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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1914
Page
1
Local leaders and influential women back a campaign to use Anniston made cotton goods during Christmas and Cotton Thanksgiving. Merchants will display the products, promoting the city’s textile industry and keeping spending local to boost home trade.
Anniston Chamber of Commerce halted a protest meeting after General Agent Sevier of the Southern Railway denied any plan to discontinue the Birmingham Special route. President J B Carrington announced the change was not contemplated and that Anniston would resent any discontinuance.
The Georgia state insurance commission upheld the solvency of Empire Life Insurance Company of Georgia and declined to appoint a receiver. The decision, praised by policyholders across the South, confirms the company’s assets of about two million dollars and insurance in force near twenty million under President W W Reid. The commission, including Governor John M Slaton, Insurance Commissioner William A Knight, and Attorney General Warren Grice, found no change from prior rulings.
Aguas Calientes November 16 report says Villa accepts Carranza’s plan for both leaders to quit the field. Provisional President Gutierrez prepares to depart for Mexico City to finalize the transfer of government. Villa warns Gutierrez of possible trickery.
Provisional President Guiterras received guarantees of life and property for foreigners and commitments to establish equitable rule in Mexico, as Washington asserts protection measures.
Rev. Thomas J. Gasson, former missionary to Indians, told an Irish society in Washington that Algonquin and North American Indians originated from Irish families including Quinns of Tipperary and Macks of Wicklow. He acknowledged the claim is not yet fully proven by history.
In Chicago on November 14 the First Episcopal church, St James, founded in 1834, marks eight decades of worship. The article notes early founders, long history with prominent city families, and describes a unique auctioneer pulpit and wall decorations. It also recalls a past trial when Rev William F Walker was ousted over rifle fire on Sundays.
The New York cotton exchange opens with many traders on the floor and rising sales. January at 7.85, March at 7.85, May at 8.10 amid steady demand from mills. In Atlanta the Federal Reserve Bank announces rediscounting operations to inject two million dollars into trade channels. Chicago reports the Federal Reserve Bank opening with a $6.0 million boost to business channels.
Chicago reports the Union Stock Yards reopen after a ten day suspension caused by foot and mouth concerns. Hog prices rise forty cents while cattle and sheep hold steady. About forty thousand workers expected back by Wednesday.
Nashville Tenn Nov 16 suffragists convention adopts the first of May as the nationwide date to celebrate votes for women.
The Southweeter Michigan Bankers Club, representing 108 banks, will visit Albion is preparing an entertainment after the annual meeting. The piece notes cost of living and dying comparisons and outlines Edwin B. Currier’s salary reduction to 150 dollars from 250 for conducting electric chair executions.
President Carrington and J C Sproul lead Montgomery Chamber delegation to join Alabama city reps in protest of rate hikes by railroads. Committees to visit Montgomery from Annexister Birmingham Mobile Selma Gadsden Opelika. Railroads cite losses while industries face credit-based payments and shifting conditions.
A Sepia dispatch reports Greek Bulgarian clashes with casualties, while Russians claim advances in Galicia and Hungary. German losses in Belgium total about 4,000, with Belgian floods caused by dyke breaches. renewed fights around Crestaock, Forest Apremont, and the Argonne yield minor engagements.
Joseph H. Fairlamb, the Glenolden postmaster, says he cannot resign without government approval and fears losing the job if he quits. He has repeatedly attempted to resign for over a year, citing civil service rules and government objections, while expressing a desire to be relieved at Washington.
Petrograd reports that Russian troops advancing into Turkish Armenia have been compelled to withdraw after meeting the main Turkish force. Turkish counterattack at Khanessouk Pass was repulsed, and Russian forces have not been seriously engaged so far.
Vienna reports the first line of the Serbian defense west of the Valjevo was stormed by Austrian forces and Serbian troops fell back to the second line in an official statement today.
Paris reports twenty five thousand Indian cavalry and artillery units moving through the city en route to the front from Marseilles where they were landed Thursday. The force is conveyed for immediate deployment against military objectives.
Constantinople announced the complete defeat of the Russian army in the Caucasus by Turkish troops. The official statement confirms a decisive Turkish victory with strategic implications for regional balance. The report notes the collapse of Russian positions and Turkish gains.
Mrs Thomas H Hopkins wife of Major Hopkins and early Anniston resident died of heart trouble at her daughter Mrs John Chapman’s home in Selma. Funeral and interment are scheduled for Tuesday in Selma. Survived by daughters Mrs Chapman and Mrs Edgar Clarkson of Tuscaloosa.
The Kansas City stock yards stock show proceeds despite a cattle quarantine. Directors announced the event will begin Monday and run all of next week, with plans unchanged.
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