Alabama Coal Output and Local News Snapshot
A state report notes Alabama coal production rising from 6,527,700 tons in 1898 to an estimated 7,500,000 tons in 1900, with 4 fatalities in mines in 1900 against prior years. Other items cover a Montgomery loan association receivership, a proposed Danish Norwegian colony in Limestone County, a Taladega murder by preacher Thomas Whatley, Alabama’s Paris Exposition exhibit, and convict labor replacing miners at Montevallo mines.
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Alabama
J. Dek. Hooper
ISU
Hooper
Paris
Motz
Birmingham
Montgomery
George Young
United Mine Workers of America District of
Dogwood
Shelby County
Montevallo Coal and Railroad Company
United Mine Workers
Dallas
Shelby Counties
Cordova Special Reports Hunter Killed by Accidental Shot
Elfish Mulligan, while bird hunting near Cordova with two friends, was killed when his gun discharged as he crossed a fence. The hammer struck and the load entered his right breast, causing instant death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordova
Elfish Mulligan
Race problem discussion at Montgomery conference planned
A Montgomery committee of 25 representatives from local leaders moved to organize a broad conference on southern views of race, franchise, religion, education, and lynching. Also noted is the Lafayette House in Montgomery, the region’s historic inn, being torn down to make way for a new business block, once hosting Marquis De Lafayette during his 1830 visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomury
Montgomery
Lafayette
Marquis de Lafayette
Isa
Moonshine Raid Near Vearce's Mills In Marion County
Deputy collector Pope M. Long and deputy marshal R. A. Smith raided moonshining operations near Vearce's mills, Marion County, destroying one still of unknown size and 60 gallons of beer. They arrested John Evans and brought him before Commissioner C. P. Lunsford. Last month the team destroyed ten stills and arrested ten men.
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Pope M. Long
R. A. Smith
Vearce’s Mills
Marion County
John Evans
C. P. Lunsford
Hamilton
Coal and iron lands sale eyed in Northern Alabama
Negotiations by W B Swaney and E E Richardson of Chattanooga target 40 000 acres of coal and iron lands adjoining Tennessee Coal Iron and Rail Road property. The owners are Baltimore and Little Rock residents. A cotton mill may rise at Scottsboro as subscriptions mount under Colonel Douglas from Chattanooga. R F Manly paid 6810 02 to settle J M Davis's defaulted Walker county tax, Davis having fled. Vandeveer elected Clanton mayor with a council lineup. Senator Morgan plans Marengo county appointments and speeches at Linden and another county site. In Russellville a killing occurred in a row with J M Tubbs cited as the assailant. details scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Swaney
E. E. Richardson
Chattanooga
Alabama
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Baltimore
Little Rock
Scottsboro
Douglass
Smallpox Quarantine Declared in Alabama City
Following county health board recommendations, Gadeden imposes strict quarantine on Alabama City as Elba’s new dispensary opens and reports sales of 45 on its first day.
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Alabama City
County Board of Health
Gadeden
Elba
Lst
Birmingham club debates Alabama State Fair duties
At a Birmingham Commercial Club meeting the failure of the Alabama State Fair association to meet obligations was discussed. President Anderson opposed action to avoid setting a precedent of helping shipwrecked enterprises. Meanwhile state papers reported worthless checks from the fair’s advertising revenue, while Birmingham area industry expansion and mine openings continue. The fair’s funds are exhausted amid broader regional steel and mining growth, including new Ensley plant operations and gin company consolidations.
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Fair Pune Tahaustod
Birmingham, Commercial Club
Alabama State Fair
P. ¥. Anderson
Fair Management
Sheelty
Birmingham
Local shops form cooperative store on Second Avenue
A number of Louisville and Nashville shop employees at Decatur have started a cooperative store on Second Avenue. Talladega furnace and Highland City cotton factory are ready to begin operations, but a short age of laborers delays startup.
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Louisville and Nashville
Pensacola
Selma
Loulaville & Nashville
Decatur
Second Avenue
Troy
L Ife
Talladega
Highland City
Inborerera
Rescue of Lt. J. C. Gilmore at Manila after captivity
Lieutenant Gilmore of the US gunboat Yorktown, captured near Balor in Tanomy, was rescued by Colonel Luther K. Hare after days in insurgent hands. He arrived at Manila’s Hotel Oriente, weak but grateful toward Aguinaldo and bitter about General Ting, recalling harsh treatment under Ting’s rivals.
