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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1902
Page
1
The British steamer Elingamite wrecked off Three Kings Islands on November 9 with 180 aboard. Survivors describe a long raft voyage of four days, with five deaths and cannibalism after scarce food and saltwater exposure.
N Verner lectured on Central Africa at West Anniston Presbyterian Church drawing a crowded audience for about thirty minutes of talk and stereo views of the region. He displayed curios including an American and Congo Free State flag and raised a free will offering over 20 dollars for his work.
An advertisement for White's Cream Vermituge claims it kills worms and removes mucus in worm nests. It promises a quick return to health and lists a price of 25 cents at J L Wikle and J B Privett in Oxford.
The United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry company settled differences with several employees, ending a three week strike. The plant is back to full time operation, allowing repairs to proceed and payroll impacts to subside.
A fragment lists Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a cure for ulcers and skin ailments, and promotes Miller Drug Co and West End Drug Co. for remedies. It also advertises Bersy Coal and Wood Co. for coal, with telephone contact, and ends endorsing a Warters Hand Made cigar.
New Orleans reports the American Federation of Labor debates child labor funding in the south and measures to block Alabama injunctions. In Caney Kentucky a Frisbee Mans feud erupts at a grave, with gunfire injuring several and Frank Lykins shot in the abdomen as families flee into the hills.
The annual report for Rev. John A. May of West An niston Methodist shows a debt free church in strong health. Membership rose from 155 to 297 under his two year tenure with 142 net gains, salaries and conference claims fully paid, and 8 marriages along with 20 funerals. He is praised as an earnest worker and well liked, with potential for reappointment.
New Orleans November 18 labor editors of the United States formed a union to be named the National Association of Labor Editors. The group will include about three hundred members with T. J. Lamar Jr. editor of the Labor Review a key early member whose efforts spurred the movement.
A controversial line asserts most women would prefer confinement in an insane asylum over an institution for the dumb, reflecting dated gender and disability attitudes. The remark uses sharp hyperbole to mock the value placed on women and equity for disabled individuals.
Rev. F. M. Arnold, a Baptist preacher, was mortally wounded at his home near Medon Madison county. His wife faces charges of shooting with intent to kill in the incident on November 18 in Memphis Tenn.
Dr J M Whitesides and Mr T H Burton, prominent Oxford residents, have purchased property in Anniston and will move there soon. Whitesides bought the northwest corner lot at Seventh Street and Quintard Avenue, Burton acquired the southwest corner of Sixth Street and Quintard Avenue. Both plan spring building, and sales were handled by M L Kaplan.
A Forkland Virginia merchant Mrs Powell’s daughter stepped on a ten penny nail and pierced her foot. Chamberlains Pain Balm was applied, pain vanished in five minutes, three days later she wore a shoe without discomfort. Sold by J L Wikle.
Mourning communities report the death of Miss Lacey Hearn on Monday morning at her Pine Bluff home after a long rheumatic illness. An Alabama native, she taught elocution at Anniston College under Dr. Battle and was beloved for her character and work. Her death leaves a widowed mother in deep sorrow.
An elderly resident of Elizabeth, West Virginia, reportedly cured of incurable cancer after using Electric Bitters and Bucklow's Amica Salve. The piece touts the tonic as a remedy for biliousness, kidney and liver problems, and overall weakness, with drugstore guarantees.
A brief quoted remark asserts kleptomania as the most lucrative form of insanity. The line frames theft as a profitable mental condition, reflecting satirical or opinionated commentary on crime and psychology.
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