Hosiery Plant to Bring New Industry to Anniston
Anniston will gain a second hosiery plant within two weeks as 8 C Meade arrives with machinery. The West Tenth Street building, owned by Captain A W Bell, will house the operation employing 20 to 25 workers, most locally sourced. The Chamber of Commerce credits its leadership for attracting the plant and hints at further industrial prospects for the city.
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Anniston
C. Meade
Arnniston
Theuilding
Houston Mercantile Company
West Tenth Street
A. W. Bell
Meade
Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
Emperor William Arrives in Vienna for Stopover
Emperor William arrived in Vienna en route to Corfu and was met with an enthusiastic reception, reflecting public interest in the monarch during the March visit.
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Emperor William
Vienna
William
Corfu
Glass case to be tried again in San Francisco court
Louis Glass former general manager of the Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company faces a second trial on bribery charges involving the Ruef Schmitz board of supervisors. Convicted at first trial, the verdict was set aside by the appellate court.
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San Francisco
Louis Glass
Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Ruef- Schmitz Board of Supervisors
Glass
Bandits Steal Thousands From Mail Train in Midwest Robbery
Two bandits held up a Missouri Pacific train between Lenapah Oklahoma and Coffeyville Kansas shortly before midnight and escaped with thousands of dollars in registered mail and express packages.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Missouri Pacific
Lenapah
Coffeyville
Kas
Victim of Train Ambush Dies in Somerset Hospital
Lexington March 24. B Street of New York a strikebreaker on the Queen & Crescent train died in a Somerset hospital today from bullet wounds suffered when his train was fired on from ambush during a strike-related incident.
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Lexington
B. Street
New York
Queen & Crescent
Somerset
Mastin dog tax bill defeated in Alabama Senate
Montgomery March 24 By a 16 to 15 vote the Alabama Senate declined to remove the Mastin dog tax bill from the advers e calendar after a lively morning contest. The general revenue bill was taken up as a special order while the Birmingham commission bill await s correction and return from the governor and the House handled routine business.
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House
Engagement Rumor Denied In Grover Cleveland Estate
New York March 24 E S Hastings executor of Grover Cleveland estate states there is no engagement between Mrs Grover Cleveland and Professor West of Princeton. He notes West already has a wife and their son studies at Princeton University.
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New York
E. S. Hastings
Grover Cleveland
Meeting of Jewish Teachers in Natchez Opens Three Day Session
The fourth annual convention of the Mississippi Religious School Teachers Association opened in Natchez today. Jewish rabbis and educators from Cincinnati Memphis Vicksburg Baton Rouge Jackson Meridian and other cities attends the three day meeting.
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Natchez
Miss
Mississippi Religious School Teachers’ Association
Cincinnati
Memphis
Vicksburg
Baton Rouge
Jackson
Meridian
Fayette City Burns Amid Disastrous Blaze
A devastating fire swept through Fayette wiping out nearly every business house and the county courthouse. Early estimates set the loss at more than $100,000.
Diaz May Lead Troops As Assassination Shocks Mexico
Reports from Laredo and Washington state Gen Logue of Diaz's staffer slain in Chihuahua. Rebels mutilate the body with nails and a note claiming insurrectionists’ contempt for Porfirio Diaz. Diaz may lead troops within thirty days as US intervention fears rise.
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Laredo
Tex
Gen. Logue
Diaz
Chihuahua
Gruesome Tales Told
In Douglas Arizona on March 24 reports describe war tragedy details emerging from Mexico. News notes convey grim accounts of the violence and its human cost as events unfold across the border.
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Douglas
Ariz
Mexico
Woman Visitor to School Gets Lost in Coal Cellar
Mrs John K Ottley head of Atlanta board of lady visitors reports high progress in city schools with 20000 pupils. A visitor lost her way in the coal cellars of Grant Park school basement while inspecting first grade B and never found the classroom. Sanitary sweeping precautions are urged. board referred to finance committee.
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Atlanta
John K. Ottley
Board of Lady Visitors
Board of Education
Grant Park
Ford Named Manager of Local Southeastern Club
At a directors meeting tomorrow at 11 in Samuel L. Crook’s office a contract will be signed with Pitcher Ford to manage the Annistonians. Ford, brother of Russell Ford of the New York American, is praised as a fast and promising Hustler camp pitcher.
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Southeastern
Southeastern Baseball Associa
Tion Club
Ganzel
The
Annistonians
Samuel L. Crook
Russell Ford
New York American Star
Census Report Details Cotton Supply Through February
A census bulletin issued today in Washington reports the six month supply of cotton ended February 26 at 12,764,178 running bales. The statistics reflect total U S inventory and production activity for the period.
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Washington
Alabama congressmen to attend National Good Roads Congress in Birmingham
Birmingham March 24. Alabama lawmakers including Henry D. Clayton, William Richardson, Fred I. Blackmon, J. Thomas Heflin, J. L. Burnett and M. W. Richards have accepted invitations to the May 24 26 Good Roads Congress. Addresses on migration and related topics are planned. Dr. Eugene Smith tailors remarks.
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National” Good” Roads Congress
Birmingham
Henry D. Clayton
Third
William Richardson
Eighth
J. A. Rountree
Fred I. Blackmon
Fourth
Good Roads Congress
Congress
J. Thomas Heflin
Fifth District
la Fayette
Ala
J. L. Burnett
Seventh Congressional District
Washington
M. W. Richards
Southern Railway
Eugene Smith
Six Firemen Die in Milwaukee Blaze
Six firemen were killed and eleven others injured in a Milwaukee fire that destroyed a large business building. The blaze caused losses estimated at $200,000.
Railroads barred from lower coal rates for others
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that railroads cannot charge lower rates for coal intended for use by other railroads than those charged to the public.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Billikens Missed Train Plans Rochester Clash Tomorrow
The Montgomery Billikens failed to reach Anniston for a game with Rochester today after missing a connection at Calera. They are expected to arrive tonight to battle Rochester in a scheduled showdown tomorrow. no game occurred today.
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Calera
Anniston
Rochester
Billikens
New Man Signs Himself Assistant to President
Atlanta reports Edwin R Hoyt arrived to take charge of Central of Georgia Railway affairs at the Atlanta end of the line. Hoyt, calling himself assistant to the president, is linked to President Charles H Markham and may act as representative for the Central system. Officials in Savannah deny details and reception plans.
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Atlanta
Kd. R. Hoyt
Central of Georgia Railway Company
Hoyt
Ile
Lowe
Peachtree Street
Worrest Adair
Adair
Walton Street
Charles H. Markham
Central
Savannah
EF. R. Hoyt
Central of Georgian Railway
A. R. Lawton
Winburn
Hloyt
Markham
Alabama Official Invites Geologists to Good Roads Congress
Dr Smith expresses enthusiasm as Alabama officials extend a special invitation to every geologist in the United States to attend the Good Roads Congress. R E F Kolb, Alabama agriculture commissioner, has mailed invitations to state agriculture commissioners and urged twenty prominent farmers from each state to participate.
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Alabama
United States
Smith
Hion
R. E F. Kolb
Commissioners of Agriculture
Sind
Strikers on Queen & Crescent Strike Kill 30 in Kentucky
Thirty laborers have died since the firemen strike on the Queen & Crescent began, mostly Black strikebreakers. Most deaths occurred near Somerset, Kentucky, with reports reaching Lexington on March 24.
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Lexington
Queen & Crescent
Somerset
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