Will Cuba Resist Angle Samuel's Intervention
Special to the Star Havana September 28 With intervention imminent the central issue is how Cubans will react to American rule and whether the provisional government will be temporary or lead to annexation Moderates are hostile to the Palma administration bitterly opposing resignation and threatening resistance A general vows to die before surrendering his sword Taft and Bacon plan to intervene but will wait for developments to let Cubans work out their fate
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Moderate
Bacon
Mayor and City Council Praise Gas Franchise Deal
City officials laud granting the Anniston Electric and Gas Company a franchise extension that lowers gas rates and enables system expansion. Discussion notes the national scope of the Ohio Gas Light Association and urges terms balancing private profit with public good, while highlighting past rate reductions and the potential end of municipal ownership in forthcoming races.
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Anniston Electric and Dial Company
Sexton
McKee Couple Arrives to Lead Anniston Newspapers
Mr Elmer B McKee arrives in Anniston to become general manager of the Evening Star and the Anniston Weekly Republic from Towanda Pennsylvania. He will be joined later by Mrs McKee as the couple joins the local press in the Model City.
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William H. Gardner Jr
Lus
Ney
B. McKee
City
Mrs. McKee
Towanda, Pa
Mr. McKee
Evening Star
The
Anniston Weekly
Anniston
Devastating Gulf Storm Hits Pensacola and Rail Lines
A Gulf coast hurricane devastates Pensacola with roofs blown off, ships washed ashore, and widespread destruction. Western Union crews fix wires to Flo maton as rail and telegraph lines suffer. damage in Pensacola likely reaches millions with no life reports yet.
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Gulf Coast
Pensacola
San Rosa Island
Cheaper Gas for City Franchise Granted
Sidney Ormond recounts a mid century storm journey from Vicksburg to Meridian and Selma, noting uprooted trees blocking lines, damage to cotton and corn, and a train crew clearing obstructions as passengers faced fear during the fierce wind and rain.
Southwide cotton damage and weather hits farms
Messages from the South report great cotton crop damage and Savannah wire destruction. A Jackson Mississippi receiver cites crop losses of 12.9 million dollars, about 300000 bales. One third of the crop was open. Alabama and Montgomery weather damage is described as incalculable.
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Atlanta
Savannah
Aml
Jackson
Miss
Alabama
Montgomery
Birmingham Cloudburst Deluges City and Station
Reports say Birmingham suffered a cloudburst flooding stores in multiple districts and submerging the Union Station floors two feet. A heavy rain at Calera is noted but wires between Anniston and Birmingham are down, delaying confirmation.
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Birmingham
Union
Anniston
Storm Damage Report Delays Communications and Cotton Loss
Mr. W. L. Jones says a storm has damaged the area with much cotton blown from the stalk and beaten into the ground. He cannot estimate damages yet. Reaching New Orleans Pensacola or Mobile is impossible today by Western Union or Postal, and south Mississippi Louisiana and southern Alabama messages face indefinite delay.
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New Orleans
Pensacola
Mobile
Western Union
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Storm damages rail lines and crops across Gulf states
A storm sweeping Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida wreaked havoc on railroad property and cotton crops. A Montgomery dispatch reports L and N tracks between Flomaton and Pensacola damaged to the extent of several miles washed out.
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Atlanta
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Florida
Montgomery
Flomaton
Pensacola
Germany to Challenge Berlin for America Cup
Germany may challenge for the America cup with a syndicate to send a boat to the United States. The plan has Kaiser support as an international race could improve U S German relations.
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United States
Germany
City Faces Wreckage After Severe Wind and Flood
Electric light wires lie tangled as water front wreckage extends for miles. Vessels lie piled along former wharves in utter ruin, leaving a devastated waterfront and widespread damage.
Anniston Council Backs Gas Franchise and Censors Clansman
City council approves a 20 year gas franchise with Anniston Electric and Gas Co, promising major rate reductions and a census based population clause. They also authorize funding for more teachers and pledge city funds to cover any future deficits. A measure to suppress The Clansman film was unanimously supported and to be enforced locally.
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Gas Company
Anniston Electric and Gag Company
A. L. Tyler
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Little Rock, Ark
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