Plantation Manager Shot After Armed Assault Near Lambert
Lesley Linchard manager of the Brownville plantation near Lambert Mississippi lies in St. Joseph's Hospital Memphis in danger after three gunshot wounds inflicted by Ed Liggert a neighboring plantation worker who was arrested by Sheriff McArthur and jailed at Belen awaiting trial for assault to murder or homicide if Linchard dies
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Lesley Linchard
Brownville
Lambert
Miss
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Memphis
Ed Liggert
McArthur
Belen
Linhard
Meeting of Executive Committee Call in Mississippi
G L Lomax of Greenwood chairs a call for a meeting of the State Democratic Executive Committee at 12 o'clock on April 29 1908 in the Senate Chamber Jackson Mississippi The purpose is to fix the time and place of holding the state convention A quorum is essential and members unable to attend in person should send proxies to J B Stirling or another officer in Jackson Mississippi
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Democratic Executive Committee
G. L. Lomax
Greenwood
Senate
Jackson
Miss
Democratic Party
J. B. Stirling
Jackson, Miss
Jackson, R
Negro Gambler Killed in Gulfport Shooting
Carlo McHenry died resisting arrest after a gambling house raid in Gulfport. Charley Thomas reported being held up for money at the den. Four suspects were found gambling. three surrendered. The keeper resisted arrest, was shot by a deputy, fled, and was later found dying from a leg wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlo McHenry
Gulfport
Charley Thomas
Wallace Smith
Alford
Involuntary Bankruptcy Filed Against Mullen & Owen Co
Petition filed with the U S Court clerk before Judge Moseley in Durant asks that Mullen & Owen Company be adjudged bankrupt. Petitioners E C Mayfield J B Sweaney and J H Sweaney, Holmes County residents, claim debts over 3900 and alleged transfers to preferred creditors render the firm insolvent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Court
Hon. L. B. Moseley
Durant
Mullen & Owen Company
E. C. Mayfield
J. B. Sweaney
J. H. Sweaney
Holmes County
Schedles
Commuted Sentence For Ben Adams Nears Release
A letter from Senator A J McLaurin to Vicksburg confirms Ben S Adams former Citizens National Bank assistant cashier was commuted from five years to one year eight months for good behavior. He will be released within thirty days after embezzling five thousand dollars, repaid by his elderly father, while the Federal court remained unreforming and he served time in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
A. J. McLaurin
Ben S. Adams
Citizens’ National Bank
Adams
Atlanta
Mississippi
Efort
State Treasurer Seeks Depository Selections April Twenty Ninth
State Treasurer George R. Edwards Jr notes the special commission responsible for implementing the Depository Law will convene on April 29 to select banks to be designated as depositories.
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George R. Edwards Jr
Special Commission
City Adopts Paving Specifications in Gulfport Meeting
At a Gulfport city council session City Engineer M F Sullivan presented paving and storm sewers specs which were adopted as submitted. Bids are due May 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
M. F.sullivan
Storms Visit Biloxi Damage Wires and Tower
An electrical storm in Biloxi caused damage to telephone and electric light wires. Lightning reportedly struck six locations including the Firemen's Hall tower. The Louisville and Nashville freight shed was struck and three trees on the beach were shattered.
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Biloxi
Louisville and Nashville
Court Decisions by Rev Mapes Wynne and Others
Court decisions listed by judge and court across Mississippi circuits and chancery districts. Rearguments denied. multiple reversals and affirmations against Western Union Telegraph, Cudahy Packing, Illinois Central, Mobile and Ohio Railroads, and others. Executions dated June 30 referenced for State cases. various counties noted including Covington, Lauderdale, Hinds, LeFlore, and Amite.
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Mapes
Don Wynn
Ann Sle
Chancery
Rankin
M. J. Taton
Kolo Lumber Company
Covington
Western Union Telegraph Company
A. J. Lyon & Co
Circuit
Lauderdale
Hoyten & Wooten Manufacturing Company
Quitman
Affirmed
Butterfield Lumber Company
George W. Guy
Lincoln
Kingston Lumber Company
Jones
Watt Seantile Company
J. A. Buchanan
Cudahy Packing Company
Caroline Hibson
Warren
Whitfield
Monroe Anderson
State
Amite
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad
Mrs
V. C. Jackson
Union
B. C. Duncan
Hinds
Monroe
J. Rubel & Co
R. M. Sadler
Chickasaw
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Anna Swanson
Madison
Overstreet & Griffin
L.W. Cantrell
Perry
W. B. Leake
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Lamar
Mule Drag Death Claims Ruleville Youth
Jesse Mitchell eighteen year old son of J W Mitchell of Ruleville was killed near Minter City when thrown from a mule he was leading. The animal bolted dragging him a mile as his harness entangled his foot. His mother lies prostrate from the shock and doctors fear a fatal relapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Mitchell
J. W. Mitchell
Ruleville
Minter City
Governor grants further reprieve for death row inmate
Gov Noel granted another stay of execution to Hilliard Clarke of Vicksburg. Clarke was to be hanged March 13, then respited to April 16 and again to April 28. The reprieve cites new evidence since the trial and the illness of his attorney preventing case presentation.
