Mississippi News Roundup of June Findings
Paragraphs show local Mississippi items: McComb postmaster seeks free mail delivery from July 1. George County to hold first officer election on June 9. State Deaf and Dumb Institute closes 56th session with 175 attendance. bond with Judge Gillespie as bankruptcy referee. Biloxi rejects commission form of government. railroads offer prizes for farm products. many schools close for commencements. Silk cultivation at Picayune spurs experiments. water well in Jackson artesian project reaches 778 feet. Meridian and Biloxi reports. Confederate commemorations and monument fund drive. Jackson building boom with 100 to 200 new homes and several mercantile buildings. supreme court allows near beer sale if not intoxicating. various political and business notes across state.
County fairs lead to state fair prep and timber sale
County fairs will precede the state fair in Jackson from October 25 to November 3, with top products sent to the capitol event. Mississippi banks and jobbers protest the Interstate Commerce long and short haul clause. Ten Mile Lumber Co sells 21 miles of railway and timber lands near Gulfport to L N Dantzler Lumber Co in a likely quarter‑million dollar deal.
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Jackson
Capitol
Mississippi
Congress
Ten-Mile Lumber Co
Gulfport
L. N. Dantzler Lumber Co
South
Altercation over turtle sparks mob violence in Vicksburg
Two Vicksburg women were badly damaged in a confrontation over whether a soft shell turtle is wild. Bottles were used as weapons and a policeman was cut during the melee. Separately, the Mississippi Live Stock and Dairy Association met in Starkville and protested the removal of Prof. Archibald Smith from the dairy husbandry department at A M College, seeking his reinstatement to the Live Stock Sanitary Board.
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Vicksburg
Mississippi Live Stock and Dairy Association
Starkville
Archibald Smith
Raymond Doctor Dies in Buggy Return
Dr. T. M. Price, a prominent Raymond physician, died in his buggy while returning from a professional call. His medicine case was open, suggesting an attempted administration, but none of the bottles had been opened, indicating he could not carry out the treatment.
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T. M. Price
Raymond
Sister Locates Mrs Powell After Twenty Years Abroad
Mrs Sallie Powell believed dead for twenty years was found in Cincinnati by her own efforts to contact her sister Mrs E K Holmes of Vicksburg. A scheming uncle is charged with misleading the older sister who trusted his word.
Negro visitor amid peonage charge at governor's office
Wm. Gage, a Black man who went to the governor's office to file a peonage complaint against a Rankin county farmer, did not appear at the government building, triggering speculation at the capitol and prompting advice to pursue federal officials.
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Wm. Gage
Rankin County
Bishop Murrah Returns to Jackson Preaches at Millsaps
Bishop W B Murrah returned to his Jackson home and preached his initial sermon in his new role at the First Methodist Church. Millsaps College will name a new president later, with no changes to current operations in the interim.
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W. B. Murrah
Jackson
Millsaps College
W. B. Morrah
C. B. Galloway
Murrah
Capitol City
Immigration convention to convene in Jackson this June
Nearly every municipal and commercial organization in the state has appointed delegates to the state wide immigration convention set for June 21 and 22 in Jackson. The event is billed as the most important gathering of its kind in state history.
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Jackson
Paynes store arsonist jailed for eight years
C. W. Osborn, convicted at Charleston of setting fire to his own Paynes store, received eight years in the penitentiary. His two accomplices, Joe Osborne and R. E. Tonery, had earlier been given short terms, with the principal captured after months by Tonery, who was paroled for the purpose.
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C. W. Osborn
Charleston
Paynes
Joe Osborne
R. E. Tonery
Tonery
Attorney General to rule on board salary power
Hudson will determine if boards of supervisors may decline to set a salary for county attorneys appointed by Gov Noel under the new law. Most opinions hold the supervisors must set a salary within the $600 to $1,000 range, regardless of whether they deem an attorney necessary.
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Hudson
Boards of Supervisors
Noel
Laurel council and county board visit LSU National at Natchitoches
Laurel city council and Jones county board of supervisors visited Louisiana State Normal at Natchitoches to assess possible bond issuance. They may issue bonds totaling 100000 under special legislative authority granted earlier.
