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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1906
Page
4
The document states the September 1906 Evening Star issued monthly circulation as 2,321 copies. Editor T. Br. Gordon attests to accuracy, sworn October 1, 1906, before E. W. Ledbetter, a notary in Calhoun County, Alabama.
The page announces Rutherford Lapaley as a candidate for councilman in the Second Ward. It lauds him as a lawyer and churchman, linked to civic virtue and education. The column discusses local issues including street paving, hospital needs, rail expansion, and upcoming Alabama road conventions. It notes Senator Platt’s wealth strain and veteran reunions shaping future civic life.
Advertises best coal at R. O. Watsons with a winter supply emphasis. Mentions contact by phone 72 for orders.
For sale an almost new piano offered at a bargain. Address Lee care Star office se28 12t.
A Gadsten dispatch reports Jack Thurnkill the one year old son of T L Thurnkill crushed by a falling tree while possum hunting near Turkey town Attalla. Horton Perkins dies from a wound after an incident at Will Addison's home. Plans emerge for a four story hotel on a prominent Gadaden corner and a potential gas plant led by William B Miller Simp son Thomas H Stephens and John Hammond. The Presbyterian Foreign Mission Union holds its annual Attalla session with about 50 delegates and Attalla and Gadsden ladies host the guests.
Joseph Hopkinson wrote a patriotic song in 170 to fit The President's March as Congress debated Franco English affairs in Philadelphia. A young actor feared unsold boxes but Hopkinson delivered the tune next day. The benefit audience packed the house and the song was encored.
The New York Press notes that speaking from one side of the mouth with a low undertone signals a history of prison time. Convicts learn to converse covertly to avoid detection, and the habit persists long after release.
Life notes compare women and men in crowds, suggesting that women lose their appeal in large masses while individuals or small groups remain more engaging. The piece uses playful, ironic imagery to discuss social behavior and attractiveness in group settings.
In Harper's Weekly an account questions if Fogg injured himself in a stair fall but asserts he died without a sound. The brief item suggests a quiet death with no visible cause or struggle.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt argues that voices deepen with age from tenors to baritones and basses, claims inferiors have higher pitches than cultured, and notes lighter complexions sing higher. It notes digestion affects tone and links voice type to build.
The Indianapolis Journal extols Henry Clay as the greatest popular idol in U.S. political history, noting his five-term Speakership, two Senate terms, and multiple high offices while highlighting his failure to clinch the presidency despite multiple runs and electoral votes in 1824 1832 and 1844.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports a minor incident provoking strong public reaction as readers debate propriety and restraint. The column questions how a harmless event can inflame sentiment and calls for calm discourse.
We will examine titles and provide a guaranty bond for any title approved by our attorneys. Alabama Abstract Company mh22 tf At Anniston.
Announcement notes Rutherford Lapsley as Democratic ward 2 council candidate subject to party action. The Jewish Sabbath discussion follows, arguing no conflict between light recreation on Saturdays and worship, citing Jewish World context.
The phrase his mother's white headed boy is noted as ancient in Irish lore and common in fairy tales of the last century. Irish mothers kept the secret for the white headed boy of the family, with Gerald Griffin using it in an early short story from an old Celtic source.
A dialogue from the Indianapolis Journal notes that some call a person a miser who denies himself necessities despite money, while others resist excess. The exchange hints at attitudes among early Prohibitionists and their critics.
A man quotes a proverb about not recognizing value until it is gone. The practical counterpart notes the loss is worsened when the item was insured. The exchange appears in a Philadelphia Ledger context.
Advertisement for Donahoo & Co promotes turnout garments and urges readers to try a ride with a call to action and a contact phone number 82. The fragment hints at a local business marketing clothing or travel gear without full details.
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