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21 Dec 1906
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Anniston Evening Star in Anniston, Alabama
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1906
Page
1
Christmas Trees and Exercises in City Schools
Children in public schools celebrate Christmas with in class trees and programs. Teachers preside over each grade as presents are distributed, and the joyous event fills classrooms with festive activity and happy anticipation.
Alabama Society Dinner Featured Herbert Speaker
Hilary A. Herbert former secretary of the navy addressed the Alabama society dinner at the Hotel Astor in New York. Colonel Francis G. Caffey served as president and presided over the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
New York
Hilary A. Herbert
Secretary of the Navy
Alabama Society
Hotel Astor
Francis G. Caffey
Halycon Days of Winter Marked by Shortest Day
Special to the Star reports the winter solstice as the shortest day in the northern hemisphere and the longest in the southern hemisphere. It notes the term halycon days refers to the seven days before and after the solstice and its calm, fabled origins with the halycon bird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
The Imperial Rugs Advertised by Ullman Bros
An advertisement touts The Imperial rugs as the best Smyrna with new patterns in all sizes priced from $1.25 to $5, offered by Ullman Bros.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smyrna
Calhoun County Teachers Institute Opens With 75 Attendees
The Calhoun County Teachers Institute opened in the Circuit Court room with about 75 teachers present. County Superintendent H. T. Persons led the event as welcome address, with Charles D. Kline and L. B. Bishop among speakers. Ernest Horn spoke on school grading in the afternoon session. The institute will continue at 1:30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calhoun County Teachers’ Institute
County Court House
H. T. Persons
Charles D. Kline
F. M. Ivins
White Plains
L. B. Bishop
Obatchie
Persons
Calhoun County
Ernest Horn
Southern League Magnates In Session
Birmingham hosts the Southern league annual pow-wow with directors meeting today and the regular session tomorrow. The 1907 pennant is expected to Birmingham, President Kavanaugh to be re elected, and the salary limit of 2700 dollars may be debated though owners favor keeping it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Southern League
League
Kavanaugh
Verdict of City Court Affirmed in Olive Fatality Case
The supreme court affirms the city court verdict awarding Sydney Olive $2,000 against Woodstock Iron Works. Olive was killed in 1901 when run over while switching cars at the company’s fur nace yards. The case pursued after a mistrial and an earlier reversal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Woodstock Iron Works
Sydney Olive
Dominion Parliament Adjourns For Holiday Recess
The Dominion parliament adjourned today for its customary holiday recess in Ottawa Ontario. It will reconvene on January 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Ottawa
Ont
Car Thief Carter Nabbed In Act Of Freight Car Robbery
Local officers halted Robert Carter amid a theft of goods from an L and N freight car near the depot at 9 30 p m Special Officer Blackmon and police mates Shiretski and Shied confronted Carter as he attempted to depart with loot He was taken to headquarters and jailed Court hearing set for afternoon to determine trial status Carter admits the act but with claims of an accomplice his prior record includes nine months and twenty nine days in the state chaingang for car burglary and a later city chaingang sentence for shoplifting A further charge of an unidentified partner remains unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Carter
Blackmon
L. & N. Railroad
Shiretski
Carter
Sheid
Haynes Freed by Sister After Governor's Pledge
In Mery on December 21 the blind father of the prisoner credited a sister, noting a governor's promise made months earlier. The child received a brother as part of the appeal, aiding in securing freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery
Reunion of Confederate veterans in Anniston bonds old friends
Major J H Allen jeweler and John H Snodgrass general manager share 925 Noble street. Both Virginians and former Confederate soldiers long apart now reunited after 43 years. Each bears a Confederate cross of honor and plans to spend their last days together in the Model City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Allen
John H. Snodgrass
Henderson-Sturgess Music Company
Noble Street
Major Allen
Mr. Snodgrass
Virginia
Snodgrass
Anniston
City Burglar Noted as Highly Competent and Vigilant
A large portion of recent city burglaries are attributed to a single suspect deemed highly competent for crime. Authorities say the man is elusive, and officers have long aimed to maintain continual surveillance.
