Kilby Loco Works Rebuilds Southern Freight Engine No 353
The Kilby company restored the remains of Southern Railway locomotive 353 after a Birmingham collision. Rebuilt from a near scrap, the engine was valued at 500 dollars but sold for 15 000 dollars, with Master Mechanic W E Kain supervising the project. Anniston pride follows the achievement between Atlanta and Birmingham.
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Southern Railway J
Birmingham
Kilby Company
Southern
Richmond
W. E. Kain
Anniston
Seaboard
Portsmuth
Atlanta
Fires in Louisiana Blanket Monroe with Smoke and Drought
Monroe La November 24 A pall of smoke from forest fires on rail lines Vicksburg Shreveport Pacific and Iron Mountain has damaged timber crops and fences. Rain is not expected soon as small streams dry up and swamp water recedes leaving residents to suffer under smoke and dust.
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Monroe
Vicksburg
Shreveport
Pacific
Iron Mountain
Worker Struck By 125-Pound Pulley Block At Plant
Bill Dillard of the Southern Car and Foundry was hit on the back of the head by a 125 pound pulley block that dropped several feet. He was in a stooping position and survived with a bruised head and neck injury. Dr. A N Steel attended. The injuries are not serious but will keep him laid up for days.
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Bill Dillard
Southern Car and Foundry Company
A. N. Steel
Japanese Warships Reported Blocking Russian Ships
A semi official Russian agency cites a Tokio report that Japanese warships were sent to stop Tsarevitch and Baian from reaching Port Arthur. The claim that Japanese have occupied Wiju on the Yalu River remains unconfirmed and not credited here.
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St. Petersburg
Tokio
Tsarevitch and
Baian
Port Arthur
Wiju
Yalu
National Labor Party Initiated in New York City
The Central Labor Union of New York formed a movement to create a purely labor political party. A mixed committee of Democrats, Republicans and Socialists was charged with drafting a platform. After talks by English delegates to the AFL, local plans may lead to a national labor convention within weeks to broaden the effort nationally.
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New York
Central Labor Union
England
American Federation of Labor
Rural carriers seek pay raise for rural free delivery
Congressman Thompson introduced a bill to raise rural mail carriers' pay to 750 dollars per year on rural routes. The measure grants each carrier two weeks of annual leave and distributes the total annual amount in twelve monthly payments on the last day of each month.
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Washington
Congreeman Thompson
Banks Bill Seeks Bond Deposits for Canal Funding
Senator Fairbanks introduces legislation allowing national banks to deposit bonds issued for the inter-oceanic canal to secure circulation. The bill amends the caval act to tax half yearly one quarter of one percent on notes in circulation backed by such bonds, replacing previous taxes on circulating notes.
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WasnHiIncTax
Fairbanks
United States
Treasury
Shell
Flood Destroys Half Town in Salem District
A telegram from Lord Curzon reports that a flood in the Palar river on November 12 wiped out half of Vanis zambadi in Salem district. About two hundred people were drowned and the floods have now subsided.
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London
Indian Office
India
Lord Curzon
Madras
Palar
Vanis Zambadi
Salem
Heavy Hauling And Drayage Services By R Watson
Heavy hauling and moving of household goods drayage of all kinds given prompt attention by R Watson contact phone 72 for service and quotes.
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R. Watson
Bombardment of San Domingo Resumes as Insurgents Demand Surrender
The bombardment of San Domingo was resumed last evening at 6 o clock and will continue until the capital falls. An armistice extended to 66 o'clock was rejected by insurgents who demand surrender. Panic grips residents while provisions run high though sanitation remains decent.
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San Domingo
Drunken shooting kills man in Georgia drive
In Gainesville Georgia Julie Cook shot Don Ware after a buggy ride with Miss Williams and her sister. Ware was mortally wounded and taken to a nearby house for care as Cook was held pending Ware's condition.
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Gainesville
Houston
Julie Cook
Don Ware
Misses Williams
Cook
Miss Williams
Ware
For a Bad Cold Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Promoted
A warning and advertisement extols Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a reliable treatment for a bad cold to loosen and relieve congestion and to ease throat and lung irritation. Sold by J. L. Wikle, druggist.
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J. L. Wikle
Railroad Rates From California to North Pacific Coast Offered
Low rates advertised by the Rock Island System cover September 15 to November 30. Contact L. Parrott TPA Atlanta GA for information on grading service train schedules and rates from Anniston. The notice ends with a slogan praising town prosperity.
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California
North Pacific Coast
Rock Island
L. Parrott
Atlanta
Anniston
Brymer in Toils Over Grand Larceny Charge
Brymer was served with a city court grand jury warrant charging grand larceny after an earlier police court conviction for disorderly conduct following a street fight. He allegedly took a A. L. Boswell hundred dollar bill in a saloon three months ago, paid a fine, left the city, and returned to Anniston yesterday. The grand jury indictment was found at the latest city court session and he faces trial in city court.
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Kid Brymer
City Court
Brymer
Tenth Street
A. L. Boswell
Anniston
Prisoner wrongly sent to coal mines after clerical error
Linn Thayer, convicted of killing Mike Sullivan at Pratt City, served four months in Pratt coal mines due to a supreme court clerical mistake. The court reversed the lower court, not affirmed, and Thayer will get a new trial. Attorneys discuss potential damages and credit for time served.
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Birmingham
Linn Thayer
Mike Sullivan
Pratt City
Supreme Court
Jower Court
Thayer
Pratt Coal Mines
Massey Wilson
R. N. Beil
Alabama
Levy's Woolens Stock Offers Late Pattern Winter Suits
See Levy's large stock of woolens featuring all the latest patterns for far and winter suits.
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Levy
Prepare to Fight Prepare to Fight
Washington DC November 24 Active military preparations are under way for a possible war with Colombia. Troops are being prepared for transport to the isthmus and a large naval force gathered for quick dispatch. The Sixteenth Infantry at Fort McPherson is named for service. Navy orders send ships toward the isthmus and Colombian waters to be ready if Bogotá acts.
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Washinaton
D. C
War Department
Colombia
Navy Department
Colombian
Secreeary
Ite
Isthmus
Regimenta
Fort McPherson
General Staff
Isthmian
Castine
Marietta
Hvana
Kentucky
Oregon
Wisconsin
Albany
New Orleana
Cincinnati
Raleigh
Honolulu
Chinese
Bogota
United States
North America
Manila
Negro Woman Kills Constable in Madison
Huntsville reports Constable William Russell died from an ax blow as he served papers at a Madison home. Minerva Walker, a Negro woman, is jailed awaiting murder charges. Russell was a Confederate veteran with a family. Advertisement for Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets follows.
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Huntsville
William Russell
Madison
Ala
Minerva Walker
Russell
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