Racial mob riot in Pittsburg ends with Jackson rescue
A mob on Fifth Avenue in Pittsburg storms a negro man named C. Aldackson, brutally beating him with stones and fists as crowds shout lynching. Police intervene after Jackson is nearly killed, with several other black men attacked during the melee.
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Tvtsburg
Dan
Fifth Avenuea
Tia
Pitteborg
C. Aldackson
Newaboy
Jackson
Inpanento
Fifth Avenue
New Theater and Industrial Push for Anniston
Anniston, Alabama residents discuss speeding growth through street paving, attracting small industries, and securing streetcar expansion. The letter praises Birmingham’s diversified manufacturing and urges local leaders to recruit 8 to 12 small plants to spur growth and commerce. A proposed large theater by William H. Zinn is also noted as a potential boon.
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Iries
Anniston
Birmingham
Noble Street
East Tenth Street
Wilmer
Quintard Avenue
Noble
Gurnee
Moore
William HL. Zinn
Annistonians
Raynor Blasts Roosevelt Over Executive Powers
Senator Raynor of Maryland accuses the president of executive usurpation arguing the executive dominates most federal branches except the judiciary. He cites the Leblow case and warns of dangers to states’ rights while urging Democratic backing to curb executive overreach. He previously served as chief counsel for Admiral Sedley in the Santiago de Cuba inquiry.
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Bperiot
The
Star
Washington
Jan
Raynor
Maryland
Senate
Hinac
United States
Sedley
Cervera
Santiago
Builder Permit Roll Records for New Homes in Anniston
Building Inspector Crabtree issues permits for multiple new cottages and houses in Anniston. Projects include 3 to 6 room cottages on Nineteenth Mulberry Noble Walnut Leighton McCoy and others with costs ranging from 350 to 1500 dollars, totaling 8130 dollars.
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L. M. Burns
Nineteenth
Mulberry
W. H. DeLoach
Noble
C.J. Houser
W. F. Brown
Walnut
Homer Sanford
Leighton
A. Anderson
McCoy
M. FP. Martin
South Anniston
F B. Rivers
Cobb and Dooley
His Shaky Seat in a Canadian Parlor Laughing Exchange
A fragment from the Cangdiga Courier recalls a Canadian youth interrupting his elder sister’s reception and asking to accompany a figure called Mr Harris. The boy jokes about the “water wagon” and hints at helping him fall off, in a playful family moment.
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Met
Bobbie
Noble-Mustin engagement to be celebrated in Tuscaloosa
A Tuscaloosa event unfolds as Noble-Mustin plans to wed in a ceremony at St. Tad Angela church on February 4. Local friends describe the groom as a popular, well connected man from Tuscaloosa with ties to Anniston and Alabama’s progress, while guests express enthusiastic anticipation for the social affair and its bride’s Tuscaloosa ties.
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St. Tad AM Angela
Tuscalooaa Zee Baya
Tuscaloona
Tus
Sis
Tskalowe
Cudahy
How He Got Ever During Civil War Times at Fay
A local resident nicknamed Gil, short on cash during the Civil War era in Fay, tries to buy groceries from Colonel Dexter Fay’s general store in Payville with a one dollar bill. The clerk issues change in slips of paper, then later in pumpkin seeds as a barter substitute, promising redemption for a dollar value.
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Gil
Payville
Dexter Fay
Boston Herald
Pythian Lodge Growing In Anniston Tonight
Anniston lodge No. 91 Knights of Pythias plans an important meeting with expected large turnout as the lodge expands. Also notes on local events include Del Williams the 14 year old runaway and city court fines totaling 70.70 dollars.
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Anniston Lodge No. 91
Knights of Pythias
Dell Williams
Orphans’ Home
Talladega
Anniston
Afd
Local shoppers offered silk petticoats and coal deals
Advertisers list full line black taffeta silk petticoats at five and eight fifty, with regular prices six fifty and ten. A note mentions Ullman Bros and a courtroom repapering project in the council chamber with plans for enlargement and beaming. Coal from Montevallo is promoted by phone contact BR. O Watson.
A Bluff With a Cork Leg
A man with a cork leg recounts showing stoic endurance on a railroad car. He describes inflaming pain as he pricks his leg with a pen knife while three companions react with fainting and alarm, illustrating the tale of bearing pain without a murmur.
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New York Press
Californians to travel to Washington over Japanese matter
President Lawrence Walsh and Superintendent At Bencovieri will travel to Washington tonight to confer with the president and Secretary Mot. They will not compromise on allowing Japanese children to attend schools outside the designated Orta schools.
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Board of Education
Bencovieri
Mot
Washington
East
Tris
Orta
Poll Tax Deadline Urgently Invoked
February 1 marks the final day to pay poll taxes prompting immediate action from readers to avoid penalties.
After It Is All Over Cool Heads and Nervy Facade
The excerpt notes that people debate why others remain calm after excitement while the man who fears the aftermath keeps silent. It suggests he is often credited with being cool and nerve while his knees tremble in private, resisting outward distress.
Gargoyle and Gargle Mentioned in Odd Exchange
In a brief, playful exchange from the Plain Dealer, a man and woman discuss mispronunciations and a sore throat. The dialogue centers on Mr. Plant the architect and references a gargoyle, humorously voiced as gargle.
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Plant
Land Plain Dealer
Weather Summary for Anniston January 31
Temperature 45 degrees at 7 am with a high of 47 at 9 am and a low of 44 at 6 am. Light rain expected tonight and Friday. Winds Southeast at 17 mph. Precipitation 0.33 inches in the last 24 hours. Sample offer at J L Wikle’s drug store for Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
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Anniston
W. F. Clarke
J. L Wikle
Chamberlain
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