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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
4
Southern Italy sees panic as Mount Etna threatens eruption. Within 24 hours heavy rumblings, several tremors, and rising fear drive tourists to leave Sicily. Naples reports locals in a state of alarm as tremors persist.
MACCABEERS S L0TH ANNIVERSARY PORT HURON Mich June 10 The Knights of the Modern Maccabees with national HQ in Port Huron will tomorrow observe the 30th anniversary of its founding The order now counts 1300 subordinate camps and about 110000 members.
C W Daugette was reelected unanimously as president of the Jackson ville Alabama normal school by the new board of trustees. He announced by long distance from Montgomery that other school presidents were also reelected except Flor Florence President Wilson. Daugette’s reelection is praised in Calhoun county for building one of the state’s great schools.
A rash of shootings is reported across Mississippi Kentucky and Ohio. In Cleveland Mississippi a hotel owner Belle Parker was seriously wounded and millionaire planter Br Lion killed himself in the street after the shooting. In Lexington James Wills a seventy year old farmer explained he shot Deck Wing a tenant who attacked him. In Louisville Kentucky Policeman Jake Altes killed Leroy Patterson and fatally wounded Elmore Patterson after they assaulted a brother in law and drew their guns when officers entered the house.
More than half of the 120 mile canal to connect Tampico and Tuxpam is finished by the Mexican government. Boats reach Tambla hua, moving goods through a soil rich region long hampered by limited transport.
A government backed reclamation special train will tour 61 towns from Chicago to Fulton Kentucky starting June 14 to promote swamp land drainage and irrigation. Lecturers Blanchard and Leighton will outline federal drainage benefits, with rail partners Illinois Central and Yazoo Mississippi Valley RR distributing booklets across Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Arkansas.
News from Oxford says Mr. Davis died near South Alabama at age 92 after being at his son's bedside Friday. He is survived by a wife and several children. The item notes local social visits and upcoming events among Oxford residents, including guests from Atlanta Texas New York and Birmingham with several departures listed.
The article describes a male pigeon courting a female on a squab farm. The male relentlessly pursues, she resists, then relents after two days. The pair form a steady couple, averaging five squabs yearly. Eggs hatch in eighteen days and four weeks later the squabs are market ready.
The death of George Lee Peabody leaves his fortune to his fiancée Miss Deacon, known as one of the Three Graces. The Deacon sisters receive a large income for life as the couple’s engagement was stalled by illness and Peabody could not sign a will.
Restoration of telegraph service across Mexico reveals the earthquake devastation with death toll estimates from fifteen hundred to possibly over five thousand. A second quake and Pacific tidal surge caused massive damage and lava eruption at Mt. Colima, with monetary losses in many millions and new crater opening.
The state normal school at Jacksonville is midway through its review term ahead of July 17 18 19 teacher exams. Changes in English testing aim to raise literary standards with exams on grammar literature composition and rhetoric for first and second grade certificates. Alumni note Auburn speaker Dr L W Payne and former students E M Murphy Bethel College and Carl Holliday Vanderbilt reflect strong English pedagogy lineage.
Talladega is favored by the Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad with season rates to Talladega. One fare plus twenty five cents from any point on the line and less than one cent per mile round trip on Sundays are offered. Pullman service will begin on train No 26 from Birmingham, first Pullman line into Talladega due to tourist travel from Birmingham and Memphis.
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