Year in Advance Mail Matter at Brandon Postoffice
The Pendon News notes ANOUAR A YEAR IN ADVAN ered at Brandon Mississippi Postoffice as Mail Matter of the Second Class. W J Bryan to address Mississippi legislature next Saturday in Jackson. Political jostling on Taft and Roosevelt. Brownsville soldiers inquiry upheld. Paris wines susceptible to theft. New York City growth projected to 19 250 000 by 1950. Harriman defeats Stuyvesant Fish in Illinois Central fight. Likely second Democratic primary winners named with large margins. Peonage probe to expand Southwide. immigration committee to run it. McLaurin to join Latimer vacancy replacement plans.
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Brandon
Mississippi
Postoffice
New York City
Immigration Committee
McLaurin
Latimer
Diamond robberies spark regional concern in New Orleans and Memphis
Reports of frequent diamond thefts spread through New Orleans and Memphis. Residents show little interest in flashy gems, favoring sturdy investments for their wealth and security in uncertain times.
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New Orleans
Memphis
Brandon
Priest Shot at St Elizabeths Church in Denver
Catholic priest Leo Heinrichs was shot through the heart at St Elizabeths church in Denver Colorado last Sunday morning by Italian man Giuseppe Guaranaccio just after Heinrichs distributed the consecrated wafer to him.
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Leo Heinrichs
St. Elizabeth’s Church
Denver
Colo
Guiseppe Guaranaccio
Clip of the Pie Brings West to Town for Visit
The Clip, a unique figure, arrived last Saturday from the West, greeted friends and subscribers, then left on the afternoon train. He still measures distances from Brandon and appears as young as three decades ago.
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Brandon
Russian commander General Stoessell sentenced to death
General Stoessell who surrendered Port Arthur to Japan was found guilty by the court martial and given the death sentence in keeping with Russian military law, but the sentence will be commuted to imprisonment.
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Stoessell
Port Arthur
Carnegie cautions on panics and tariffs on steel
The speaker argues there is no universal cure for financial panics and suggests people could build libraries if steel tariffs were removed. He adds that removing the tariff would curb perceived graft benefiting Mr Carnegie.
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Mr. Carnegie
Bread riot in Philadelphia disrupts city hall protest
Two thousand Italians, out of work, staged a bread riot in Philadelphia last Friday marching under red crepe draped flags and clashing with police to prevent an invasion of city hall. No fatalities occurred though many were bruised. the piece notes foreigners and Americans alike live under electric lights when health and working conditions draw workers to the nation that needs them.
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Brotherly Love
Choate Compares Washington to Lee in Philadelphia Oration
In Philadelphia on Washingtons birth day Jos A Choate of New York offered a vivid estimate of George Washington. He said even if the American revolution had failed the memory of Washington would be cherished by a grateful people and an admiring world much as Gen Robert E Lee is honored today for heroic achievement and self sacrificing devotion.
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Philadelphia
Washington
Monument to the Confederates in Brandon Mississippi
Brandon Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy organized on May 18 1903 with seven women as charter members. They funded a $3000 monument unveiled November 29 1907 in the town square with remarks by dignitaries and a 7 foot soldier statue. The site features inscriptions praising the Confederacy and States' Rights with a brick and marble foundation and surrounding veterans and citizens in attendance.
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Brandon
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wm. Walker
Bessie McCaskill
Eunice Washburn
Annie Henry
Kate Stapleton
Board of Supervisors
Rankin County
Patrick Henry
G. O. Robinson
Daisy McLaurin Stevens
Mississippi
W. S. May
William Walker
Robert Lowry
Mississippi Veterans
Patrick Henry Lowry
Charles E. Hooker
W. A. Montgomery
Wayne
May
South
Leviathan Whale Strikes Ship. Death Toll in Splash
A 140 foot whale reportedly charged the 600 foot liner Fuerst Bismarck on the high seas, delivering a fatal blow to the creature and leaving the ship to shudder. The whale was found dead shortly after by another ocean steamer. The Leeds Mercury notes odd bird habits and comments on a Dallas Cotton Association vote reelecting Harvey Jordan as president and Walter Clark as vice-president after Clark warned against aiding cotton’s revival. Arthur Hyne, famed multi bigamist, jailed in Bristol for seven years, admitted US alias George A Witzhoff and deceiving 32 American women. The piece ends with a caution on marrying without due diligence and general admonitions on responsibility.
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High Seas
Southern Cotton Association
Dallas
Texas
Harvey Jordan
Georgia
Walter Clark
Mississippi
Clark
Arthur Hyne
Bristol
England
United States
George A. Witzhoff
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