13 Nov 1917
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1917
Page
1
The item fragments discuss wartime themes including a three dollar yearly allowance to monitor citizens, praise for conservation of crops like potatoes, a note on the telephone girl, and references to Christmas boxes for local troops. The tone blends social commentary with patriotic sentiment and cultural critiques.
In a note on traffic, a city official calls for immediate action to stop curbside parking on Eleventh Twelfth and East Thirteenth streets. He proposes one way traffic or parking on a single side to protect pedestrians and drivers from potential injury or death.
Hon. Thomas E. Kilby of Anniston, who announced for governor over a year ago, sees his platform endorsed by rival candidates. One declarant copied Kilby's platform, including all but the Prohibition issue, as soon as he entered the race. The other candidate, after gauging public sentiment, signaled agreement with Kilby on most issues.
The Anniston district launches a war era fundraiser to gather $40,000 for the YMCA across Calhoun and eleven counties, with a $15,000 Fosdick Commission appeal. The effort emphasizes local benefit for Camp McClellan soldiers and promises an expanded downtown YMCA for Anniston if the goal is reached.
The candidate Kilby is praised for law enforcement public achievement and business success. The piece argues voters in Alabama should give him first choice at the polls to guide the state out of its current financial confusion.
Atlanta reports Billy Sunday hunting possums in Upson County with Rev Lincoln McDonell hosting. The venture blends eccentric country humor with a preacher’s holiday visit as Sunday returns to Atlanta eager to resume preaching.
A Monticello man sent a dollar to Atlanta’s Capital Tabernacle with a condition that the flag be removed from the building and no mention of patriotism in the pulpit. The Tabernacle, seeking over 56 000 to pay the late Jim Smith estate mortgage, rejects the gift with such a stipulation. Respondents include a colored Atlanta church, a Henry county convict camp, a Jewish donor of 75, and donors in Denver Chicago and Boston.
The Atlanta speech recounts damaged Red Cross sweaters amid anti German spy agitation. Mrs. Spencer HR. Atkinson, head of the Red Cross workroom, said she found the sweaters damaged by fate rather than a spy, though many still suspect German involvement.
Smeared text touts a four ounce arrow treatment to dissolve and remove dandruff by applying nightly. It claims most dandruff vanishes by morning and a few more applications finish the job. The ad suggests liquid arrow is available at drug stores as an inexpensive remedy.
Atlanta Nov. 13 Buckhead a wealthy Atlanta suburb saw seven Buckhead stores raided by a band of burglars in a single night. Canned goods candy tobacco and some cash were taken. Residents alerted police who searched the area. No injuries reported.
Jacob Yellin was arraigned for a preliminary hearing on a charge of using the U S mails in a scheme to abduct or kill Henry Ford J in a blackmail plot. A decoy package was sent to Yellin via a boy who picked it up at the post office, then delivered it to him near the delivery window.
Letters of Testamentary were granted to Rena H. Reaves as Executrix by Judge Thomas W. Coleman Jr of the Probate Court of Salhoun County Alabama on November 28 1917. Creditors must present claims within the time allowed by law or be barred.
State probate notice that Southern Railway Company filed to condemn a right of way over lands in Calhoun County Alabama. Rebessa Adama of Ringgold Texas and others are informed a hearing is set for November 19, 1917. Judge Thomas W. Coleman Jr. signs the notice.
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