Mississippi factory growth and moral maxims column
Mississippi now has twice as many factories as it had three years ago. Various maxims about character, patience, hustle, and friendship appear, alongside notes on illness at The News and a new book by Maj. L. O. Bridewell titled The Negro is a Man With a Soul to be Saved. A Southern School and Home line links roads and schools as dual engines of progress.
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Mississippi
L. O. Bridewell
Copiah County
A. O. Watson
Texas
Watson
Georgia
Virgil
Presbyterian Church
Dock
Rural post offices shrink as fourth class declines
Unlee Sam notes the fourth class postmasters total over seventy thousand, twenty thousand more than the regular army. Rural free delivery spurred the closure of about 2,000 fourth class post offices this year, and new ones fail to offset losses.
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Unlee Sam
Regular Army
United States
Mississippi lynching report notes 1902 counts
A Jackson correspondent to the Vicksburg Post reports 1902 saw fourteen lynchings and one burning, suggesting progress toward civilization and lawfulness. The Rural Free Delivery program now serves over 4 million farmers, doubling mail volume, with 700,000 square miles still uncovered and 26,000 to 27,000 more carriers needed to complete the expansion within four years.
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Mississippi
Jackson
Vicksburg Post
Post Office Department
The Colonel's Story of Flad
Long ago a Canadian Irishman named Gerald Flad rose to fame as a daring ranger and bullfighter in a frontier border tale. The narrator, Captain Hutchinson, recounts Flad’s daring escape from a dangerous ambush, his romantic pursuit of a Mexican mistress, and a sensational bullfight in which Flad defeats the bull with a swift, decisive strike before leaving the arena with quiet defiance and a vow to seek new adventures in New York.
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Gerald
Cafferty
Rangers
Ramon Tesas Felipe del Agar
Flad
del Agar
Ramon del Agar
Hutchinson
Flac
New York
Gereld
Smallpox spreads amid village notes and local updates
Local column reports ongoing smallpox cases with no deaths, praises Mr. Watson leaving for Texas, and recalls long time residents like Dock at the Presbyterian church. It notes a child’s death from burns near Polkville, county farming prospects, road conditions, and local candidates, including Gus Long for supervisor, amid river transport and Pearl River improvement talks.
Quote on preachers and trains by Bro McCaskill
Bro McCaskill remarked that upon returning home one can gauge a preacher's integrity by whether he steals a ride on a train or loses all his money after getting off.
Cleary Weather and School Funding Notes
Rainy windy cold weather slows life and stock as Hickory Ridge school receives 40 for desks. Local officials, Board of Supervisors and township trustees approve funds for comfort in classrooms. Community news covers relocations, visits, illness, births, and river steamboat activity on Pearl River.
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Board of
Strayed Grey Horse Missing in Smith County
Strayed from Birt Stringer's place in Smith County a seven year old grey horse weighing seven hundred to eight hundred pounds with no marks is in good condition. Last heard of at Boone's bridge on Strong River. Information leading to recovery should be sent to Steven Fortenberry, Waco, Smith County, Mississippi.
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Birt Stringer
Smith County
Boone’s Bridge
Strong River
Steven Fortenberry
Waco
Miss
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W. S. May
Brandon Post Office
Sol Welch
Rankin County
A. T. Kersh
Rankin and
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Senate
Hankin
Pat Henry
Lone Way
Aed
Dean
W. L
John H. Raftery
Capt. Trews
Gerald Flad
Col. Hutchinson
Roger Flad
Gront
Heidelberg
Coppinger
California
Phil Sheridan
Sierras
Old
Mexico
Ochoa
Rio Grande
el Paso
Paso del Norte
Arroyo
Hotel Dieu
Chihuahua
P Svallion
Madrid
Tean
Carta
Reina Ovat
Mls
Degre
Weit
Monarch
Meridian
Liverpool
J.A. Taylor & Son
Grove
M. J. Ross
Jonas
Polkville
Will Dilmore
Lizzards
Pink Gill
Wm. Marti
J. A. Chapuian
Jim
Great Oaks
Adam
Pearl River
Grant
Gus Long
Mr. Long
Lewis
Copish County
Whitfield
KE. Q. White
John R. Dear
D. P. Dear
Louisiana
Reverend 8. O. McCaskill
New Orleans
Tutt’s
Cleary
Hugh Walker
W.P. Alliston
Mr. Walker
the Flowers Place
Mr. Alliston
Frank Hostre
Wright Dan
Mrs. Sue Pierce
Othr
W. E. Odon
Insane Asylum
Will Wansly
Tom
Lonnie Smith
Byram
John Jones
D.H. Smith
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