Typhoid adds to Messina quake misery and aid plan
The Brandon News reports typhoid fever spreading among earthquake victims in Messina and Italian cities. The Atlantic Battleship fleet shifts its route to aid stricken coasts. Trial arguments in Tennessee close, with juries to decide. Large death toll estimates, massive homelessness, and ongoing relief efforts cited. Also notes on advertising as an investment for merchants.
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Messina
Port Said
Suez Canal
Italy
Dallas
Texas
Editorial Reproached Politics Over Law Enforcement
The Picayune reprints Judge Buckley speech to Lauderdale county grand jury condemning political bias in enforcing law. He argues punishment should target all offenders regardless of race or status and warns against influence over juries and prosecutors. The piece laments rising public distrust and calls for duty by juries and courts.
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New Orleans Picayune
J. L. Buckley
Lauderdale County
Grand Jury
Petit Juries
Corn Contest Sparks County Yields and Prizes
Newton County Boys won first prize last year with 149 bushels per acre on loam basin soil. The winning method included deep plowing, shallow cultivation, and 3600 pounds of fertilizer per acre. Rankin County youths expect higher yields and wider participation, prize money aimed at stimulating more corn rather than guaranteeing wins.
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Newton County Boys
Basin
Rankin County Boys
Farmers to diversify crops win credit in Utica
Utica Mississippi merchants and money lenders will advance funds only to farmers who diversify crops. The shift ends the all cotton credit basis and rewards growers of corn oats peas and livestock. The Greenville Democrat notes this as a turn toward home production and wider prosperity for southern farmers.
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Utica
Hinds County
Greenville Democrat
South
Chicago
Kansas
Illinois
Crime destroys prosperity in Meridian Mississippi court charge
Judge John L Buckley opened the Meridian Circuit Court urging Grand Jury and the public to confront violent crime. He condemned evasion of punishment and legal technicalities that allow murderers to escape justice, warning that crime erodes business and public order. He praised the press for aiding justice.
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John L. Buckley
Meridian
Miss
Mississippi
Grand Jury Room
Petit Jury
Buckley
Notable Quote Sparks Civic Rally Call in The Picayune
A fragment from The Picayune hints at civic action with a call to rally for presumed good citizens and collective effort. The snippet suggests inspiration toward communal participation and public responsibility.
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the Picayune
Buds Remain Unpicked in Chicago Society
A Cleveland Plain Dealer excerpt counsels debutantes and their mothers on marriage prospects. It argues that even pretty, gentle women face disappointment as marriage becomes more challenging, urging resilience and real-world experience rather than anxious pursuit of spouses.
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Chicago
Euclid
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Rankin County High School Prize Awards List
A letter from Aret Graham notes Rankin County high school prizes for greatest material improvement and various best exhibits. Recipients include Otis Robinson Jackson Miss for greatest material improvement and W J Bell Pelahatchie for manual training. Brandon Drug Co earns library improvement prize. Briar Hill reports, while others have pending reports.
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Otis Robinson
Jackson
Miss
A. M. Shields
Brandon
W. J. Bell
Pelahatchie
G. R. Owen
S. Rhodes
Rhodes School
Aret Graham
Pelahatchie News Recaps Holidays and School Start
Local notes report Christmas and New Year visits by many residents, school reopens with 190 pupils, teachers enjoyed holidays, and multiple families travel between Pelahatchie and surrounding towns. Social events include a Sunday engagement and a pound supper, with town residents welcoming newcomers and sharing general good cheer.
Matrimony Rite Conducted At Hickory Ridge
In a New Year community note, Bro Tuttons presided at Hickory Ridge over the rites of matrimony between Rube Sawyer and Miss Lou Mass after a weekend appointment. Farmers report a standstill due to excessive rain delaying oat sowing.
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Euta Smith
Emmitt Ewing
Funice Pierce
Tilhey
Hickory Ridge
Local notes on residents and visits across towns
Pearson and Marion Stacy lent for Greenville where they attend school. Mrs Bettie Saunders spent last week in Jackson. Airs daughter spent Tuesday in Jackson. Miss Mamie Smallwood of Jackson spent Sunday with home folks.
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Ms. Hardy
Jackson
S. D. Meachum
J. R. Payne
Wm. Puckett
Marion Stacy
Greenville
Bettie Saunders
Mamie Smallwood
Fatalities of the Year 1908 by Personal Violence
The 1908 record shows 8 062 deaths from personal violence excluding suicide and lynching, per telegraph and newspapers, up 24 from 1907. The tally notes slow, steady gains, no waves, and classifies deaths broadly, unable to split quarrel deaths without official records.
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CMSB
Lee
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Brandon, Miss
Tennessee
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Rundle
Leake County
Leslie Stingily
Brookhaven
Rev. McDonald
Lake
Carl Stingily
Owen Rigby
Annie
Joé Bishop
Julia Kersh
Luther McDonald
North Repke
Manx Lay
Engale
S. H. Prisork
Lod Matthews
S. A. Daylor
Pelahatehic
General Wind-Up
Bowers Brothers
Stors
Bowers
Pearl Sts
Jackson, Miss
Pearson
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