Rice farming in Louisiana and Mississippi gains ground
Last week Vicksburg traders visited Lake Providence to view rice fields. Six years of trials yield 10 000 acres seeded, with levees, flood irrigation, and improved equipment including traction engines. In Bolivar county Mississippi upland rice offers profitable home use. diversifying delta crops could raise rice prices by reducing cotton supply.
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Vicks- Sangercante
Lake Providence
Mississippi Delta
Bolivar County
Louisiana
Natchez
Rankin
Pearl River
Delta
Governor Sanders Outlines Louisiana Good Roads Plan
In Baton Rouge Governor Sanders advocates a three tier road system linking every county seat with national, state, and county roads. He touts convicts' use on permanent highways, proposing sale of most state farms to fund road construction and reduce farm land for convict labor. The plan envisions ocean to ocean highways and major savings for the public.
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Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Louisiania
United States
Union
Ocean
Canada
Gulf
Board of Control of
State Penitentiary
Louisiana
Board of Control
The Right Way Rule For Brandon Promises tighter penalties
The mayor and justice of the peace in Brandon endorse a rule that women who fight or use vulgar language on the streets or those convicted of theft will receive jail or county farm sentences plus fines. They argue this will curb misconduct and deter appeals meant to shield offenders, vowing no innocent will suffer while the guilty pay the penalty and the good are protected.
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Justice of the Peace For
Brandon
Land auction near Pelahatchie Mississippi seeks buyers
The notice advertises 390 acres of land located 6 12 miles south Pelahatchie Miss with improvements including one dwelling four tenant houses and two barns. Contact Grover Palmer or Imer Jackson Mississippi for details and inquiries. We offer a full line of coffins shrouds robes pins and related funeral items through W G Barnes.
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Pelahatchie
Miss
Grover Palmer Or' Imer
Jackson, Miss
W. G. Barnes
Schedule snippets for trains and routes
No. 5 No. 3 Ly. Jackson to Hattiesburg Gulfport times listed from 6:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. with arrival patterns. Additional times show Ly. Gulfport to Ar. Jackson and Columbia division via Silver Creek and Columbia with morning and afternoon departures and arrivals.
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Jackson
Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Ar. Jackson
Columbia
Silver Creek
Mendenhall
Hattiesbur
Thos. P. Hale
Mississippi
Mrs T W Preston Died In Vicksburg From Typhoid
Mrs T W Preston died in Vicksburg last Friday after contracting typhoid while nursing a sick boarder. Her husband Thomas W Preston and two children are ill with the disease. She was Mary Shelby in youth and a devout Episcopal church member. Survived by husband four daughters, mother Mrs Meg Alexander Shelby, four brothers Edwin Shelby New Orleans Alec Will and David Menee of Mons, Mrs Bessie of Tahoma, and Mrs Yoss.
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T W. Preston
Vicksburg
Mary Shelby
Lfe
Episcopal Church
Preston
Thomas W. Preston
Meg
Alexander Shelby
Edwin Shelby
New Orleans
Alec
Will
David Menee
Mons
Bessie
Tahoma
The Two Kinds in Every Business House
An essay contrasts two employee types the Bunch who seek high wages with minimal effort and the diligent workers who maintain discipline, seek steady pay, and push for the common good. The piece argues the latter earn loyalty and keep the business moving, while intent matters more than brains.
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George Ade
Indiana
Chcago
Burch
Fall line of wool dress goods and silks advertised
Large and complete fall line of wool dress goods silks and fancy waistings offered directly from mills. Featuring up to date New York patterns and a handsomest line of materials on the market. Profits $10 to $30 weekly with samples and full instructions packed in a neat directory. Write for particulars department F 8 Binghamton NY.
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New York City
Binghamton
N. Y
Double wedding in St Louis ends in same-day fatherhood
Alfred Spino aged 30 and Leonardo Spine 24 married sisters Ma ria Belfione 28 and Gonginna Belfione 24 in a double ceremony in St. Louis. Both brothers became fathers the same day in the same house, with a boy and a girl born, the babies vigorously kicking in adjoining rooms. Previously the Spino and Belfione families were neighbors in Sicily near Palermo six years earlier.
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St. Louis
Alfred Spino
Leonardo Spine
Maria Belfione
Gonginna Belfione
Spino
Belfione
Sicily
Palermo
Pellagra in Newton County Mississippi
The Newton Record reports pellagra appearing in Newton county Mississippi with Mrs Ed Crosby of near Lake and a Negro patient treated by Dr Chapman cited as cases. Authorities note the disease is not contagious and advise thorough cooking of bread from western corn meal. Senator McLaurin praised women at a social, then joked about needing glasses to read a newspaper clipping.
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Newton County
Mississippi
Ed Crosby
Near Lake
Chapman
Senator McLaurin
Congress
Kansas City Star
McLaurin
Cheese Misadventure Costs Man 150 Dollars
Tom Mauger of Hammond Indiana bought limburger cheese for 150 dollars. His wife objected so he nailed the cheese outside. Heat spoiled it and led to a plumbing search that damaged the house before Mauger recalled the cheese.
