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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1906
Page
4
The notice outlines a subscription plan demanding a monthly fee paid in advance for a term described as a thousand years, indicating an unusual long commitment and upfront payments.
Motary Public in Calhoun County Alabama certifies the September 1906 circulation figures for the Evening Star. The record shows Patel 2260 and Sunday Holiday 2200 with monthly average 2321, asserting accuracy to the best knowledge and belief.
Court names John R. Dowdell and Thomas McLellan with railroad and congressional ticket references. Including Charles Henderson J G Harris and a congressional slate for the Fourth District with W B Craig and FP L Blackmon. Representatives J J Arnold W H Cooper and Sheriff W C LeGrande listed.
The text contrasts a brisk New York gubernatorial campaign with the Anniston mayoral primary, noting Hearst aims for greater notoriety and predicting the New York effort will dwarf local politics in scale and tone.
In Birmingham the sheriff contest heats up as candidates trade hard words about each other, drawing local attention to the campaign. The rival bids grow more assertive as election chatter rises.
The text notes an estimated 125 million dollars needed to run New York City government next year and mocks Nevada mining fever. It contrasts a thriving metropolis with speculative mining stock scams selling at low prices while real wealth remains elusive.
Consumers near Arlington will spend thousands this fall and winter, but only a small share will reach far from local newspaper influence. Knowing readers ad wants is essential to smart shopping as competing merchants’ bids are weighed before purchases. Retailers who ignore where buyers look for information risk costly errors.
Peoria Journal notes the Evening Star’s sworn daily circulation is published in the first column, arguing that modern ads demand real proof and quality quantity, not big claims.
Captain Roger Sterne, progenitor of the Tristram Shandy author, is famed as Uncle Toby’s model. An Irish, simple minded yet generous officer of Chudleigh’s regiment, he endured varied campaigns from Flanders to Gibraltar and Jamaica where he died of country fever.
The London World suggests a rebirth theory where sex is reversed in past lives, resulting in current men and women based on prior gender. It attributes this to suffragettes and critiques gender performance, concluding that over ages individuals may achieve sex equality in the long run.
An ornithologist notes the male rhea of South America hatches eggs and cares for young. He chooses desolate nests and preplans feeding by exposing eggs to sun and heat to kill them, then feeds the young with worms that hatch from the discarded eggs.
An advertisement extols Mi-o-na tablets as a cure for indigestion and related symptoms. It claims the remedy strengthens digestion, nerves, and vitality, restoring health with a guaranteed refund by Scarborough Drug Company for every 50 cent box.
A Life magazine blurb surveys widows across countries, claiming they outnumber doomed men, cling to objects, roam urban quarters with children, and threaten unsuspecting males. It notes men previously deceased allegedly married widows, and ends with the quip that no man can truly resist widows.
A dark gray stone about a foot long and several inches thick bends and stretches as if rubber. The owner notes it may be a colamite or flexible sandstone and says it comes from California, Georgia and other states. The piece is composed of many small stones of varied tints dovetailed loosely to permit slight movement.
Editor cites Kilby as a sharp businessman and reprints a December 3 1905 statement from Kilby Locomotive and Machine Works offering 100000 of treasury stock. It notes 200000 authorized capital 100000 paid in 25000 surplus and undivided profits and discusses dividends and capital value amid calls for publishing Kilby interviews.
The Evening Star announces Mr. Thomas FE Kilby as a Democratic candidate for re election as mayor of Anniston and Mr J L Wikle as a Democratic candidate for mayor of Anniston.
Citizens announce candidacies for Ward One council seat with several contenders led by W H McKleroy E P Cooper and W Wrenshall superintendant of the W S S C F Co all running in the Democratic primary and vowing city upbuilding and prosperity
W. O. Ward seeks re election to represent Ward Two as a Democratic party candidate. C. W. Cohen also announces candidacy for Councilman in Ward Two and pledges to perform full duty if elected.
Rutherford Lapsley is announced as a candidate for the city council from the Second ward, pending action by the Democratic party.
H. D. McCarty announces candidacy for councilman from Ward Four to succeed himself, subject to the action of the Democratic party. The Friends of M. Markstein also announce his candidacy for alderman in Ward Four, subject to party action.
The Star reports Dr. J. M. Whiteside is authorized to announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for councilman from Ward Four.
The Anniston Electric and Gas Company offers gas coke at 4.50 per ton delivered. Message includes contact telephone number 109 for orders.
Donahoo and Co. are highlighted as the largest live stock dealers in North Alabama in a period piece note. The feature emphasizes their prominence in local farming commerce and regional market influence.
Notice declares a city primary in Anniston on November 19 1906 to nominate a mayoral candidate and two councilmen per ward for 1907 to 1909. It also calls for electing a new city executive committee two per ward. Authorized under state and county primary law. October 18, 1906. H D McCarty chairman W T Edmondson Jr secretary.
Anniston Electric and Gas Co announces delivery price at four dollars fifty cents per ton. The public notice lists the rate and delivery terms for customers.
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