Farmers Institute and Industrial Convention at Mississippi A and M College
The Farmers Institute and Industrial Convention will be held September 8 to 11 at the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College Agricultural College. Sessions cover forestry, dairy, cotton culture, live stock, feeds, markets, and farm practices. Notable speakers include Prof. J. C. Hardy, Prof. Archibald Smith, and Hon. G. R. Hightower. Reduced rail fares available with proper certificate receipts.
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Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Agricultural College
Miss
J.C. Hardy
Mr. Smith
Durant
Mis
County Agricultural High
G. H. Alford
Magnolia
Geo. L. Clothier
K. B. Hardy
Columbus
Archibald Smith
J. W. Fox
Delta Experiment Station
Sanitary
Archibaldmith
John Olliver
J. M. Taylor
Port Gibson
A. K. Risser
J. S. Moore
The
Glenn W. H
R. Mp. Hibbard
W. L Hutchinson
W. Perkins
Mississippi
Chas. E. Pabst
Ocean Springs
J. P. Kerr
W. F
C. S. Everts
Ridgland
Army Mule's Memory Ends In Tragedy At Tampa
A Buffalo Horse World excerpt recalls a tale of a negro teamster who beat an Army mule until it killed him after two months of silent memory. The mule, patient with a former driver, killed the man when the old teamster returned, then stood still as another man stood nearby.
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Tampa
Buffalo _ Horse World
Shiloh Camp Meeting Begins 1908 Friday Night
The Shiloh Camp Meeting for 1908 will start on a Friday night before the first Sunday in September and run through the following week. Rev Walter G Harbin will preach with other brethren assisting. A cordial invitation is extended to all preachers and others who wish to engage in soul saving. Distants travelers will detrain at Pelahatchie Miss and be conveyed back to Shiloh. Plans look for a great revival. T H King P C
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Shiloh
Walter. G. Harbin
Pelahatchie
Thought Bacci Poster Urges Support for Local Merchants Over Catalog Giants
A historical poster warns Oklahoma farmers and businessmen about wealth concentration and the threat of mail order houses. It favors home merchants who pay taxes and employ locals, questioning the value of catalog shopping and urging discussion with local merchants to compare prices and services.
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Else Darling
Oklahoma
Four Senses Debate On Soul And Pain
An exchange features a clergy man and a doctor of medicine debating souls and pain. The doctor argues via the five senses, the clergyman counters with the existence of pain and thus of a soul, asserting a soul’s reality despite sensory limitations.
Improved Cotton Compressing and Its Potential Impact
Harvie Jordan who leads the Cotton Growers' Association and heads the Farmers' Gin, Compress & Cotton Co may push general adoption of cotton compressing at gins he is vigorously working on. The bagging and compressing of southern cotton is described as barbarous and a disgrace to the south, causing losses to planters per Balts Mfr's Record.
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Harvie Jordan
Curious Condensations and Global Stats Tangle
A collection of varied data points spans Turkey's beggar suppression, patent fiber cement shingles, Argentina crop area growth to 36 million acres from 12,000,000 in 1906, vast forested areas in Russia Europe Asia, Italy forest area of 10 million acres, Deutsche Bank payment by post card checks in Munich, German publishing exports exceeding 42 million books costing 15 million dollars, and a strenuous endurance test involving 100,000 daily steps by a dummy soldier to assess new cartridge belts.
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Turkey
Abestos
Argentina
Russia
Europe
Asia
Italy
Deutsche Bank
Munich
Germany
Cular Bate
Old Judge Charles Field Reaches Ninety Third Birthday
The report notes Charles Field, believed to be the oldest judge in the United States, recently celebrated his ninety third birthday by presiding a District Court session at his home in Alfiel, Massachusetts. It mentions other oddities about Rio de Janeiro and a Belgian scientist claiming a new pneumonia serum.
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Rio de Janeiro
Charles Field
United States
Alfiel
Mass
Nettled
Leon Bertrand
New York City
Venice
Merchants and Farmers United in Commercial Clubs
The American Farmer and Consumer advocates farmers joining commercial clubs as partners with merchants to improve towns. It urges every town to form a lively club including farmers to aid highway improvements and ensure diverse goods, arguing harmony between farmers and business leaders and farmer eligibility for membership.
Wright Revisits Chickamauga as Secretary of War
Luke E. Wright returns to Chickamauga forty five years after commanding Confederate artillery. As secretary of war in the reunited nation he will review soldiers from Tennessee and Georgia under the flag of the United States, symbolizing national reconciliation and shared history.
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Luke E. Wright
Chickamauga
Tennessee
Georgia
Soearet
Notice to Creditors of Sallie D Aills Deceased
Letters of administration were granted August 14, 1908 by the Chancery Court of Rankins County Mississippi on the estate of Sallie D Aills deceased. Creditors are warned to present claims to the clerk for probate within one year or be barred. ROBERT L AILLS Administrator.
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Chancery Court
Second District
Rankins County
Mississippi
Sallie D. Aills
Robert L. Aills
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Rock Bluff High School
Luther Roberts
Daniel
H. A. Busick Company
Walter A. Wood
Golden New Model
Walrus
Jackson Hardware Company
Jackson, Miss
E. Pearl Street
South State Street
Everett
Kranich & Bach
Ivers & Pond
Krell-French
Smith & Barnes
Forbes
Harvard
E. E. Forbes Piano Co
C. J. Roberts
Mgr
Itol St
Jackson
L. C. Smith
Capitol
Farmers’ Institute
Ke Omer
Bacci
Rankin County
Brandon
W. H. Barnes
Ban
Sidney L. McLaurin
S. Montever
A. Richardson Co
East Capitol Street
Aes Ua
Alabama & Vicksburg Railway
Cincinnati
Atlanta
N. Y
Meridian
Birmingham
Shreveport
Shreveport and
Vicksburg
Chattanooga
New York
Geo. H. Smith
New Orleans
Hohl
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