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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1901
Page
4
The Evening Star announces Mr. Howard Williams has bought a one third interest in The Evening Star and Weekly Republic and will become city editor. His partnership is welcomed as a boost to the publication and staff strength.
The Piedmont Inquirer urges all Alabamians to read the new constitution before voting on ratification or rejection. It notes the supplement printed in The Evening Star and The Weekly Republic includes the convention committee's address and recommends careful study by every reader.
The Democratic County Executive committee selected S. J. Bowie as chairman of the county campaign committee promoting the new constitution. Bowie is praised for campaign skill and past success, with credit for keeping opponents at bay and driving the drive forward. Not everyone favors the constitution, but Bowie’s leadership is expected to influence votes.
Farmers on the Pacific Coast use automobile traction engines to plow harrow and harvest boosting wheat yields and cutting costs versus Argentine labor. Engines of 50 horsepower with 60 inch wheels handle multiple tasks in a single pass. Plus, Howard S Williams buys into the Anniston Star and Republic.
Professor Oscar L. Triggs of Chicago argues prose now surpasses verse as the finer instrument for expression. He cites Kipling and Whitman as evidence that modern poetry can resemble ideal prose, forecasting poets of the twentieth century will move away from Milton and Keats.
In San Francisco on September 80 a clash on Kearney Street involved strikers and police, drawing about two hundred sympathizers. Four special officers and a discharged sailor were targeted. around fifty shots were fired, with seven wounded including William Miller who is likely to die. About thirty arrests followed, with four identified as striking teamsters.
Mr J J Skellen formerly a prominent Jacksonville citizen now a Talladega business leader spent the morning in Anniston. Frank Wheyland ex Anniston resident visiting for Glidden Varnish. now living in Mobile with his family. George N. Stone spent Sunday in Anniston and returned to Birmingham to resume work with Dimmick Wipe. Judge Jos Carthel of Montgomery in the city. BE Radisill traveled to Birmingham for a few days.
Chancellor Kelly of Anniston spent yesterday with Capt. McKachin in Tuscaloosa and will preside next week for Chancellor Smith over the Bible chancery court. The piece recalls Dick Kelly, once a bright law student, now with influential friends.
C Unger of 212 Maple Street Champaign Illinois says a persistent hacking cough lasting a year was cured after using Foley’s Honey and Tar. He mentions trial of many remedies and physician care before the product cured him. McElreath Drug Co. is cited.
The city’s sole laundry asserting exclusive use of white labor operates at 12th and Noble streets, signaling a unique hiring stance and location.
Dr A Kellett of Wil liford Arkansas reports a railroad laborer suffered a severe foot crush but Bucklen's Arnica Salve swiftly healed the injury. The salve is praised for burns boils piles and skin eruptions with a 25 cent price and a cure guarantee from Elam Drug Co.
An ad notes King William Scotch also called Cascade Lincoln available at Levi's. The item costs a nickel and is valued at a dime, featuring the Kencesaw cigar line.
Local readers compare Kennesaw nickle cigars to other cigars noting they are better than some nickel brands and as good as many dime cigars.
In city limits, parcels and notes are promptly delivered at E Jotius Williams Shaving Parlor, located beside the First National Bank.
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