Anniston Electric and Gas Company Announces Major Plant Upgrades
The Anniston Electric and Gas Co plans a major upgrade to its plant with two 250 horsepower boilers replacing 200 horsepower units, plus a 500 kilowatt turbine generator to boost capacity. Work includes doubling the car barn, adding four new cars, plus a machine shop and material store. Improvements extend to lake, car lines, rails, and park areas with enhanced sewers and boathouse yards.
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Anniston
Anniston Electric and Gas Company
Little River
Sexton
Star
Oxford
Luverne Suffers Major Fire After Second Blaze
Luverne reports another destructive fire wiping out nine buildings and lodge rooms, totaling about 420,000 in losses. Previous blaze two weeks earlier caused about 30,000 in damage. Reddock Bros store J O Sentell law offices FE O Bishop and R H Folmer insurance offices Mahone Co store post office barber shop Kings restaurant lodge rooms Red Men Knights of Pythias Red Men Woodmen Lightfoot Stephens dentists. Telephone exchange saved by effort.
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Luverne
Reddock Bros
J. O. Sentell
FE. O. Bishop
R. H. Folmer
Mahone & Co
King’s Restaurant
the Masons
Knights of Pythias
Red Men
Woodmen
Lightfoot & Stephens
Heflin Court House Rapidly Rising for Pending Circus Court
Heflin April 27 The new court house at Heflin is rapidly rising and it is hoped the next term of our circuit court will be held in the new building.
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Heflin
Anniston Trading Co Offers Sparkling Glassware Deals
Beautiful sparking table glassware advertised at special prices for the entire next week by Anniston Trading Co.
Forecast for Anniston and vicinity
Rain is expected tonight and Sunday across Anniston and surrounding areas. Wet conditions may affect travel with lingering showers into the weekend. Temperatures remain mild, with daytime highs in the 60s and overnight lows near the 50s.
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Anniston and
Steel bridges contract ties Atl to Anniston line
The Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic Railway awards a contract to American Bridge Company for 70 steel bridges as it extends from Birmingham to Brunswick and plans to build to Anniston. Bridges vary from small stations to depots costing 15 000 to 20 000 dollars each. Concrete is used in depot walls and tile roofs. Trains already run into LaGrange with connections to other roads, schedules in operation since last month aiding travelers.
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Star
Talladega
Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic Railway
Birmingham
Brunswick, Ga
Anniston
American Bridge Company
LaGrange
Great meeting of Odd Fellows last night
District Deputy Grand Master T. F. Watson presided as Rev. Walter M. Crawford Grand Master spoke 45 minutes on rapid Alabama lodge growth. Lectures by several past grand officers followed while Mountain Oak encampment choir sang. Crawford noted state membership near 22 500 with 70 new lodges and 15 Rebekah chapters in 11 months. A tallyho journey to Cochran Springs formed after events.
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W. M. Crawford
Odd Fellows’ Hall
T. F. Watson
Walter M. Crawford
Edwardsville
Crawford
John Ellis
A. F. McGhee
FB. McCartney
Eb, M. Lewis
FE. B. McKee
J. R. Perkins
F. M. House
R. J. Saywell
Mountain Oak
Odd Fellows
Alabama
Rebekah
Cochran Springs
I.E. Watson
Withdraw Suits And End Trouble In Kaplan Mercantile
Amicable settlement resolves all court suits involving Kaplan Mercantile Company. Majority stockholders buy out minority shares, ending internal dispute. Kaplan and Tomlinson to stay. business may reopen under the old name in Anniston with future location decisions pending.
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Kaplan Mercantile Company
L. H. Kaplan
Birmingham
Savannah
Anniston
Messrs. Kaplan and Tomlinson
Temperance Sermons Galore in Anniston and Oxford Churches
Anti saloon league officers plan a series of sermons in Anniston and Oxford churches with services tomorrow and Monday. Superintendent Brooks Lawrence and Assistant Superintendent H T Compton will lead messages at Parker Memorial Baptist First Presbyterian Oxford Methodist and First Baptist churches and attend a county pastors meeting to decide on an anti saloon campaign.
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Anti-saloon League of
Alabama
Anniston
Oxford
Methodist
Brooks Lawrence
H. T. Compton
State
Anti-Saloon League
Lawrence
Parker Memorial Baptist Church
First Presbyterian
Oxford Methodist Church
Compton
First Methodist
First Baptist Church
First Methodist Church
Opening of New Wilmer Delayed
Unforeseen delays in plumbing and minor hindrances push back the opening of the New Wilmer hotel from the first of May. Manager Joel Goodlett remains on site and expects the house to open by the latter part of next week with full modern accommodations and top-flight standards.
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Wilmer Hotel
Messrs
Humphreys and Stearns
Joel Goodlett
Wilmer
Baroness DeMassey Trial Sees a Rest Day
In New York on April 27 the Baroness Anisia Louise DeMassey murder trial for Gustav Simon adjourned as both sides edge toward closure. The court granted a rest day, with court to resume Monday for prosecution wrap up and defense start.
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New York
Anisia Louise DeMassey
Gustav Simon
Quinn Furnace Sale Confirmed Updates Leadership
Gadsden April 27 The sale of the interests of Mr A TH Quinn and Mr Max Gerson in the Quinn furnace has been confirmed by official announcement. Directors elected new officers William L Grace president treasurer Oliver J Grace secretary H A Fuller vice president William Edenborn director to succeed A H Quinn Edenborn a noted iron and steel man on the United States Steel Corporation board.
