Coast Strawberry Association Formed
The Gulf Coast Strawberry and Truckers Association of Hancock County formed at Bay St. Louis with eighteen members representing seventy two acres devoted to Columbia Klondyke strawberries. Prominent growers from Hammond and Independence La relocate for climate, earlier berries and better moisture retention. Planting cycles run June to August with marketable berries by March to April and new plantings by June 15. Rail shipping facilities expected to be robust.
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Gulf Coast Strawberry and Truckers’ Association
Hancock County
Bay St. Louis
Hammond
Independence
Agriculturist B F Howard Addresses Gulfport Farmers
Agriculturist B F Howard expert in wheat and tobacco spoke to farmers in Seminary, praising Gulfport Taylorsville tobacco quality and outlining soil prep for fall crops. He will return to teach cultivation methods as local harvests begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Agriculturist
B. F. Howard
Gulfport
Seminary
Taylorsville
Smith County
Great
Miami Valley
Ohio
Howard
Seven Russian Seamen Deserted Vessels Seek Farm Work
Captain C Aaberg of the Danish bark Claudia told Immigrant Inspector Martin Turnbull of seven Russian sailors found returning from Mobile who deserted at Gulfport and Pascagoula to seek inland farm work. They endured days without food and slept outdoors before reaching Mobile where they stayed at a sailors boardinghouse. They were sent to Gulfport to reship on a Russian vessel.
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C. Aaberg
Claudia
Martin Turnbull
Mobile
Gulfport
Pascagoula
Maya Indians in Yucatan Rise In Arms Over Plantations
Reports from Yucatan indicate about 5,000 Maya Indians have taken up arms and seized a district with rifles and ammunition said to come from British Honduras. Reinforcements from Yaqui workers are also noted as government forces prepare to retake the area. The revolt follows harsh native labor practices on hemp plantations, fueling regional tensions in a semi autonomous state of Mexico.
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New Orleans
Yucatan
Mexico
British Honduras
Northwest
Republic of Mexico
Parr to be rewarded for honesty at Treasury hearings
Washington reports a pending question before Secretary MacVeagh on how much the United States will pay Richard Parr for his honesty as a customs officer at the port of New York. Parr hopes for a large reward and a private fortune, with possible income of six thousand or five thousand dollars yearly. Congress may be asked to appropriate funds, supported by sugar prosecutions that yielded between two and three million dollars.
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Washington
MacVeagh
Treasury Department
United States
Richard Parr
Parr
New York
Congress
Sailors Intervene in Bluefields Clash Report
President Madriz of Nicaragua says the US gun boat Paducah blocked an American military move at Bluefields after government forces captured the town. He cites the Paducah’s stance as enabling revolutionists to depart and rally elsewhere, delaying occupation.
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San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Madriz
Taft
Bluefields
United States
Paducah
Judge Schwing Wins Libel Suit for 50000
Plaquemine jury returns verdict in solido for Judge C. K. Schwing against J. H. Dunlap and John J. Holtgrove for 50000 damages. Jury unanimous on Dunlap. Holtgrove vote 11 to 1 against.
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Plaquemine
C. K. Schwing
J. H. Dunlap
John J. Holtgrove
Dunlap
Holtgrove
Texas Cotton Acreage Rises in Texas and Oklahoma
A Dallas News dispatch from 700 Dallas, Tex reports Texas cotton acreage up 2.6 percent from last year while Oklahoma shows a 14.2 percent rise. Texas conditions are 8.8 percent better, Oklahoma 7.7 percent. Conditions are similar across both states, with western districts faring better than eastern, and stands generally good but not universal.
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Dallas News
Dallas
Tex
Texas
Oklahoma
Roosevelt Speech Triggers Egypt Debate in Parliament
In London the Guild Hall address by Theodore Roosevelt sparked a long Commons debate on Egyptian affairs. Conservatives pressed ministers for a chosen course while Liberals denounced Roosevelt's interference. Arthur Balfour praised Roosevelt's sympathetic treatment, saying the speech contained no issue for even the most sensitive Briton to fault. he urged prompt action on Egypt.
