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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1909
Page
2
Birmingham faces risks if prohibition fails and about 150 saloons reopen. Merchants fear a rowdy, liquor trading near stores will depress business, push families into need, and drain household spending. They urge careful action to oppose repealing Alabama’s prohibition amendment.
The Chattanooga News argues Tennessee may need stronger temperance laws if violations mimic Alabama where open defiance led to drastic measures. It criticizes local officials and newspapers aiding lawbreakers and warns against sympathy for moonshiners, urging enforcement alongside possible new statutes.
A brief history column lists milestones from 1716 to 1908 including Samuel Shute as governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the Germantown defeat, Hayes birth, Belgian independence, the Battle of Corinth, Alabama university reorganization, and an Austro Hungarian annexation note. It also mentions a Chilean steamer release and a battleship launch with a local note on want ads in today's paper.
The letter discusses Mr Greer’s shifting stance on prohibition and argues an irreconcilable inconsistency between professed principles and voting against amendments. It cites Leon McCord’s stance, warns of political moves in Calhoun County, and questions anti amendment critiques linked to the Mobile incident and domestic wine laws.
A Baltimore woman recounts four years of misery from female ailments and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health. The ad touts the remedy as the most successful treatment for displacements inflammation ulceration and other gynecological issues and invites letters seeking free guidance from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
C G Anderson questions Greer’s stance on Brooks Lawrence and the prohibition movement in Alabama. He argues Lawrence’s policy protects families, contrasts with the anti search warrant laws, and urges support for Lawrence’s cause amid partisan rhetoric.
Agnes Booth born October 4 1846 in Sydney Australia began as a child dancer and rose to fame in New York with Edwin Forrest. She married Junius Booth in 1867, widowed in 1883, later wed John B Shhoeffel, and retired to Boston after years on stage.
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