06 Jan 1907
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Newspaper
Brunswick News
Location
Brunswick, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1907
Page
1
Rev J E Sammons leads Sunday morning service with Exo So Forward theme. Sunday School at 9 45 am. Evening event Lot's Choice. Meeting Wednesday at 7 30 pm. Invitations extended to visitors and strangers to worship.
Stock of goods valued at three dollars per unit sold here on January 22. Active road work to begin soon follows the sale as part of ongoing local infrastructure projects.
The Elis' Society Circus at the Grand on Monday and Tuesday, under the auspic es of the Elks lodge, features a champion leaper Natillina, riding acts, rope walker formerly with Barnum and Bailey, a Chinese act, and more. Elks urged to meet at the opera house Monday at 8 o'clock for a special social event.
Tomorrow at noon five Brunswick officials will take the oath of office for the next two years. Mayor Symons and Aldermen Roinson Mann Cox and Dart are inducted. Clerk du Vignon will administer the oath after the old council meets.
Philadelphia January 5 a bank bombing killed the cashier and injured several others after a stranger demanded a $5,000 loan. The man and cashier McLean died in the blast as the robber attacked the president and executives, while bystanders and depositors suffered injuries. The attacker remained unidentified.
Danville Virginia January 5 J W Vance convicted of second degree murder in the death of his wife last September. The body was found by neighbors with a crushed face and fractured skull. An iron poker with nail fragments lies near the scene. Vance 50 and a well known farmer claimed he was drunk and unaware of the killing.
The article notes changes to train schedules for the Southern Railway and the Atlantic Coast Line, with specific A B and A. B. A. details referenced elsewhere in the issue and the Southern change previously published in these pages.
Washington January 5 United rail workers from the Southern railway pressed for a 10 to 20 percent wage increase in a meeting with President Finley Manager of Transportation Seal and several general superintendents. The annual conference aims to settle grievances and wage questions with the conductors and train men. Settlement may take two to three days as rising living costs spur the request.
The warm spell ends as weather forecasts predict another cold snap. The cold will reach into the twenties and be felt tonight across several sections.
Rumors of a US Japan conflict prompt talk of stronger coastal defenses across Georgia and the nation. Experts discuss boosted forces and possible protection of the Philippine Islands, while critiquing current defense readiness and methods.
A compact item notes a sum of 400 200 dollars tied to Mammoth Timged Aran T. No further context or dates are provided in the readable text.
The text notes that discussions at the next congressional session may seek an appropriation to increase the coast artillery force and possibly extend coastal defenses, with several critics and factors shaping the outcome.
Public debate grows as coastal officials defend responses amid mounting criticism. Residents cite slow decisions and unclear timelines while authorities promise reforms and greater transparency.
A.B. and Fermina's Fore River Shipbuilding Company awards a 400000 dollar timber basin contract for its terminals in this city. North Atlantic Dressing Company dredges the basin, which will be the largest in the south and extend 1200 feet toward the mainland to speed loading of Isrung Wick Steamship Company vessels. The work will create many jobs and should finish quickly to serve shipyards turning out one vessel per month.
Brunswick steamship to dock Tuesday from New York en route to Havana marks first Brunswick named ship for the Cumberland route. The City of Brunswick will be the steamer’s name and origin, with local pride voiced as the vessel arrives to bear the port’s name for the first time. The steamship Ogeechee of the Reo Line left New York on its first trip and will arrive here Wednesday.
Confederate veterans and the Daughters of the Confederacy plan a January 19 observance in Brunswick. The events, under the local D A K chapter, will be at the opera house with a patriotic address by a guest speaker and fitting tributes to the Confederate general.
To Members Atlantic Jandy you will please assemble at the Grand Opera House tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock to attend Klkt parade. Herbert Myier, Manager.
Washington orders every Negro company in the United States Army to be stationed in the Philippines. The Ninth and Tenth cavalry and the Twenty fifth infantry are directed to prepare for service and sail between March 15 and June 5. The reason cited is unclear though President is suspected as the cause.
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