Fourth Down to Be Discussed by Football Rules Committee
The intercollegiate football rules committee meets at Murray Hill Hotel in New York to consider major changes. A key issue is whether to allow another down to gain ten yards, amid debate on relief for teams unable to advance by straight running. The group weighs replacements for grinding play while preserving excitement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
New York
Murray Hill
Intercollegiate Football Rules Committee
Scene in Montgomery Court Delicate Habeas Corpus Hearing
A dramatic habeas corpus hearing in Montgomery Court featured the appearance of an eight year old child. Mrs. P. J. Bailey sought the child's release from prison with a recommended amicable settlement between the parents. The proceedings centered on custody and a possible withdrawal of charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery
P. J. Ed
Bailey
Do you want it We have it Trigg Bteele Co
Short, dusty market note with a dealer claim advertising stock and availability. It lists Trigg Bteele Company and a vague customer appeal offering goods for sale with a brief price claim. The readable line hints at a sales pitch from a local supplier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trigg
Bteele Co
Anti Rage Measure Passes With Pension for Large Families
Boston officials approve an anti race death by own action measure granting $100 yearly to mothers with seven or more offspring. William J. Foley championed the plan and also pushed an ordinance to penalize landlords denying children in flats, but the effort failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Common Council
William J. Foley
Bank Notes Limit Eased by Banking Committee Chairman
Representative Fowler, head of the House Banking and Currency Committee, introduced a bill to remove the limit on $5 national bank notes. The current law allows only one third of issued notes to be in the $5 denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Washington
Fowler
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Murderer of Five to Be Hanged in Missouri
Joha Hamilton, confessed killer of Carrie Parsons and her three children, faces execution in Houston county jail. After a family massacre on October 12 near Licking, Hamilton killed with a shotgun and ax, then disposed of bodies in the river. He was captured and has faced multiple jail moves to avert lynching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
ST. Louis
Joha Hamilton
Houston
Hamilton
Missouri
Carrie Parsons
Licking
Piney River
Parsons
Parson
Pupils Plan Holiday Disrupted by Truants at Leighton High
Eighth and ninth graders at Leighton Avenue High School planned a Christmas break by skipping class. After warnings from Prof. Pelham and Prof. Watson, many parents were notified by phone. Classes resume after the Christmas holidays, which begin this afternoon and run until after January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leighton Avenue High School
Pelham
Watson
Mama and Papa
City
Annapolis Jail Mob Lynches Prisoner in Broad Daylight
Henry Davis alias Chambers, accused of assaulting Mrs. Reid of Brownsville, was seized from the Annapolis jail by about 60 masked men, taken to the crime site, and hanged from a tree after an orderly mob broke in. Police did not intervene. The jail lies near the governor’s mansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Star
Annapolis
Henry Davis
Chambers
John Reid
Brownsville
Davis
Maryland
Living Tomb of Hicks Reaches Bakersfield
Miner L. I. Hicks entombed by a cavern after 15 days of rescue work reached his tomb this morning. A small hole allows water to wash his face while rescuers proceed with caution to avoid another collapse. Hicks, hopeful and alert, directs operations via a tube and jokes with the surface team as phonograph records and news are shared. He bets he will not be out before dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Bakersfield
L. I. Hicks
Hicks
Ice Trust Profits Beat Standard Outfit in New Suit
New York December 21 Attorney General Mayor filed a Donnelly anti trust suit in supreme court to dissolve the ice trust alleging sales restrictions on ice harvests in Maine Massachusetts Pennsylvania and New York allowed the firm to buy ice at 1.90 per ton and sell at 14 per ton with a 71 to 84 percent city profit. It claims $33 million of the $48 million capital stock is water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Supreme Court
Ice Trust
Maine
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
New York City
Watem
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ullman Bros
Teachers’ Institute
Institute
Haynes
Arthur
Mrades
Football Rules Committee
Gotham
Mond
Montgomery Court
Agi
Miner
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