Labor, training, and work ethic shape the nation
The author argues people must learn to work themselves before becoming bosses, emphasizing education and training as essential for satisfaction. He faults those who seek high pay without effort, urges selecting suitable work, praises reliable help, and cites Kellerstrass of Kansas City as an example of hard work paying off for both self and employer.
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America
Norrally
Kellerstrass
Kansas City
Peggy
Madme
Padereswki
Heart Nerves Weakness and Dr Miles Cure Ad
An advertisement explains weak heart action caused by stressed nerves and offers Dr Miles Heart Cure as a strengthening tonic. It recounts a testimonial of stomach trouble and heart illness with claims of speedy relief and repeated use, featuring the address 804 Main St SEMoT AG.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Main St
Semet AG
Unit lesson in a classroom scene from a reading tale
A teacher demonstrates the concept of units using a pencil book ruler and fruit. She asks students to identify a unit in a peeled apple showing a playful classroom moment with a shy pupil. The excerpt ends with a humorous mispronunciation from William and a playful plea from the teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
William’ “Pleathe
Christian
Battleship Mississippi silver service to be shown at Horn Island
The Mississippi silver service will arrive in Meridian mid May for an exhibition at Meyer and Schamber's jewelry store. The display will stay several days with many visitors expected from nearby towns and a June 1 presentation on Horn Island approved by the Navy and state officials.
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Uleship
Horn Island
Meridian
Meyer & Schamber
Meridiam
Clarion-Ledger
Secretary of the Navy
Noel
Silver Service Commission
Mississippi
Mississippi River
Natchez
Horn Island Pass
Meyer
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Meridian Dispatch
Baptism Delayed as Alligators Guard River Log
A colored preacher jokes that baptism will not occur because five hungry alligators lie on logs in the river millpond. He quips Providence may protect candidates, but wading into the pond with alligators would be folly. The speaker notes the danger and the delay of the baptism.
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Providence
Carnegie's Business Maxims and a Card Game Tale
A clipping presents Andrew Carnegie on promotion and thrift, urging early saving, aiming high, and choosing partners, followed by a colloquial seven up card game anecdote from the Saturday Evening Post about risk and cunning in play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Carmegie
Jedge
Saturday Evening Post
Drummer Meets Real Estate Hustler in Southern Talk
A New York drummer visits a real estate office and argues with a hustler over land values in the South. The drummer ridicules the South while the agent claims health and energy differ by region. An old veteran interjects about rest and 68 years of life spent in peaceful rest except four years fighting Yankees, prompting the drummer to shift topics.
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New York
South
Th South
North
Florida
Government Refuses Endorsement for Whiskey Receipts
The American Issue notes that 225 million gallons of distilled liquor remain stored in bonded warehouses and were intended as last year’s consumption. Treasury officials declined to endorse the warehouse receipts for use as collateral, unlike earlier actions handling cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
Washington
Prohibition Wave Reported As Government Seeks Value
Brokers refused the distillers and sent them away in sorrow. The plain reason given is that no certain value can be attached to whiskey due to rapid prohibition growth. Liquor receipts differ from cotton receipts as fewer people may drink in coming years. Prohibitionists and legitimate business promoters may be encouraged as the nationwide movement accelerates toward a prohibition nation.
Commissioner’s Notice Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
In Rankin county Mississippi a chancery court sale by commissioner is set for May 25 1909. The west half of the southwest quarter of section 13 township 5 range 1 east is exposed for cash to satisfy a judgment. Sale is subject to a deed of trust encumbrance for Argie J Easterling and 1909 taxes.
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Chancery Court
Rankin County
State of
Mississippi
R. L. Foster
John and
Eudora Mack
John
Eudora
Brandon
Rankin
Township
Argie J. Easterling
MO. A. Gayden
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Tion
Frank L. Staunton
Hell
Maine
Ile
Colored Theology
Carnegie
The
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Morning World
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Jackson
Colors
Associated Press
Hearst News Service
Louisiana State Press League
Dorse Whiskey Warehouse
Steinway
Knabe, Vose
Emerson
Schubert
Melville Clark
Kohler & Campbell
Apollo
West Capitol Street
Jackson, Mississippi
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