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Tom Mauger
Hammond
Ind
Mauger
Pallagra on the Increase Across the South
A Washington special reports pellagra rising nationwide with the disease spreading, especially in the south. Surgeon General Wyman says the increase aligns with Dr. Lavinder’s visit to Peoria Illinois where fifty suspected cases at the Illinois Insane Asylum are under observation.
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Washington
South
General Wyman
Public Health and Marine Hospital Servee
Lavinder
Peoria
Ill
Illinois Insane Asylum
Wyman
Death of Tobe Steverson in Langford Miss 1909
A local letter corrects the record on Tobe Steversons death near Langford Mississippi alleging rumors of a log wagon accident and drunkenness are false. He reportedly fell from a load of logs when the bark loosened and the wagon wheel dropped into a rut.
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Steverson
Notice to Louis H Beverly in Rankin County suit
Citation notice from Rankin County Mississippi commands Louis H Beverly to appear on the fourth Monday of September 1909 to defend Lizzie Beverly suit filed August 5 1909 in chancery court. Clerk Jno A Gayden. Henry and Henry solicitors.
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Louis H. Beverly
Lizzie Beverly
A. D
JNO
A. Gayden
Henry & Henry, Solicitors
Rankin County Court Case Notice 1909
County of Rankin court notice adjudges Minnie Buchanan Smith as defendant in a case issued on the 5th day of August 1909 with H L McCaskill as attorney and A Gayden as clerk. date stated as the 4th Monday of August.
Notice of administration for estate of O R Kersh
Decree of Chancery Court Rankin County issued August 4 1908 grants W I Kersh surviving partner letters of administration on the partnership estate. All claims against O R Kersh deceased must be probated with the Clerk of the Chancery Court within one year or be forever barred. Henry & Henry attorneys.
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O. R. Kersh
Chancery Court
Rankin County
W. I Kersh
O.R. Kersh
Eaid Chancery Court
W. I. Kersh
Henry & Henry
For Sale in Brandon A Good 7 Room Home and 12 Acre Lot
A Brandon property offering a seven room house on twelve acres with one hundred pecan trees, fifty bearing, near the school. Described as valuable and a bargain. Also a separate 60 acre farm with a four room house a quarter mile from the school, suited for truck farming. From J T B Berry.
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Brandon
J.T. B. Berry
Notice for Publication of Homestead Proof in Mississippi
Department of the Interior gives notice that Charles H. Patrick of Puckett Mississippi filed to prove final five year homestead claim for NE 1-4 of NW 1-4 section 17 township 3N range 5E Choctaw Meridian before the Jackson land office on August 16 1909. Witnesses named: J C C Donnell Johns Miss J V Patrick Everett Miss L L McMellon Joe Miss A H Patrick Puckett Miss. L Q C Lamar Register.
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Department of the Interior
U. S. Land Office
Jackson
Miss
Charles H. Patrick
Puckett
Range
Choctaw Meridian
Register
United States Land Office
Mississippi
J. C. C. Donnell
Johns
J. V. Patrick
Everett
L. L. McMellon
Joe, Miss
A. H. Patrick
L. Q. C. Lamar
Bridge Bid Notice Over Pelahatchie Creek Sep 1909
Sealed bids will be received at the chancery clerk office until noon on the first Monday in September 1909 for building a cable or wooden bridge over Pelahatchie Creek on Brandon and Fannin road. Plans are on file in the chancery clerk office. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. J A Gayden Clerk.
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Chancery Clerk's Office
Pelahatchie Creek
Brandon and
Fannin Road
J.A. Gayden
Brandon Mississippi sells 6 percent bonds for bids
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen invite sealed bids for 5000 dollars in 6 percent bonds issued August 8 1909 in amounts of 500 dollars each. Bids may be closed at noon August 20 1909, with rejection of any or all bids reserved. Pat Henry mayor A M Shields clerk.
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Brandon
Mississippi
Pat Henry
A. M. Shields
Rankin County Tax Roll Notices Filed for Inspection
Jno A Gayden clerk of board of supervisors files Rankin county real and personal assessment rolls for taxpayer inspection in the clerk's office until the first Monday in September. Any valuation errors may be reported to the board at its September meeting for adjustment. Taxpayers urged to inspect their assessments in the clerk's office. Signed J C Atkins.
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Rankin County
Jno
A. Gayden
Board of Supervisors
J. C. Atkins
Rankin County 1909 Tax Rolls Await Inspection and Correction
Notice to taxpayers that the land and personal rolls for Rankin County Mississippi for 1909 will be examined at the September Board of Supervisors meeting. Objections will be heard at that time. By order of the board. JO A. Gayden, Clerk.
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Rankin County
Miss
Board of Supervisor
JO. A. Gayden
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