Coldest Weather in Years Grips East and South
Forecaster Clark reports the coldest weather since the weather bureau began, with Thursday morning at nine degrees above zero. The cold wave blankets the East and South as hundreds seek shelter. gas service falters and pipes freeze. In Columbus and elsewhere, temperatures dip below zero with a widespread freeze.
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New York
Dee
Colum Ohio
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Chicago
Pittsburg
Alabama
Georgia
Birmingham
Family near Decatur Found Frozen After Fire
In Decatur on December 30 a neighbor discovering the Hampton family at their home found them frozen. The man started a fire and revived some with hot water but one of the four children is believed to be near death.
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Decatur
Jim Hampton
Morse to Make More Millions
New York December 30 Morse seeks a writ of error after Judge Hough denied him a new trial. He plans to use the remaining liberty before reporting to an Atlanta prison to earn more money. Reports say Morse previously accumulated eight million dollars in his final period of freedom.
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New York
Charles Morse
Hough
Morse
Atlanta
City Hall Brawl After Recorder Creen Court Ends
After a court session this morning near City Hall, Hiram H Stewart William Stewart Jim Newman Will Newman and Bob Craighead clashed outside the building. Police intervened to break up the fight which left skinned faces and bleeding noses. Craighead was later charged with carrying a concealed pistol found on him during the arrest.
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Recorder Creen’s Court
City Hall
H. H
William Stewart
Jim
Will Newman
Bob Craighead
Hiram H. Stewart
William Newman
Hiram Stewart
Creen
Beware Checks For Less Than a Dollar Say Bank Warns
A 1910 advisory warns against writing checks for under one dollar. It cites a new law from the Sixtieth Congress imposing a 500 dollar fine or up to six months in prison for paying less than one dollar with notes checks or memoranda. The American Banker reproduces the law as effective January 1, 1910.
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Sixtieth Congress
United States
Fire destroys 21 brood mares and stables at Stokes farm
A blaze at W. F. Stokes farm in Lexington destroyed twenty one brood mares and their stables valued at forty five thousand dollars. The fire damaged the property owned for New York interests. No injuries reported.
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Wlexington
Ryan Dee
W. FE. Stokes
New York
Old Ships to Be Sunk in Cuban Target Practice
Sixteen battleships will depart New York on January 6 for Cuba coast target practice. They will batter four old ships to pieces during the exercise in a show of naval firepower amid heightened training activities.
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Washington, D. C
New York
Cuba
New Company Purchases Land Near Big Car Plant
Felix M. House argues against closing Tenth Street to aid the car plant. He warns the move would bottleneck Anniston from the west, blocking access to Ward Five, with many streets closed or impassable. He urges opening and improving streets instead. continuation noted on Eighth Page.
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Felix M. House
Kilby Locomotive Works
Twelfth Street
Pine Avenue
Thirteenth
Union
Fourteenth
Brown Avenue
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
Cobb, Stephens and
Brown Avenues
Ward Five
Eleventh Street
Anniston
Two Fires On Same Day Strike City Homes
In the morning two separate fires broke out in the city. The first, at about 8 45 on Twenty fourth street near Ilmer avenue, damaged only shingles, quickly put out by the fire department. The second, half an hour later, destroyed a small house owned by W D Nix on an alley between Quintard and Leighton avenues off Teathreet, with slight damage to another house occupied by Negroes. The department prevented spread to nearby properties.
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Star
F. B. Glenn
Twenty-fourth Street
Ilmer Avenue
W. D. Nix
Merrellton
Quinta
Mobile Sheriff Declines Resignation Amid Corruption Probe
Sheriff Drogo says money paid to deputies to shield blind tigers came mid last week and ends Saturday when Deputies Lynch and Hakeman were suspended. He will not resign and aims to punish them if they return, after notifying Solicitor Stallworth.
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Lynch
Hakeman
Stallworth
Drago
Speaker Cannon Defied by Granddaughter’s Command
The text describes Speaker Cannon, a feared figure to congressmen, as gentle with his twelve year old granddaughter Helen LeSeure who lives in Danville and studies in Washington. She visits home for Christmas and orders him to visit. he leaves for the next train, responding to her request.
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Cannon
Helen LeSeure
Danville
Washington
Ex Empress Carlotta In Limelight After Leopold's Death
Brussels reports stir around ex Empress Carlotta widow of Maximilian amid rumors of regained reason or death kept secret by King Leopold. Circulating stories note Austrian interest in her vast fortune and lack of access during 43 years at Palace Lacken under Leopold's guardianship.
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Mexico
Belgium
Leopold
House of
Austria
Carlotta
Leopold I
Quashed Habeas Corpus Case Sends Prisoner to Anniston
J W Goddard, held in Etowah county jail, was moved to Anniston on a writ of habeas corpus sworn by W W White of Anniston chancery court. The filing argues he is being detained without just cause connected to a check cashing case tied to Abernathy. Witnesses from Gadsden were summoned and the party departed by L and N at 231.36 o'clock yesterday morning.
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Gadsden
J. W. Goddard
Etowah
Anniston
W. W. Whiteside
Chancery Court
Goddard
Abernathy
Gadsden National Bank
R. V. Davidson
First National Bank
Writ Quashed in Gadsden Fraud Case Over Check
The habeas corpus writ was quashed by Chancellor Whiteside. Goddard, confined in Gadsden for days on a charge of fraudulently cashing about 4100, claimed no preliminary hearing occurred and a forgery warrant, served before he left, was pending. Prosecution says he forged to obtain funds. Goddard contends he believed Abernathy the rightful payee. The forgery case will be pursued in Gadsden next Monday.
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W. W. Whiteside
Goddard
Gadsten
Abernathy
Gadsden
C. Ty Abernathy
Proses
Leopold and Early Ventures Shape King’s Fortune
The passage reflects widespread belief that King Leopold’s fortune was largely squandered in his initial business efforts, with later ventures proving more successful yet not fully offsetting earlier losses. It notes the uneven financial outcomes of his early enterprises.
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Leopold
Mrs Snead and Mrs Martin to be placed on trial
New York December 30. Mrs Snead and Mrs Martin charged with complicity in the murder of Miss E whose body was recently found in a bathtub have been taken to New Jersey for trial on extradition granted by Governor Hughes.
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New York
Dee
Earl Perogoog Dies After Duel Report From Paris
Paris dispatches report the death of Earl Perogoog in the capital city. Officials list pleurisy as a cause but all signs point to a duel as the actual death event. The notice notes the Earl’s status and the ambiguous medical explanation.
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London
Paris
Earl Perogoog
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