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Mississippi State Normal College
Laurel Council
Jones County Board of Supervisors
Louisiana State Normal
Natchitoches
Natchez Society to Place Bronze Tablet in Hall of Fame
The Society of Colonial Damon in Natchez plans a bronze tablet at the Mississippi state house in Jackson to commemorate the dominion of the territory by France Spain and the United States. They will also install a carved stone sundial at Fort Rosalie site at Wall and Jefferson streets Natchez to mark where the first American flag was raised by Col Elliott in 1738.
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Natchez
Hall of Fame
State House
Jackson
France
Spain
United States
Fort Rosalie
Trustees to realign state college boards in Jackson
A meeting of the board of trustees for all four state colleges will convene in Jackson on June 36 to formally transfer management to a single new board. The appointed members include B A Weaver, J A Glenn, J S Sexton, I C Enochs, T L Wainwright, Jas Gordon, G A McIlhenny and Frank C Holmes. Institutions involved are Mississippi colleges forming a unified industrial college system under the new law.
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Jackson
Messrs
B. A. Weaver
J. A. Glenn
J. S.sexton
I. C. Enochs
T. L. Wainwright
Jas. Gordon
Frank C. Holmes
M. Coleg
Mississippi
Industrial
Missouri Chief Josephine the dairy champion cow
In Columbia Missouri on April 30 reports detail Missouri Chief Josephine an eight year old pure bred Holstein owned by the Agricultural College of the University of Missouri. Already state champion she nears a world record in a year long milking test. Josephine weighs 1300 pounds and has averaged high milk yields with a 13 gallon day. Her handlers and Prof. C. H. Eckles map her care schedule with careful milking times, feeds and water. The piece notes broader farming items and regional agricultural updates alongside references to chinch bugs fly control and local weather plus community notices.
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Columbia
Missouri
Josephine
Agricultural College of the University of Missouri
Agricultural College
Holland
Kansas
Iowa
Nebraska
Illinois
State University
C. H. Eckles
Uasq
The
Wisconsin
Wedding of Therrell and Emma Did at Rural Baptist Church
A large wedding in a Byram road residence yard featured Rev. W S Allen officiating as John Virden Therrell and Emma Did took vows. Guests praised the couple, gifts included a gold watch from Estus Steen, and the celebration moved to a church service at 7 30 pm.
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Byram Road
W. S. Allen
The
Baptist Church
Arlene Rogers
Mendelsohn
Walter Dear
Katie Therrell
J. D. Martin
Eva Steen
Joe Flowers
Miss Henry
Sue Evans
John Virden Therrell
Emma
Martin
Estus Steen
Steen
Mr. Therrell
Sermon Synopsis on Bodily Exercise and Godliness
Rev W S Allen explains that bodily exercise is not wrong but overriden by godliness which lasts for all time. A godly life aids long life, with Moses’ aide as example, noting sin and worry shorten life. The sermon urges faithfulness, seeks stability in trust, and warns against pointless anxiety.
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Israel
Kadesh
Barnea
Moses
God
Godly life guides happy homes and civic virtue
Recalling verses on reverence for God, the text argues that a home blessed by faith remains joyful whether in hut or palace. It promotes godliness, lawfulness, and enduring hope, urging self-scrutiny against sin and effort toward righteousness, with Mr. R. A. Whitfield visiting Madison County after Friday next.
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R. A. Whitfield
Madison County
Agricultural and Mechanical College Department Notice May 1 19
Agricultural College Mississippi announces a May 1 19 document from the Department of Agriculture. The notice references college agricultural programs and related administrative details.
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Agricultural and Mechanical College
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural College
Southern railway passenger timetable January 1 1910
Gulfport Hattiesburg and Jackson routes listed with arrival and departure times. Connections at Jackson Hattiesburg Gulfport to all lines. J L Hawley Gulfport Miss general passenger agent notes effective January 1 1910.
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Hattiesburg
Gulfport
Ar. Jackson
Columbia
Silver Creek
A. m. Ly
Mendenhall
Jackson Ar
Rots
Ag Ly
J. L. Hawley
Gulfport, Miss
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