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Noel
Hilliard Clarke
Vicksburg
Clarke
Serious Charge in Mississippi Fraud Case
Deputy Sheriff Scott of Delhi Louisiana brought to Pascagoula West Monroe charged with obtaining money under false pretenses. Monroe indicted by last grand jury and found in Delhi by Sheriff Smith of this county. Requisition papers issued to bring Monroe here. Bond furnished by a surety company.
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Scott
Delhi
Pascagoula
W. E. Monroe
Monroe
Smith
Jackson Police Raid Targets Blind Tigers
After Blind Tigers. The Jackson police raided several places suspected of being kept as blind tiger establishments and rounded up a number of old offenders familiar on the police docket. The main haul was at Wash Marsh's place where seventy pints of whisky, twenty four pints of gin, and twenty four quarts of beer were captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Wash Marsh
Fatal incident at Quin's bridge ends in death
Jerry Decod, a Black man, struck and fatally wounded his wife six miles east of Summit at Quin's bridge after he asked for thirty cents and was refused. The weapon described as a public safety item. Decod fled and has not been apprehended.
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Quin’s Bridge
Summit
Jerry Decod
Decod
Barn Destroyed in Fire in East Hazlehurst
Colby Welch of East Hazlehurst loses barn valued at 1500 dollars. the structure had no insurance. The fire left the property unprotected and uninsured.
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Colby Welch
East Hazlehurst
Selma man dies of morphine overdose in Meridian hotel
Ollie S. Smith of Selma Alabama traveling representative of Stauffer Eshelman and Company of New Orleans died in a Meridian Elmira hotel room from an overdose of morphine.
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Ollie S. Smith
Selma
Ala
Stauffer, Eshelman & Company
New Orleans
Elmira Hotel
Meridian
Milk Ordinance Enforced in Biloxi With Tuberculin Test
An ordinance on milk inspection and tuberculosis testing took effect in Biloxi. The measure embraces tuberculin testing to ensure dairy safety and protect public health.
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Biloxi
Mississippi farmers urged to hold cotton for fair price
H E Blakeslee notes open letter from President Hightower of the Farmers Union criticizing southern business and financial interests for hindering cotton price support. Edwin Lehman Johnson argues for planters to hold cotton to sustain value, warns against panic, and praises unity. The piece also discusses life insurance in Mississippi, urging mutual company ideals and law enforcement, plus Boonville-Prentiss county fair funding and northern Mississippi fair expansion.
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President Hightower
Farmers’ Union
South
Edwin Lehman Johnson
Memphis
Campaign for cattle tick eradication on farms
The State Live Stock Sanitary Board and United States government fight the cattle tick in northern counties while implying a broader farm campaign. The writer suggests farmers, with fences and stock laws enforced, could join a statewide effort. claims three fourths of farmers acting would shorten the eradication timeline.
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State Live Stock Sanitary Board
United States
Quarantine Line Down to Waters Edge Aimed at Publicity
Officials plan to lower quarantine reach to the water edge and announce the systems officially once secured. Watch for the board of instructors to test and report. Mississippi’s hog and homing crop expected to be larger this year if current indicators hold true.
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Mississippi
Engaged in Warfare in Nicaragua Mosquito War Report
A report carried by W. R. Coffman of Bloomington Illinois describes a bloody conflict in Nicaragua between whites and Mosquito Indians. About sixty whites and Indians are said to have died, with the white death toll around twenty. The account came aboard the steamer Dictator from Central American ports.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
W. R. Coffman
Bloomington
Ill
Battleship Idaho Sets Sail for Panama Cruise
The Idaho left League Island navy yard bound for Hampton Roads for a Panama voyage to test its engines. A full crew accompanies the battleship as it undertakes the proving trip.
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Panama
Philadelphia
Idaho
League Island Navy Yard
Hampton Roads
Rich Gold Strike on Nolan Creek Reported in Alaska
Fairbanks dispatch says two men who struck it rich on Nolan creek in Koyakuk have already panned out $30,000. They took only the pans from bedrock as gravel will form a dump to be washed up in the spring.
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Alaska
Seattle
Wash
Fairbanks
Nolan Creek
Koyakuk
English Actor Willie Edouin Dies in London
London report says English actor Willie Edouin died after a period of failing health since returning from the United States. Born in Brighton in 1841, he first appeared in America about twenty years ago, producing the comedy Fun in a Photograph Gallery.
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London
Willie Edouin
United States
Brighton
America
Thornton Brothers Found Guilty in Cayce Station Axe Murder
Ned and Brock Thornton, both from Prosperity, were convicted at a special term in Lexington for the February murder of Mrs. Paul Ellisor at Cayce Station. They were sentenced to hang on May 1.
