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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1909
Page
2
Opponents advertised a massive Birmingham mass meeting to oppose the saloon amendment, claiming ten to fifteen thousand would attend. In reality about four thousand listened as organizers failed to deliver promised trains, multiple speaker stands, or larger crowds, casting doubt on turnout expectations.
The piece summarizes a Birmingham public meeting where speakers attacked Governor Comer and rail interests. It predicts the amendment will win by a heavy margin, noting weak organization from saloon opponents and strong public support for abolition in Birmingham.
Conservation of natural resources dominates European debate with Bavaria weighing water power plans. Bavaria lacks coal mines so coal transport is costly. water electricity is estimated at 0.25 to 0.5 cents per kilowatt hour. Laws regulating public streams and lakes were enacted in 1906 and 1907, with another law in preparation.
An advertisement touts Hyomel as a cure for catarrh and related ailments. It claims quick relief within five minutes and money back guarantees. The ad lists a complete inhaler outfit for 1.00 and extra bottles for 50 cents, with testimonials from Mrs. Burton of Owosso, Michigan, dated June 22, 1909.
The Bavarian discussion outlines when expropriation is permitted to develop water power for public utilities and private use. The state seeks to avoid monopolies, reserving power for railways and public works while restricting private speculative use. International plans for Walchensee and Alz river projects are invited, with many proposals aiming to preserve landscapes and meet future horsepower needs.
The text to be voted on in November preserves permanent prohibition on the manufacture sale and keeping for sale of alcohol and intoxicating beverages in Alabama with exceptions for medical scientific and mechanical uses and sacramental wine under regulate rules. Section 2 allows the Legislature to designate places where such liquors may not be stored or kept under police power.
Wileos Banner notes that Alabama’s constitution already contains at least eighteen prohibitions. These include bans on religious establishment in law and office, compulsory worship, forced taxes for ministry, slavery and involuntary servitude, lotteries, dueling, removal of the capital, state internal improvements, retirement pay, state lands gifting, intermarriage of races, holding multiple offices, selling liquor on election day, free railroad passes, and rebates. The piece argues against labeling such provisions a patchwork.
An Anniston resident J. T. Ross testifies to relief from dull backaches after three years of trouble. He credits one box of Doan’s Kidney Pills from J. L. Wikle’s drug store with driving away the pain, and notes Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo sells them nationwide.
A Louisville Courier journal writer recalls doorplates once common on homes. A doorplate stood as a status symbol with names carved for prominent residents, then faded as people shifted to apartments and frequent moves render fixed plates obsolete.
An advert promises a permanent and positive cure for many illnesses including blood diseases, locomotor ataxia, neuritis, paralysis, rheumatism, catarrh, malaria, jaundice, tuberculosis, and enlarged glands. Readers are urged to request a free 108 page book by mail.
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