24 Jan 1901
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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1901
Page
1
London reports an extra Gazette with black borders announcing Queen Victoria’s death. Edward VII pledges to follow his mother’s example, be a constitutional sovereign, and take the name Edward while honoring Albert the Good. Telegrams mourn across colonies as governments close theatres and display mourning.
A major blaze at the Hardie-Tynes Foundry and Machine company plant at Twenty six Street and First Avenue Birmingham destroyed the building at 1 30 this morning causing an estimated loss of 75000 dollars Local fire officials report minimal injuries and there is no word on cause pending investigation
Miss Annie Early Wheeler, daughter of General Joseph Wheeler, lies recovering in a New York Sanitarium after a severe appendicitis attack worsened by tropical climates amid her nursing service in the Cuban and Philippine campaigns.
Gen Fitzhugh Lee, commander of the Missouri department, telegraphed from Omaha that First Lieut Dixon of the 8th Cavalry at Fort Reno is to move immediately to Muskogee to confront Snake Indian trouble cited by war department advice.
The Southern Car and Foundry company moves its Birmingham offices to the Fox building at Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue with J M Eliott as President and C W Prosser as General Manager. The plant will be built near Wyland beyond Pratt City and other plants operate in Anniston Memphis and Gadsden. Montreal fire destroys property worth 2 to 3 million including the Board of Trade building and many tenants.
An Elam Drug Company advertisement touts Booner Salve as the quickest cure for chapped hands cracked lips and rough skin, claiming it is the most healing ointment in the world.
Birmingham Ledger reports J M Elliott, president of Southern Car and Foundry and head of Gadsden Attalla Union Electric, plans to buy the street railway property from the receiver. He has secured a franchise from Gadsden city council to operate the line without fenders.
The Age-Herald reports preparations are underway to ignite Woodstock Iron Works furnaces at Anniston. Officials led by A. H. Quinn seek a coke supply to restart operations, with both coke furnaces expected to run before summer and a capacity of about 400 tons of pig iron daily.
Carrie Nation begins her drive in Enterprise by wrecking a saloon and giving a street lecture. Reports from Abilene say she is within six miles and will visit, triggering frantic planning at local dispensaries and other reactions as the campaign moves through the area.
Edwardsville Standard News reports the transfer of 190 acres of gold bearing dirt to eastern capitalists for 7000 dollars. Rev. J B Thrasher of the Standard-News agency is mineralogist and senior partner. property valued at about a half million dollars will be developed at once.
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