Fire destroys Anniston Inn. guests escape unharmed
Fire of unknown origin early today destroyed the Anniston Inn, a famed hotel opened in 1884. About fifty guests escaped with clothing and valuables, as fire crews from Camp McClellan Oxford Jacksonville and Piedmont fought the blaze, leaving the building and furnishings a total loss.
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Anniston
Ala
Anniston Inn
Robert Kyle
Robert Kyle, A Former Manager of the Inn. Mr. Kyle
Camp McClellan
Oxford
Jacksonville
Piedmont
Samuel Noble
Correggio Nativity Canvas Debated by Brooklyn Church
In New York a Brooklyn church asks art experts to confirm whether a Nativity canvas found in a Brooklyn shop is the missing Correggio fourth in a series. Henry Hymans found the piece and his son presented it. the owner valued it at 100000 dollars while two other Nativity works by Correggio hang in Dresden and Parma, with a third lost in a sixteenth century fire.
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New York
Catholic Church of the Assumption
Brooklyn
Correggio
Foud
Henry Hymans
Hymans
Drop to 37 Degrees Forecast Thursday
The forecast for Mobile and Vicinity calls for frost and a rapid temperature drop to 37 degrees Thursday. Forecasters expect fair skies but warn of the sharp fall in late night and early morning hours.
Burial Service Today for Richard Hines Mobile Editor
The funeral for Richard Hines a Fayette North Carolina native and longtime Mobile newspaper figure occurs today with services at 3 PM at 550 Government Street and 7:30 PM at Trinity Episcopal Church. Burial follows at Maggia Cemetery. He served as city editor marine editor and sporting editor of The Mobile Register and later managing editor of the Mobile Item. He is survived by a widow and two brothers with offices closed at 3:30 PM in tribute.
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Richard Hines
Fayette
N.C
Mobile
Government Street
Trinity Episcopal Church
Magpia Cemetery
Mobile Register
Mobile Item
Ron Beer
Fairmont
Mason
Augustus Ines
Memphis
Tenn
Automobile Smash Ends in Court Fines
The Crichton collision on Shell Road and Lee Street led to charges against J. H. Kie of Acree Motor Car Co who was fined 650 or 59 days did. F. Han on discharged. William Ike a black man, alleged Hansen car operator, was fined 15 for drunkenness.
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Lnst
Shell Road
Lee Street
Mike Fields
Ber Rr
Recorder
F. Hanon
Crichton
J. H. Kie
Acree Motor Car Company
William Ike
Hansen
Tident
Did Shell
Meee Tag Simla
Ane
Man Convicted of Bicycle Theft and Embezzlement Charge
Joe Goodloe, a Black man, was convicted in the reorders court today of larceny for stealing a bicycle from J P Lynn and sentenced to sixty days of hard labor. Evidence was also heard in the case of D O Lynn charged with embezzling $12.50 from Miss Dlarri and reset for January.
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Joe ‘Goodloe
Layou Street
Larciny
J. P
D. O. Lynn
Miss Delarri
Recorder
Missing Man Found in River Body of Guest Scene
Fragmentary report describes a missing man and a river discovery amid a crowd of about fifty attendees. Source text unreliable. details unclear about identity or cause.
Weather Forecast From Washington Jan. 3
The forecast calls for cold frost across Aliabomea West Florida and Miesix a and Thursday with chilly conditions expected.
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Wasiington
Aliabomea
West
Florida
Miesixa
Cotton Prices Slip On Uncertainty In Early Trade
In New Orleans on January 3, uncertain European affairs and ongoing liquidation of long contracts pushed cotton prices down 18 to 30 points at the market open. A private ginning report showing 9,600,000 bales produced to January 1 with only 106,000 bales in the last period compared with 170,000 previously lent a steadier tone. By midmorning, prices rebounded slightly from the day’s lows as March fell to 25.96 and recovered to 26.91 cents per pound.
