Romantic Mississippi Elopement in Jackson at Midnight
A Gretna Green style marriage occurred in Jackson between Otis Noblin of Edwards and Susie Darden from Pocahontas. They rode the Yazoo train to Jackson, found a license with a deputy, and wed at Rev F L McCue’s residence just before midnight with Susie’s uncle present. No parental objections were raised.
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Jackson
Otis Noblin
Edwards
Susie Darden
Pocahontas
Yazoo
Britain
F. L. McCue
West Side Presbyterian Church
Pocahontas Repot
Cheap Meat Swindle During Roosevelt Hunt
Two Hick negroes deceived plantation workers near Fitler's Landing during Roosevelt's South visit. They claimed meat prices were too high and took advance payments, gathering over 1000 dollars before fleeing. The scheme targeted enslaved workers at Smede's Station and warned them not to inform whites.
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Fitler’s Landing
Roosevelt
Smede’s Station
South
Dedication Day Set for Agricultural College Building
The executive committee of the Board of Trustees appointed April 17 for the dedication of the new scientific building. Industrial, scientific and agricultural leaders will be invited to attend and speak. The infirmary is completed and in use by students. New machine shops are nearly ready for use. The greenhouse addition and enlargement are finished, improving resources to assist truckers, farmers and market gardeners with early vegetables and flowers.
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The
Agricultural and Mechanicial College
Scientifi
Yazoo Canal Opens With Fireworks and Steamboat Procession
Vicksburg prepares for a formal Yazoo Canal opening on the 28th featuring about ten steamboats in the aquatic procession and a $2000 Payne fireworks display at night. The clam-shell dredge California returns from the canal head and completes local dredging, proving the canal a practical success with boats now sailing daily. Residents declare war on labor agents, ejecting one man after a brief stay and posting notices warning others to expect firm action.
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Yazoo Canal
California
Fire at Beauvoir threatens Jefferson Davis home
Fire at the Jefferson Davis property in Beauvoir began from a defective flue in a servant’s quarters. The blaze burned the quarter and another building to the ground. Only a few minor arts were saved. Damage estimated between 500 and 1000 dollars.
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Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir
Mississippian Joseph Carroll Dies in Africa
A letter from South Africa reports the death of Joseph Carroll of Yazoo City who had gone to prospect in Africa. He was about 23, leaving a mother two sisters and three brothers as surviving relatives.
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South Africa
Joseph Carroll
Yazoo City
Africa
Mr. Carroll
Oil Well at Enterprise by Alabama Mississippi Invest ment and Development
The Alabama Mississippi Investment and Development Company is ready to sink an oil well at Enterprise. A 75 foot derrick has been erected, 2,500 foot boring capacity, located 2 quarters of a mile east of the Mobile and Ohio depot. Boring to start within a week once a competent well borer is secured. Promoters believe a superior gusher will open a splendid oil field in the area.
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Alabama-Mississippi Investment and Development Company
Enterprise
Mobile and Ohio
Old Man Dead Alone in East Greenville Home
Fred C. A. Hecker, an elderly German gardener longtime resident of Greenville, was found dead in his East Greenville house after several days unseen. Neighbors broke in, discovering he lay dead in bed. Hecker had no local family, with relatives traced to Troy, New York.
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Fred C. A. Hecker
Greenville
East Greenville
Mr. Hecker
Troy
N. Y
City to Own Waterworks Plan After Sale Refusal
Meridian mayor and the city council decide to build a municipal water system after Meridian Water Works Company rejects selling its plant for 225000. The move aims for public ownership and operation of the water supply.
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Meridian
Meridian Water Works Company
Turquoise Mine Case Joins Supreme Court Docket
In a landmark land grant dispute the Sena versus United States case over 18000 acres in Santa Se county New Mexico, home to famed turquoise mines, reaches the U S Supreme Court. Special Attorney Matthew Reynolds notes the docket has covered 243 grants and 34000000 acres, with about two million acres remaining with the government.
