Towanda publisher to join Anniston papers as manager
Mr E B McKee of Towanda Pa buys half interest in the Evening Star and its weekly The Anniston Republic and will arrive Oct 1 to assume general management. The editor remains in charge of editorial, McKee supervises business. He brings 22 years of newspaper experience and ties to eastern Pennsylvania industry.
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E. B. McKee
Towanda
Evening Star
Anniston Republic
McKee
Anniston
Star
Republic
The
Pennsylvania
New York State Telephone Co
Democratic State Convention Adjourned Late Last Night
The Alabama Democratic convention adjourned after adopting measures to drop conservatives from the party name and raise judges salaries, seek road funding, protect fish and game, expand court damage jurisdiction to ten thousand dollars, curb passes for state officials, liberalize passes for Confederate soldiers, create a strikes board, and table a Bryan railroads ownership proposal.
Riot at Smithfield Over Sale of Decently Dressed Woman
London Times May 1803 reports a riot and police disgrace after a bid der refused to sell a decently dressed woman brought to Smithfield amid gale. The man claiming to be her husband resisted, provoking a chaotic disturbance and harsh police reaction.
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London Times
Smithfield
Patent medicines sold by Marsh at 1013 Noble Street
A catalog of patent medicines including Swamp Root S S, B B RB Cough Syrups Pills Liver Regulator Wine of Black Haw for women and Sarsaparillas Egyptian Oil offered by Marsh at 1013 Noble Street. The listing lists various tonics and syrups without further details or pricing.
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S&s
Marsh
Noble Street
Saunders the village slater avoids church habitually
In a Glasgow Times note a minister questions Saunders about his church attendance. Saunders replies humorously that the fault is not his neglect but a misrouted spending, saying he spent the bale on the tap.
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Saunders
Slater
Glasgow Times
Connecticut Democrats in Convention Today
The Democratic state convention met in Hartford with Mayor William E B Thom an of Waterbury presiding. Tomorrow the convention will name a state ticket for November. The resolutions will show Bryan support with the anti radical faction likely dominant. An editorial aside advises rail reading tips for train travelers.
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William EB. Thoman
Waterbury
Connecticut
Bryan
Oklahoma Confeds Hold Annual Confederate Veterans Reunion
Lawton Oklahoma hosts the Oklahoma department reunion of the United Confederate Veterans with about 7000 former Confederate soldiers, plans to merge territorial departments for statehood, three days of speeches and entertainment, city business district decorated for visitors.
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Oklahoma Department of the United Confederate Veterans
Reunion
Trade Symbols on Scottish Tombstones Revealed
In Dunblane burial grounds, about a quarter of monuments dating 100 to 200 years mark trades in low relief. A sugar cane for grocers, an ax and saw for carpenters, a hammer and chisel for masons, and an awl with a hammer for shoemakers appear on these stones.
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Scotland
Dunblane
London
Lash Growth from Cut Eyelashes Debated
An eyelash is pointed. A cut lash is blunt. A lash once cut never again becomes pointed. Every lash lives a variable time and then falls out to be replaced by a fresh one. When a cut lash so falls the newcomer is pointed. So any mischief resulting from cutting the lashes will be remedied by time. Opinions differ as to whether lash cut ting promotes growth. That it renders the lashes unsightly is very certain.
Schedule Change Restores Oxford Lake Line Half Hour Service
The Oxford Lake streetcar line will return to a half hour schedule starting Monday September 16 with first morning and last night trips. extra cars at 7 30 and 8 00 p m will serve vaudeville patrons in the last week. Additional extras run as traffic demands. Anniston Electric & Gas Co. advertises Noble Street offices for business listings through W T Owen 1202 Noble Street.
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Hobson’ City
Hobson City
Anniston Electric & Gasco
Rheumatic Pain Relief Promoted by Dr Shoop Remedy
An advertisement endorses Dr Shoop's Rheumatic Care as a remedy for rheumatism pain. It claims to free the system of rheumatic poisons via a tablet or liquid form and cites physician endorsement by J L Wikle. It targets sufferers of rheumatism, lameness, and stiffness especially in damp weather.
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Snoop
Lr. Sr
Accident and Health Insurance pitch in Columbus
Our disability policy pays 5000 to 10000 for accidental death and 25 to 50 dollars weekly indemnity for disability or accident. It insures your wife while traveling and your children against accident. For particulars see Room 7 Constantine Building corner Noble and Tenth streets Columbus Smith.
Bequeathment by Leopold II of Congo to Belgians
Looming question asks whether Leopold II can will the Congo Free State to Belgium or to Belgians as a state transfer. The article notes his claim that if he dies before annexation finishes, he would leave the state to his people who may choose to seize control. This framing treats the Congo as a business-like asset for future national transfer.
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Leopold
Belgium
Leopold II
Congo Free State
Evening Star Seat Distribution Noted for Monthly Advance
Readers are informed that the Evening Star provides 25 seats per month in advance. The notice indicates a regular distribution pattern and details may appear in future issues.
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Evening Star
Uncle Abe Visits Zoo and Talks to Chimpanzee
In Harper's Weekly a man named Uncle Abe, a gaunt old Black man, visits a zoological garden. He stands frozen before a chimpanzee, exchanges a brief greeting, and jokes about how to behave around white people.
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Uncle Abe
Ile
Harper's Weekly
Stephen Girard Hero of the Yellow Fever Era
A Philadelphia Girard College tablet honors Stephen Girard for courage and humanity during the 1793 yellow fever epidemic. He left his business and home to run a fever hospital, taking on a duty others avoided.
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Stephen Girard
Girard College
Philadelphia
Chamberlain's Salve for Sores Bruises and Burns
Dressing for sores bruises and burns Chamberlains Salve soothes and heals. Price 25 cents. For sale by J L Wikle.
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Chamberlain
Vrice
J. L. Wikle
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