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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1909
Page
7
An appeal lists local residents and businesses who agreed to contribute one percent of their tax assessments for five years to fund Anniston’s development. The document invites others to sign the contract via the Commercial Club, promising ongoing updates to the roll.
The article notes about thirty first class hotels mostly near City Hall Park, with capacity around 6,000. It estimates 20,000 visitors in the city, mentions strangers roaming with baggage seeking lodging, and lists only three European plan hotels. Rates ranged from $2.50 to $350 a week.
An old advertisement touts Capudine as a liquid remedy curing sick headaches and nervous headaches, with claims of fast relief from travel pain and stomach or female troubles. It urges readers to buy from druggists and notes a coal pricing contact for R. O. Watson with telephone number 72.
If you have difficulty obtaining something, use Evening Star Want Ads to state your needs. The columns promise cheap, quick results and surprising wants. Readers are urged to check the Want Ad columns daily for opportunities and also to earn money in spare time with Star Want Ads.
This history piece cites James Iredell born in England and first U S Supreme Court justice to advocate state rights. It notes his death in Edenton North Carolina on October 20 1799 and lists key events from 1818 to 1998 including Illinois territorial assembly at Kaskaskia 1818 ports reopening to British trade 1831 free trade convention in Philadelphia 1846 Wisconsin constitutional convention 1854 Lincoln Douglas debate 1861 death of Michigan governor Kinsley Bingham 1808 1863 Bragg bombardment of Chattanooga 1878 Marquis of Lorne becomes Canada Governor General and Bulgaria declares independence in 1998.
A Louisville columnist notes doorplates once common on prominent houses have faded. Vendors claim twenty years ago plates marked owners, while servants shined and preserved them as household gods. Now people move often, making fixed plates seem outdated.
Readers are urged to check the Star’s ads for potential bargains and notices as a reminder that advertisement content may carry important local information and offers.
A brief notice notes a furnished room advertisement appears among today’s classifieds. It highlights available accommodations and contact details for prospective tenants.
E Warrick of Anniston Alabama advertises pianos with a two year return option. Forbes and J G Fischer instruments are priced to move with credit toward new stock. J G Fischer piano offered at two hundred dollars and Forbes slightly used at one seventy five.
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