Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Passenger Schedule 1909
Gulfport and Hattiesburg, Jackson, and Columbia divisions list train times for main line Nos 3 4 5 6 and 101 102 with connections at Jackson Hattiesburg and Gulfport. Schedule signed THOS P HALE Second President Gulfport MississippiEffective April 11 1909.
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Gulf & Ship Island Railroad Company
Mendenhall
Gulfport
Jackson
Columbia
Hattiesbur
Thos. P. Hale
Mississippi
Fast train and Sleeping Car service between Shreveport and New Orleans
Fast train carries Sleeping Car between Shreveport and Chattanooga with through connections to New York and Cincinnati and includes Dining Car. Shreveport and Birmingham train offers through coaches and Sleeping Car between Shreveport and Meridian and Dining. Rates and details available from Ticket Agent GEO. H. SMITH, Gen. Pass. Agent in New Orleans. Also advertised a one quart ice cream freezer for 75 cents and a two quart for $1.00 at T. McLELAND HDW. CO.
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Shreveport
Chattanooga
New York
Cincinnati
Meridian
H. Smith
New Orleans
T. M’cleland Hdw. CO
Immigrant Rush Hits Ellis Island As Ports Open
New York April 18. An unprecedented two day surge brings 20,000 prospective citizens to Ellis Island. European turmoil eased, boosting migration. Também diamond dealers in Maiden Lane report March imports valued at 3,353,407.97 dollars, up 800 percent from 1908.
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New York
Ellis Island
Europe
Father Knickerbocker
Whitridge
Third Avenue Railroad
Maiden Lane
Ludwig Nissen
Fifth Avenue
Vanadium touted as cure-all in bold New York Tribune piece
A Pittsburg dispatch reports vanadium added to steel strengthens it and, claimed with grand boast, could cure consumption and cancer. The article mocks the bold promises as imprudent, noting the need for fuller research and restraint in publicizing such claims.
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Pittsburg
Ifo
New York -Tribune
Diminutive Farms in Portugal Preserve Old Methods
The Portuguese nation is described as highly conservative with inheritance practices. Families divide land among heirs, leading to tiny parcels. As a result small plots yield barely enough to sustain owners, while unused fertile tracts south of the Tagus tempt farmers but north keeps holdings small.
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Portugal
United States
Tagus
Bridge Bid Notice for Coats Place Slough Bridge
Sealed bids for building a bridge across a slough near Coats place in beat 4 will be received at the chancery clerk's office until 12 o'clock noon on the first Monday in May 1909. Plans and specifications are on file in the chancery clerk's office. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. A GAYDEN, Clerk.
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Chancery Clerk’s
Slough
Coats Place
Chancery Clerk's Office
A. Gayden
Nurses to Visit Homes After Birth Certificates
One hundred forty nurses will be sent to homes under the bureau of child hygiene after birth certificates arrive. If the mother is intelligent and the baby healthy, the first visit ends. else the case goes to an appropriate agency. The plan expands with summer, with tuberculosis and Children’s Aid Society involvement noted. For sale.
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Bureau of Child Hygiene
Department of Health
Tuberculosis
Children's Aid Society
League For Political Education
Leroy Street
Eged Organization
Io Police Department
Privilege Tax Notice Demands May Payment
Notice to all persons liable to privilege taxes that they are due in May. If not paid in May, 100 percent damages will be charged as required by law. G. W. White, Tax Collector, April 7, 1909.
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G. W. White
Bids Sought for Bridge at C M Morgans Beat 4
Bids will be received at the Chancery clerk s office up to 12 o clock noon on the first Monday in May 1909 for building a bridge at C M Morgans in beat 4 according to plans and specifications on file. The board reserves the right to reject any and all bids. JINO.A.GAYDEN, Clerk. NOTICE. My fine Tennessee Jack a Hor will make present season my stables 20 miles West of Brandon at 10 dollars to insure. Money due should more be sold or traded. All possible care will be taken to avoid accident but no responsibility should any occur. Ben Hur is 14 hands high. Your patronage solicited J C WHITE.
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Chancery Clerk's
C. M. Morgans
Jino
A.gayden
Brandon
J. C. White
My home raised Jack at my place for sale
John s Miss notices a five year old sea son horse named Jack, raised at home and offered for ten dollars with insurance. Robert Chapman listed as contact.
Wiley the Jack at Belspaighie in season debut
Wiley the jack, once owned by Ed Rhodes, will make the season at Belspaighie as announced by Kersch & Jordan of Pelahatchis Mississippi.
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Wiley
Jack
Ed Rhodes
Belspaighie
Kersh & Jordan
Pelahatchis
Miss
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Style Store
Jackson’s
S. J. Johnson Company
Manhattan
Star
S. J. Johnson Co
Ly. Jackson
Hattiesburg
Ar. Jackson
Columbia Division
Silver Creek
Alabama & Vicksburg
Atlanta
N. Y
Birmingham
Vicksburg
Rankin County
Jackson Lumber CO
Jackson, Miss
Maiden Lane Diamond Dealers
Twenty-fifth Street
Bellevue Hospital
States Charities Aid Association
Charity Society
Department of Charities
School of Instruction
Commissoner Woods
Commissioner Woods
Mr. Farmer
Southern Cotton
Southern Superior
Pelahatchie
Southern Oil & Fertilizer Co
Meridian, Miss
Mraaa
Theo
Sweeny
Jones
Fgpg Pir Pig IK IS
Promini
Tanner
J. E. Moore
Pelahatchie, Miss
Robert Chapman
Johns
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