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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1906
Page
1
Eleven prisoners plotted a wholesale escape from the city jail. Warden G. W. Alley halted the plan at about 10 30 pm by commanding a surrender with a shotgun, forcing a burly inmate to yield a chisel and hatchet. Tools were hidden in a safe and investigators seek how they were obtained. Several inmates face new charges as authorities review the incident.
Montreal Aug 3 Advices to local organizers show a large turnout for the National Fraternal Congress in Montreal delegates from major fraternal bodies in the United States and Canada will gather August 15 for several days with medical law and press sections meeting two days earlier A R Talbot of Lincoln Neb is president and M W Sackett of Meadville Pa is secretary treasurer
London Aug 3 Charles Hodser longtime clerk of the American embassy died this morning. He leaves a unique collection of unpublished Low el manuscripts and poetry of inestimable value.
A vintage advert notes accidents happen and promotes Dr Thomas Electric Oil as a remedy to subdue pain and heal injuries, claiming quick relief for emergencies.
Announcement states a summer survey by Arthur Keith of the United States Geological Survey with D B Sterrett across Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee. Studies include Ellijay triangle and Dahlonega gold district geology revision and exploration of overthrust faults in Ocoee Knoxville Murphy and Kings Mountain areas with reconnaissance of unknown age sedimentary zones and Cambrian prospects.
The Baptist Young PeoplesUnion held a lawn party at Parker Memorial Baptist church to fund and furnish the Baraca Library. A large number of volumes were donated and will support a new reading room with daily baseball reports, magazines, newspapers, and books for study.
The Calhoun county Sunday school Convention adjourned at Choccoboeco and will meet next year at Nance's Creek. Jacksonville's C. A. J. Hollingsworth elected president for the year, with L. fF. Greer as vice president and L. T. Grogan as secretary and treasurer. Davis C. Cooper chosen as chairman of a strong executive committee. The gathering featured several strong addresses and a possible encampment next year with a potential site change.
A party of Northern gentlemen visit Jacksonville this week to plan a four dynamo electric plant to illuminate the city for the first time. The same power will run a gunnery under construction, power the Jacksonville Oil Mill rebuilt with Sterling boilers, and support a future steam laundry. Mayor Stevenson orders a clean up. Chief Rowlen will inspect and enforce compliance. W A Scarbrough debuts a $1700 soda fountain and a skating rink with plans for bowling. Ide Cotton mill runs full time as the city grows prosperous.
The Milan exposition decorative art palace was destroyed by fire this morning. The loss is estimated at 2,500,000 dollars. Many people were injured during the blaze.
In Memphis at the fifteenth district polling place on North Second street and Randolph road, a duel after polls closed left one man dead, two others wounded. Saloonkeeper J. G. Wellington was killed by buckshot from a repeating shotgun. W. J. Cooke, a lumber yard watchman and election judge, was fatally shot in the side and taken to hospital. B. F. Conn, another judge, was wounded in the heel. The conflict erupted over the county election as Wellington sought to oversee ballot counting and opened fire. Conn reportedly fired the shotgun in response, and Wellington continued firing until he fell.
In Kingston a 19 year old girl Fyvilina Vezzeni was shot by her lover Pemide Zeeckt after the girl's father blocked their marriage. Zeeckt then killed himself with a pistol, dying soon after. The girl, described as the village's most beautiful, is not expected to live.
Georgia Retail Marble Dealers association began a two day session in Lithia Springs with president J B Roberts of Ball Ground presiding A wide representation from across the state attended the opening focusing on key marble trade topics for discussion over the event period.
A Kronstadt correspondent reports the mutiny ended at midnight. Six mutineers have been condemned and shot. Silence pervades the city streets after the executions.
Paterson New Jersey August 3 former Paterson mayor WM F Belcher pleaded no defense arraigned in the court of special sessions on six indictments charging embezzlement He was sentenced to two years hard labor in Trenton prison on each indictment totaling twelve years no concurrent terms
The General Education Board allocated 25,000 dollars to Howard College of Birmingham from a Rockefeller foundation fund totaling 312,500 for higher education. The grants, conditional on colleges raising triple the amount from other sources, include six additional beneficiaries across the United States.
Leading retail jewelers from across the country gathered in New York to day and began steps toward creating a national organization. The aims include promoting honesty in trade marks protecting jewelers from swindlers supporting favorable legislation and advancing education for those in the jewelry trade.
An advertisement asserts Foley's Kidney Cure fully treats kidney and bladder diseases. It warns readers with kidney and bladder trouble to use the remedy to avoid personal blame for poor outcomes. The notice is placed by Elam Ordway & Houser.
Ladies fine shoes and Oxfords in new styles and all sizes advertised at less than present factory cost as the store announces a going out of business sale.
Steady quiet in St Petersburg city yesterday gave way to massed workmen forming a strike procession. Government fears rioting and bloodshed, troops occupy stations from St Petersburg to Viborg, mutinies reported at Sveboorg and Rembertoff camp suppressed, Warsaw dispatch notes artillerymen mutiny and troops deployed to quell unrest.
A religious sect named The Converters plans a new colony near Atlanta starting with several thousand residents. The group aims to merge religion and business to advance moral betterment and universal brotherhood, with property plans and site selection kept strictly confidential.
Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup is sold with a positive guarantee to cure constipation sick headache stomach trouble or indigestion. If it fails the manufacturers refund your money Elam Ordway Houser.
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