Fight Against Sale of Liquor in Birmingham Campaign
Birmingham teeters over prohibition as pastors mobilize to influence the constitutional convention while liquor dealers press to uphold open sales. The Birmingham campaign heats with mayoral race tension, primaries in April, and a plan to back candidates favoring stricter liquor laws. Industrial news notes rising pig iron demand, wage hopes, and a furnace fatality in Pratt City.
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Birmingham
Alabama
Jefferson Wholesale and Retail Liquor Dealers’ Association
Aubama
Nexre
Roos C. Smith
Mel Drennen
Board of Aldermen of
John L. Parker
Board of Aldermen
Ross Smith
Pyramid Pile Cure Promises Pain Free Relief
An advertorial touts the Pyramid Pile Cure as curing all forms of piles without pain. It claims immediate relief and radical cure, unlike opiate remedies, and contrasts it with painful surgical options. Sold by Pyramid Drug Co of Marshall Michigan, at low price through druggists.
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Bali
Thes Pyrarhis Drug Co
Marshall, Mich
RAS Orchard Water CO
Loulsrilie, Ky
Local News Briefs From Alabama Towns
A fragmentary political and crime notes page reports a mayoral and council race in Anniston with several nominees, a fatal tree accident in Collinsville, toll gate discussion in Madison county, a track injury near Keener, Judge Shelby’s Washington return, a Huntsville meteor sighting, and a Grayson senate candidacy along with a bride-to-be in Huntsville.
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Keener
Ala
H . Huntsville
Huntsville
Ain
March
Speelutt
Grayson
Senate
Hunteville
John W. Grayson
Penat Rlal
Madiaon
Mastin Wil
Davis
Huntaville
Mias Rata Maxtin
Clarendon Davis Baxeen
W. J. Mastin
Mauttis
Huntlyle Add
So Ty
Much Merriment at the Clogh North Carolina Legislature Adjourns
The North Carolina legislature adjourned after a sixty three day session. Spectators and many ladies on floor and galleries joined in songs for over an hour. The house remained dignified while senators and others, led by Lt Governor Reynolds, stormed the chamber. Speaker Connor received a silver service from representatives as Lee S. Overman delivered the presenting speech. A bill provided funeral expenses for Representative Trotman of Gates. About 1,200 bills and resolutions were filed, with 3,051 original measures introduced.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
N. C
Senate
Reynolds
Connor
Lee
Overman
Trotman
Gates
Surance
Will Jimie Watthon Lee
The Chicken Thief Is Found Sane by Jury
Horace Gibbs a young Negro known for chicken stealing and house burglary was ruled sane by a jury after a trial on insanity. The verdict states Gibbs is sane and free from hallucinations though he is described as an untutored degenerate with no moral culture. He faces immediate trial on the charge of stealing chickens. Gibbs has a history of prior sentences and a two year penitentiary term for larceny.
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Jacksonville
Fla
March
Horace Gibbs
Doggett
Criminal
Gibbs
Law pupil of Lincoln's dies at 66 in New York
General Milton Littlefield, who studied law in Abraham Lincoln's Springfield office and practiced there, died this morning in New York City at age sixty six. He served as captain of Company F in the Fourteenth Illinois during the Civil War under General John M. Palmer and was honorably discharged in June 186? after years in law and railroad interests.
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Milton Littlefield
New York
Milton
Littlefield
Hulme
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Littionela
Fourteenth
TiMnots Volunteers
John M. Palmer
Inquest Into Pinckney Killing Adjourned Till Saturday
The coroner inquest into the death of Thomas Pinckney Jr. in Charleston adjourned until Saturday. Prosecutor Jervey, aided by Pinkerton detectives not funded, will reconvene to hear further testimony. Evidence challenges statements by Henry Bardin about the defendant’s arrival time. The case remains mysterious with public doubt on footpad theory.
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Thomas Pinckney, Jr
Charleston
8. C
March
Boliclor Jervey
Pinkerton
Henry Bardin
Pinckney
Fragmented OCR item on local goods move and safety
A partial OCR read notes that certain gents had moved away and derterabte goods were moved to various places of safety. Readers should infer a notice of property relocation or protective custody amid unclear details.
RATIONS DRAWN FOR 20000 PR AMERICAN WOMEN MUST HELP CUBAN ARMY
Brigadier General William Ludlow, Havana governor, writes to The Evening Post detailing Havana’s dire food shortage. Destitute numbers run into thousands, with women and children most afflicted. Charities are overwhelmed as wages and pensions fail, and aid from the United States is urged to provide food clothing and funds.
