Big Fees for Lawyers and the Wealthy in Court
The piece argues that legal success pays richly with cases yielding enormous fees. It cites George B. Wickersham earning 200000 for a Chicago Traction Company matter, James B Dill earning 1000000 for Carnegie Frick reconciliation, and William D Guthrie about 800000 for a will dispute. Elihu Root’s brief Sage settlement earned 250000, accomplished in 48 hours.
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Wickersham
James B.dill
Court of Errors and Appeals
New Jersey
Andrew Carnegie
Henry C. Frick
Mr. Dill
Dill
William D. Guthrie
Henry B. Plant
Guthrie
Elihu Root
Russell Sage
Root
Sage
Mr. Root
Biggest Men on Record
The two heaviest individuals documented are Daniel Lambert 1760 1809 and Miles Darden who died in Tennessee around 1857. Lambert stood 5 feet 11 inches weighing 448 pounds in 1793 and 739 pounds at death with a 9 foot 4 inch body circumference. Darden reached 7 feet 6 inches and weighed about 871 pounds in 1845, and just over 1,000 pounds at death. His coffin measured 8 feet long 35 inches deep and 32 inches across the chest. Both were active and slept under eight hours daily with water as their only drink.
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Daniel Lambert
Miles Darden Lambert
Miles Darden
Tennnessee
Darden
Notable McLaurin victory on cotton bagging free list gains
Washington June 29 Senator McLaurin of Mississippi secured cotton bagging on the free list during tariff bill consideration. The change saves farmers at least 2,500,000 dollars yearly. Southern colleagues applaud. question the method, while rhetoric shifts to local road work schemes and parish convict labor.
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Washington, D. C
Souwthern
Senator McLaurin
Mississippi
South
Capitol
Wheat farming prospects in North Mississippi noted
The Southern Sentinel and Meridian Dispatch reference farmers in Tippah Lauderdale Rankin Simpson and Hinds counties embracing wheat cultivation. Judge Daniel McLaurin once grew and ground wheat near Pelahatchie, illustrating possible local milling. The article questions profitability today, cites high per acre yields in Hinds, and notes corn and rice as viable crops in the region.
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Pittsboro
Tippah
North
Mississippi
Southern Sentinel
Lauderdale County
Meridian
Rankin
Simpson
Daniel McLaurin
Pelahatchie Creek
Fannin
Simpson County
Hinds County
United States
Hinds
Road Tax Victory In Second Ward Election
The Richland Beacon-News reports the Second Ward voters approved a road tax as a good investment. The editorial urges neighboring wards to consider road improvements as beneficial and not a tax, citing publicly funded road work as proof.
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Beacon-News
Richland Beacon-News
Few Rubbers Worn in Mexico
Until recently rubbers as footwear were unknown in Mexico because prices were so high that few people could afford to buy them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Better Roads Now For Rankin County
The article argues the value of good roads and urges citizens to work with the Board of Supervisors to adopt a road improvement plan. It notes Rankin’s spending on roads, suggests $50,000 forty year bonds, and proposes using convict labor and state matching funds to build highways, citing Louisiana and Mississippi comparisons.
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Sanders
Calcasieu
Crowley Signel
Board of Supervisors
Rankin
Roy Im
Louisiana
Mississippi
Back to the Farm in Rural Vision and City Life
Editor Orange Herrington derides the cry back to the farm while predicting a future where towns blend with farms. The irrigated country, aided by roads and trolley lines, grows into connected townlets offering libraries schools and farms’ healthful life with shared profits and labor.
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Orange Herrington
Ellisville
Miss
Herrington
Sanders
Louisiana
Daily
Farm implements lure city folk to rural life
The push for labor saving farming gear urges urban residents to abandon city glare and move closer to nature on the farm, seeking greater yields with less manual labor.
The Common Drinking Cup Banned in Kansas
Medical authorities label the common drinking cup a contagion risk and demand its exile. Kansas State Board of Health orders its use unlawful after September 1 in railway stations, schools, and public places, with Western states considering similar action.
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Kansas State Board of Health
Kansas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Stop Cocaine at Start and Source
Philadelphia Press argues for prohibitory duty on cocaine leaves to halt imports. It cites 1906 imports at 2,650,141 pounds and 4,838,000 pounds over three years, noting a fivefold rise. The piece urges limiting cocaine use to medical medicine with high duties on leaves and drugs to curb narcotic growth.
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Philladelphia Press
Pawned Shoes of Child Tie Tragedy to Death
In Philadelphia Geo Barrows, 41, bought carbolic acid with money earned from pawning his 6-year-old son's shoes and stabbed his wife as she arrived home. She survived. Barrows died after hospital admission. The couple, married 13 years, had been separated lately. Barrows reportedly failed to provide.
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Philadelphia
Geo. Barrows
Barrows
Yazoo Farmer Turns Surplus into Success in Diversification
J C Henderson of near Yazoo City builds wealth by growing what he consumes and selling surplus. He raised twenty acres of corn, sold 100 pounds of home cured hams at 15 cents a pound, and relies on meat, corn and other farm needs plus cotton as a surplus crop. His method yields steady profit.
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Yazoo
J. C. Henderson
Yazoo City
Henson
Sentinel
Governor Lowry Visits Brandon Friends for Month Stay
Governor Robert Lowry, who recently recovered from illness, traveled to Brandon yesterday for a month with old friends. The visit marks a return to the area where he once lived before leading Mississippi through two consecutive four year terms and resuming law practice in Jackson.
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Robert Lowry
Brandon
New Orleans
Jackson
Jacksonn Daily News
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Babcock
T. McGlelland Hardware
W. Capitol
Roger & Gallet
Lubin & Co
Hudnut
Colgate
Hoadley
Brandon Drug Co
J.w.williams
Mer
Rankin County Bank
Brandon, Miss
H. A. Busick
G. W. White
M. E. Ward
J. W. Birdsong
H. A. Busick, M. E. Ward, G. W. White
Mm. Buchanan
Dr. J. LT. B. Berry
W. L. Barrow
D. B. Wilson, H. C. Patrick,w. B. Collier
Atakik
Pelahatchie Bank
Pelahatchie, Miss
J. A. Spann, Sr
P. B. Summer
J. G. Patrick
C. W. Taylor
S. S. Rhodes
R. W. Patrick
I. W. Shields
J. E. Martin
Martin
Public Square
Baltimore
Sam
George B. Wickersham
Genral
Chicago Traction Company
Chicago
Lowry
Horatio
Mississ
Cotton
Ilague Peace Tribunal
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