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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1901
Page
1
Birmingham to Get New Telephone Lines and Routes
T B Doolittle and Thomas Carter of American Bell and D C Sims of Southern Bell examined Birmingham and surrounding areas for long distance needs. planned upgrades include direct Birmingham Atlanta line via Annis ton, and lines Birmingham Tuscaloosa and Birmingham Jasper. Choctaw Route increases to three daily Memphis Hot Springs trains with double daily service to Indian and Oklahoma Territories and connections to Missouri Kansas Texas and the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
T. B. Doolittle
Thomas Carter
Boston
Mass
American Bell Telephone Company
D. C. Sims
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Montgomery
Atlanta
Anniston
Georgia
Tuskaloosa
Jasper
Walker County
Memphis
Hot Springs Ark
Oklahoma Territories
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
West
Sixty Men Entombed on a Southward Jaunt
A battered note reports sixty men entombed on a southward jaunt in Canada. Morgan favors it amid uncertainty as miners are not involved in the tale.
Explosion at Cumberland Union Mine Feared Death Toll Rises
Victoria British Columbia February 16 A severe explosion in a shaft at the Cumberland union mine traps sixty men. Reports say no one escaped as the shaft fills with rock earth and timber and fire and gas hinder rescue efforts. Steamers and tugboats rush to the scene as correspondents urge full details. Train service details follow for Birmingham to Jacksonville through sleeping cars via Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Southern Railway
Jacksonville
Fla
Atlanta
C. E. Jackson
Ala
Legislators Plan Pensacola Tour With Wives
Montgomery February 16. The legislators left for Pensacola at 8 o'clock last night. The party includes many members and their wives. Sunday and Sunday night will be spent in Pensacola and Monday and Tuesday in Mobile, returning to Montgomery to resume work on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Pensacola
Canal Bill Expected to Pass Senate
Washington February 16 Senator Morgan believes the president should summon Congress in extra session due to work ahead He still thinks the Nicaraguan canal bill will pass this session The note mentions Great Britain having given no indication of opposition or admission of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan
Congress
Lost overcoat and money in Gordon lecture room
Chicago February 16 The Record reports General John B Gordon misplaced his overcoat during a hotel writing session. The coat contained passes to discuss Hay-Paunceforte treaty routing transport on railways and papers valuing about 4000. Police search for the young man who left with the coat.
Court Orders Vault and Jury Room Changes at County Building
The county commissioners directed alterations to the vaults in the county courthouse doubling the vault size from 8 by 14 feet to 14.5 by 17.5 feet. The grand jury room moves to the northwest area under the circuit court gallery and a partition creates two petit jury rooms instead of one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of County Commissioners
County Court House
Mr. Saks Heads to New York for Spring Goods
Mr. Jos. Saks leaves tonight for New York to spend three weeks selecting spring and summer clothing shoes furnishing goods hats and neckwear for The Famous. He is an expert buyer familiar with local tastes and will return with seasonable offerings for customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Saks
New York
The
Famous
Walker Leaves Rockville for Iowa Gas Post
Rockville Connecticut reports M. Timmons Walker, former manager of Rockville Gas Electric, resigns to join Port Madison Gas in Fort Madison Iowa. He plans to depart once a successor is named, prompting best wishes from Anniston friends and the gas industry. A testimonial for Foley’s Honey and Tar from Chas Bender of E. Pa. is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anniston
M. Timmons Walker
Anniston Gas Co
Rockville, Conn
Timmons Walker
Rockville, Gas Electric Company
Port Madison Gas Company
Fort Madison
Iowa
Walker
Foley
Chas
Bender
E.i, Pa
Elam Drug Co
Anniston Carpet Mill Sees Surge in Orders
The Anniston Carpet Mill is manufacturing one thousand yards of carpet daily with all looms active. Orders have been coming in for months ahead from Philadelphia and other Pennsylvania towns as well as California Minnesota Iowa and Tennessee. The plant employs more workers than ever to meet the high demand.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Via
American Bell Telephone Co
Hoctaw
Alabama
Canada
Hias
Victoria, B. C
Dominion
Union Mines
Corres
Cumberland
Midway
Sume
Washington
Great Britain
Gen. Gordon
Chicago
John B. Gordon
Livering
Confederacy
Transi
Gordon
Ceed
Lowa
O’bryant & CO
Mr. Saks
M. T. Walker
Annistonian
Far West
Webster
Challenge
Gurnett & Bellincrath
Mill Daily
Sone
Philadelpia
Nia
Ing
California
Minnesota
Oto
Tiineis
Northern
Ers
Anniston Mill
JOS. Saks & CO
Noble and
Lith
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