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From: "Pat Creel" <>
Subject: [AL-GULF-COAST- Mobile County] Anniston Hot Blast newspaperabstracts
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2006 08:33:50 -0500

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Anniston Hot Blast newspaper abstracts for MAY 1884 thru AUGUST 1884

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http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/calhoun/newspapers/anniston1145gnw.txt

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:

C. Gravelle October 18, 2006

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ALABAMA State News

MOBILE County News

Captain John. C. Chamberlain of Mobile died Wednesday.

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MOBILE County News
Mobile, July 30th

Sunday afternoon, Col. J.L. Murphy, president of the Mobile Life Insurance
company, was shot and killed near his residence in the lower part of the
county
by Reuben Tripp, colored. The Tripps owned a homestead in the center of
Murphy's land and Murphy regarded them as costly neighbors, accusing them
of
trespassing and litigation arose at diverse times, and Murphy, when under
the
influence of liquor made personal attacks upon the negro. Tripp came to
town
this morning early and gave himself up to the police. Murphy was 47 years
of
age and a prominent and useful citizen. He was born in Moulton, Ala.

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MOBILE County News
Mobile, July 30th

Sunday afternoon, Col. J.L. Murphy, president of the Mobile Life Insurance
company, was shot and killed near his residence in the lower part of the
county
by Reuben Tripp, colored. The Tripps owned a homestead in the center of
Murphy's land and Murphy regarded them as costly neighbors, accusing them
of
trespassing and litigation arose at diverse times, and Murphy, when under
the
influence of liquor made personal attacks upon the negro. Tripp came to
town
this morning early and gave himself up to the police. Murphy was 47 years
of
age and a prominent and useful citizen. He was born in Moulton, Ala.

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CALHOUN County Local News

Mr. V.H. Marshall was called to Mobile on Thursday to attend the funeral
of his
brother-in-law Maj. Stephens Croom. Mr. Croom was one of the leading
citizens
of Mobile and was highly esteemed by all who knew him.

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ALABAMA State News

MOBILE County News
Mobile, Aug. 8th

Hon. W. LeRoy Broun was married at the Methodist church here today to Mrs.
E.O.
Hopper, daughter of the late John C. Pharris of Sumter county. The
ceremony
was very quiet and the couple left on the afternoon train for Saratoga.

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BALDWIN County News

William Schumacher, charged with the killing of Ed Cameron in Baldwin
county,
was brought before Judge O.J. Simms yesterday on a writ of habeas corpus.

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