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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1901
Page
10
Calhoun Hotel accepts baggage orders in advance to avoid rushes. Call No 55 to arrange pickup or delivery. Baggage handled to and from all parts of the city. Call for 8. M. Smith.
Tax Collector Goodlett lists appointments to collect state and county taxes for 1901. Delinquent taxes accrue interest after December 3 1901. Gathered dates run Oct 1 to Dec 31 with locations from Beat-Barns Roads to Anniston and Jacksonville. Tax Assessor accompanies at most stops.
The Tax Assessor for Calhoun County announces a schedule of appointments to assess state and county taxes for the year 1902. The dates shown include October 1 to October 21 with several days and day names garbled in the source, indicating a series of forthcoming sessions across various locations.
The Evening Journal reports J H Nunnelee may become circuit clerk to succeed Theo Lacy, but Deputy Clerk G C Phillips challenges the move. Phillips retains office keys and questions vacancy, suggesting quo warranto actions to force turnover once Nunnelee’s commission arrives.
A vast wildfire rages along the western Allegheny slope from the Yogh river through Fayette County into West Virginia. Dozens of fires began last week due to careless hunters, drying streams, and tinder dry brush. Homes, crops, fences, barns, and livestock suffer extensive destruction as residents flee their damaged valleys. The Star reports a separate note about theater boxes in Uniontown and a Vanity Fair contest with complimentary tickets for top vote recipients.
A. T. Headley, a sturdy blacksmith from Tilden, Lincoln, endured ten years of Rheumatism until two bottles of Electric Jitters cured him. He reports no pain for over a year. The tonic is said to regulate kidneys purify blood cure Neuralgia Nervousness improve digestion and health, available at McElreath's & Co drug store for 50 cents.
An aged advertisement recounts brave firemen pulling sleeping occupants from a burning home. The copy then shifts to warn readers about coughs and colds and promotes Dr Kings New Discovery for Consumption with a claim of protection against chest and lung troubles. It touts a tea spoonful for coughing and guarantees satisfaction with trial bottles offered by McBreath Drug Co at 50e and $100.
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