Seaboard Air Line Railway Extension Reaches Anniston
V E McBee assistant engineer on the Birmingham division arrives in Jacksonville with about twelve assistants to finalize survey for extending the Seaboard line to Anniston. An office is opened in the Ramagane building as the team completes right of way work and prepares to grade and lay track.
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Anniston
Birmingham
Jacksonville
Captain Thomason to reopen business here by 15th
Captain R. P. Thomason returns from a long business trip and announces he will re enter his wholesale grocery establishment by the fifteenth of next month. His rebuilt building nears completion and friends throughout the city and county welcome his return. He notes Anniston as the best place despite heat in other cities.
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Anniston
Cincinnati
Chicago
New York Firemen Meet Opens in Jamestown
The New York State Firemen's association opened its annual meeting and tournament in Jamestown on August 21 with a large attendance. A three day program was arranged featuring many events.
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New York
Jamestown
N. Y
New York State Firemen’s Association
Blowout at Jones & Loughlin furnace kills two
Pittsburg Aug 21 Fourteen men were overcome by gas and three are dead with two more expected to die after a gas explosion at the Jones and Loughlin furnace early this morning. The deceased are George Marshall Andrew Maisler and Michael Boise.
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Star
Pittsburg
Jones & Loughlin Furnace
George Marshall
Andrew Maisler
Michael Boise
Jelks Issues Alabama Home Coming Proclamation
Governor Jelks issues a home-coming proclamation inviting former Alabamians to return for a week anchored by Birmingham as the central celebration hub on October 15.
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Jelks
Mrs J M Copps Die After Typhoid Fever In Alexandria
News arrived in Anniston of the death this morning in Alexandria of Mrs J M Copps who had been ill for some time with typhoid fever. Her passing brings sorrow to many friends across the county and she will be greatly missed. Burial plans were not finalized.
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Alexandria
J. M. Copps
Anniston
Troops May Guard Blacks as Atlanta Mob Threatens
Three black suspects arrested for assaulting Miss Ethel and Miss Mabel Lawrence are held for identification as a tense Atlanta crowd threatens to burn them. Officials consider calling out troops to guard the arrestees amid the mob.
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Atlanta
Ethel
Mabel Lawrence
Kitchen Burns at Soldiers Home
Newport News Va August 21 The large kitchen at the National Soldiers Home near Hampton was destroyed by fire early this morning The loss is 60000 The fire caused considerable excitement and many of the old vets had a close call.
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Star
Newport -News
National Soldiers’ Home
Hampton
Cemetery Superintendents Meet in Detroit at twentieth Annual Session
Officials and caretakers from major national cemeteries gather in Detroit at the Cadillac hotel for the twentieth annual meeting of the Association of American Cemetery Superintendents. The three day session will cover management and improvement of burying grounds and related topics.
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Star
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac
Association of American Cemetery Superintendents
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Kilby Explains Anniston Tax Plan for Equalization
Kilby, on vacation in Asheville, defends city efforts to equalize Anniston tax assessments. He urges uniform bases of 60 to 60 2 3 percent for real and personal property, with factories taxed around 48 1 3 to 40 percent. He argues uniformity over favoritism and calls for court decision on legality.
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John
Mooring
Commissioner’s Court
Stricken During Prayer Seabed at Colored Methodist Church
Mollie Kirby a church stewardess in Alexandria collapsed and died last night while leading a prayer service at the colored Methodist church. The sudden death shocked the congregation as the poem-like stillness and reverent moment gave way to horror and consternation.
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Alexandria
Mollie Kirby
U S May Intervene as Cuban Revolt Sees Uprisings
From Washington Aug 21 reports warn of potential U S action as unrest grows in Cuba. Dispatches note uprisings against the Palma regime in multiple regions, with Gen Quinton Banderas leading a small force and Pina Guerra threatening Pinar de Rio, while Sabeti Spiritus disturbances yield scant details. Sleeper in Havana awaited for further guidance.
Valparaiso Disaster Toll Rises Amid Wave of Aid Efforts
The Valparaiso governor reports 300 dead and over 800 wounded with the city near total loss. Telephonic links to Santiago restored as Mercury cites higher death estimates. Refugees arriving in Santiago say about 1000 bodies have been buried and authorities shoot 25 looters.
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Star
Santiago
Chili
Valparaiso
Riesse
The
Santiago, Chili
Cable Reach Valparaiso as City in Ruins
A dispatch from Buenos Aires reports Valparaiso is in ruins with incalculable losses. The Red Cross appeals for aid while Washington notes Secretary...
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Valparaiso
Red Cross Appeals For Aid
Paraiso
Red Cross Appeals
Washington
Sullivan Must Get Down and Out
At the Democratic state convention in Peoriam Aug 21 delegates voiced support for aligning Illinois with the Bryan forces. The call to oust Roger Sullivan from the national committee is likely to succeed, though Hopkins Sullivan factions claim they can block the Bryan endorsement.
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Roger ©. Sullivan
Illinvia
National Committee
Hopkins-Sullivan
Spreckels Forced to Reduce Sugar Price
San Francisco August 21 After five months of competition the California and Hawaii Sugar Refining Co has forced Spreckels Western Sugar Refinery to cut sugar from five dollars and fifteen cents to four dollars thirty cents per hundred The cut affects 150 million pounds and represents a large loss to Spreckels Western Sugar Refinery.
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Spreckels
The
Star
San Francisco
California and Hawaii Sugar Refining Co
Trust
Excellent lake show earns encore cheers at Oxford Lake
A lively program at Oxford Lake drew strong applause. The Koblers impressed with multiple encores while the Rogers performed well and Mr. Roberts introduced a new song A Picnic for Two to an appreciative crowd.
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Oxford Lake
Koblers
Rogers
Mr. Roberts
Earthquake foretold by Jupiter Moon Earth alignment
Special to The Star from London reports a Daily Mail correspondent notes astronomers predicted the August 16 quake in Santiago from a celestial conjunction of Jupiter Earth and the moon. The forecast emphasizes the link between planetary alignments and seismic events.
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London
Tno
Santiago
Dail Mail
Russian Troops Kill 57 Peasants in Khoarkof Province
Report from Petersbu rg dated August 21 says Russian soldiers killed or wounded fifty seven peasants after a taunt about Japanese war being used to provoke the attack at a local fair in Khoarkof province.
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Khoarkof
Russian Chief of Police Slain in Poland Bomb Attack
The chief of police at Biedle near Warsaw was killed by a bomb ten days ago. Two constables and a nearby woman were wounded. The assassin escaped.
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The
Star
Warsaw
Poland
Biedle
Buckeye State Democrats Convene Largest Ohio Convention
The Ohio Democratic state convention in Columbus, August 21, opened with Garber chairing and Judge B V McCann named temporary chairman. Tomorrow candidates will be named for secretary of state and other officers. Samuel Hoskins of Auglaize is slated for secretary. Delegates show no opposition to Bryan’s endorsement for president.
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State Committee
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Dayton
Cadidates
Samuel Hoskins
Auglaize County
William J. Bryan
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