Old Fifth Ward School Sold After Board Meeting
At a city board of education meeting attended by President A L Tyler Jr and several trustees, actions included payment terms with Peck Hammond Co for heating work on multiple schools, dam ages for breach of contract, sale of the old Fifth ward school building for 550 cash, and authorization to dispose of the Leighton Avenue wooden building. The meeting also discussed flag veles for school buildings and a donation offer of two American flags from J L M Curry, accepted. The Aniston Water Supply Co was noted for tapping the Seventh street main, with action referred to the executive committee.
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Fifth Ward
Board OF Education
City Board of Education
A. L. Tyler Jr
Messrs
G. B. Randolph
R. Il
Stickney Jr
Rutherford Lapsley
Jines Keith Jr
HW. Hanna
C. DP. Woodruff
Randolph
Keith
Peck-Hammond Company
Seventeenth Street
Laps- Jey and Hanna
Anniston Water Supply Company
Executive Committee
Leighton Avenue
Bush Jr Resigns as Superintendent at Alabama Consolidated
Gadsden February 16 T G Bush Jr has resigned as general superintendent of the Gadsden furnaces of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Company. He reportedly resigned earlier with effect February 15 and his future plans or residence are not known.
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Gadsden
T. G. Bush Jr
Alabama Consolidated Coal & Tron Company
Otsego Journal Ad Praises Dr King’s New Discovery
William M. Dietz editor Otsego Journal Gilbertsville endorses Dr King’s New Discovery as the most popular remedy for coughs and colds and a valuable prescription for lung and throat diseases. Ad cites guarantees and price 50 cents to 1.00 with trial bottle free by Elam Ordway Houser Scarbrough Drug Co.
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Otsego County
Wm. M. Dietz
Otsego
Gilbertaville
N. Y
Dr. King
Elam, Ordway & Houser
Scarbrough Drug Co
Disaster on Valdivia Steamer Kills Seven
News from New York reports seven killed and three injured when an engine exploded aboard the steamer Valdivia during its voyage from Haitian ports. The ship faced a panic and was badly damaged, with the dead buried at sea.
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Valdivia
Frei
Deliberate plot to sabotage Yorktown at Mare Island
An investigation at Mare Island navy yard uncovered a plan to weaken a Yorktown boiler by removing rivets to cause an on board explosion at sea. The scheme failed as escaping steam triggered inquiry. A rigid investigation is under way amid sensational but secret developments. The Chicago was substituted for the Yorktown and sailed toward Central American waters.
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United States
Yorktown
Magdelena Bay
Chicago
National bank in the works backed by Shuberts Cox and Rhinoch
A new national bank with large capital is to open soon, according to a Wall Street report. Backers named include the Shuberts, George B. Cox, and Joseph Rhinoc h, all closely tied to theatrical ventures. The report notes their strong involvement in various entertainment enterprises.
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Star
New York
National Bank
Wall Street
Shuberts
George B. Cox
Cincinnati
Joseph Rhinoch
Kentucky
Cox
Rhinoch
The
Japanese question unsettled forces new Tokyo report
A Tokio dispatch denies any solution to the Japanese controversy. British circles deem the report erroneous, not reflecting Japanese public sentiment. William A. Clark, the retiring Montana senator, may be invited to head a new financial concern after March 4.
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Star
London
Tokio
William A. Clark
Montana
Senate
Vegetarian Family Adheres to Meatless Eight Years
Rev Hugh Jones Seventh day Baptist and wife have practiced vegetarianism for eight years with their child who has never eaten meat. The family eats only fruits nuts and grains and the father walks ten miles daily while serving as city missionary and selling The Watchman. The Seventh day Baptists keep Saturday as the Sabbath and the family cites health benefits from their diet.
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Hugh Jones
Seventh Day Baptist
Jis
Jones
Mr. Jones
German Chancellor says election gains won’t threaten world peace
In a statement to a Publishers' Prosa correspondent, Prince Von Buelow reports that the Kaiser's party recent election success has not swollen William's head and will not menace world peace. The prince says it is incorrect to suppose Reichstag elections will push Germany toward aggressive foreign policy.
