Two Masked Men Rob Express Near Savannah Hills
Two masked men held up the Chicago Burlington and Quincy limited 2 miles east of Savannah hills at 11:50 last night. They cut the Adams express car, forced the engineer to run ahead, torpedoed the track, and boarded the engine to seize the express. The crew radioed for help and a posse arrived. robbers are reported to have secured about 20 000.
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Burlington and Quincy Limited
Savannah Hills
Adams
Savannah
Limited
Sunday School Convention for District 13 15 and 20
The District Sunday School Convention for Beats 13 15 and 20 including Anniston and Oxford will meet Thursday August 28 at the Second Presbyterian church at Brown avenue and Fifteenth streets. Delegates from all district Sunday schools will attend and discuss topics from house to house visitation to junior and primary work. A primary class is to be taught by Mrs. R M Calley, and a delegate dinner will be served in the church basement. The district contains about 21 Sunday schools and 2200 scholars.
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Anniston
Oxford
Second Presbyterian Church
Brown Avenue
Fifteenth Streets
R. M. McCalley
Parker Memorial Sunday School
Ice Cream Festival Thanks from Oxanna Lodge Members
Card of Thanks from Oxanna lodge Knights of Pythias thanks Oxanna ladies for assistance at Monday ice cream festival. The lodge committee members A H Arnold H H FitzGeraxp R A Austin express gratitude. Also notice Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy touted for its cures and sold by J L Wikle.
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Oxanna Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Oxanna
Chamberlain
J L Wikle
Romans Meet Anniston and Rowe in Park Showdown
The first of four games between Anniston Alabama and Rowe Georgia will be played at Tall Park this afternoon at 4. Rome’s team is said to be stubborn and the clash should be interesting. Anniston fields a strong lineup and aims to prove itself. Manager Williams has secured Montgomery for three days next week, promising a solid week of games. The Montgomery squad is among the state’s strongest, likely drawing large crowds for each home game.
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Anniston
Rowe
Tall Park
Rome
Williams
Montgomery
Ansiston
Tennent Lomax Stricken With Paralysis in New Orleans
Montgom ery county solicitor Tennent Lomax, in New Orleans for a serious operation begun days ago, grew suddenly paralyzed yesterday, his condition turning critical and his family physician being telegraphed for. Warters cigars are cited, with other local notes about goods.
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MontGomery
Tennent Lomax
Montgomery County
New Orleans
Shenandoah Strikers Quiet as Troops Hold Town
In Shenandoah Pennsylvania August 6 peace remains intact under troop protection. Rumors of trouble circulate though no incidents occur except a workman shot in Girardville. Messrs J C Sproull L Crook and J L Wikle depart for Tate Spring Tennessee seeking the famed waters.
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Shenandoh
Girard- Ville
J. C. Sproull
J. Will
L. Crook
J. L. Wikle
Tate Spring
Tenn
East Tennessee Highlands
Wild man identified as former patient captured in woods
East Liverpool Ohio August 6 a wild man who spread terror in St Clair Township for four days was captured today officers found him in the woods eating grass He claimed to be Adam but is Charles Burbick a former patient of the Massillon asylum and will be sent back there for confinement.
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East Liverpool
Ohio
St. Clair Township
Adam
Charles Burbick
Massaillon Asylum
Summer Elsewhere via Seaboard Air Line Railway
Summer Elsewhere via Seaboard Air Line Railway is a tourist booklet from the Seaboard Air Line railway detailing seaside and mountain resorts in the Carolinas and Virginia. Copies available from any railway agent or by writing to C. B. Ryan in Portsmouth, Virginia or W. K. Christian in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Seaboard Air Line Railway
Carolinas
Virginia
Seaboard Air Line
C. B. Ryan
Portsmouth
W. K. Christian
Atlanta
Anniston Trades Council Plans Labor Day Banquet
The Anniston Trades' Council will host a Labor Day banquet on September 2 honoring Alabama Governor Jelks and Georgia's Candler with prominent guests from Alabama and Georgia. Newspapers from Birmingham Atlanta Montgomery and other cities will be invited as extensive preparations aim to make it a grand success and a fitting finale to Labor Day festivities.
