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Newspaper
Anniston Evening Star
Location
Anniston, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1901
Page
1
Favorable reports say Mrs McKinley continues to recover with no relapse since last week. Funeral committee plans a national Memorial Association to erect a monument at Westlawn Cemetery with broad national support and initial assurances of help.
Jeremiah M Wilson Admirals Schley’s senior counsel funeral held in the Covenant church Washington with honorary pallbearers including Secretary of Agriculture Wilson Gen John M Wilson Admiral Dewey Rear Admiral Schley Justice Brewer and Justices Morris and Bingham from the Supreme and District courts.
State Roads convention convened by the Louisville Commercial Club with I B Mall and J P Reynolds leading efforts to form a permanent body. Confederate Veterans barbecue moved from Oct 3 to Oct 5 at Peaceburg due to school in session. Kenesaw five cent cigars promoted by Anniston Produce Co with “Dollars and Cuffs” rye.
New York September 26 The Columbia led the Shamrock by eight minutes after rounding the stake boat at 2 17 o clock in the great yacht race.
Telegraph reports from New York on September 26 describe the yacht race as both Shamrock and Columbia depart well with Shamrock ahead at start and Columbia briefly leading by 11:20. By 2:05 pm the Columbia again presses ahead by a narrow margin while wind falters and observers fear failure to finish in time.
New York on September 26 reported at 2 17 p m the Columbia rounds the stake boat first in a notable rowing race.
Five weeks from next Monday Oct 28 Leon F Czolgosz the McKinley assassin will die in the electric chair at Auburn prison. Defense counsel may appeal but it is stated there will be no appeal. Sheriff Caldwell reports a good night for the prisoner and papers for commitment are prepared.
The Honorable John W. Abercrombie state superintendent, delivering an instructive lecture at Larkinsville high school chapel, urged improvements in the township rural school system and supported special taxation to raise high quality rural schools to prevent farmers leaving their homes for cities.
The Choctaw Route will run three daily trains between Memphis and Hot Springs starting October 7. The service expands to double daily runs to India and Oklahoma Territories with connections to Southwest Missouri Kansas Texas and the West.
King William Seoteh, also known as Cas cade Lincoln, connected with Levi's, appears in a local case or notice. The readable fragment indicates an identity variant and a retail location. Further details are not available in the excerpt.
A brief product note describes a cigar with a Silver Ash name, featuring a Sumatra wrap and Havana filler. The description emphasizes long seed wand as part of its construction and branding cues from Havana materials.
In Erie county jail Leon Czolgosz’s father Paul and sister Victoria visited. The father cursed the day of his son’s birth, denounced him for bringing disgrace, and the family wept as a court session loomed. Officials said no remorse was shown. the family considered possible name changes or relocation.
Anniston businessman Mr. Wm. H. Zinn plans multiple new structures on Court Street including a 30 by 70 foot warehouse for Anniston Hardware, a 70 by 80 foot work building for King the tinner and Dove's Candy Kitchen, with additional 80 by 70 foot blocks north of these and several more in planning before 1902. Zinn, noted for his enterprise, reinvests earnings in local property amid strong demand for the Silver Ast-roniston cigar.
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