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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1910
Page
12
New skirts and waists advertised with voile and Panama fabrics in black blue and brown at sale prices. Embroidered lawn and lingerie waists offered with lace and silk fronts, reduced from $1.50 to 98 cents and $2 waists to $1.48. Linen sheeting yard goods priced at 39 cents for dresses and fancy work.
A sale ad outlines prices on wool suitings and dress goods at 49¢ for various fabrics, with a 75¢ quality silk at 27 inches wide and napkins 20x20 inches offered at 49¢ per dozen. It notes closing out entire stock and factory-direct shoe pricing at cost plus expenses.
The piece notes Governor Woodrow Wilson as a cautious progressive not fully aligned with Har mondes and suggests a third party would fare better under progressive Republicans than Bryan Democrats. It reports Roosevelt would rally solid support for a New Nationalism and Progressive agenda if a third ticket emerges.
The state of Alabama Calhoun County grants notice in Beatrice Wilson divorce suit against an unknown address. Publication in the Semi-Weekly Republic in Anniston is required weekly for four weeks, with a response due within 30 days after April 11, 1911, or a decree pro confesso will be entered.
Survivors recount the Newark pier fire mementos as Sicilian women identify kin in pine coffins. A scarred man finds his brother among the dead while lovers’ rings and purses reveal wages and hearts. A makeshift Bellevue hospital ward forms as sobbing families search for missing kin.
Washington and national leaders prepare for an extra session of Congress to discuss the Canada reciprocity pact while Taft, Roosevelt, and La Follette plan public engagements. Key events include banking hearings, legal cases, a Nigerian mining merger matter, and a Mexican congress meeting. A royal wedding in Washington and musical club conventions in Philadelphia are also noted along with international celebrations in London and Rome.
A Dixie Flyer on the Atlantic Coast line wrecked about fifteen miles south of Tifton at five this morning. Five hours later ten bodies were recovered and at least twenty others feared dead. Cars left the rails, nine coaches derailed, five demolished, four plunged into the Allapha river, submerged in ten feet of water.
Oxford reports strong housing demand as the city expands its school system and welcomes new businesses. The increased population over the past two years has spurred more homes to rent and signs of prosperity and further residential need amid improving local commerce.
Personal mentions note Mr and Mrs Frank Pinson leaving Wednesday for Albertville to visit for several days then return to Chandler Ohio. Wilmer Lacy travels to Mississippi for business. Mrs Lacy plans a parental visit. John Hingson visits his sister Mrs J H Yeomingham after visiting G W and G H Eichelberger. Ab Eichelberger returns to Mrs G H Wakefield from Birmingham. Wyatt Yeatman back in Tuscaloosa. Sam Mellon returns to Birmingham after visiting his parents Mr and Mrs W M Mellon. Terrell Robinson ill at home with parents Mr and Mrs J R Robinson.
Miss Evelyn Wilson returned on Saturday evening from a short visit to Birmingham where she was the guest of Miss Ruth Williams and Miss Fletcher McCarty.
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