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Guild Hall
Parliament
London
Theodore Roosevelt
House, of Commons
Roosevelt
Arthur J. Balfour
Egypt
Baker Gets Sentence for Tampering With Juror in Shreve Case
Federal Judge Thomas G. Jones sentences C. E. Baker of Hartsboro Alabama to one year and a day in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for contempt of court. The charge stems from an alleged attempt to influence grand juror W. H. Cope of Geneva regarding an indictment against Reuben T. Shreve in the City Jewelry Company bankruptcy case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shreve
Montgomery
Ala
Thomas G. Jones
Federal
Atlanta
C. E. Baker
Hartsboro
Baker
W. H. Cope
Geneva
City Jewelry Company
Reuben T. Shreve
Dallas Dems vote to submit statewide prohibition amendment
Dallas Texas report says the Democratic state executive committee approved a petition by over 50 000 party members to place a statewide prohibition amendment on the ballot at the coming state primary election. The vote was 19 to 10.
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Dallas
Tex
Democratic State Executive Committee
Tragedy at Brownsville Bride Stabbed at Altar
Basilio Martinez killed Bonita Garcia at the altar in Brownsville Texas after she refused to marry him and a rival appeared. The bridal party stood ready for the ceremony when the tragedy occurred.
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Stairs
Brownsville
Tex
Basilio Martinez
Bonita Garcia
Philippine Friar Lands Lease Expanded in Philippines
Washington report to Congress states friar lands in the Philippine Islands are once more being leased to favored individuals, including one official and the nephew of another, at eight to twenty cents an acre. In Vicksburg Mississippi, capitalists seek a site for a new rice mill and plan to start soon pending local arrangements.
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Philippines
Washington
Philippine Islands
Congress
War Department
Vicksburg
Vicksburg, Miss
Late News Briefs Spark Political and Global Events
Richard Parr may receive 100000 from government for exposing sugar frauds. Over a million dollars paid into treasury for corporation tax. 30000 post office staff to be promoted by Secretary Hitchcock. Gifford Pinchot spoke at St. Paul Minnesota. Mrs. Russell Sage gave 15000 to Audubon Societies for the South. Valladolid captured by Mexican troops. 40 killed, 50 wounded. Ozumba district Mexico reports 600 smallpox deaths in six months. Breslau reports seven lightning deaths. Berlin lightning kills six and injures 100 at an iron fence shelter. Critics foresee a new Conservative party after Pinchot speech. Year ahead may set records in value and quantity of imported manufactured materials.
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Richard Parr
Treasury
Hitchcock
Gifford Pinchot
St. Paul, Minn
Russell Sage
National Association of Audubon Societies
South
Valladolid
Ozumba
Mexico
Breslau
Berlin
The
Conservation
St. Paul
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Jackson
Hattiesburg
W. B. Murrah
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Natchez
Henry Moss
Mt. Olive
Brookhaven
Gilfport
Bremen
Meridian
Tom Lyle
John Hilton
B. T. Tolbert
Columbia High School
Lamar County Agricultural School
W. D. Builard and
Percy
Lauderdale Springs
Theo G. Bilbo
H. M. Street
Meridian Cyclone Fund
New Hardwood Industries
D. K. Jeffries & Co
Mississippi River
Merville
Black River
Jena
Mississippi Penitentiary
J. B. Slade
Pike County
Mammoth
Mammoth Springs Hotel
Francis Guzman
Gulfport and Mississippi Coast Traction Company
Guzman
Manuel Gillard
George Debles
Gillard
Mrs. Debles
Miller
Emmet Reynolds
Tom Payne
C. W. Thatcher
Moselle
Ellisville
C. B. Rice
Garyville
Columbia Commercial Club
Columbia
Vincent Morgan
There
Morgan
Richton
Mississippi
L. A. Smith
New Augusta
People’s Telephone Company
H. L. Yeager
People’s
Cumberland
Cumberland Company
Repheefeehnepeedace Feey
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Charles K. Hamilton
Governors Island
New York Times
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Governor's Island
Aviation Field
Hughes
Gaynor
Stuart
Reyburn
Albany
Schwing
Teddy
Edwards
W. Capitol St
Jackson, Miss
Jackson Hardware Company
Pearl St
J. B. Walthall
Pearl Street
Jackson, Mississippi
C. A. Richardson & Company
E. Capitol St
J. E. Moore
MOORE
Pelahatchie, Miss
Tanner
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