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New
Orleans
Europe
March
Sadik Jan Cotton Data From Historic Ledger
Readable fragments show cotton price and date marks for Sadik Jan. Entries list January 26.04, March 06, May 26.08, July 25.82, October 24.18 with no accompanying notes. The item reads like a ledger snippet noting price points across months.
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Ee Sadik
Cotton
Cotton futures open barely steady in late January trade
New York price list shows cotton futures opening barely steady with January at 26.26, March 26.48, May 26.42, July 26.16, and October 24.44, reflecting a quiet start to trading in late January.
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New York
Knights of Columbus Minstrel at Lyrics Theater Tonight
The seventh annual KC Knights minstrel show opens at 8 p m at Lyrics Theater with new jokes and blackface acts plus soloists. Father F E Hackett directs. Edward J Grove is interlocutor. a 35 voice chorus performs along with vaudeville acts and a finale.
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The
Knights
Columbus
Lyrics Theater
Council
Father FE. J. Hackett
Edward J. Grove
Tosti
Joe Brettet
al H. Downey
Vance Gunnison
Macushla
Yeend Potter
Dixie
George Morrison
Walter Minto
James McPhilli
Peter J. Colvin
John E. Toomey
Harold Lagman
Lovin
Leo A. Zieman
M. F. Thublin
Jack Huggins
K. C. Minstrels
Directors Named for Spring Race Meeting Here
Ten new directors were elected by the Business Men's Racing Association at a stockholders meeting at the Cawthon Hotel. They plan a ten day meeting here after the New Orleans Fair Grounds close, with horses arriving late February or early March. Directors named: Denny Lynch, Cliff Connors, Bob Schwarz, John McNamara, Herndon Radcliff, John Moore, Harres G Adams, Wall, and H Baunt. A dissenting member severed ties and opposed current control efforts. Secretary Leo Zieman reported the association’s bank balance.
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Business Men's Racing Association
Cawthon’ Hotel
New Orleans
Denny Lynch
Cliff Connors
Bob Schwarz
John McNamara
Herndon Radcliff
John Moore
Harre
Hal Foser
Inge
C. Willians
S. J
Former banker at Kriebel and Co. out on bail
Fred L. Kriebel former head of the defunct Kriebel and Company was released on 10000 bond. Federal officials probe insolvency with liabilities near 4000000 and assets around 140000. Officials say mails solicited sales paid on installment plan led to stock speculation and ordered securities were bought as markets fell.
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Chicago
Fred L. Kriebel
Kriebel and Company
New York
Liberty
Harry F. Hamlin
Publisher's Body Recovered From Lake Mineola Florida
The body of W. K. Atkinson fifty two publisher of the Gilman Star was recovered from Lake Mineola after he killed himself at Clermont. He had been in failing health and prepared by donning old clothes before taking poison and entering the lake. He began in the paper business at age ten as an apprentice.
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Orlando
Fia
W. K. Atkinson
The
Gilman
Clermont
Lake Mineola
Atkinson
Orphans Saved From Burning Buckner Home Dormitory
A three story brick dormitory at Buckner's Orphan Home eight miles east of Dallas burned after midnight. Two hundred fifty boys slept inside but were all rescued safely. The dormitory housed about 250 of the home's total 760 orphans, and the other buildings suffered no damage.
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Dallas
Tex
Buckner’s Orphan Home
H. F. Buckner
Prohi Agent Earns Higher Pay For Record December
Prohibition Director W. A. Smith recommends a pay raise for agent A. L. Binkley after a busy December. Binkley arrested 46 men, destroyed 25 stills, 204 fermenters and 56 550 gallons of ee and seized 160 gallons of whiskey.
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Nashville
Tenn
Prohibition
W. A. Smith
A. L. Binkley
Binkley
Bride, 60, Dies Suddenly in Corydon
In Corydon Indiana on January 3 Charles B. Laduke aged 60 and bride Bessie E. Jones aged 60 married minutes before the groom collapsed. Laduke died shortly after while the bride was stricken ill, with friends describing her as charming.