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Lexington
S. C
Ned
Brock Thornton
Prosperity
Paul Ellisor
Cayce Station
Graft Skin on Babe at Harlem Hospital
A pioneering skin graft operation was successfully performed on Bertha Zola, a sixteen month old child and niece of French author Emile Zola, at Harlem Hospital City.
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Babe
New York
Bertha Zola
Emile Zola
Harlem Hospital
Cotton Firm Crutchfield Co. Fails on New York Exchange
The Crutchfield & Co. failure was announced on the floor of the New York Cotton Exchange. It is said the firm liquidated contracts earlier in the week and the event is not regarded as important.
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New York
Crutchfield & Co
Etton Exchange
Count Leo Tolstoi Ill in Moscow Visit to Tolstoi
A Moscow specialist left for Yasnaya Polyana to see Leo Tolstoi who is ill with stomach and intestinal ailments not responsive to treatment. The condition prompts concern as doctors pursue remedies and Tolstoi remains under care at his estate.
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Leo Tolstoi
Moscow
Yasnaya Polyana
Amalgamated Copper Declares Quarterly Dividend
New York directors of Amalgamated Copper Company declare a quarterly dividend of fifty cents per share on capital stock, unchanged from the last quarter.
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Amalgamated Copper
New York
Amalgamated Copper Company
Miss Lucille Marcell Sings for the Empress at Tsarskoe-Selo
New York soprano Miss Lucille Marcell of the Opera Comique of Paris sang before the Empress at Tsarskoe-Selo. She plans to travel to England soon to perform in London and other venues.
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St. Petersburg
Lucille Marcell
New York
Opera Comique
Paris
Tsarskoe-Selo
Miss Marcell
England
London
Man shoots at former assailant in Newport Arkansas
W. C. McDougal, shot and wounded weeks earlier by Neal Albright, fired at his former attacker in Newport, Ark. If officers had not intervened the situation might have ended fatally.
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Tenemy
Newport
Ark
W. C. McDougal
Neal Albright
Three Die From Inhaling Gas at Royster Guano Plant
In Macon Georgia three African American workers at the Royster Guano Company acid chamber died from inhaling poisonous fumes. Four others are ill with one likely fatally affected, as reported from the factory incident.
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Macon
Royster Guano Company
Nugget Found in Graven's Appendix After Surgery
In Seattle Washington an unusual discovery arose as almost an ounce of small gold nuggets was found embedded in the appendix of Samuel C Graven who has just been operated on at a local hospital after a long period of suffering.
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Seattle
Wash
Samuel C. Graven
Gans and Nelson to Meet in San Francisco May Fight
San Francisco promoter Glea son plans a 20 round bout between Joe Gans and Battling Nelson during fleet week likely on May 11. In Canada three men died and four were seriously burned in an explosion at the Canmore mine in Alberta with fire boss John Willmott among the dead.
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Winnipeg
Man
Canmore
Alberta
John Willmott
Disastrous Fire at Dolese Quarry in Gary Ill
A disastrous blaze at the Dolese and Shepard Co quarry in Gary Illinois caused about 150000 dollars in property loss. Numerous valuable stone crushing machines were ruined.
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Chicago
Dolese & Shepard Co
Gary
Ill
Gold Shipment to Paris Linked to New York Firm
Gold valued at one million dollars is arranged for shipment to Paris, with New York Lazard Freres handling the engagement. The deal links major transatlantic gold movement and corporate finance activities involving Lazard Freres in New York.
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France
New York
Lazard Freres
Pari
The Painting Season and White Lead Testing
A guide to testing white lead for painting. It explains a blowpipe test for purity, warns against adulterated leads, and notes National Lead Company offers a free blowpipe and a booklet featuring the Dutch Boy Painter as a purity guaranty.
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National Lead Company
Woodbridge Building
New York City
Capuchine Canalgestion and Garfield Tea Ad Sale Prices
Capuchine Canalgestion Pains Bout stomach heartburn and effective 10c. Regular flees 25c and 50c at all draggista. Garfield Tea is a natural laxative and regulates digestion cleanses the system brightens the skin and brings health.
French traveler walks world for friendship not wealth
M Georges Grandin, a French gentleman with prior world walks, begins a third journey to promote Franco relations. He travels without bets or charity and earns from books sold along the way, giving hospital funds from his profits. One ordeal in Abyssinia saw him jailed as an Italian spy, later freed after bribing guards and a desert march.
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M. Georges Grandin
France
M. Grandin
Abyssinia
Menelek
Coffee Eyes and Postum Cure for Eye Problems
A Oswego Mont woman reports coffee poisoning caused eye weakness and flashes, improved after switching to Postum Food Coffee brewed longer for altitude. She credits better vision and health of her nursing baby to the change, noting no other diet alterations. A friend also reports relief from dyspepsia and headaches after abandoning coffee for Postum. There’s a Reason. Grape Nuts No. 1797.
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Oswego
Mont
Husband
Postum
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
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Supreme Court
Blind Ti
Negro
Greater
H. E. Blakeslee
Farmers Union
Boonville
Prentiss County
Baldwyn
Prentiss
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