Damage suit filed over streetcar collision in Montgomery
Augusta Sykes as administratrix of Joe Sykes deceased sues Montgomery Street Railway Co for 50000 damages in city court. She says her husband a fireman riding to a fire on a hose cart was killed when the cart collided with a street car at Scott and Hull streets, the car allegedly going ten miles an hour due to defendant negligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta Sykes
Montgomery Street
Montgomery
Ala
Cloverdale
Steamer Company No. 2
Montgomery Fire Department
Joe Sykes
Montgomery Street Railway Company
Scott and
Hull
Moonshiners Ambush Deputy and Wound Son in Alabama
Mountainboro Alabama January 13 Deputy Marshal J N Holsenback was killed and his son wounded when moonshiners opened fire as officers attempted to arrest Bud Moore near Gadsden. The moonshiners escaped but one is pursued by the sheriff's posse and could be captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Mountainboro
Ala
J. N. Holsenback
Won
Bud Moore
Gadsden
Holten
Sunnyside cutthroat attack ends in death in Savannah
In Sunnyside south of Savannah a fight over a nightlight left Willie Butler and Rad Baker in danger. A razor strike killed Baker, who bled to death after his jugular was severed. Police arrested Butler without trouble as investigators pursued the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Sunnyside
Willie Butler
Rad Baker
Baker
Butler
Charleston
8. C
Health Department of
Free Rural Delivery Inspections Planned in Fifth District
Colonel Livingston will have an inspector sent to the Fifth district within ten days to install free rural delivery routes in Fulton DeKalb Douglas Campbell Walton and Rockdale counties. His secretary Robert Livingston will accompany to aid the work. Brantley introduces a bill adding 30000 to complete Brunswick building after 100000 appropriation proved insufficient, enabling full finish per original plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston
Washington
Machen
Fifth District
Fulton
DeKalb
Douglas
Campbell
Walton
Rockdale
Robert Livingston
Brantley
Brunswick
Fight over liquor license price in Brunswick council
Brunswick council braces for a partisan clash as Mayor Emanuel pushes a $500 liquor license. Liquor interests argue $500 fails to deter dive keepers and would burden honest operators, while critics warn it won’t cut saloons. Open debate anticipates influence from both sides of the liquor question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Emanuel
Boilermaker Kills Wife Then Slashes Self in Madison
In Madison Wisconsin Benjamin C Keig a boilermaker killed his wife at their home in a students boarding house then cut his throat Passersby heard the quarrel and the wife begging him not to kill her an hour later the tragedy was found Keig is alive but likely to die
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Benjamin C. Keig
Keig
Movement grows for Pope Leo XII silver jubilee celebration
A global push begins for the pontiff s silver jubilee in 1820 with grand preparations in England and soon in the United States. Cardinal Corrigan receives the English appeal at his New York residence as organizers plan nationwide observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leo XII
England
Corrigan
Montgomery Named Receiver in Mississippi Triggering Party Lament
Washington reports a Mississippi setback as Isaiah T. Montgomery, a black former servant and Democrat, is chosen by the president to be receiver of public moneys at Jackson, sparking Republican sorrow and accusations of color politics despite Matthews and Hill losing posts. The decision, said to reflect Booker T Washington influence, intensifies racial tensions within the party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaiah Montgomery
Washington
Mississippi
Isaiah T. Montgomery
Jackson
George T. Matthews
Montgomery
Matthews
Machine
Jim Hill
Treasury
Jefferson Davis
Booker Washington
Cleveland Coming South for Hunting Trip
Ex-President Grover Cleveland, recovered from pneumonia, plans a southward hunting trip leaving Princeton on January 12 for an island off Georgetown South Carolina. He will be joined by Admiral Robley D. Evans General McCook B C Benedict and Herman May, hosted by E P Alexander of Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgetown
N. C
New York
Grover Cleveland
Princeton
N. J
Herman May
E. P. Alexander
8. C
Steamers to Carry Cotton Direct Laporte to Manchester
Greenock cablegram says a London formed company launched its first vessel at Grangemouth Greenock yards to run cotton traffic from Laporte Texas to Manchester direct. Government engineers expect the Galveston to Laporte channel finished by March 31. English shippers may send vessels to Laporte when ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laporte
Tex
Manchester
Eng
New York
Greenock
London
Barry Cotton
Grangemouth
Greenock Dock
Scotland
Galveston
Miraculous Westbound Train Escape Near Mattoon
A Big Four westbound passenger train, eight coaches full of sleepers, escaped wreckage two miles east of Mattoon when an engine axle broke and the drive wheel fouled a ditch. The train slowed from 69 mph and the engineer kept the locomotive on track. officials call the escape remarkable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mattoon
Bargain Lot Includes Shawls Gloves Percales and Shirtings
Several special lots offered with knit shawls fascinators wool gloves for all ages. Includes dark percales 7c and shirting percales 10c with values noted. Limited quantities and prices suggest clearance sale.
