Northern Advice to Booker T
An Indianapolis editorial weighs Booker Washington dining with John Wanamaker at a Saratoga hotel. It argues Washington should reject social equality with whites, urging him to assert pride and limit interactions to business, warning continued mingling risks race morale and inspires ill will among the ignorant.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Booker Washington
John Wanamaker
Saratoga
Sete Peuhidanion Pers
Thnes
Professor Washington
South
Tuskegee
Washington
Mr. Washington
Aesop
Shylock
Bassanio
Dead engineer saved the Flying Virginian wreck scare
A later report recounts the near disaster aboard the Fast Flying Virginian, as engineer David Mahoney died instantly trying to control a runaway locomotive after detecting a hot box. Fireman and crew halted the train before Germantown Junction, while passengers remained unaware of the peril until after arrival.
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Chespeake and Ohio Railroad
Jersey City
Pennsylvania Road
Trenton
Morrisville
David Mahoney
Mahoney
Philadelphia
Germantown Junction
Counterclaim in Postal Bond Case Stirs Old Civil War Grievances
A southern postmaster’s shortfall of 3940 dollars led to a suit against his sureties and a court judgment for the full amount after a bitter contest. A former Confederate soldier named Johnson, now 77, filed a counterclaim of 15390 dollars alleging the government must settle, claiming the golden rule should guide officials. He cites a detailed bill listing enslaved people and other wartime assets as part of the retroactive reckoning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Mr. Johnson
Sam
Jeremiah Johnson
Mississippi Convict Farm Crop Praise and Surprising Mule Rescue
Rankin County convict farm manager Capt Rainey reports a thriving corn crop of varied prolificness with yields up to 100 bushels per acre, plus a robust cow pea cover. He notes convict labor clearing brush and improving pastures, while Mississippi pride centers on the farm’s appearance and crop outcomes. A separate item recounts Adolph Wilson crediting a mule for saving his life after a wreck in Indiana, the mule kicking a timber off him and helping him escape.
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Charion Ledger
Capt. Rainey
Rankin County
Jackson
Delta
Rainey
Mississippi
Adolph Wilson
Nicholasville
Indiana
Industrial Institute and College Tuition and Terms 1905
Inquiries on nine month student expenses at the I I and O are answered. Matriculation fee five dollars medical fee five dollars. Board including meals furnished rooms fuel lights and laundry eight dollars fifty cents per month totaling eighty six fifty, not including uniform or books. Legislature provided three thousand five hundred dollars for a Student Labor Fund scholarships valued at fifty dollars for a few. Rankin apportions six free students this year. Examination September second at the Superintendent's office. Session begins September twentieth 1905. R Myers superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. I. and
Rankin
R. Myers
Bear sighting stirs Pearl River area in Poplarville
J O Bilbro, banker and planter, reports great excitement in Pearl River on Monday after a large bear’s trail was found crossing fences. Residents chased the tracks with dogs but could not sight or capture the bear Bruin in the Poplarville community.
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J.O. Bilbro
Bruin
Poplarville
Miss
Free Press
For Sale Cane Mill and Evaporators in Chattanooga
For sale a Chattanooga cane mill and two Cook evaporators, all comparatively new. A big bargain at twenty six dollars. Contact Joe Corley in Brandon, Mississippi.
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Chattanooga
Cook
Joe ‘Corley
Brandon
Miss
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Tomer
Brandon Mercantile
Brandon, Miss
Adda
Mayers
D. J. Lessell, Pelahatchie, Miss
Brandon Bank
Brandon, Mississippi
Sidney L. McLaurin
D. J. Slenker
W. H. Barnes
L. S. May, R. L. McLaurin
Booker T
Grant
Nila Bhi
Toilet du Nord Ginghams
A. F. C. Ginghams
Percales
AM. Shields
U. S. America
Washington Cor
Charleston News and Courier
Maude
Harrodsburg
Bear
Pearl River
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