Wanted good all round newspaper man for half interest
The Brandon News solicits a practical printer to buy half interest in the state’s best weekly proposition. Address W. S. May, Brandon, Miss. Abdul Hamid holds 21,500,000 in a German bank. A mosquito, mixed parentage, adds trouble like mulattoes. It is raining today with more wet weather to come, crop damage feared.
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W. S. May
Brandon, Miss
Turkey
Abdul Hamid
Imperial Bank of Germany
County farm sentences to curb petty crime and raise profits
A fragment suggests county farm sentences would deter petty criminals by forcing all offenders into labor, claiming chicken raising would be safer and proposing a wage of 2.00 dollars per day for African American workers.
Jackson Gets New Through Line Rail Passenger Train
Jackson gains a Great Northern through line with a promised passenger train, the first to enter the capital city on the route to New Orleans.
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Jackson
Great Northern
New Orleans
Dry Tennessee clubs linger as law seeks closure
Dispatches report Mrs. May Woodill lured to her doom by Eastman and drugged at his bungalow. Public sympathy rides with the murdered matron as authorities probe the case and seek enforcement against illicit private venues and lockers amid ongoing legal action.
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May Woodill
Eastman
Radium Price Drop Promises Broad Cheer Across Sectors
The text notes radium at eight million dollars per pound, predicting broad happiness. It suggests that those who can afford it will be content, while the speaker admits no fondness for radium itself, implying a mixed or ironic stance on the metal’s value and utility.
Beginning of the Corporation Tax Fight in Washington
A dispatch notes the week will start the corporation tax battle in Washington. An omniscient Providence likely knows when the struggle will reach its climax, though exact timing remains uncertain.
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Washington
Summer street car strike sweeps into illeburg
Illenburg endures a wave of street car strikes affecting many eastern and central cities as tensions flare with heated exchanges and verbal volleys from quick to anger.
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Illeburg
France Overruns Ship Costs By Fifty Percent
It condemns France for spending fifty percent more than normal on a battleship project, arguing the excess benefits thieves and is beyond acceptable limits.
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France
Egg company in St Louis sells liquid egg with preservaline
A St Louis firm markets a liquid egg product preserved with boric acid and sold to bakers and confectioners for cake and pie making, prompting mixed feelings about the concept of preservaline in desserts.
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Theres
St.Louis
First National Bank Gulfport Finances Details
Monthly bank statement shows loans and discounts 816 515 21 dollars and deposits 59 793 82 dollars. The report indicates substantial capital and undistributed profits on hand.
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First National Bank
Gulfport
Bagging Duty Free Passes Senate Vote
The Senate voted to free bagging from duty while ties must pay import tax. The South praises Senator McLaurin for securing duty free bagging, and his home state lauds him as vigilant for his people's interests and his ability to deliver results.
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Senate
South
Senator McLaurin
Bill for Damages Placed Against Bank Farm
S. J. Flemming and Ioma Tic will be put to work on the bank in State farm. Flemming continues to present his bill for 1,000,000 damages. Authorities should be careful not to add anything that hurts his feelings on the farm.
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S. J. Flemming
Bighmest
Iomatic
State Farm
Flemming
School Board Ad Seeks Teacher With Odd Glass Cray Téaded
An advertisement in Fort Collins Colorado placed by a district school board member calls for a No 12 teacher with a glass crayeaded and a wooden 80 bares, promising she will vanish into the woods if she sees a man approaching.
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Fort Collins
Colorado
Los Angeles Bread Weight Stamp Ordinance Passed
The Los Angeles city council enacted an ordinance requiring every loaf sold to bear a stamp with the baker’s name and the loaf’s weight. The stamped weight must reflect the weight within eight hours after baking to ensure full weight as bread loses weight during drying.
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City Council of
Los Angeles
Cal
First bale of 1909 cotton sells high at Houston Exchange
The first bale received at Mercedes Texas weighed 368 pounds and sold for 425 dollars at the Houston Texas Cotton Exchange auction, beating a dollar per pound. A second bale sold five minutes later for 100 dollars. Governor Noel appointed a committee to solicit subscriptions to erect a statue at the State House for Bishop Charles Betts Galloway.
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Mercedes
Texas
Houston
Noel
The
Press Association
Frederick Suilens
Jackson Daily News
J. G. McGuire
Yazoo Herald
E. A. Fitzgerald
Vicksburg Herald
State House
Mississippi
Charles Betts Galloway
Chinese murderer tale linked to Elsie Seigel case
Report describes a Chinese boarding house murder involving Elsie Seigel, noting Jim New York remains uncaptured. It questions conversion prospects of Chinese and Japanese, condemns using young girls for missionary aims, and suggests the heathen prevailed, costing the life of a Civil War general’s grandchild.