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Bride
Corydon
Ind
Charles BE. Laduke
Bessie. E. Jones
Author of "The Bat" dies in Boston memory actor Harrison Hunter
Harrison Hunter, creator of the title role in The Bat, a memory play, died in Boston after a major operation. He was born in England 63 years ago and had acted in the United States for more than 26 years, widely known as a character actor.
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Boston
Harrison Hunter
England
Christmas Tree At Seamen's Bethel
A Christmas tree will be given at the Seamen's Bethel at 146 South Conception Street on Thursday night January 4. The tree will be for Kenonavian seamen aboard ships in the port.
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Seamen's Bethel
South Conception Street
Mobile
Lanett School Fire Leaves Children Injured In Stampede
A fire gutted the Lanett school building causing a stampede as students fled. Three children were near death and five more in serious condition, with many injured by trampling and smoke. Officials estimate 1,200 students attended the school yesterday.
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Lanett
Ala
Mary Hammock
Keste May Weldon
Kate Pearl Pepper
Iet
Domestic Science
Regular Man in a Rolling Chair Marries in New York
Henry Clay Pennell a 26 year old lifelong paralytic and Norma King 21 wed at the Madison Square Hotel in New York. Pennell who was injured in 1910 after a fall at Corpus Christie Texas has spent life seeking more aid for cripples.
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New Yor
Henry Clay Pennell
Normal King
Atlantic City
Lawton
Okla
Corpus Christie
Texas
Knox Defense to Insist on Trial
Hemphill Texas January 23 Examin ing trial of Mrs Hirman Knox charged with murder of her husband a wealthy lumberman last November is set for today The defense will press for proceeding with the trial while the state seeks a continuance Thirty witnesses have been summoned Mrs Knox arrested New Year s Day was released from jail yesterday to go to Wer Note near here a guard is stationed around the noted area
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Hemphill
Texas
Hirman Knox
Knox
Unidentified gunman during Hotel Chase raid in St Louis
The shooter who wounded two men and one woman during the New Year’s raid on the Hotel Chase remains unidentified. Federal agents and inspectors pursued leads as a city detective and officer were named, but authorities would not confirm identities, and the raid prompts questions about the search warrant and presence of a saloon during the liquor raid.
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ST. Louis
Preas
Oye Esses
Gus
Nations
Prohibition
Ponsessor
Mrs Phillips In Cabin Four Days
Deputy sheriffs say they located a Beverly Glen cabin near Los Angeles where Clara Phillips hid for four days after escaping the Los Angeles jail on December 15. They report an auto reached the cabin at 66 miles per hour the day of the escape and note Armour Lee Phillips bought groceries nearby for four days. A year and a half earlier J Belton Kennedy was shot to death at a Beverly Glen summer cottage with Mrs Madalynne O Obenchain.
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Los Angeles
Clara Phillips
Hammer
Beverly Glen
Phillips
Armour Lee Phillips
J. Belton Kennedy
Madalyntie O" Obenchain
Evanston
Edison Man to Fight Boll Weevil
Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, long time chief engineer at Thomas A. Edison laboratories, is chosen to lead a new crusade against the boll weevil in Southern cotton fields. The effort by the American Cotton Association and a Atlanta group seeks 2,500,000 dollars to fund calcium argentate spraying and tests of violet ray devices to sterilize eggs and exterminate the pest.
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New York
Miller Reese Hutchison
Thomas A. Edison Laboratories
South
Hutchison
American Cotton Association
Atlanta, Ga
Hutchson
Reservation Lists Scrutinized by Federal Officials
New York January 3 federal officials order proprietors of over twenty leading hotels and restaurants to produce their reservation lists for examination by a grand jury. The aim is to trace the source of liquor consumed on New Year’s Eve and question those listed about their sources.
