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Newspaper

Anniston Evening Star

Location

Anniston, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1902

Page

8

Afternoon Card Party and Local Notices

The Tuesday Afternoon Card Club enjoyed yellow decor and awards for Mrs Green and Mrs Pitner. Society notes include Mrs Sidney Bowie returning from Atlanta and plans for horse show week. Various visits, missionary meetings, and city events are listed alongside a medical notice warning about mercury in catarrh remedies.

Howard Sexton Green Pitner Calhoun Court House Mra. Sexton Sidney Bowie Atlanta

Forepaugh Sells Circus Arrives in Anniston Today

Crowds fill Anniston as Forepaugh Sells Bros. circus parades through Noble Street. The mammoth procession winds to the show grounds at Walnut Avenue and Twenty third Street where tents rise into a bustling city. A large afternoon performance attracts an enthusiastic audience with a closing show tonight. diarrohea remedy advertised by J L Wikle.

Anniston Sells Bros Noble Street Walnut Avenue Twenty-third Street Tenta

Mitchell Will Not Accept Plan In Anthracite Quarrel

Burorato Oct 8 a conference between the national manufacturers committee and President Mitchell and his aides failed to produce a definite plan for resuming coal mining in the anthracite fields. The meeting marked progress via long distance phone with operators, though no prior understanding existed. Roosevelt urged Mitchell to push miners to return under an investigative committee, a move Mitchell likely will not support.

Burorato Mitchell Toquois Philadelphia Roosevelt

Fire destroys derricks and pumping plants in regional blaze

A large fire last night caused extensive damage with seventy five derricks and twenty pumping plants destroyed. One fatality was confirmed after a later check, with the blaze contained unless wind shifts worsen conditions. The report notes no nearby gushers and indicates containment amid ongoing investigation. A local ad promotes Physic-Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets sold by J. L. Wikle.

Chamberlain J. L. Wikle

Impounded Stock To Be Sold At City Hall Friday

Impounded stock taken up for running at large under city laws will be sold at the city hall Friday Oct 10 at noon for pound fees. Names and duties of inspectors and officials are listed, including J Webster A McCollom Ed Griffin Birmingham and others.

James Kelly Or Feer H. H. Constantine J. W. Watkins K. PF. Hanna Iespectors W. B. Autry Onticer

Personal mentions as election officials named in Piedmont city visit

Local notes list J. L. Hughes of Piedmont visiting the city with Whit Clark Emmett F. Crook Probate Judge M. W. Woodruff Sheriff I. E. Waton and Clerk Circuit Court. They are named Returning Officers appointed special deputy sheriffs to keep order near polling places with a fifty foot exclusion during voting. A fragmentary section follows with unrelated lines about fortune telling and a marriage remark.

Auction sale at the lake offers Jersey cows

Readable lines describe a sale of Jersey cows at the lake with an invitation to buy one at your own price ensuring buyers can bid freely.

Clifton flour praised for purity and value in Owensboro ad

In a brisk Owensboro Kentucky marketing notice Bransford Milla argues all flour differs and Clifton flour provides better whiteness and nutrition. He claims Clifton combines high quality with low price making it the best buy for housekeepers.

Clifton Bransford Milla Owensboro

Low Round Trip Fares From Vicketa To Birmingham

Southern railway offers round trip tickets from Vicketa with minimal rates to Birmingham and select Alabama routes including Atlanta Rome Columbus and Meridian. Tickets on sale October 20 to November 1 with return limit November 40. For details contact ticket agents J Lusk or F B Jones in Birmingham Alabama.

Southern Railway Birmingham Fursted Western Alabama Atlanta Rome Columbus Meridian Miss J. ©. Lusk F. B. Jones Ala

Registration Notice for Calhoun County Voters

Grant County Registrars announce sittings at the Anniston courthouse on Friday and Saturday before the November election to register voters. Sessions continue in the same period the following week and for six days near the 9th day of November 1902.

Calhoun County Court House Anniston Sevsion LW. Grant Var

Wife Reveals Threatening Love Letter After Argument

A newly enraged wife, recalling a year of marriage, retrieves a threatening letter from her escritoire. The note pledges devotion yet menaces doom if her husband does not yield, comparing her to a Grecian beauty and ending with a perilous warning about the Mississippi. She then considers a drastic act as she confronts the husband.

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