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Washington
United States Supreme Court
Mariano Sena
United States
Santa Se County
New Mexco
Matthew Reynolds
Plague on the Increase in Mazatlan and Salvadore Hospital
Mazatlan reports eight new plague cases and four deaths with more Lazaro patients dying as homes burn from contamination. Ex president Ezeta ill at a civil hospital. Relief funds arrive amid gloom and stalled business. Chinese residents spared from attacks draw attention. Larello Texas notes eight deaths and seven new cases in Mazatlan. Pacific mail steamer Acapulco barred from Central American ports.
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Mazatlan
Mex
Lazareto
Ezeta
Republic of Salvador
Larello
Tex
Mexico
Panama
Acapulco
Railroad for Neshoba Route Favored by Citizens
Citizens of Neshoba believe the Mobile Jackson and Kansas City Road will traverse their county and Philadelphia. President Merrill has recently toured the area selecting the route. The road is expected to be built very shortly.
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Neshoba
Mobile, Jackson and
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Merrill
The Nether Springs Sermon by Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman
The Rev. Dr. J Wilbur Chapman preaches on The Upper and the Nether Springs using Caleb and Achsah in Debir as a parable. He argues the world’s gifts are earthly but insufficient. the gospel's nether spring provides eternal life and inner peace, while the upper spring grants heavenly vision and union with Christ.
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J. Wilbur Chapman
New York City
Nether
Hebron
Beershiba
Debir
Brooks
Athens
Greece
Palestine
Caleb
Hezron
Judah
Moses
Canaan
Joshua
Egypt
God
Strongold
Achsah
Othniel
Israel
Mesopotamia
Books
Arabia
Prppets
Paul
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Euclid
Archimedes
Galileos
Newtons
Achash
Gerar
Banan
Solomon
Isaiah
David
Christopher Wren
St. Paul’s
Bunyan
Handel
Christ
Jordan
Naaman
Newton
Magdalen
Zacchaeus
Bethesda
Athirst
Isaac
Lebanon
Massillon’s Secret of Power
The Massillon described as France’s great court preacher tells Louis XIV that his sermons move the king by highlighting his own sins. He explains he preaches against himself first, selecting the hardest sin to battle each day and finding similar sins in others’ hearts.
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Massillon
France
Louis XIV
The Ideal Home Ideal Harbor of Peace and Family Life
Dr Lyman Abi speaks on creating ideal homes as refuges from fogs and storms of life. He envisions husbands returning from work to a peaceful sunny atmosphere enriched by care, love, and cheerful harmony for wives and mothers. Such homes sustain church vitality and timeless faith and hope.
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Abraham
God
Lyman Abi
Creeds and Doctrines and Life in Tune with Verse
Fragment summarizing a Wheaton quotation on creeds and doctrines as varying explanations of unchanging realities. It argues life is explained by a personal agency, urging focus on Him, His teaching, work, and fellowship. The passage reflects religious reflection and exhortation.
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Wheaton
Luxury in American life today and its contradictions
A brief, reflective note argues luxury as a prominent American facet. It claims luxury embodies pride and ostentation while conflicting with certain values. A dated quotation from the Rev. T. I. Cramblett of Pittsburg, Pa, is cited to illustrate tension between affluence and tradition.
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TI. E. Cramblett
Pittsburg
Pauls Counsel to the Thessalonians Commentary
The lesson frames Pauls teaching on Christ second coming for departed believers and the living, urging watchfulness and readiness. It covers sanctified living, supporting weaker believers, avoiding retaliation, rejoicing, prayer, thanksgiving, and discerning true from false spirits, then expounds entire sanctification of soul, spirit, and body, and closes with exhortations to rely on prayer and mutual affection.
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Thessalonianas
Paul
Lord Jeans
Heaven
Thessalonians
Jerusalem
Christ
Matt
Peter
Universal
Two Die in Flames at New York City Store Fire
A cashi er Hermania Josephson and engineer John Coltain died when a fire destroyed the Aaron & Wertheimer store at One Hundred and nineteenth street and Third Avenue in New York on Friday night. Loss estimated at 80,000 dollars. Clerks at Bank of Montreal now receive a new degree B. F. Bachelor of Finance.
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New York City
Hermania Josephson
John Coltain
Aaron & Wertheimer
One Hundred and Nieteenth Street
Third Avenue
New York
Bank of Montreal
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