Wheeler to 60 to Chinese Empire
A terse notice notes Wheeler related to a shift or test toward the Chinese Empire context. The fragment hints at a strategic or territorial topic, with a focus on Wheeler and a milestone at age sixty within a broad imperial frame.
McKinley Orders Wheeler to Prepare for Action in China
President McKinley orders Gen. Wheeler to be ready for active service amid pending China tensions. Wheeler begins packing as reports hint at U.S. military plans. State and Navy departments conduct intensive discussions as dispatches from Gen. McArthur are restricted.
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Washington
McKinley
Wheeler
China
Navy
McArthur
State
Navy Department
Hay
Hackett
Big distillery to rise near Hughes' Mill southwest of Anniston
Reid Bros will build a large licensed distillery on Choccoloco creek five miles SW of Anniston near Hughes' mill. Newt Reid directs work, J W Patterson former Kentucky distiller to oversee erection and operations. The firm also plans cattle and swine farming to supply nearby towns. Continued on page the page.
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Hughes’ Mill
Choccoloeco Creek
Anniston
Reid Bros
Newt Reid
Coldwater
J. W. Patterson
Bourbon
Kentucky
Patterson
Messrs. Reid Bros
Prices Cut On Dry Goods Shoes and Notions
An auction style notice states a broad closeout of dry goods shoes and notions including neckties hats corsets silk mitts belts buckles umbrellas and clocks. Items are discounted to as low as a few cents on the dollar with wholesale prices and deep bargains noted as going fast.
Runaway trolley rams into Yonkers reception room
A trolley with twenty two aboard crashes into Mrs. Betz's home at 110 Ashburton Ave. The car breaks the curb, mounts the street, and ends up inside the reception room. Only two injuries reported despite a dramatic collapse of front furniture and wreckage. Motorman and conductor escape with minor hurts.
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New York
Yonkers
N. Y
Wark Avenue
P. W. Betz
Ashburton Avenue
John Hitchcock
Riverdale Avenue
Park Avyenue
William Humphrey
Harry Hobert
St. Joseph’s Church
Bee
Coosa Valley Coal Co Organized With Local Backers
The Coosa Valley Coal Co organized by W E Knox J W Gilliland and J A Blount with Knox as president and treasurer Blount as general counsel and Gilliland as secretary. Capital stock 50000 dollars in 500 shares. Succeeds the Sligo Coal Co and holds 1010 acres coal 412 acres iron 160 acres iron pyrites in Calhoun Eto wah and St Clair counties to be developed.
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W. E. Knox
J. A. Blount
J .W Gilliland
Coosa
Gadsden
J. W. Gilliland
Calhoun
Eto
Wah and
St. Clair Counties
Armed Posse Clashes with Strikers in St Louis Riot
A violent Sunday in St Louis as a transit strike turns deadly. Rioters and authorities clash near a barracks on Wash ington Avenue with shots fired and deputies responding. Three people die and five or more are wounded, mostly strikers, with one of the injured possibly fatal.
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St. Louis
St. Louis Transit Company
Washinton Avenue
Sheriff’s Posse Comitatus
East St. Louis
Wolff's Grove
Washington Avenue
Park Avenue
Sherif’s
New Looms Boost Annis ton Carpet Mills Production
Mr. Janes Buckler, manager of the Annis ton Carpet mills, reports six new carpet loom machines added to the mill. Business is good with many orders for the superior product from the well known mill.
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Janes Buckler
Yental
Anniston Carpet Mills
Remarkable Cure by Kermott’s Blackberry Tonic
Mr fh BE Swift of Parkersburg West Virginia says cholera morbus laid him up. He bought a bottle of Kermott’s Ext Bingk berry and was cured with one dose. He would pay 500 a bottle and endorses Kermott’s Black Berry Tonic as the best remedy for Summer Complaint and Diarrhea.
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Swift
J. N. Murdoch
Parkersburg
W. Va
Kermott
Morbus
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Alabama
Sam
Anniston Steam Laundry
Ene
O’bryant & CO
Coosa Valley Coal CO
Sligo Coal Company
Burnett
Lemon’s
Noble St