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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1900
Page
6
Report of a Seventh Regiment member shot is denied as soldiers protect Croton dam and new workers. Twenty wagons of cement escorted by cavalry through the Bowery. No strike confrontations as whistles blew. One hundred pew laborers returned to work unmolested.
Rev John B Barnard conducts revival meetings at the Glen Addie Baptist church with three daily services at 830 am 150 pm and 730 pm. The meetings continue through the week attracting local interest and testimonies of good. Also an advertisement for Anniston Steam Laundry offers laundering lace curtains at low cost.
City news items list Mr John Dowe recovering from lagrip at home on Quiptiaid avenue and a for sale notice for horses and carriages. May 6 introduces a Southern railway new train between Birmingham and Mobile cutting Anniston to Selma travel to five hours. Also notes society visits, employment ads, boarding requests, and local business updates with various addresses and names including Edmondson & Anderson and Shelnutt & Murphy.
In Calhoun County the nominations of Gunnels of Oxford and Arnold of Jacksonville were solidified after a party convention. A committee was formed to pick eleven delegates to both state and senatorial conventions, with S J Bowie invited to address the gathering. The district and state conventions will consider leadership and unity within the party as factions from Bingham and Vaughan vie for control.
The committee proposed delegates to the state and senatorial conventions amid ongoing party discussions. Key names from local organizations were listed as nominees, with the selection highlighting regional party leadership and district representation.
The remains of Mrs Susan Goodwin, who died Sunday night at her corner Seventeenth and Noble streets home, were sent to Selma today for interment. Mrs Goodwin was widely beloved. mourners accompanied the family to the station. Her son Mr R L Goodwin of New York arrived and accompanied the remains to Selma with other family members.
In London on April 18 the Boers remain surrounding Wepener with British casualties totaling twenty killed and one hundred wounded. Ex President Harrison departed for New York to deliver the Ecumenical council opening address as its president.
Telegrams report over 4000 plague deaths in India during the past week and new outbreaks in several Red Sea areas. The U S State Department demands immediate Turkish indemnity payment. President moves to replace Tolbert at the customs post with R M Wake. Alf Truitt notes bank receipts for pending credits at Anniston National Bank.
Proprietor H. Pelman announces large reductions to reduce stock across two stores. The Boston corner Tenth and Saeen Burnt stores offer clothing, shoes, hats, dry goods, notions, and novel ties all new and seasonable.
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