Fire destroys elevator at American Malting plant in Chicago
A blaze at 1 45 this morning gutted the J F Weil branch elevator of the American Malting company in Chicago at Fifty second street near the Panhandle tracks. The 160 foot high structure and its barley-filled 300 by 200 foot storage area were consumed. Several Panhandle freight cars were burned, firemen faced falling hot iron plates, and the loss is estimated near 260000 with insurance expected to cover it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Malting Company
Chicago
J .F. Weil
Fifty-second Street
Panhandle
Malting Company
J. M. Weil
Labor Meeting At Pittsburg By Bricklayers And Masons Union
More than 800 delegates attended the Bricklayers and Masons International Union convention in Pittsburg as Dr J Guy McCandess welcomed them. President Gibbins of Chicago spoke, credentials were read, and two weeks of sessions began with discussion of an 8 hour day and biennial meetings. The union works with over 70 000 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Convention of Bricklayers and Masons’ International Union
Pittsburg
Bricklayers and Masons’ International Union
J. Guy McCandess
Department of Public Works
Gibbins
Chicago
American Federation of Labor
Gubbins
Union
Woman Fires Fatal Shot At Man In Chattanooga
Chattanooga report says Belle Burton shot Fos ter Spencer through the left lung after he kicked in a door while seeking the girl Burton harbored. Spencer, son of Councilman E G Spencer, later died from his wounds. The incident raises questions of motive and damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
Foster Spencer
E. G. Spencer
Belle Burton
Spencer
Burton
Burton House
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thacher
J. W. Sharp
Louisville
Thacher Medicine Company
Razor
Birmingham
W. M. Taylor
Greenville
Coosa River
Childersburg
Taylor
Raleigh
Colonel Lay
Bakersville
Mitchell County
Lodge of Pythians
Elberton
Z. B. Rogers
Granite City Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Washington, Ga
Hooper
Long
Edward D. Tarry
Vicksburg
Department
Niu Chwang
Ying Kan
Navy
Barry
San Francisco
Jack Root
Chicago Pugilist
George Gardner
San Francisco Athletic Club
Root
Alameds
Gardner
Colema
L. L. Swain
Pyny-Valaam Kelieves
South Carolina
Postmesters
Senate
Postmester
Greenwood
David Aiken
Laurens
George 8. McGravy
J. C. Hunter
Winnsboro
Preston Rion
Newberry
Charles J. Purcell
Stallmaker
Hoss
William Smith
White
Augusta
Smith
New Bank For
Consolidated National Bank
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange
Raial
Roosevelt
Howl
Cleveland
Pottsville
Opera House
First Avenue
Nineteenth Street
Transvaal
Johannesburg
Chamber of Mines
Ely
T. Warren Street
Eureka
Madras
Larettes
Underskirts
Derskirts
Lot Boys
Lot
J. L. Love
Carolina Central Division
Seaboard Air Line
Love
Courthhouse
Westville
Fla
Thomas O’brien
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!