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New York
March
William Ludlow
Havana
Evening Post
Asabatance
Ludlow
General Ludlow
Wart
Routh
Eant
Almendarea
Colimar
Casa de Las Vidas
Alfatra Heart
Unfading Cotton Dyes Promised by Diamond Dyes
The Diamond Dyes line claims special cotton dyes that produce fast color on cotton materials. They guarantee fabrics will resist washing and fading even in strong soapsuds and sun exposure. Use only Diamond Dyes for cotton to ensure success.
Miners Gain Concessions Amid Arkansas Labor Turmoil
Across Arkansas mines strikers gain concessions as trouble looms at Howe. Wilburton Coal Company ejects all non union workers while Hartshorne hosts a few imported miners at mine No 1. Coal Gate and Lehigh stay idle as guards face tension and mass meetings fail to form. Deputy marshall and Indian police guard sites as evictions loom.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Wilburton
Wilburton Coal Company
Hartshorne
Choctaw Company
Coal Gate
LeHigh
Worl
Are the Plumbers Kicking National Meeting in New Orleans
The National Association of Masters Plumbers met in New Orleans with 295 delegates from across the United States. Proposals to amend the constitution for better protection in dealings with supply dealers were submitted. Afternoon essays on sewerage and related topics were read by J. E. L. Firmin, J. J. Wade, John Traynor, M. G. Sinclair, and L. Meyer. A public meeting tonight will feature delegates addressing the tabley of sewerage. The convention adjourns Friday.
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National Association
New Orleans
National Association of Masters
United States
J. E. L. Firmin
San Francisco
J. J. Wade
Chicago
John Traynor
Wilmington
Del
M. G. Sinclair
Hoboken
LF. Meyer
Milwaukee
Wewerage
Volunteers to Escape Fever in Cuba This Summer
Washington reports volunteers in Cuba are to be withdrawn by May to escape fever as officials express satisfaction with Cuba’s peace and expect no replacement by regular troops. The Second United States regular infantry from Anniston, Alabama will sail soon, with one or two artillery regiments held in reserve on the Atlantic coast for possible redeployment.
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Cuba
Washington
Tha
Als
Cubs
Atlantic
Admiral Colomb Lays Spanish War Lessons For U S Navy
Vice Admiral Philip H Colomb, retired, spoke to United Service Institutions on March to analyze the Spanish American War. He argued secrecy is impossible, cables must be protected, and the U S should have struck at Spanish ports and Cape Verde to seize the initiative. He criticized Spain for a lack of strategy, praised Dewey’s guns and gunnery, and noted American orders from Washington marked a major shift in naval warfare.
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London
Philip Howard Colomb
United Service Institutions
Spain
United States
Cape Verde Islands
Minorca
Admiral Cervera
Santiago de Cuba
Cervera
Columb
America
Washington
Prominent New Yorker Fairs in Bankruptcy Proceedings
Prominent New Yorker Fairs, New York, March, and Williary Noble, builder of the Grenoble hotel and Empire hotel, fled after voluntary bankruptcy. Liabilities total 1,077,450 with 10,000 secured. Noble’s failure traced to a pawnpaper venture and related debts in the city.
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New Yorker
New York
March
Williary Noble
Grenoble
Grenolie
Empire
Monin. Lankruptcy
Mississippi River Commission Considers Claims in New York
The Mississippi River Commission met in New York City to review claims for allotments of 2,583,000 dollars for the coming year. Representatives J. M. Jane and Robert Somerville of Greenville, Mississippi sought the largest share for the lower Yazoo district. Allocations will be sent to the War Department in Washington before public release.
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Mississippi River Commission
New York
J. M. Jane
Robert Somerville
Greenville
Miss
Yazoo
War Department
Washington
Price of Steel Advances to Highest Mark Yet
Pittsburg March 8 steel billets rose again selling at 2 per ton, the highest price since 189. Several large sales occurred at this elevated level.
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Pittsburg
Tour of Inspection in Walker County Mines
In Birmingham Alabama a group of twelve Louisiana sugar planters tour Walker county mines. They inspect ore, mining facilities and Southern Railway transport to barge lines on the Mississippi at Greenville. Officials expect orders for fuel and continued mining work through the summer.
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Birmingham
Ala
Louisiana
Cal
Walker County
Southern Railway
Mississippi
Greenville
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