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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1909
Page
4
Oxford residents discuss holding two flower shows to benefit the Cemetery Association. Local merchants advertise seeds and farm goods while churches announce sermons and social events. Travelers and visitors are noted among Sunday gatherings and local shopping news fills the page.
A charity musical afternoon at Mrs. J. Houser’s home, under Presbyterian Aid Society, drew a select crowd and featured performances by local musicians and visitors. The event supported the college and included several notable readings and a reception. Nearby, women from Anniston prepare to attend the North Alabama Presbytery meeting in Birmingham with multiple delegates announced. Also noted are visitors Mrs. Dora J. Heineberg from Switzerland and Mrs. Rudolph Hertz staying on Leighton avenue.
We showcase a broad range from plain weaves to diagonals with low prices. The shop invites customers to view the season’s silk lines highlighted as one of the prettiest ideas in silkdom. A fresh line of new shadings completes the offer.
The ad promotes durable leather children’s shoes with comfortable toe cuts and pleasing styles. It also highlights affordable fabrics including Silkolines Madras and Printed Scrim, Kimona wear Crepe fabrics, Sheppard Checks in wool at 50 cents per yard, and ready made shades in various sizes. Also notes quick service and a range from a dollar per pair upward.
Mrs Heineberg visits Selma then returns with her son to meet friends at a Presbyterian College reception in the evening. Mrs William D Kelly and Miss Emily Kelly depart for Chattanooga after visiting Mrs Alfred L Tyler. A large wedding at First Methodist Episcopal church unites Miss Myra Mitchell and Elmwood McLaughlin of Pensacola with Mendelssohn procession, church decor, and reception plans. the couple heads to Pensacola. William Henry Woods returns from Warm Springs after a six week Atlanta trip. Additional society notes and political remarks follow, detailing prohibition debates, policy criticism of Governor Comer, and remarks on liquor laws and enforcement.
In Gadsden Blackmon McCarty argued against whisky in offices and other places beyond the home, denying Judge Lee’s view that home wine production is legal. He closed with a war story about the home and held the audience’s attention as he began his campaign remarks.
The record corrects a yesterday report. Mr. Taylor did not accuse Will McGuffin's wife of being beaten. He stated this morning that Stiles, not McGuffin, had beaten his wife and blackened her eyes.
The notice invites discussion of coal prices with R O Watson offering best grades at reasonable rates and identifies Franklin Ritchie as slated for a prominent part in the production Israel.
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