City dads hold lengthy and interesting meeting
Last night the Anniston city council discussed minor business and bills totaling many local vendors. The session covered contract bids for prisoner meals, staffing changes on the police force, licensing adjustments, and a new accounting system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer Henderson
McKeyroy
Stickmey
Jones
Robertson
Rich
Garner
Kaplan
Wolsencroft
Anniston Lardware Co
Anniston Electric & Gas Co
Dancan & Jones
al N Produce Co
Supply Co
L. R. Raney
W. Mayfield
W. B. Smith
Stickley
Police Committee
Mayfield
Mr. Stickney
Mr. Smith
Stickney
McKleroy
H. A. Hodge
Anniston Supply Co
N. T. Glesson
George Bell
Patreman Harmon
Auburn Prison Escort Fends Off Mob At Transfer
Mob attacks assassin Czolgosz as train reaches Auburn at 3 30 am. Guards draw revolvers to keep crowd back. Czolgosz collapses upon arrival, shows regret for killing the president, and insists he acted alone despite urging to confess.
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Auburn N. Y
Czolgosz
Auburn
Czelgosz
Czolgosz Taken to Auburn State Prison Early Morning
Czolgosz, assassin of President McKinley, was moved from Buffalo to Auburn State Prison at 5:30 a.m. to await execution in the week starting October 25. Sheriff Caldwell and sixteen guards escorted him in a special train car, with a slow drive from the Erie County jail to the Union Depot after a tense transfer.
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Burrato
N. Y
McKinley
Auburn
Buffalo
Auburn State
Caldwell
Czolgoes
Erie County
Union
Lipton Challenger and Columbia Race Ends In Light Wind
A large crowd watched Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock II and the Columbia contest the first cup race of 1901 off Sandy Hook. Light and shifting winds left the 30 mile course unfinished after five and a half hours, with Shamrock five miles from the finish and Columbia briefly leading only once for five minutes.
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New York
Sandy Hook
Thomas Lipton
Bhamrock II
Columbia
Heavy rains save Indian crop prospects after drought
The Simla Times correspondent reports three days of heavy rainfall across India extending beyond Gujarat Punjab Rajputana and parts of the Northwest. The rain has prevented famine and improved crop prospects in most regions, with few districts still lagging.
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Evening Star
London
Simla
Times
India
Gujarat
Punjaba
Rajputana
Venezuela Likely War Declaration on Colombia
Advices from Caracas report Venezuela will probably declare war on Colombia tomorrow. The dispatch notes the threat centers on the Island of Trinidad and the Port of Spain area, with Sept 27 dated messages originating from Colombia news chatter.
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Port OF Spain
Trinidad
Caracas
Venezuela
Colombia
Lieut Wood contradicts Harber on pickets at Cienfuegas
Washington September 27 in the Sedley Court of Inquiry Lieut Wood contradicted Capt Harber who testified that no pickets had been placed at Cienfuegas. The dispute centers on the arrangement of patrols and the chain of command during the engagement.
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Washington, D. C
Sedley
Wood
Harber
Queen & Crescent links Meridian to Shreveport schedule
The Queen & Crescent System inaugurated on October 28 a rapid Meridian to Shreveport service with lines to Texas, cutting Texas travel time from 7 to 12 hours. Southern Railway train No. 37 connects to this route, offering the quickest access to western points. Tickets available via local agents with service details. Awful anxiety over General Burnham’s widow’s pneumonia cure with Dr King’s New Discovery described as life saving, promoted with testimonials and prices 50¢ and 1.00, drugstore availability.
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Meridian
Shreveport
Texas
Southern Railway
Queen & Crescent
A Shocking Calamity on the Railroad Worker's Injury
Dr A Kellett of Wil liford Ark reports a laborer suffered a severe foot crush but Bucklen’s Arnica Salve quickly healed the injury. The ad touts the salve as a universal healer for barns boils piles and skin eruptions with a cure guaranteed at 25 cents, sold by Elam Drug Co.
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Dr. A. Kellett
Williford
Ark
Bucklen
Elam Drag Co
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Mobile
Ile
Noble
Leighton
Wilmer
Street Committee
T. B. Ford
Kelly
Tenth Street
L. C. Chisholm
Cody
The
State Prison
Lieut
Ham
Machias
H. Lincoln
Sawyer
China Department
Lere
Anniston Trading CO
Jos. Saks & Co
Head To Foot Outfitters
Jos. Saks & Co., Props
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