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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1906
Page
8
Graves testifies about a riot at the Bijou theater when war began. He recalls patrons in the parquet unaware until an arrow struck. Firemen helped women escape as crowds flooded streets. gallery spectators sensed danger and rushed out. Dr Ayers notes the event among the most pitiable he has seen, with several injured.
Citizens and leaders including Governor Terrell Mayor Woodward and Col Lowry gathered to condemn killings and injuries from the Saturday race war. They urged curbing provocative newspaper headlines and pressed for laws closing new negro dives and tightening saloon rules. Terrell pledged support to authorities to restore order.
Burglar entered Aderhold & Co on East Tenth Street by breaking a west window and carried off two coats, shoes, dry goods, and cash totaling $2.85, with other merchandise possibly missing from the large stock. Entry occurred through a window to stairs leading to a rear loft. doors to storerooms were opened and escape made through the front. No discovery until morning business hours.
Mayor Kilby orders Chief Dill to remove vagrants from Atlanta as a measure against crime. He vows to instruct police to be vigilant, protecting the city and preventing a dangerous influx.
Report covers a Saturday night riot in Atlanta sparked by alleged harassment of a white woman on Whitehall Street. About 500 to 4000 rioters smashed windows, looted hardware stores, and disrupted the city. Mayor Woodward appealed twice. fire companies drenched the crowd to quell the disturbance. Governor-elect Hoke Smith endured a frightened reception at the station.
Handsomely engraved invitations announce the marriage of Miss Blanche Brown Edmondson of Anniston to Mr. Charles Veazey Rainwater of Augusta Georgia. The ceremony at Grace Episcopal Church is set for 7 30 pm Tuesday evening October. The bride is beloved by friends near Atlanta and is a guest of Miss Lucy Ayers.
A cautious financier is approached by a hopeful friend seeking guidance on a mining stock pitched as a sure 50 percent annual gain. The sage advisor, preferring a modest 5 percent with uncertainty, embodies prudent risk assessment.
The passage warns against a harsh reaction that weakens the bowels and causes chronic constipation. It mentions Dean's Reg ulats and claims they operate easily to tone the stomach and cure constipation.
Reflection from London Saturday Review arguing that top chess masters are not necessarily gifted with superior general intellect and that mastery of chess does not prove a large brain or broad mental power.
An appeal urges readers to honor the dead with proper grave monuments. It notes bitterness fades with time only if the departed are remembered. The piece stresses public care for graves and invites BOX & ELLIS to provide monuments within readers’ means and tastes.
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