Seaboard Lines Plans Massive Extensions and Locomotive Orders
A. Garrett of Seaboard Air Line announced eight major improvements in Birmingham aimed at expanding seaport cities in Florida and Georgia. The plan includes 100 new locomotives to be delivered this year and 50 already ordered, along with thousands of freight cars. An Anniston extension is slated to begin once funds are secured.
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Seaboard Air Line
Birmingham
A. Garrett
Garrett
Florida
Georgia
Seaboard
Confession Ties Lynching Threats Over Nephew Murder
In Folk Virginia on February 8 Richard Ews confessed in Jackson II to murdering his nephew Paul y. He implicates James Henry Sonnie Darner and ar tthews stating Rainey was fed with an ax for the purpose ry. The community faces intense excitement with a lynching threat.
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Folk, Va
Richardews
Jacckson, II
Pauly
James Henry Sonnie Darner
Rainey
Died While Tired Mother Slept In Gadsden
The four month old child of Mr. and Mrs. Dayton Watts was found dead after the mother slept. The baby had been ill for several days and yesterday the mother gave usual care before they slept. Watts is away on a trip and has been notified. Funeral details to be announced. The Watts residence is in Gadsden.
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Dayton Watts
Atts
Watts
Gadsden
Mob Fights For Chance to See Evelyn Thaw
Governor Alex Androvik of Penza was shot and fatally wounded in a theater by an unknown terrorist who also wounded four would-be captors before dying by his own hand after locking himself in the ladies room. The attacker, a Jew, was attempting to kill the governor as he sat down.
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Evelyn Thaw
The
Star
ST. Petersburg
Alex. Androvik
Penza
Veteran Rev J W Watkins of Ward 5 Remembers Mexican War
Aniston notes Rev J W Watkins a 76 year old Mexican War veteran living in the Fifth ward. He enlisted at 16 or 17 and served throughout the conflict. A new pension act grants him 20 per month in recognition of his service. Watkins also recalls Civil War memories, with few contemporaries remaining to share such experiences.
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J. W. Watkins
Fifth Ward
Mr. Watkins
Congress
Watkins
Iowa Railway Reform Hearing On Doran Bill Speed
Des Moines Iowa February hearing opened on railway reform measures. The Doran bill would require stock trains to be hauled at a speed of 18 miles an hour.
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The
Star
Des Moines
Iowa
Pythian meeting program planned for Gadsden
Committee appointed at regu lating of the Pythian association bids to arrange a program for the invention to be held in Gadsden 12 submits the for u. m. meeting of officers and grand lodge officers to order. Address by Grand Chancellor Jones and supreme representative Cooper. Gadsden lodge plans a banquet for visitors.
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Pythian Association
Oxford
Gadsden
U. m
Son
Grand Lodge
Ees
Ing
B.C. Jones
Hn. D.C
Thaw Trial Hears Evelyn Thaw Account Of White Advances
Evelyn Thaw testifies in New York court recounting harassment by Stanford White after her 1905 marriage to Harry Thaw. She describes White stopping her on Fifth Avenue and following her in a hansom, and Thaw’s mother and sisters receiving her kindly during courtship.
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Thaw
White
Evelyn Thaw
The
Star
New York
Pittsburg
Evelyn
Delmas
Fifth Avenue
Mrs. Thaw
Europe
Harry
Park
Hotel
Savoy
Abraham Hummel
Hummel
Commuter Train Crash Kills One, Injures Twenty
Special to the Star from Chicago reports a collision between a passenger train and a suburban train near here this morning. One man died and about twenty commuters were injured as the heavy load of riders approached the city. Authorities inspected the wreck and began investigations into the cause.
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The
Star
Chicago
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Sheffield stove foundry to be rebuilt in Florence
The Sheffield stove foundry burned and will be rebuilt in Florence. The former Florence Pump and Lumber Company building has been secured for the purpose.
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Star
Florence
Sheffield Stove Foundry
Florence Pump and Lumber Company
Tragedies of the Stafford Earls
The death of Lady Dorothy Cuthbert near Beaufort Castle follows a string of misfortunes surrounding the Earls of Stafford. Her father, the current earl, inherited after the fourth earl died in a railroad accident. The third earl died in 1898, leaving no male heir as two of his sons died soon after, one vanishing on the Mediterranean.
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London
Fel. S
Dorothy Cuthbert
Beaufort Castlee
Earles
Strafford
Dorothy
Earl
Pee
Cambridge Express
Mediterranean
McKinley to Discuss Prisco School Question
Springfield Ad Men’s club hosts Congressman McKinley of California as guest of honor at a banquet to discuss the school question on the Pacific coast. The event is set for tonight in Springfield WW. February 8.
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Springfield
Springfield Ad Men's Club
McKinley
California
Pacific
Committee urged creation of Anniston division of Southern Railway
A Birmingham visit by M B Wellborn Thomas Kilby and H A McCord encouraged plans to form an Anniston division with a city headquarter. General Superintendent W N Foreacre will visit next week to study the move while Anniston remains in the Atlanta division. local shippers favor a high official in town.
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Anniston
Southern Railway
Birmingham
M. B. Wellborn
Chamber of Commerce
Thomas K. Kilby
Kilby Locomotive and Machine Works
H. A. McCord
Weateorm Steel Car and Fo Company
Massie
W. N. Foreacre
Adniston
Atlanta
Commercial Club Committee
Man Survives 40 Foot Fall Into Water at Alabama City Plant
Morris Pree, an employee of Southern Steel Company, fell forty feet from a blast furnace stack at the plant in Alabama City. He landed in a puddle of water which helped avert fatal injury. He is in serious condition with no broken bones and is hospitalized. he lives in Attalla and is unmarried.
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Morris Pree
Southern Steel Company
Alabama City
Price
Attalla
Admiral Mead Goes Out of Service
Rear Admiral W. W. Mead retired today after reaching the age limit. He graduated from the Naval Academy at the close of the Civil War and commanded the Machias during the war with Spain.
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Washington
W. W. Mead
Naval Academy
Spain
Carter Harrison and Dunn Rally for Chicago Mayoral Race
The Chicago mayoral contest heats up as former mayor Carter Harrison returns from Tasadena to lead a campaign tied to a new four year term under a new charter. Harrsion allies face Dunne and Harrirson supporters reckon success in the primary amid Hearst and Independence League balance of power. Republicans consider Fred A. Busse and Alexander J. Revell as contenders with business support growing.
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Chicago
Harrixon
Carter
Friends of
Harrison
Dunge
Donne
Hearst Independence League
Enegg
Fred A. Busse
Alexander Jt. Revell
Cheapest accident insurance Dr Thomas cures pain and wound
Dr Thomas offers a cheap accident insurance claim and medicine that stops pain and heals a wound, advertised by druggists as a recommended remedy.
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Thomas
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Godu
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