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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
6
The Star reproduces Article XIX sections 1 and 2 of the constitutional amendment. It bans manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages with medical scientific and mechanical exceptions and sacramental wine. It allows Legislatures to regulate storage locations under police power.
New Orleans crowds await President Taft on October 31 at Tulane University as a 20 000 seat amphitheater is erected for his only public address in the city. The trip includes a Tulane Mississippi game, a 2500 voice choir, a grand parade, naval escorts, and multiple galas for delegates and guests during a festival period.
A testimonial touts Miona as a complete cure for indigestion after 14 years of heartburn. It promises fast relief from belching gas and heaviness, credits a physician specialist, and notes a 50 cent box with a free test sample from Booths Miona Buffalo. Orders via Flam Ordway Houser in Anniston.
The city will stage four nights of artistic light displays with decorations on a huge scale. Nearly half a million electric lights will illuminate the streets, creating a blazing nighttime spectacle.
A state conference of men and women focused on the welfare of homeless and dependent children convened in Fort Worth Texas for a two day session. Topics include The Dependent Children of the City and What to Do With Them The Child as an Asset of the Nation The Relation of Our Homes to Our Churches The Abandoned Child and Its Father and The Juvenile Court and Its Opportunities.
Vienna will award a medal designed to mark Austria's extended sovereignty over Bosnia and Herzegovina. All court and military officials of the joint administration who were in inactive service on October 6, 1908 will receive the medal within a few days.
Members of the executive committee of the Texas Cotton Growers Association assembled in Dallas and met at the Southland hotel this afternoon. They planned to complete the organization, affiliate with the Farmers' Congress, and consider a mid winter convention.
Munich officials announce a six evening Richard Strauss festival in July with three operatic works and three symphonic concerts. The Royal Opera will present Fenersnot Salome and Electra as part of the program.
The article compares domestic service in England and France noting England uses three to four times as many indoor servants as France. It cites the English reliance on staying guests and visits increasing workload, while French households omit dine and sleep and week end guests from daily life.
A World traveler recounts a Vancouver hotel dinner where a Japanese waitress provided him priority service and larger portions. He notes that Japanese culture views men as more important than women, impacting behavior at table.
The 1830s New York was crowded with about thirty first class hotels mostly near City Hall Park and capacity for around 6,000 visitors. Daily visitors numbered about 20,000 and strangers wandered from house to house seeking lodging. Only three hotels operated on the European plan with weekly rates from $2.50 to $350.
A fragment notes a want ad in the tissue referring to an unusual desire or task. The text suggests the ad may exist whether or not the reader seeks it, implying a quirky or unexpected employment possibility.
Under a mortgage executed by J. L. Streetman and M. F. Streetman the Anniston Banking and Loan Co will sell cash on October 26, 1909, at the courthouse in Anniston Alabama. The property is Lot P, Block 168 in Jeffers Spring Park fronting 4814 feet on Thirteenth street and 120 feet deep, part of Mary J. Van Dyke et al. deeds dated November 27, 1903.
Yarmouth’s Kitty Witchestow in Great Yarmouth claims to be the world’s narrowest street with entrances from twenty nine to fifty six inches wide. Neighbors can shake hands and extinguish candles across the lane. Local theories cite tides invasions or nets of fishermen as reasons for construction. Yarmouth has 145 rows totaling over seven miles, with Kitty Witchestow the narrowest and most interesting.
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