Plans for Farmers Institute and Inspections
United States Immigration Service chief tours Gulfport and Pascagoula for inspection. Columbia Club moves to stage a July or August farmers institute. Mississippi rail and road groups push for better infrastructure. Natchez chauffeurs and youths suffer injuries in separate accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. E. Redfern
United States Immigration Service
New Orleans
Gulfport
Pascagoula
Farmers’ Institute Movement
T. W. Smith
Committee On Agriculture
The
Columbia Commercial Club
Farmers’ Institute
Mississippi Wheat to Cincinnati Exposition Samples
Samples of Mississippi grown wheat and oats will be sent by the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad to the Cincinnati Exposition in August. Mr. B. F. Howard toured Taylorsville gathering samples. Wheat yield ranges from twelve to twenty bushels per acre. oats from Taylorsville run about forty-five bushels per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
B. F. Howard
Taylorsville
Smith County
Madden Sees New Railroad Bill Boosting Rivers Traffic
Washington Representative Martin B Madden, Rivers and Harbors Committee member, backs the rivers and harbors bill as a path to extensive inland waterway improvement. He argues rail rates will be curbed by water competition, boosting navigation and lowering costs across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madden
Washington
Martin B. Madden
Illinois
Rivers and Harbors Committee
House
United States
Great Lake
Congress
National Rivers and Harbors Congress
Patten Fights Morgan for Supremacy in Cotton Battle
James A. Patten prepares for a clash with Wall Street bears led by J. P. Morgan & Co. The confrontation centers on the New York cotton market where millions hang in the balance after Patten’s clash with wheat bears on the Board of Trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Bears
Westerner
Chicago
Patten
Morgan
James A. Patten
Board of Trade
House of J. P. Morgan & Co
New York
Plot Far-Reaching Revolt Ties Nicaragua to Cabrera Fight
Madriz adherents forecast a near end to the Nicaraguan revolution with plans to repay old scores against deposed ruler Jose Santos Zelaya. They say completed arrangements will trigger a broad Latin American upheaval led by Zelaya’s chief foe, Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala.
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Nicaragua
Jose Santos Zelaya
Madriz
Latin America
Zelaya
Manuel Estrada Cabrera
Guatemala
Indictment Moves Against San Francisco Fish Trust
San Francisco authorities begin action under the Cartwright law against about twenty members of the city's so called fish trust accused of price fixing. The case targets a long standing combination despite abundant fish nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Fish Trust
Child’s body found after disappearance in Louisville church cellar
Police identify the mutilated remains of Alma Kellner, eight, in a St. John’s church cistern cellar. Frank Fehr, uncle, positively recognizes the body near the church entrance. A former janitor, Joseph Wendling, is being sought. his wife confessed washing muddy clothes with blood stains.
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Louisville
St. John's Catholic Church
Clay and
Walnut Streets
Alma Kellner
Fred L. Kellner
Frank Fehr
St. John’s Church
Alma
Kellner
Joseph Wendling
Carrick
Wendling
Unseen Target Shot Dead At Presidio Rifle Practice
Claud Hetherton, private, Company K, Thirteenth Infantry, stationed at the Presidio, was mortally wounded during a rifle practice when bullets rained around him. While trying to escape, he was fatally struck and died two days later after lingering in the reservation hospital. He was married.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Cal
Claud Hetherton
Company K
Thirteenth Infantry
Presidio
Reservation
Hetherton
Emigrant Ship Strikes Rocks in Fogbound Near Scotland
The Russian steamer Lituania carrying 1,200 emigrants struck rocks off Old Head point Pentland Forth during fog on May 24 after leaving Copenhagen for New York. Passengers prayed as the ship ran aground, but the fog lifted and the vessel reached port safely.
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London
Copenhagen
New York
Old Head Point
Pentland
Forth
Scotland
Orkney Islands
Train Kills Aged Couple In Ravenna Ohio
Mr and Mrs Samuel Barr both 65 years old were instantly killed when their car returning from decorating their daughter's grave was struck by an express train. Their daughter was their only child. In Birmingham F D Sternenberg committed suicide at his brother's grave in Woodlawn Cemetery. His body with a pistol wound was found this morning. His brother had been accidentally killed near Garden City Alabama nearly a year ago. Sternenberg leaves a wife and two children.
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Ravenna
Ohio
Samuel Barr
Birmingham
Ala
F. D. Sternenberg
Woodlawn
Garden City
Sternenberg
Old Man Seeks Death In Insurance Oil Drink
Alfred Moss an elderly New Orleans resident attempted suicide by consuming two cups of insurance oil. His son, a tailor, was away tending to illness when the act occurred, and Moss appeared likely to die from the self inflicted harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Alfred Moss
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Mississippi
Plans For Farmers’ Institute
U. S. Immigration
Hopewell
T. M. Price
Raymond
Gulf Coast Baptist Association
Scranton
Clinton
W. B. Murrah
Charles B. Galloway
Jackson
Gulf Coast Automobile Club
Harrison County
Biloxi
Agnes Morris
Louisville School Improvement League
Oberammergan
Order of Brotherhood of Railway Conductors No. 367
Riverside Park
McComb City
H. Lowenburg
Natchez
Yazoo
Franklin County
Miss
Albert Baldwin
E. Samuels
John Smith
Agent Carpenter
Mississippi Central Railroad
Meadville
Mississippi Live Stock and Dairy Association
Mississippi A. and M. College
Archibald Smith
Colonial Dames, Mississippi
W. F. Marshall
New Alabay
Noel
W. H. Fillingame
Purvis
J. W. Woodard
Truck Growers’ Association
Ocean Springs
Louisville and Nashville Agricultural and Shipping Departments
Patterson
Willie Whitehead
University Board
Industrial Institute and College
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Alcorn Agricultural and Mechanical College
de Soto County
Gulf and Ship Island
Long Beach
Union
Illinois Central Railroad
Gulfport and Mississippi Traction Company
B. L. Moss
Farmers’ Co-Operative
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Plant Industry
Tallahatchie
C. W. Osborn
Osborn
Paynes
Joe Osborne
R. E. Tenery
Pelahatchie
W. E. Hathorn
Forest
Earl Brewer
Gates & Co
SAN Francisco Fish Trust
Cain
Bon-Ton Cafe
Edwards
W. Capitol St
Jackson, Miss
Jackson Hardware Company
Pearl St
J. B. Walthall
Pearl Street
C. A. Richardson & Company
E. Capitol St
J. E. Moore
MOORE
Pelahatchie, Miss
Tanner & Ward
Cumberland Telephone & Telegraph Company
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