Farmers Hold Your Cotton Price Here and Now
An editorial recounts Harvie Jordan of Monticello Ga urging cotton growers to stop selling for sixty days to bolster prices. He argues for twelve-cent bales, noting rising yarn prices and strong demand, and calls for county meetings to defend cotton from speculators. Also reports on good roads push in Mississippi with contracts replacing county work.
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South
Harvie Jordan
Monticello
Southern Cotton Growers Protective Association
United States Census Bureau
New Orleans Picayune
Yazoo County
Clarke County
Mississippi
Truthful Missouri column blurbs headline
An editor proclaims one issue will tell the truth and shares a set of blunt town items. It mocks locals John Bonin and John Doyle, criticizes Rev. Styx, notes Dave Sonkey's death misattributed to heart failure, and ridicules newlyweds Sylvia Rhodes and James Callahan with allusive, sharp-town satire.
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Missouri
John Bonin
Belleville
John Doyle
Styx
Dave Sonkey
Sylvia Rhodes
James Callahan
the Baptist Parsonage
Mississippi Governor Vardaman criticized for insulting President Francis
In telegraphic correspondence the Mississippi governor replies to President Francis regarding President Roosevelts planned Mississippi exhibit visit. The News condemns Vardaman for petty insults and urges courtesy, arguing he misrepresents the people and should rise above baseless hostility. The piece cites Roosevelt's actions in Indianola and questions Vardamans broader judgment.
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Vardaman
Francis
Roosevelt
Mississippi
South
Ea Ees
Jackson Evening News
Around the Fireside Prompting Family Peace and Growth
A moral exhortation on home harmony urges frankness and kindness around the hearth. It argues that cheerful effort by husbands and gentle support from wives nurture children, nature, and long lasting peace, warning against impatience and regret as hindrances to growth.
High Roller shoe ad touts splendor and value
An advertisement for L. M. Reynolds and Go promotes the High Roller rock oak sole shoes as splendid value. It urges readers to try a pair, featuring brand mention Brandon Mero.
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L. M. Reynolds
Brandon Mero
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A.M. Shields
Brandon Mercantile Company
Brandon,jMiss
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