24 Dec 1906
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1906
Page
1
The Salvation Army in this city, started in 1902, reports strong growth under Captain and Mrs. Robins. It outlines rescue and relief work, metrics for eight and a half months, and plans a Christmas dinner and basket program for 100 families and 109 poor children, funded by local donations.
The Circuit court verdict awards Alex Waldrop $1,183 against Anniston Manufacturing. jury found in favor after a trial that began Thursday. Suit sought $10,000 for loss of a leg in a cotton mill accident. defense likely to appeal.
Forecast calls for fair and continued cold tonight in Anniston and vicinity. Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a warming trend and higher temperatures.
The department of commerce and labor ruling allows states to solicit immigration and pay passage for desirable immigrants. The South can target workers for cotton mills and iron jobs, improving labor supply and enabling regional development. South Carolina and other Southern states may pursue this policy to attract needed workers.
Special to the Star reports that the president and family will exchange gifts instead of a tree. The president plans to attend services at the Dutch Reformed church while Mrs. Roosevelt attends St Johns Episcopal. a horseback ride and a family dinner are planned. Diplomatic receptions will feature trees and festivities across embassies and legations.
Governor elect Hughes will dissolve holding companies operating against the law and, if the incoming attorney general fails to act against the fee trust, will appoint special counsel to prosecute the case himself.
Churches and Sunday schools distribute gifts clothing groceries and money for coal and toys to aid the poor. First Presbyterian hosts a tree for kindergarten, Parker Memorial and the Salvation Army run aid efforts, West Anniston Baptist invites all to a Christmas tree, and St. Michael and All Angels plans a Christmas day program with multiple hymns and a communion service.
Southbound Minnesota, St. Paul and Sault Ste Marie passenger train struck a switch engine in Enderlin yards injuring 37 and killing nine. The wreck halted near two hours late. crews escaped. Coroner ordered a full inquiry as rescuers fought fires and tended the injured in makeshift hospitals.
Senator Morgan of Alabama, long opposing the president, asserts Roosevelt was right to dismiss the Brownsville negro troops. He calls the dismissal lawful and urges disbanding the negro regiments to avoid mass defamatory denunciation and white political backlash.
A brief inquiry referencing Trigg Steele Oo raises questions about a window display. No additional context or details are provided in the fragment.
The nation faces record cold with New York at five degrees above zero and a strong gale. Hospitals report several deaths from exposure while charities assist the affected in tenement districts. Anniston also notes 16 degrees at six this morning marking unusually severe winter conditions.
Special to the Star from Little Rock December 24. By court order a large part of Mammoth Springs Ark will be sold at public auction. The sale includes one of the state's largest flour mills, a cotton mill, and more than 500 city lots. The town, founded long ago by capitalists now retired, once prospered but now will have all property liquidated to settle plans for its future.
On the local gridiron tomorrow Alabama Presbyterian College will meet the Anniston team. Walker Reynolds Auburn's star end will play on Anniston’s side and both teams are prepared for a hard fight. Grand stand seating will be available and a wire fence will keep spectators off the field.
Prince Fushirina, first cousin of the Mikado of Japan, will tour the United States and Canada in February on his way to England. He led a division during the Russo Japanese War and his troops were first to cross the Yalu River.
Washington December 24 Miss Clara Barton the famed Red Cross nurse will be 85 tomorrow. Her 40 years of charitable work span the globe and she now lives quietly in Glen Echo Maryland. Born December 26 1821 in Oxford Maine she founded a free Bordentown school and served in the Civil War as head nurse of the Army of the James.
The 2 year old Lee Gleasner Creel son of labor editor H H Creel will join the allied printing trades council as its youngest member tomorrow. A baptism last September already consecrated his life to organized labor in a ceremony at St James Methodist Church led by Rev Milner for the Presbyterian church department.
Telegrams from R A Mitchell in New York announce completion of arrangements to begin building a water works system in Gadsden, with associates told to start early in the new year. Preliminary surveys are underway as the city faces a brewing water supply shortage.
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