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New York
Grand Jury
Publisher to wed Carolina woman in January
High Mount New York January 3 Mrs George E Baldwin daughter of the late Mr and Mrs John Munro of High Mount and Brooklyn will be married the latter part of January to Herbt KF Gunnixon publisher and vice president of trade daily Eagle announced today.
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High Mount
N. Y
George &. Baldwin
John Munro
Brooklyn
Herbt KF. Gunnixon
Trade Tyn Datly Eagle
Maryland Extradition Requisition Reevaluated
Governor Albert C. of Maryland orders a reevaluation after finding affidavits in the McKain extradition requisition not in compliance with Maryland law. The case influences Dr. McKain’s legal proceedings and may affect further steps. Morehouse officials announce potential course actions following the telegram.
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Kai
Watt Daniels
Morehouse
Albert C. ‘Ruteble
Maryland
Dr. McKain
Jen nings cavalry arrives at Mer Rouge for camp
Bastrop Louisiana January 4 The Jennings cavalry troops of the Louisiana National Guard reached Mer Rouge this morning and began camp. Horses arrive this afternoon and no action on the Morehouse kidnapping investigations will occur until mounts are in place. Martial law considered probable in Morehouse parish as witnesses may be targeted by a mob. A 19 year old Harold acre was kidnapped and authorities seek to prevent testimony. Cavalry ordered by Governor Parker set emergency quarters in Mer Rouge. Citizens sense looming events despite a quiet day.
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Bastrop
Jennings
Lo Jana
Mber Rough
Morehouse Parish
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
A ‘Daniels
Thomas Z. Richards
Harold Acre
Teegerstrom
Spyker
Jeff Burnett
Daniela-Richards
Con- Carerne
Jon
M. Parker
Mer Rouge
Science Seeks Way to Stop Quakes
Bailey Willis emeritus geology professor of Stanford University travels to Chile to study the recent disastrous earthquake and to seek methods of avoiding its effects focusing on mysteries of seismic action.
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Santa Barbara
Cat
Bailey Willis
Stanford University
Chile
Warship Maneuver To Open On Feb 19
New York January 3 The battleship Wyoming and the cruiser Roches sailed from Brooklyn as the vanguard of the Atlantic Fleet to report in Southern waters for the annual maneuvers. The maneuvers will begin February 19 in Guantanamo Bay Cuba.
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New York
Wyoming
Roches
Brooklyn
Kinane Bel Alow
Waterg
Sim
Guantamo Bay
Cuba
Coal Operators Convene Meeting in Chicago
Coal operators and miners met for their third session to study and renew voluntary agreements aimed at avoiding a general soft coal strike. The gathering drew union leaders and dealers, with a telegram from John Haymond, chairman of President Harding's coal inquiry panel, urging adherence and warning against resisting the commission.
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Chicago
San
Uni
Cara Bee
Toolate
John Hays Hemond
Harding
Aod
Panama Canal Sets New Year Ship Toll and Tonnage Records
The Panama Canal handled 2,997 ships in the year, surpassing the previous high of 2,894. Toll revenue totaled 12,673,407 dollars, with monthly averages reaching new highs. Net tonnage and cargo carried reached about 11 million tons and 700,600 cargo ships respectively, beating prior marks.
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Panama
Frady Case Scheduled for One-Day Trial
Miami dispatch reports Edgar Frady of Chicago charged with murder in the death of his wife Dorothy Frady. Prosecutors consider steps, while Frady has undergone two operations and defense motions for a continuance may be opposed.
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Miami
Fla
Edgar €. Frady
Chicago
Dorothy Frady
Frady
Ohly
Howey
Silver Dollar Minting Totals Reported at Philadelphia Mint
The Philadelphia mint produced 7,320,000 silver dollars in January 1910, with total mintings reaching 14,938,000 pieces. The Bren Lew design is noted among the issues.
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Philadelphia
Janates
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