as the day’s NBA action unfolds across the region.
A list of city names and numbers appears to show multiple team results or scores, including Boston six to Chicago one and Cincinnati six to Philadelphia four. Other pairings include St Louis six to New York four and Pittsburg three to Brooklyn zero, suggesting a collection of game outcomes.
A list of scores shows Cleveland 0 Washington 8, Detroit 0 Philadelphia 1, Boston 0 Chicago 4, Brooklyn 0 Pittsburg 3. No context or dates provided.
In Macon and surrounding cities the South Atlantic League scores show Augusta 2 over Macon 6, Jacksonville 6 over Charleston 5, Savannah 1 over Columbia 0. Highlighted games feature close contests across teams.
Meridian defeated Columbus 8 to 2 in yesterday’s games. Vicksburg slipped past Gulfport 3 to 2 while Mobile routed Jackson 8 to 0.
A compact list recalls Henry VI’s Tower demise in 1471 and Henry IIIs era births, Phillip II’s birth in 1527, Dollard des Ormeaux’s death in 1660, Stoddert becoming secretary of the navy in 1798, the British Artists Society 1823 founding, the 1890 McKinley tariff, 1894 Emile Henry’s execution, the 1800 Marion Clark kidnapping, and 1964 France recalling its ambassador to the Vatican.
G. B. Clark of Westfield Iowa praises Dr Kings New Discovery for saving his life from a severe lung infection. He states two bottles cured him after an ominous cough nearly ended him and endorses the cough cold and throat remedy as a complete cure. Trial bottle offered free by local druggists.
Elam Ordway and Houser operate a premier drug store at 1023 Noble Street in Anniston. The three story complex houses a large prescription department, patented medicines, a premium soda fountain, and extensive wholesale retail operations. Officers C J Houser president T W Ordway vice president W H Elam treasurer.
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