Brandon News and Political Riffs from a Mississippi Paper
The Brandon News reports on a verdict of 17500 for C E Harris in the Durham wreck, Taft leading Bryan by about 1.2 million votes, a concert at Briah Hill school house for library funds, I C Boll Weevil train speeches, a jab at a famed president, and notes on Senator McLaurin's pension bill for Mary Fitzgerald and river transport fears near Natchez. Governor Deneen of Illinois enters agricultural study, urged as example for other states.
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McLaurin
Senate
Mary L._ Fitzgerald
Chas
Fitzgerald
Sorsby
Marengo Bend
Natchez
Mississippi
Charles S. Deneen
Illinois
Agricultural School Department
Commonwealths
Night riders face trial for Rankin murder at Union City
The Reel foot Lake section men are being tried at Union City Tennessee for the murder of Capt Rankin and may face the death penalty. The public mood is strong against the accused as the trial proceeds amid president’s address on enrolling new club members.
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Reelfoot Lake
Union City
Tenn
Rankin
Appointment notices from the Jackson and Newton districts
The sixteenth annual Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South at Yazoo City issued appointments for the Jackson and Newton districts. Presiding elders, pastors, and circuit supplies named, including Jackson First Church and numerous stations. Also notes Epworth League secretary and Mississippi Orphans Home head positions. An article section closes with commentary on a murder case and punishment debates.
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Jackson
Newton
Mississippi
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
Yazoo City
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