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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1901
Page
1
Capetown dispatch reports martial law in Worcester shire Ceres Prince Albert Frazerburg and Sutherland divisions. Volunteers enlistment increases as authorities foresee developments. Boers breach Zuurburg cordon advancing on Richmond and burning looting near magistrate. Ja gersfontein and Faversmith reoccupied by Boers after Christmas evacuations. Convoy of retreating inhabitants stretches for miles.
Carnavon dispatches report the Boers under Hertzog Wessels Pretorius and Nieuwenhaut continuing their march toward Frazerburg and arriving at Spionberg as of January 2.
London dispatch from Lord Kitchener reports DeWet trying to move toward Bethlehem but being headed off by Pilcher and retreating toward Lindley or Reitz. About one hundred and thirty Boer horses were captured near Thaba N'Chuan.
Frank Miller alias John Hendricks alias Dutch Henry and Frank Duncan, two notorious safe crackers under murder sentences for killing police when captured after oil company safe raid, escaped Birmingham county jail. A negro cook alerted deputies. one cracker drew a pistol, another knocked the cook down, but both were recaptured and returned to cells with guards.
Readable OCR fragment notes a home remedy for a cold with references to Ker mott's Chocutiles laxative. The text includes unclear phrases and several misspellings, but indicates a product claim used to treat cold symptoms. No verifiable dates or places appear.
During the year 1900 Probate Judge BE F. Crook and deputies issued two hundred fifty marriage licenses in Calhoun County. The action granted about five hundred people permission to wed, reflecting the era's matrimonial optimism and uncertainty about lifelong happiness.
A mob of about 100 men seized Louis McAdams after his arrest in Childersburg and hanged him from a fence near Wilsonville four miles from town. Deputies were overpowered as the crowd fired about fifty guns into the body, then dispersed. Authorities reported the lynchers masked and unidentified.
Mrs Rena Terretl of Matine Georgia told police her husband deserted her and took two other children. She arrived in town with a small child and was given transportation to Jacksonville. She said her husband left her destitute.
Gen George T Andersons permit book at city hall records 187,8330 dollars in building permits issued last year, a large rise from 1899 and prior years. The three cotton mills and a courthouse under construction contributed, while other construction exceeded recent years.
Columbus Ga January 3 William Rudge shot and killed George Bass 14 at the Rutledge home one mile west of Columbus. Bass wore a sack on his head to frighten children, prompting Rutledge who did not know him to fire killing the youth.
The Arnica Salve is advertised as the best healer for cuts corns burns bruises sores scalds boils ulcers felons aches pains and skin eruptions. It is sold at Elam Drug Co for 25 cents a box.
Gen James H Savage of the Fourth brigade United Confederate Veterans appoints J T DeArman of this city as assistant adjutant general with the rank of major. DeArman is described as a brave Confederate veteran. The piece notes his readiness to wear the new honor with dignity.
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