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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 14, 1903
Page
4
W M Ostrander of Philadelphia notes that advertising creates large audiences and trust. The Retailer and Advertiser agrees that publicity is essential for growth, arguing merchants cannot overdo it and big advertisers in the paper show strong results.
A St Louis boy was badly injured in a Harvard football club practice on Sunday. The incident fuels calls to bar brutality from college sports. The editor Dr Lyman Apperson criticizes equal rights for women and argues government protects person, property and reputation, claiming women are not qualified to vote.
Montgomery residents report Tom Alexander teller at the Asion Trust and Savings bank and John Mereall of Merchants and Planters National bank have vanished after leaving for Birmingham. Their sudden departure, unexplained, follows a pattern with five similar recent cases.
Montgomery October 14. An erroneous print caused anxiety but the Jefferson Falkner soldiers' home bill is law with 25000 for completing buildings and a 125 per capita annuity for inmates up to 100. Col J M Falkner led passage and supervision of construction. The home near Mountain Creek, Clinton county, includes eight cottages and a memorial log building.
A health notice warns against catarrh ointments containing mercury and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. It cautions such products can damage senses and the body and urges consumers to demand prescriptions from reputable physicians.
Southern Railway will sell round trip tickets to Birmingham from all parts of Alabama and from Columbus Mississippi Rome Georgia and Atlanta Georgia plus intermediate points at one first class fare plus 75 cents including one admission to the fair grounds. Tickets good October 15 to 24 with return limit October 25. See ticket agent or write for details.
J C Mount of Three Mile Bay New York ran a ten penny nail through the flaky part of his hand while opening a box. He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm and after use the pain and soreness vanished and the injury healed promptly in a short time. For sale by J L Wikle.
The Frisco system announces sale of excursion tickets from St Louis and Kansas City to Oklahoma Indian Territory Kansas and Texas at $15 for round trips. Trains depart St Louis 2 20 p m 8 35 p m 10 00 p m October 20 and Kansas City 7 15 p m and 11 30 p m same date. Read booklet New Lands Along the Frisco System by Bryan Snyder and contact R B Lemon Secretary Frisco Immigration Bureau St Louis Telephone 324.
In Boston Journal, Sara A. Davis reflects on a patchwork quilt made to ease wartime memories of Tom. The quilt holds letters and memories of family and friends, with every patch recalling a dress, a child, or a moment. The piece honors how fabric and knit memories comfort and connect the living to those who came before.
Readers weigh in on the Star's World’s Fair contest with estimates and guesses. The column prompts public predictions about winners and dates, inviting engagement and debate among locals and enthusiasts.
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