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Elsie
Seigel
New York
Illinois farmer feeds ducks on potato bugs to boost pest control
A shrewd Illinois farmer pens 15 ducks and feeds them potato bugs until they adapt to the diet and release them in his potato patch to devour pests. The piece likens the ducks to a scandalous local topic and notes a separate cruel crime involving Leon Ling and Elsie Seigle with a dead body found in the Hudson River.
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Illinois
Leon Ling
Hiraod Ling
Elsie Seigle
Hudson River
Editor E W Taylor Weds Annie L Trawick in New Orleans
Hazlehurst editor E W Taylor formerly of Collins Commercial married yesterday to Annie L Trawick. The bride from Bay St. Louis chose Canal Street Presbyterian Church where her father Rev M W Trawick helped build the church before dying of yellow fever in 1878. News wishes the couple joy.
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E. W. Taylor
Hazlehurst Courier
Collins Commercial
Annie L. Trawick
New Orleans
Bay St. Louis
Canal St. Presbyterian Church
M.W. Trawick
Meadville men wounded and recovering in Natchez sanitarium
Herbert Applewhite Earnest Newman and Theodore Cloy of Meadville are recovering from wounds in Natchez sanitarium. Cloy was accidentally shot the day after the battle royal. Newman vowed to return to Meadville and confront the Pritchar clan if saved. His determination reflects tenacity and courage, while Priest’s inconsistency is noted.
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Herbert Applewhite
Earnest Newman
Theodore Cloy
Meadville
Natchez
Mr. Cloy
Pritchar
Vicksburg Herald Urges Tough Penalty for Concealed Pistols
In a lengthy editorial the Vicksburg Herald condemns concealed weapons and urges making concealed pistol carrying a penitentiary offense. It argues such laws would curb the “concealed Weapon mania” and shape legislation with strong public backing.
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Vicksburg Herald
Mississippi
Printing and signing drive for dog tax laws urged
Hon W J Spears of Marshall county funds and promotes a petition to require laws restricting dogs from running at large and to levy a tax on all dogs with proceeds aiding county school funds. The News notes enforcement difficulty and asks farmers unions to back the effort.
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W. J. Spears
Marshall County
Readings for the blues and woes from Psalms and chapters
The reader is advised to turn to specific scriptures for mood lifting and guidance. Psalm 27 for blues, Psalm 37 for poverty, John 15 for unkindness, Psalm 126 for discouragement, Hebrews 12 for being out of sorts, James 3 for patience, and First Corinthians 13 for confidence in people.
Attorneys filed Mississippi chancies suit against Standard Oil
Flowers Fletcher and Whitfield representing Thomas L Lamb district attorney filed a chancery suit in Clay County Mississippi accusing Standard Oil of violating State Anti Trust laws seeking penalties totaling 11 000 000 and to bar the company from doing business in Mississippi The Standard Oil Company is described as smooth and often evading penalties but the law firm remains confident in their ground
Blind Senator Gore Earns National Praise for Senate Work
The Yazoo Sentinel lauds Oklahoma born Senator Gore as a powerful, precise advisor on facts and the Constitution. Despite being blind, he directs critique at tariff opponents and enhances Mississippi pride while dispatches report ongoing auto fatalities and injuries. It urges accountability for reckless driving and even punishment for murder when caused by careless behavior.
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Oklahoma
United State Senate
Senator Gore
U. S. Senate
Gore
Mississippi
Yazoo Sentinel
Prohibition Territory Wit and Wealth Talk
A fragment discusses Mr Taft and assuring him whisky is not Whisky on prohibition territory. It questions why Mr Bryan would anger reporters and notes Mars weather, then mentions Howard Gould facing $714000 yearly pay but offered hope as a capable manager.
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Mr. Taft
Brookhaven Poisoning Case and Mayor's Requisition Request
Four children are poisoned by ice cream from a street vendor in Brookhaven. Doctors saved them after a long night. Mayor Morrison of Scootai seeks Governor Noel's help to obtain Alabama requisition papers as his son-in-law and 16-year-old bride evade orders. If denied, a possible sequestration of the bride is hinted.
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Brookhaven
Morrison
Scootai
Alabama
Noel
Bayou
Jackson jail ledgers raise questions of inmate charges
The report questions jail accounting in Jackson where many sentenced to do time appeared on books and were billed at generous rates without entering the jail. The sheriff faces inheritance tax totals, court terms delay, and a broader push to curb gambling in Hammond amid a murder case near St Martinsville.