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J. C. Gilmore
United States
Yorktown
Balor
Tanomy
Luther K. Hare
Thirty
Manila
Vigan
South Troves
Gilmore
Delore
Hotel Oriente
Aliugh
Aguinaldo
General Ting
Tigo
Fire Destroyed Major Columbus Block in Mississippi
Fire swept a principal business district in Columbus Mississippi on Friday night destroying Donogue wholesale groceries Teasdale's music house with about a dozen pianos Cox retail groceries the Weekly Commercial printing office and a vacant room where the fire started The Commercial hotel suffered heavy damage and total losses are estimated over 110000 dollars
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Columbus
Miss
Donogue
Teasdale
Cox
Ambush shooting disrupts Bagdad area labor tensions
Fred Diden, a white millworker near Milton, was shot in an ambush while traveling from Milton. The bodies of Laula Cobb, a Bagdad sash factory fireman, and another unknown Black man were found, raising fears of further union labor unrest. A new $1,000,000 railroad and steamship company based in Plant City plans a line to Gasparilla Island and service to West Indies ports.
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Fred Diden
Bagdad
Santa Rosa County
Fla
Milton
Laula Cobb
New Mailroad and Steamship Company
United States and West Indies Railroad and Steamship Company
Plant City
Manatee River
Gasparilla Island
Charlotte Harbor
de Soto and
Lee Counties
United States
West Indies
Slavery Sale Case Ends With Note Payment
In 1560 Mr. McDonald of Lamar County Texas sold an enslaved person to Col. D H Epperson of Red River County. Epperson issued a note for 750 dollars to secure payment. The court awarded judgment for the note and interest, and the note was paid last Saturday.
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McDonald
Lamar County
Texas
Aegro
Col
D. H. Epperson
Red River County
Epperson
Georgia Republicans Eye Ticket At State Convention In Atlanta
Georgia Republicans expect to field a ticket at the state convention in Atlanta on March 7. Sentiment favors Hon. L. R. Scruggs former minister to Venezuela or Walter Johnson Whitehead as candidates, signaling a strong bid.
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Georgia
Three Boys Drown Near Raleigh in Frozen Pond Accident
Three sons of prominent Raleigh citizens, Mick Williamson, Edwin Lee, and James Hinton, drowned after ice on a pond broke while they hunted near the Hinton residence. They vanished for four hours before being found lifeless on the pond ice.
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Raleigh
N. C
Mick Williamson
Edwin Lee
James Hinton
Hinton
Lifelean
Lewistown Republicans Form Ticket to Challenge Heard
The Sugar Planters Republican Committee in New Orleans resolved to ignore Col. Lector Wimberly's faction and unite with Herwig Republicans to place a statewide ticket of clean men against the Democratic slate led by Auditor Heard.
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Lewistown
Republican Committee
New Orleans
Collector Wimberly
Herwig
Heard
Morgan on Suffrage Sparks Senate Clash over Policy
In a Tuesday Senate discussion on Pettigrew’s resolution of Inquiry, Senator Morgan of Alabama argued against forced racial equality and warned against repeating Hayes-Tilden divisions. Senator Lodge countered that the government had not supported such claims and had not recognized the insurgent Filipino government. Morgan tied the issue to fourteenth and fifteenth amendments and urged decisive action benefiting race relations and age, referencing Louisiana and North Carolina constitutions.
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Congerea Nce
Hewett Roth Hners
Washington
Pettigrew
South Tiketa
Senate
United States
Wettigrew
Lodge
Massachusetts
Mrr. Morgan
Alabama
South
Hritchard
North Carolina
Whallen Charges Harrell With Obtaining Money
J H Whallen who is under bond for offering 400 to Senator F B Harrell to secure his vote against Goebel swore out a warrant charging Harrell with obtaining money under false pretenses. The warrant was served Monday night and a $10,000 bond headed by Senator Goebel was signed by all present Democratic members of the legislature.
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Harevil
State records show SC murder trials and rapes handled
In G Duncan Bellinger annual report the attorney general notes 227 murder trials with 97 convictions and 272 dispensary violations with 100 convictions. Nine rape cases were disposed of, including two death sentences and seven life imprisonments in other counties, and mob violence was down.
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G. Duncan Bellinger
South Carolina
Legislature debate on school fund split by race outcome
Monday session saw Senator Rowan introduce a resolution to change how the common school fund of 950 000 dollars annually is distributed. It aims to separate funds by race and require the negro to pay for his own education, limiting colored children to schools funded by black tax payments.
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Rowan
Madame Bagatno and Bazainé Die in Mexico Exile
Madame Bagatno widow of a famed French marshal who died in exile in Spain, passed away in a private sanitorium near Mexico City where she had traveled for a cancer operation. Collision on Illinois? Commak. Dense fog caused Tigapla Central fast mail to strike a freight at Moffatt's Junction. Engine, baggage, mail and express cars demolished. Engineer Downing killed. other trainmen escaped.
