General Payne Resignation and Cotton Mill Closures Highlight Turbulent Times
The article discusses General Payne declining to accept a resignation amid reports and threats. It notes a woman leaving Indianola and state salary decisions. It then analyzes cotton industry closures in Massachusetts due to high prices and strategic plant idle time to influence futures. It also covers veteran pensions, Beauvoir housing, and calls for equitable state pension policies to aid elderly soldiers without discrimination, urging legislative action and equal justice.
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Payne
Indianola
Howev
Department of IF
Massachusetts
England
Various Local Quirks and Folkloric Snippets From Town
A collection of brief, humorous observations and vignettes from a small town, touching on race, weather, romance, temperance, aging veterans, gambling, and social quirks. Includes jokes about lightning, courtship in trees, Cuban flirting, bachelors, marriage by sympathy, and a critique of gamblers and kickers.
Indianola Post Office Debates Cox Resignation
A Washington dispatch states Minnie V. Cox, former postmistress of Indianola Mississippi, will be dropped from the rolls August 1 though she still draws a salary while residing out of state. The note recalls her action of closing the office after a patron petition for resignation reached Washington. Roosevelt and the Postmaster General are referenced.
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Brise
Minnie V. Cox
Indianola
Miss
The Beauvoir Home Reignites Veteran Pension Debate
Pearson Mississippi August 3 1908 Editor Brandon News quotes Judge Norell on housing veterans at $8.50 to $20 monthly and estimates 600 veterans plus 300 staff costing over $260000 before any veteran is housed. The writer condemns wasteful salaries and questions the plan’s feasibility, signaling a broader state funding dispute.
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Pearson
Miss
Brandon News
Khim
Beauyoir
Yap
Rankin Texas letter muses on crops and scripture
Gropeland Texas Aug 5 editor News writes from Rankin about excellent corn and cotton prospects despite boll weevil, praising local soil and fruit. shares answers to questions from Monterey about David and Saul, the second Passover, and Israelites in Egypt, then cites Revelation 17 8 regarding a prophetic cast.
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Gropeland
Texas
Rankin
North Carolina
Monterey
David
Saul
Ziktag
Jonah
Lord
House of Israel
Sinai
Israel
Egypt
Children of
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Mars
SUPY
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Beauvoir
Runaake
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The
W.S. May
Brandon Postoffice
J.C. Robinson
Alex, Price
A. G. Norrell
J. S. Roberts
J. L. Buchanan
John A. Gayden
Chancery
W. S. Crook
Sol Dobson
Robt.f. Brown
W. G. Steen
D. W. Denson
W. C. Harper
Supt. OF Educatia J. 1
Covincion S. R. Myers
Pisgah
Georgia
van Buren, Ark
Cuba
Muskogee
Temperance Societies
Funnell Gang
Washington Bays
Beauvoir Home
Fine
Hamilton-Brown
Jc Tote
AMY Shoe Co
Hoe
Hamilton
J.a.taylor & Son
Harperville School
Cadet Corps
Capt
Huddleston
Maids of Honor
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