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the Star
Berlin
Prosa
Prince von Buelow
Wiliam
Germany
Ghastly Cannibalism Tale From the Solomon Islands
From Victoria B C dated February 16 reports say natives expelled from Queensland provoke trouble in the Solomon Islands. Missionaries fear massacre as villagers resent Australian blacks. Papua dispatches a punitive expedition after a raid on Cape Cupola village in which two children were killed and eaten. It is unclear if the children were native or white, but believed to be natives.
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Solomon Islands
Queensland
Australia
Papua
Eannh ‘Bals
Cape Cupola
De La Mar Renowned Delamar Gains Nevada Mines Fortune
New York reports Captain Joseph De La Mar, nicknamed the modern Monte Cristo, won a court suit for possession of Nevada mines valued in the millions. His life, marked by lavish social moves and a string of marriages, contrasts with a persistent air of unhappiness despite vast wealth. The California court ruling adds millions to his already vast fortune.
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DE LA Mar
Monte Cristo
Joseph de la Mar
Nevada
Luck
New York
Holland
Captain de Lamar
Colorado
Joe Delamar
Fortune
Washington
Fifth Avenue
Nellie Sands
Sands
Nellie
Captain de la Mar
de la Mars
Paris
Atlantic
California
Grand Duke Cyril Vladimir daughter brings joy in Coburg
The Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovitch of Russia, stripped of rank by his cousin the Czar and marked for death by revolutionists, celebrates the birth of a daughter in Coburg. He lives a secluded but contented life with his wife, defying imperial relatives.
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Berlin
Europe
Cyril Vladimirovitch
Russia
Coburg
Col Saks Leaves Today for Eastern Markets
Col Jon Saks departs this evening for the East to arrange spring and summer purchases for the Famous stores in the city and Gadsden. He has studied 1907 style books and plans to buy complete lines for every department, aiming to blend style with durability in men’s clothing and furnishings.
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Col
Jos. Saks
Gadsden
Col. Saks
Thaw Predicted Free Passage in White Murder Case
Milwaukee dispatch reports Robets head of Wisconsin spiritualists predicting Harry Thaw will not be found guilty of Stanford White’s murder with two or more mistrials. A male party involved in the case is forecast to murder one of the women principals within a year.
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The
Star
Milwaukee
Wis
Roberts
Spiritualiste of
Wisconsin
Harry Thaw
Stanford White
Thaw
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Chanter Deed Transfers 400 Acre Estate to UVA
John Armstrong Chanter records a deed in Albemarle County to place his 400 acre Merry Milly estate near Cobham under the University of Virginia to provide a home for retired professors. He recounts family estrangement blamed on Stanford White and alleges a plot to incarcerate him in a New York asylum.
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Charlottesville
John Armstrong Chanter
Chanter
New York
Albemarle County
Merry Milly
Cobham
University of Virginia
Board of Visitors
Chanler
Amelie Rives
Princess Troubersley
Stanford White
Bloomingflale Asylum
Boys Tried to Wreck Express Train for Robbery
Tallapoosa Georgia February 16 Poor boys the oldest 14 years old led by Carl Davin it 18 confessed to attempting to wreck a Southern railway train just east of here Tuesday night An accommodation train from Atlanta ran into an open switch The engine was demolished and the engineer and fireman badly bruised but the passengers escaped The lock had been broken and the switch left open The boys said their object was to rob the express car.
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Tallapoosa
Carl Davin
Southern Railway
Here
Atlanta
Burglars Loot Marion County Treasurer Vault
Birmingham reports from Hamilton Marion county say the county treasurer’s office is blown open and between $6,000 and $8,000 stolen. The robbers overlooked $3,000.
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The
Star
Birmingham
Hamilton
Marion County
A Notre Dame Lady’s Appeal for Home Rheumatism Cure
A message from Mrs. M. Summers of Notre Dame Indiana offers a free home treatment for rheumatism sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia. The cure purports to remove uric acid purify blood and restore elasticity without climate change. Send for proofs at Box 400 Notre Dame Ind.
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