L and N Purchase Ties Chattanooga Southern in Major Rail Move
Anniston likely to gain from Louisville and Nashville purchase of Chattanooga Southern. Deal adds trunk line potential Cincinnati to Gulf via Chattanooga Anniston Calera and Montgomery. Expect improved freight and passenger traffic with first class Chattanooga terminals and revised schedules.
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Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Chattanooga Southern
Gadsden
Chattanooga
L. & N. Railroad
Cincinnati
Gulf
Anniston
Calera
Montgomery
Cattanooga
Etowah
Athens
Tenn
Atlanta
Birmingham
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
N., ©. & St. L. Railroad
Nashville
Galera
Eave
Public Leaders Attend Texas Development Meeting
Special to the Star from Yoakum Texas reports public men gather in a Texas development event discussing progress and plans for regional growth.
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Yoakum, Tex
Boy Kidnapping Case Shocks New York City
Mystery surrounds the September 21 disappearance of 4 year old Willie La Barbara in New York City. Anonymous kidnappers demand $5,000 ransom and threaten to kill and mutilate the child if payment is not made.
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Willie la Barbara
Sixty Feared Lost in Charterhouse Sinking
Special to the Star reports the emigrant steamer Charterhouse foundered off Hannan Head in September with sixty persons reported lost. A raft from the Charterhouse was recovered by a steamer, saving 23 crew after they drifted for almost 48 hours.
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The
Star
Hong Kong
Charterhouse
Hannan Head
Charterhous
Cuba Expects Annexation and Taft’s Gulf over Magoon
Havana reports Cuba anticipates U S annexation in gradual stages amid private assurances from U S officials. Public rumors tie the Magoon appointment as Philippines governor to the Washington political shift. An army mutiny over unpaid pay was quelled on Figarress Street.
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The
Star
Havana
Cuba
United States
Taft
Winthrop
Figaress Street
Seven Teenth Infantry Depart for Newport News to Cuba
Atlanta dispatch reports the Seven teenth Infantry of 630 men led by Colonel Van Orsdale departed on two special trains for Newport News Virginia and will sail for Cuba on Friday.
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Atlanta
Seventeenth Infantry
van Orsdale
Newport News
Cuba
Dedication of Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg
The Pennsylvania capitol building was dedicated in Harrisburg with President Roosevelt in attendance. The $5 million structure, designed by Joseph Huston, measures 525 by 254 feet with a 292 foot dome laddered by roman Corinthian ornament.
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Harrisburg
Roosevelt
State Capitol
Pennsylvania
State Commission
Poennypacker
Grace
Mr. Roosevelt
Capitol
Pennypacker
National Guard
Society of Friends
William @enn
Joseph Huston
Stone
Keystone
Penn
Submarine Torpedo Boat Octopus Launched at Quincy
The submarine torpedo boat Octopus, second of four built by Fore River for the United States Navy, was launched at noon in Quincy Massachusetts. The Cuttlefish, first of the quartet, was launched September 1. Secrecy surrounds the project with access limited to workers and officials. The Octopus measures 80 feet in length.
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Star
Quincy
Mass
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
United States Navy
Governor Jelks Is Censured Over Mobile Race Tension
Mobile reports a quieter day after a tense night tied to the Cornelius Robinson case and looming mob fears. Governor Jelks faces strong local criticism for troop deployment decisions as relief efforts proceed and Mobile militia fatigue grows. James T. Peterson denounces rumors of racial violence, urging restraint and justice.
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Star
Mobile
Cornelius Robinson
Sassamon
Jenks
Coden
Dunne
Ft. Deposit
Brewton
Evergreen
James T. Peterson
State School Tax Increased Across Alabama
The per capita state school tax rises to 1.56 from 1.50 as student numbers grow to 606,683. Total school funding outside poll and special taxes reaches 1,149,526.18, with Jefferson County receiving 53,678.40 and Mobile 31,630.56. Calhoun County shows 9,573 school age children totaling 14,965.08 before Anniston’s 4,618 children raise the county total to 22,169.16. the county’s tax is 31,963.41, with estimates to grow and a net excess paid to state education over receipts.
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Montgomery
Jefferson County
Birmingham
Mobile
City
Calhoun County
Anniston
Troy Merchant Threatens Doctor Then Is Shot
Montgomery, Oct. 4. J. M. Seals, a Troy, Alabama merchant, was shot after menacing a doctor. Police reported the incident unfolding in Troy with investigations ongoing.
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Troy Merchant
Doctor
Troy
Ala
Saint Louis Statue Unveiled as Niehaus Equestrian At 42 Feet
A ceremony in Saint Louis unveiled Niehaus’s 42 foot equestrian statue of the famed French explorer, a gift from the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company. President Franois led the remarks as the city marked the tribute to its namesake Mississippi valley metropolis.
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Saint Louis
Mississippi Valley
Niehaus
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company
Franois
Industrial Development Convention Opens Aims Immigration Push
Railroad officials and many citizens gathered for the opening of the large industrial development convention. The movement seeks to harness regional resources and promote immigration to the area.
Sterne Buys Comer Kennedy Grocery Stock on Noble Street
Mr L A Sterne purchases the Comer Kennedy Company stock on Noble street and plans moving it to the Sterne building. He takes stock today and will remove goods after invoicing. The Comer Kennedy Meat Market will continue operating at its current stand briefly.
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L. A. Sterne
Comer-Kennedy Company
Noble Street
Sterne
Explosion at Westfield shaft fatal. five bodies recovered
Bluefield West Virginia October 4 Let reports said the Westfield shaft explosion barely killed any men Most escaped or were rescued Five bodies are known dead and rescuers work to reach others A special train was sent from Bluefield to assist rescuers
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The
Star
Bluefield
W. Va
Westfield
Miners Feared Dead After Mine Explosion at Pocahontas
In Bluefield West Virginia October 4 a blast at the Werte field mine of the Pocahontas Golliery Company traps Binty ore men. Fire fills the mine and rescuers struggle amid heat gas and caveins. Five bodies recovered with more missing.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Binty
Werte Field
Pocahontas Golliery Company
Pocahontas
Sacred Days of Jews Draw to End
New York reports Succoth ends sacred days that included Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur observed over the past two weeks. Succoth is the harvest festival commemorating the Israelites dwelling in booths during their wilderness sojourn after leaving Egypt.
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New York
Tabernacles
Tera
Egypt
Shaw and Moody to resign cabinet posts in coming months
Washington reports Attorney General Moody will resign in December and Secretary of the Treasury Shaw will leave in February. The changes may be followed by the appointment of George W. L. Meyer, the American ambassador to Russia, to a cabinet vacancy.
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Moody
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Mr. Moody
Mr. Shaw
Roosevelt
George W. L. Meyer
Russia
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