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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
4
For Representatives H. T. Gunnela Jon J Arnold. For Sheriff M. W. Woodruff. For Treasurer Henry B. Glover. For Tax Assessor Dave B. Burna. For Supt Education H. T. Versona. For Coroner WM Franks. For Commissioner Zad District X. H. Bagley.
The piece notes a Cuban tax scandal adding to political hurdles for Republicans this year. It mentions Dreyfus timing with the exposition and touches on Boer envoys in Washington and U S relations. It argues state printing should go to Alabama printers and cites Senator Foraker supporting exposing postal funds so Cuba may gain independence.
Anniston enjoys a thriving industrial base with multiple mills and plants operating at high capacity. Hercules pipe plant Central Foundry, Aniston Manufacturing Cordage and Net and Twine mills are active, while Southern Car and Foundry and Woodstock Iron Works add payroll and jobs. Building activity surges with three large cotton mills and many houses planned, ensuring continued employment for carpenters masons and laborers.
The Birmingham correspondent reports the United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry plant in Anviston closed, laying off 500 workers, though the plant employs under 350 with many paid under a dollar a day. The Star says the closure is temporary and warns the widespread publication could mislead the public.
Talladega Mountain Home reports a brass barrel-facefringer found on the ground believed to be from the Battle of Talladega in 1815. Livingstone Isbell left the artifact at the Home, suggesting it belonged to someone who fought in the famous battle.
Tur professed friends of the Nicaragua canal bill in the United States senate who have delayed its passage may struggle to convince the public of sincerity as the Republican party presents its case to the country again this year.
The notice touts sensational prices on shoes hats and furnishings at Ansley’s old stand. It notes other prices in the paper and mentions oil at the stove as part of the offerings.
The piece notes Illinois leading in federated women clubs with 228 groups, Boise City linking telephones with San Francisco, and Atlantic liners needing substantial profit before gains. It compares McKinley and English cabinet household lengths, British marching division lengths, Navy officer shortages, and a wartime electrical range finder enabling coordinated fire across many fortress guns.
The article surveys varied curiosities from Roentgen rays in Africa field surgery to barbed wire as war material and the Shah of Persia’s horses dyed crimson. It mentions Alexander Hamilton’s trees on New York streets, William Kerr clock innovations, old tea strainers, Scott’s St Ronan’s Well, and Philadelphia City Hall’s clock with its massive glass faces and cement setting.
Dona hoo & Co solicits freight and furniture moving work with team handling, offering drayage and relocation services and a contact telephone number 82 for bookings.
If your lawn mower is out of order and needs cleaning or sharpening take it to Mather, 15 E. Tenth.
Wanted good tenants for a two story brick building on West Seventh Street opposite Carpet Mill. Building repaired and in first class condition. Includes two store rooms 22 by 50 feet with counters and shelving and ten upstairs tenement rooms. Ideal for boarding house or light housekeeping. Stores for 810 per month and rooms for 2 per month, payable in advance. Apply to real estate agents or R H Cobb 104 East Tenth Street.
An advert touts Ker mott's Chocolates Laxative Quinine as an easy to take candy like remedy for cold symptoms including nasal congestion and sore throat, claiming children will cry for them.
A customer places an order for coal and stove wood with R. O. Watson, contact by phone at 72.
Wanted twenty more men to have their clothes pressed weekly at $1.00 per month. J. Levy.
The Elum Drug Co distributes special round trip tickets to encourage patrolage along the Laxe line and families. Ten cent and twenty cent fare options exist with coupons redeemable for meat boat hire bathing or merry go round rides. Some rules limit continuous return journeys and Sunday restrictions apply.
The schedule announces regular coupon tickets at 18 for 1.00 with rides along the full line or between midpoints, and 2 for 1.00 for any portion of a line with a 5 cent cash fare. A monthly ticket offers 52 trips on any portion for one calendar month, nontransferable.
Transfer tickets are sold by conductors on the Anniston car lines for travel to or from Anniston with Oxford and Oxanna. These transfer tickets are cash only and no other ticket is accepted in exchange.
cars will run each Sunday afternoon and evening to carry visitors to Oxford Lake. Special cars may be engaged at reasonable rates. Evening parties can be hosted in our illuminated car at night.
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