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Anniston Trades’ Council
Jelks
Alabama
Candler
Georgia
Birmingham
Atlanta
Montgomery
Anniston
Labor Day
Drowned Elk Lodge Member Edward Kolb Jr Dies at 43
Pittsburg dispatch reports Edward J. Kolb Jr a stamp clerk at the Allegheny post office and proudest member of the Elks in the United States died aged 43 after drowning in the Cheat River near Morgantown West Virginia during vacation. He won a St Louis 1899 Elks convention prize and belonged to Lodge No B89.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Edward J. Kolb, Jr
Elks’ Fraternity
United States
St. Louis
Allegheny
Cheat River
Morgantown
W. Va
Southern Railway Sells Birmingham Convention Round Trip Tickets
National Baptist Convention in Birmingham Alabama runs September 17 to 24 1902. Southern Railway offers round trip fares from Alabama and other points with selling dates September 14 15 16 17 1902 and final return by September 27 1902. Call any Southern Railway ticket agent for details.
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National Baptist Convention
Birmingham
Ala
Southern Railway
Alabama
Love Drug Co to Occupy Noble Street Corner Store
The Love Drug Co. will move into the corner store at Noble and Eleventh streets, taking over the present J. T. Chrisman & Co. jewelry space. Love & Little’s founder Mr. Love will operate the new firm with O A Love in charge, and elaborate fixtures and a large soda fountain will adorn the new location.
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Love & Little
Tenth Street
Love Drug Co
Security Bank
Noble and
Eleventh Streets
J. T. Chrisman & Co
Chrisman & Co
Mallory
Ullman Bros
Little
O. A. Love
Love Drug
Mr. Love
St. Louis
Anniston
Much Sue Corr
Baptist rallies call Calhoun county towns
Baptist rallies set for Piedmont August 20 21 New Liberty August 22 23 Sulphur Springs August 26 27 Post Oak Springs August 28 29 with two day runs each. A Zion Hill White Plain meeting August 18 19 has been postponed. Speakers will present live programs.
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Houn County
Piedmont
New Liberty
Sulphur Springs
Boozer Post Office
Post Oak Springs
Zion Hill
White Plaine
Sight Restored While at Prayer
Denver woman Sarah Nessler, long blind and deemed incurable by oculists, recovered her sight in a remarkable revival meeting of the Holliness sect at the Pentecostal union. A white light reportedly shone on her eyes and she could distinguish objects.
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Holliness Sect
Pentecostal Union
How Are Your Kidneys Dr Hobbs Pill
An odd OCR fragment about kidney care references Dr Hobbs and a supposed Sprague pill for kidney ills. The readable bits hint at medical product claims but lack coherent details, names, dates, or locations to verify a clear news item.
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Hobbs’ Sparague Pillseure
Sam Lateness
Local Democratic Committee Meets to Organize Primary Ticket
The county Democratic executive committee, appointed at the recent meeting, met this afternoon to arrange the upcoming primary ticket. The group will also select election managers and finalize printing plans, with results to be determined after several preliminaries.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Talladega Home Changes Hands
The Mark Duncan home on East Street in Talladega was sold to the highest bidder for 3000 dollars. Purchasers listed as Mrs. Georgia McHiderry and her children.
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Talladega, Aia
Mark Duncan
East Street
Georgia McHiderry
New Great South American Kidney Cure Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts relief from kidney and bladder trouble within six hours using a remedy called New Great South American Kidney Cure. It claims prompt relief for both sexes and rapid cessation of water retention, sold by Elam Drug Co. in Anniston.
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Elam Drug Co
Anniston
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Hare
A. H. Arnold, H. H. FitzGeraxp, R. A. Austin
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Drewry Bros. Grocery Company
Shenandoah Strikers
OUIET
Tate
Summmer
Council
Sterne’s Grocery
Burnett & Bellingrath
Sterme’s Grocery
Noble Street
Love Drug Company
Calhoun
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Denver, Colo
Mre
Sarah Nessler
Will D.termine
Talladega
Sjcompany
Hr. S. Miller
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