27 Nov 1917
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1917
Page
1
A vintage ad promises positive guarantees for Orris Flour with refunds if customers are not satisfied after trying the product. Also features Sewell display ad and St Regis coffee at groceries and announcements for Anniston Mercantile Co distributors.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness and sympathy during illness. A note mentions a play at the Savoy Theatre titled The Son of His Father about young Carbhoy who turns five thousand dollars into a hundred thousand and wins a girl, showing tomorrow at the Savoy Theatre.
Edward Gilford is jailed awaiting trial before Judge Charley Leyden on grand larceny charges. A week earlier H J Holland parked his Ford in Anniston. later Gilford bought a license for a car of the same number and was spotted driving the jitney in Anniston. Holland swore out a warrant. Gilford's trial is set for Friday.
In Portat New York on November 27 Mrs Warka M Dale struck her husband with a flatiron after luring him home from a saloon. He was hurt with a fractured skull and she was locked up after receiving treatment for a lacerated scalp.
A garbled OCR fragment shows various grain and flour prices with quantities and totals such as 12.00, 11.50, 2.00, 13.76, 8.85, 4.35, 5.26 and 25.50. No clear context or full item names are readable.
Mrs. Nancy Eldridge aged 83 died Sunday after four years and eight months bedridden from paralysis. She was known as Grandma by Oxanna residents and spent her final years in the home of her son J. L. Eldridge. Funeral services were held at her residence by Rev W. T. Hamby with burial at Edgemont.
Fred Fesenbek, assisted by Leola Johnson, headlines at the Strand with a high range tenor voice praised as unmatched on the American stage. The act blends harmony singing and clean comedy and includes multiple wardrobe changes. Tonight and tomorrow offer the six reel production Hell Morgan's Girl on the picture program, with Denman Bros. Piano Co. advertising Victors and Vic Trolas.
Concord, November 27. Gaston B. Means faces a jury of twelve in a murder case over Maude A. King and her fortune. The state sought a venue change. officials noted possible rapid trial and sensational developments after acquittal. A plaster cast of the Black Welder Spring tree crotch to dispute self infliction claims will be shown.
Stock market opened irregular with United States Steel down 1 8 to 98 1 2 and Bethlehem B off 1 4 to 82 3 5. Anaconda led gains rising 5 8 to 5 1 2. Mar ne pd opened at 98 up 1 2 Studebaker up 4 3 8 to 41 1 , American Can up 1 4 to 37 1 2 and other products down 1 4 to 41 5 8.
Advertises bedsteads bedding parlor and dining room suites and carpets at low prices. Highlights quality and broad selection at 103 W. 10th St with phone 034.
Washington reports from the Railroad’s War Board show on November 1 the excess unfilled car orders reached 140,012, up 25,104 from last year. About 97,000 orders are outside the congested eastern region. releasing cars in delay could reduce the backlog. Extraordinary measures are being applied to free the stalled cars.
Matinee daily for women and kids offered at Noble Theatre each afternoon at three oclock. Ticket price set at 25 cents.
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