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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1900
Page
4
The Evening Star preserves its shape and adds pages to meet rising business and advertising demand. The Met advertising patronage grows with circulation and popularity, and publishers thank Anniston readers while pledging a constantly improved paper. California is commemorated as a historic gold land now framed as a museum, with antiquarian interest rising.
A report notes Colonel David G. Colson emerging as a candidate for judge in Kentucky. The piece comments on regional tensions involving Columbia and Nicaragua, hinting at fragile relations and possible conflicts among small states.
The siren of hospitality welcomes visiting Knights from across Alabama as Anniston, dubbed the Model City, pours out a friendlier welcome. Doctors lawyers divines and merchants arrive by train, eager to enjoy city festivities while honoring the visiting group for their noble aims and unity.
The piece contrasts Lamar county mortgage data with Southern Mercury rhetoric, arguing against blanket blame on farmers while warning of debt traps. It urges independent, self supporting ranchers in Alabama and likens debt to a feeding octopus corrupting farmers, urging resilience and reform.
Travel to Oxford Lake Park has begun for the season as improvements proceed. New boats have been added and open cars are now in service, signaling a ready resort experience for visitors.
The Attalla lodge considers an appeal as officers are to be elected in a special session tomorrow at 3 PM. Current officers include J. B. Wadsworth, Grand Chancellor. D. C. Cooper, Grand Vice Chancellor. W. H. Wilder, Grand Prelate. and others across Alabama. Work in the second degree is scheduled tonight at Calhoun lodge 46, with an EXEMPLIFICATION of secret work tomorrow night at Noble Street Theater. A barbecue for visitors is planned at Oxford Lake Wednesday at noon.
Officials of the New York Central met with striker representatives today and reported the trouble satisfactorily adjusted. The development ends the prospect of a strike on the railroad in the near term.
A man named Miller nicknamed "Syndicate" was sentenced today in Brooklyn to ten years in prison. The report notes the conviction and the length of the sentence. A packing company demonstration notice appears in the clipping, inviting customers to Armour Packing Company stores today and tomorrow to see their products.
A compiled notice lists uncalled letters at the Anciston post office. It names numerous gentlemen and ladies by initials and surnames such as Blair, Grant, Baker, Johnson, Williams, Smith, and others with full or partial names, indicating advertised items for pickup.
This morning's police court session was long with many cases disposed of. Most were for drinking and disorderly conduct, mixed with scrappers and risked earnings on the turn of a dollar. Fines totaled $51.70.
For the Spring Festival and Grant Street Fair in Chattanooga Tennessee on May 7 and 12 1900 the Southern Railway sells round trip tickets from Decatur Alabama Jellico Tennessee Middlesboro Kentucky Morristown Tennessee Harriman Junction Tennessee Atlanta Georgia Birmingham Alabama and other points to Chattanooga. The rate is one fare for the round trip with sales May 7 8 and 9 and return limit May 14 1900. Apply to the nearest Southern Railway ticket agent for details.
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