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Star
Gadsden
A. TH. Quinn
Max Gerson
Quinn Furnace
William L. Grace
St. Louis
Oliver J. Grace
H. A. Fuller
William Edenborn
New York
A. H. Quinn
Engineer dies after fall from locomotive near Boyles
Austin Stanfield, an engineer for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad from Boaz, was fatally injured yesterday when he fell from his engine near Boyles. He remains alive but is not expected to survive.
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Austin Stanfield
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Boaz
Boyles
Gadsden Journal
Stanfield
Maryland Day at Jamestown Observed by Roosevelt Party
President and Mrs. Roosevelt visit historic Jamestown landmarks amid disagreeable weather as Maryland day draws a large crowd at the exposition in Norfolk Virginia.
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Expo
The
Star
Norfolk
Bold attempt to wreck Southern mail train thwarted
In Charlotte on April 27 a dramatic effort to wreck Southern mail train No 4% near Harrisburg failed when the engineer stopped the locomotive yards from a pile of cross ties. The conductor fired at three fleeing men as two white suspects and a Black man were captured nearby and held for inquiry.
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Charlotte
N. C
Southern Mail
Harrisburg
Seaboard Orders Large Equipment Additions
Atlanta April 27. The Seaboard Air Line railroad placed large orders for equipment this year including 50 new engines due July and August, 1 000 box cars 2 000 flat cars 50 ballast cars two wrecking outfits 5 express cars a postal car and other smaller pieces. The railroad will also receive 118 000 tons of new steel rail between March 1 and July with planned main-line installations mainly in Virginia.
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the Star
Atlanta
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Seaboard
Virginia
Oxford Man Donates $100 To Talladega Church
Mr. John 8. Turner of Oxford and his wife visited Talladega last week and donated $100 to the Christian church that is soon to be built. The gift was noted by the Talladega Reporter as a generous contribution.
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Oxford
Talladega Church
John 8. Turner
Talladega
Turner
Christian Church
Charlotte Man Arrested in Bank Conspiracy Case
Perry G. Fonville is charged with conspiracy in the embezzlement of 68000 from the Charlotte National Bank. He was arrested at Luverne Alabama and brought to Charlotte by two secret service officers. Authorities allege Fonville operated a bucketshop assisting Frank H. Jones in the bank robbery.
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The
Star
Charlotte
Percy G. Fonville
Charlotte National Bank
Frank H. Jones
Luverne
Ala
Secret Service
Ponville c
Jones
Taft to Address Yale Men in Cincinnati Banquet
Secretary of War Taft arrives with Mrs Taft to a Yale alumni banquet in Cincinnati where about a thousand graduates gather to praise their alma mater. Taft will act as toastmaster tonight and declines to comment before breakfast. He is met by his brother Charles P Taft.
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Clincinnati
Yale University
Taft
Association
Charles P. Taft
Big Pier Collapses at Baltimore Terminal
A Baltimore and Ohio pier under construction collapsed around 1 a m in Baltimore. An estimated 50 to 75 people were dead or injured as supports failed. Four bodies were recovered by noon. Police and ambulances rushed to the scene to aid in relief efforts. The pier serviced the North German Lloyd line.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Baltimore Ohio
Lloyd Steamship Company
Hingson Charged With Wife Beating in Police Court
Robert Hingson of Seventeenth Street faced police court on disorderly conduct after beating his wife with a wooden stick. He was fined $18.90 and later arrested on a state warrant for wife beating, released on a $20 bond to answer in County court next Friday.
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Robert Hingson
Seventeenth Street
Crook
M. W. Woodruff
Exposition Hotels Burn at Jamestown in Norfolk Va
Fire sparked by a gasoline lamp destroyed several frame buildings near the Jamestown exposition grounds in Norfolk Virginia. Among the losses were three two story hotels. all were occupied but there were no fatalities or serious injuries.
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The
Star
Norfolk
Exposition Grounds
Jamestown
Man Shot Twice by Lon Price in Alabama City Incident
Ed Sauls, a young white man, was seriously wounded when Lon Price shot him yesterday afternoon in Alabama City. One bullet fractured Sauls leg above the knee while another hit his shoulder. Price did not escape, helped Sauls to a nearby building for medical aid, then surrendered to officers and was jailed.
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The
Star
Gadsden
Ed Sauls
Alabama City
Lon Price
Price
Binger Hermann Cleared by Jury in Oregon Case
Washington April 27. The jury found Representative Binger Hermann of Oregon not guilty on charges of destroying government records. Jurors deliberated from 3:36 p m yesterday until this morning after court instructions were given.
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The
Star
Washington
Binger Hermann
Oregon
Raisuli Launches a Moroccon Movement in Tangier
A clever religious revolutionary movement is started by Raisuli and his ally Ha Mara in Tangier. Agitators claim the sultan sold Oudja to the French, stirring native anger. Outbreaks are feared at Casablanca as French troops enforce Oudja claim.
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Tangier
Morocco
Bandie Raisoli
Hamara
Casablacna
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Anniston Trading CO
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Gadsden Stack
Maryland
Lowreck Southern
U. S
Uncle Sam
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Minneapolis Journal
Charlotte Man
YALE
Raisuli
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