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Madame Bagatno
Madame Bazainé
Spain
Mexico
Tigapla Gentral
Moffatt's Junction
Tenn
Downing
Dodge McFarland Dies at 60 in Jackson
Dodge McFarland prominent lawyer and Mississippi legislator from Yalobusha county died in Jackson Sunday from pneumonia at age 60. Georgia Republican Convention Called in Atlanta for March 7 to elect delegates to the national convention and nominate candidates for governor and other state officers.
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T. J. McFarland
Mississippi
Yalobusha
Jackson Sunday
Phelmontia
Georgia
Atlanta
Walter H. Johnson
Republican State Central Committee
Wife’s Advice Saved Man From Bad Cough
Winfield Tenn man Thad Ross credits his wife with urging Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and coughs. The medicine reportedly cured chest throat and lung issues. Trial bottles offered free by Lewelady s drug store. Buckeye Vile Ointment advertised for piles and other ailments with modest prices.
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F. M. Ross
Winfield, Tenn
Dr. King
Lewelady
Tabler
R. B. Lovelady
Old People Made Young by Electric Bitters
Veteran editor J C Sherman of Vermontville Echo touts Electric Bitters as a cure for aging and various ailments. He claims it stimulates kidneys and stomach, boosts appetite, and eases nervousness sleeplessness and rheumatism. Also promotes Herbine to cleanse the liver and free the blood of biliary poisons in Lovelady’s drug store.
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J.C. Sherman
Vermontville
Meh) Echo
Lovelady
Price i Vente
RB. F. Lovelady
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Fame and Wide Cures
Bucklen's Arnica Salve claims world-wide fame for Warvel Tones cures. It surpasses any other salve for burns sores boils ulcers and skin eruptions. Cure guaranteed 25 cents at RF Lovelady's drug attire. Also White's Cream Vermifuge priced 25 cents sold by K F Lovelady.
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Llas
Warvel- Toys
Lovelady
K. F. Lovelady
Made Young Again Promoted By King Pills
Denpsytown Pa reader D H Turner praises Dr King’s New Life Pills for restoring youthfulness after two weeks use. Advertises 25 price at Lovee Lady’s Drug Store. Also Ballard’s Horehound Syrup advertised for pulmonary trouble with immediate throat chest lung relief at 25 and 50 cents, sold by Lovelady.
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Dr. King
D. H. Turner
Denpsytown
R. FP
Lovee Lady's Drug Store
Ballard
R. F. Lovelady
Chamberlains Cough Remedy and Pain Balm Ads
The notice highlights Chamberlains Cough Remedy praised for quick cough relief and throat healing with a strong local store presence. It also promotes Ballards Snow Liniment and Chamberlains Pain Balm as effective treatments for rheumatism neuralgia and sciatica, with testimonials and prices listed by R F Lovelady. A second product, Convens Honey of Tar is advertised for coughs and colds at B F Lovelady.
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Martin
Pierson Drug Store
Chamberlain
Chicago
Daily Calumet
R. F. Lovelady
B. F. Lovelady
Also Mentioned on This Page
Commonwealth
Davis Rahititen
Fudd
F. F. Tennelle
National Building and Loan Association
B. J. Baldwin
Committiee
Jacob Grell
M.P. Legrand
Alva Fitzpatrick
Limestone County
Athens
Oliver Hansen
Talledega Rey
Thomas What Jey
Anna Duncan
Whatley
Toose
Thala
Moonatinges
Bond Company Pose
R. F. Manly
Fidelity and Deposit Company of
Maryland
J. M. Davis
Walker County
Davis
Fidelity and Deposit Company
Morgan
Alaharma
Marengo County
Linden
Marongo
Russellville
William Griesom
J. M. Tubbs
Republic Steel and Iron Company
Jenifer Furnace Company
Connellsville
Bruce Mining Company
Pratt Company
Blossburg
Hunter Coal Company
New Castle
Slosk-Sheffield Steel and Iron Company
Alabama Steel and Shipbuilding Company
Ensley
Continental Gin Company
W.T. Northington
Daniel Pratt Gin Company
Prattville
Smith Sons Gin and Machine Company
Avondale
Winthip Gin Machine Company
Sagle Cotton Gin Company
Bridgewater
Mass
Manger Improved Cotton Machine Manufacturing Company
Tex
Northington- Manger-Pratt Company
East Birmingham
Philadelpha Pacuice
Philadelphia
Florence
Lieu Gilmore
Columbes
Croubin
Babor
Viorrida
Whall Nhuds
Teiita Cor
Misalasippi
Dodge McFarland
Bucklen
Conwen
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