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Jackson
Calaboose
St Martinsville
Joe Anslem
Bayou
Wednnesday
Patrick seeks final five year proof for Choctaw land
Notice states Charles H. Patrick of Puckett Mississippi filed intent to make final five year proof to establish his homestead claim to NE quarter of NW quarter section 17 township 3 north range 5 east Choctaw Meridian. Hearing before the Jackson land office August 16 1909 witnesses named J C C Donniell Johns J V Patrick Everett L L McMehon Joe and A H Patrick Puckett Lamar register.
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Department of the Interior
U.S. Land Office
Jackson
Miss
Charles H. Patrick
Puckett
Township
Mange
Choctaw Meridian
Register
United States Land Office
Mississippi
J. C. C. Donniell
Johns
J. V. Patrick
Everett
L. L. McMehon
Joe
A. H. Patrick
L. Q. C. Lamar
Woman’s Weapons in Advertising Wit and Charm
A London Lady's Pictorial quote extols female influence in advertising warfare. It argues a soft voice, modest dress, and careful gaze can outwit stereotyped female advertisers by blending the serpent’s wisdom with the dove’s gentleness.
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Lady’s Pictorial
London
Unromanzic: England as Land of Middle Class Homes
The London Gentlewoman reflects on England as a land of splendid homes where ordinary clean living middle class English men and women raise healthy families and instill honest principles, while noting the popular novelist finds these people uninteresting.
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Spicnara
England
London
Mermaid breakfast tale in Spanish traveler account
Juan Francisco de St Antonio recounts a strange breakfast on a Philippine island described as mermaid flesh. The author claims the meal tasted like fresh fat pork and notes the encounter as part of his travels and adventures.
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Merrid
Frank Buckland
Juan Francisco de St. Antonio
Philippine
Isla
Mcalla
Wise Interrogating and the Quest for Knowledge
Fragmentary text discusses wise questioning as half knowledge and cites Plato on seeking knowledge. It quotes a general notion and questions understanding while mixing stray phrases and punctuation. The readable portion centers on epistemology and inquiry.
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Plato
A Town of Fresh Surprise in Romantic Germany
Description of Meissen in Schauffler’s Romantic Germany portrays a town with cracked streets winding through its depths then climbing to heights on both sides. Readers discover new architectural forms costumes and landscapes at every turn with ancient steps leading to the burg above and to the river below, creating a continual sense of discovery.
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Meissen
Robert Haven Schauffler
Germany
Century
Air Weight Varies With Elevation And Volume
The text notes air lacks a uniform weight, citing a cubic foot at sea level weighing about 1,700 grains. At an altitude around 10,000 feet, removing pressure would roughly halve that weight, causing the same volume to expand to about two cubic feet each weighing ~850 grains.
The Duty of Forgiveness
The most plain and natural sentiments of equity concur with divine authority to enforce the duty of forgiveness. Let him who has never, in his life, done wrong be allowed the privilege of reviewing insacrable. But let such as are conscious of frailties and crimes consider forgiveness as a debt which they owe to others.
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Blair
Trouble with His Too. Waey teck struggles with a stubborn bureau drawer
Mr Waey teck strains at a stubborn bureau drawer in a comic snippet from Illustrated Sunday Magazine. After five minutes of effort he sighs that the department should abolish all bureaus from the navy department, reflecting a humorous quarrel over stale bureaucracy.
Life as a Duty in Pleasures and Duties
A reflective piece argues life gains from viewing daily actions as duties rather than chasing pleasure. It suggests pleasures are sweeter when earned through duty and kindness, rather than sought directly, and that gratitude enhances enjoyment.
East Side Dinner Table Children as Centerpieces
A Settlement House worker quotes East Side women as placing babies in the middle of the table when meals aren’t served, noting she has never been admitted to a dining room there without a child blooming on the tablecloth, per the New York Press.
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East Side
Settlement House
New York Press
Camphor Cures Colds and Remedies Warning
A fragment describes camphor mixed with kerosene to treat colds and throat infections. It warns not to bandage the area as it may blister, and notes rubbing the mixture on limbs or chest for relief. The text reflects old medical home remedies with warnings.
Tyrannical Science in Everyday Life
A Paris Journal criticizes the pervasiveness of science in daily life from cooking to sport and education, arguing the relentless scientific approach drains enjoyment and makes the world dull.
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Paris Journal
Said Uncle Silas Reflects on Good Man Versus Good Fellow
A line from the Los Angeles Express contrasts moral character and social standing, noting there is a heap of difference between being a good man and a good fellow. The quote highlights public perceptions of virtue and friendliness.
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Silas
Los Angeles Express
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