Annual Closings At Bar Mill Promise Long Run Work
Aniston plant of Southern Car and Foundry faces months of output as orders for over a thousand cars pour in. Eight hundred cars for Southern, plus hundreds for KC Memphis Birmingham and others, mainly gondolas and coal cars. Bar and guide mills may shut briefly this week before resuming by July with axle and rolling departments remaining busy to meet the workload.
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Anniston
Southern Car and Foundry Company
Southern
Kansas City
Memphis
Birmingham
Anon
Ashland siblings reunite after 31 years in visit
Henry Dunlap and Annie Donaldson of Ashland Kentucky arrived in the city to visit their sister Mrs B G Walters on West Sixteenth Street. It is the first reunion in 31 years as Walters recalls moving from Kentucky long ago. Dunlap a steel manufacturer will stay several days with the Walters family and enjoy the long awaited gathering.
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Henry Dunlap
Annie Donaldson
Ashland, Ky
City
B. G. Walsters
West Sixteenth Street
Four Wounded In Chicago Riot On Archer Avenue Car
Four men were wounded during a clash on an Archer avenue car as strikers and coal heavers fought. Dennis Hanifin was likely fatally shot as about a dozen gunshots shattered all windows and sent passengers into a panic.
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Chicago
Dennis Hanifin
Archer Avenue
Aldrich Introduces Bill on Anniston Public Building
Washington May 4 Representative Aldrich of Alabama introduced a bill amending the act authorizing the erection of a public building at Anniston Alabama. The amendment empowers the secretary of the treasury to proceed with construction upon cession of jurisdiction to the United States in line with Alabama statutes.
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Aldrich
Anniston
Postoffie
Washington
Alabama
House
Ala
Ceed
United States
Rome Tribune notes unease over Samar massacre
The Rome Tribune reports press dispatches about the slaughter of twenty men of the Forty Third regiment on Samar by Filipino insurgents. Lieut Henry Stewart and about thirty Rome and Floyd county men are in the unit and it is unknown if they were with the Catubig garrison. The garrison held for five days and nights before the fall and a list of dead is eagerly awaited.
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Rome
Forty Third
Samar
Henry Stewart
Rome and
Floyd County
Catubig
Farley Discovers 1853 Alabama Paper Curio
Mr J G Farley finds a rarely seen copy of The Young American a Benton Lowndes County Alabama paper from 1853 He recalls editing it and notes its age style and a single large type advertisement offering 20 reward for a runaway enslaved person The find surprises Arniston residents who knew him as a gentleman and unlikely journalist.
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J. G. Farley
Farley
Anniston
$50,000 Damage Suit On Trial
The case J. M. Jackson vs. Southern Railway Co. seeks $50,000 for a foot injury in the yards two years ago. Southern is represented by Knox Bowie Blackman F. E. Shumate and others. Jackson by Smith Peeples and Willett Brothers. Trial began yesterday and will likely continue tomorrow.
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J. M. Jackson
The
Southern Railway Company
Southern
Messrs. Knox
Bowie
Turkish Torpedo Boats Found Defective After Syria Blast
Constantinople May 4. Following the torpedo boat explosion off the Syria coast which killed over twenty, an inspection reveals other Turkish torpedo boats in service are defective.
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Constantinople
Syria
The Philadelphia Strike Situation Deepens
Philadelphia May 4 The strike of the building trades remains in force as rival organizations clash over affiliation. About 10 000 men are unemployed because the Brotherhood of Carpenters refuses to join the Allied Building Trades Council.
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Philadelphia
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Allied Building Trades Council
Preparing for a Pretty Park
The rear fence of the new post office has been torn down and the ground is being cleaned in preparation for creating a small but attractive park there.
Brotherhood Day Observed at West Anniston Church
Brotherhood Day will be observed Sunday May 6 at 7 30 p m at the West Anniston Presbyterian church by the Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip. An interesting program is planned with hymns prayers responsive services addresses and benediction. The public is invited to attend.
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Brotherhood
West Anniston Presbyterian Church
Brotherhood of Andrew and Philip
United States
English Capture Brandfort Key to Main Road
English forces seize Brandfort a strategic point along the main road leading to Drakensburg. The move strengthens supply routes and signals a shift in control of the regional corridor.
British drive Boers from Brandfort after sharp artillery duel
Brandfort falls to British forces after a short range artillery engagement. The Boers retreat toward Winburg under pressure from a two front attack from the east and west. The capture opens a key road to the Drakensburg passes and aids British logistics. Irish and American troops offered stubborn resistance before withdrawing.
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Opment
Winburg
Brandfort
Drakensburg
Roberts
Buller
Weather Outlook for Northeast Alabama
Forecast calls for fair weather tonight and Saturday in Northeast Alabama. Expect warmer temperatures on Saturday except in the southern part of the region where warmth may be lower.
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O’bryant & CO
Ill
Noble Street
Ment
Secretary of the Treasury
MR. Farley
Tickney
Tigangy’s Pharmacy
West Anniston Pres
Byterian
Brotherhood Ixpenses
Brotherhood Circle
Brotherhood Hynes
Ing
D Burghers
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