J. H. Gillespie Named Mississippi Land Commissioner
Gov. Noel appointed James L. Gillespie of Greenwood Leflore County as State Land Commissioner to succeed the late E. H. Nall. Gillespie, a veteran newspaper man and editor of the Greenwood Commonwealth, has long served in state and local press roles including Pontotoc, Tupelo, and Greenwood ventures.
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Noel
James L. Gillespie
Greenwood Leflore County
E. H. Nall
Gillespie
James L. Gillespe
Greenwood Commonwealth
Pontotoc
Miss
Lee County
Memphis
The
Avalanche
Greenwood
James K. Vardaman
Mr. Vardaman
Ward
Prominent Buhalia Citizen Dies After Knife Wound
B. P. Brown a well known Buhalia businessman died here reportedly from a knife wound self inflicted. He had been in ill health and despondent for weeks. Bowen reportedly took an opiate to end his life but physicians intervened.
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B. P. Brown
Buhalia
Bowen
Aim
Object Lesson in Oats by W M Curry Farmer
W M Curry, a longtime settler from the Western ferry, demonstrates oats on a hundred acre field and shows a gasoline thresher powering through ninety bushels per hour. Neighbors tour his place to see the machine and the oat crop and Curry plans four to five hundred acres of oats next season before sowing the residue in peas.
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W. M. Curry
Mr. Curry
State finances steady amid warrants and taxes
State Treasurer Edwards reports a cash balance near half a million as June warrants totaling over 350000 and a 416666 appropriation are paid. Privilege tax receipts keep the balance stable around 500000 with prospects of surplus for the next biennial account. Attendance at state normals reaches about 1400 across six sites, including 600 teachers at Brookhaven and Hattiesburg. W. C. Bridges, a Waverly saw mill operator, found drowned in Tombigbee River with hands tied and weight attached. Gov Noel disputes a sanitary notice about cleaning the mansion, callers suspect a joke.
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Edwards
Department of Education
Mississippi
Brookhaven
Hattiesburg
W. C. Bridges
Waverly
Miss
Columbus
Tombigbee
Bridges
McPherson
Southern Railroad
Mad Dog Runs Amuck in Alabama Planters to Tax Dogs
News from Hampton reports a rabid dog at Alps Plantation biting fifteen cattle and spreading hydrophobia. Planters vow to mobilize a dog tax to cull the “worthless” hounds and prevent further attacks.
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Hampton
Alps
Senators Elected If Four More Join In Convention Call
Washington report warns that a constitutional convention could be triggered if four more states join the 27 already petitioning Congress to amend the Constitution to elect Senators by direct vote. Taft critics fear radical changes and oppose encouraging additional states.
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Special
Washington
Taft
Congress
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Idaho
Indiana
Ilinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Wisconsin
Wyoming
United States
Senate
Charles G. Bennett
Brooklyn
Paul Jones log found with Ranger voyage notes
A relic from the late Erastus Perry Jewel reveals a Paul Jones log from the Ranger era. The document, found among Perry’s papers in Laconia New Hampshire, is of high historic value and may be archived by the Navy Department. Ex Senator Chandler is taking steps to secure it for official archives.
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Boston
Erastus Perry
Laconia
N. H
John Paul Jones
Ranger
Chandler
Navy Department
Paul Jones
France
Atlantic
Elijah Hall
The
Thaw to Remain In Asylum Until July 6 Hearing
White Plains N Y Harry K Thaw will stay at Matteawan asylum until July 6 for a habeas corpus hearing on his sanity and fitness for release. Justice Wills presides as Thaws counsel Morsehauser argues to proceed, while NY county seeks transfer and DA Jerome asks for postponement to attend other business.
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White Plains
N. Y
Harry K. Thaw
Matteawan
Wills
Jerome
New York
Morse Wins Bail And Liberty In New Trial Fight
Former banker and promoter Charles W Morse wins release on bail after tendering 126000 in securities signed by 25 friends. He appears for a new trial still pending as court reserves decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Morse
Siler
United States Court
Morse
Stenographer Slugged in Kansas City Office
Miss Annie L. Owen stenographer to the Police Board was slugged in her office. She suffers concussion and is semi conscious at times. Police and detectives search for the assailant with rewards totaling 21,500 dollars for information leading to arrest. Records of the police investigation were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Annie L. Owen
Duel in Florida leaves one dying and one wounded
In Lakeland near Carters station A. J. Jonas superintendent of Carter Manufacturing mills and Clyde Carter a sawyer fought at noon. Carter is in a dying condition and Jonas is seriously wounded but may recover. Carter resented interference with gambling drive. they fired in the commissary. Fred Jones, Carter’s companion, is jailed charged with firing the shot that struck Jonas.
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Lakeland
Fla
Carters
A. J. Jonas
Carter, Manufacturing Company
Clyde Carter
Carter
Jonas
Fred Jones
Ship Asia races tea across Pacific to beat tariff
San Francisco reports the steamer Asia loaded with over a thousand tons of tea aims to land before a Congress tariff takes effect, skipping Honolulu to save two days. The Manchuria and the Choyo Maru also arrived with cargoes of tea.
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Pacific
San Francisco
Asia
Congress
Honolulu
Manchuria
Kentucky Duelists End in Dual Death in Louisville
F Stiggers, railroad detective for Kentucky Bridge and Railroad, and W T Charles, a switchman for Illinois Central, fought a pistol duel in Louisville. Both men died quickly after exchanging shots in a Thirteenth and Cleveland saloon following an earlier quarrel over routine work.
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Louisville
F. Stiggers
Kentucky Bridge and Railroad Company
W. T. Charles
Ilinois Central Railroad
Charles
Kentucky and Indiana Company
Stiggers
Thirteenth and
Cleveland Avenue
Veteran 101-year-old Civil and Mexican War veteran admitted to Johnson City home
Robert N. Dennis, a 101-year-old veteran able to prove service in both the Mexican and Civil wars, was admitted this week to the National Soldiers' Home at Johnson City Tennessee. He had lived in Fries Virginia, served in a Massachusetts regiment, and later moved to Virginia. Despite age he remains vigorous with only an eye ailment.
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Bristol
Tenn
Robert N. Dennis
Mexico
National Soldiers
Johnson City
Fries
Grayson County
Virginia
Massachusetts
Dennis
Smugglers Plead Guilty in Federal Court
In New York George C White William Kilgannon and Kilgannon's wife E Kilgannon pleaded guilty to smuggling indictments. Kilgannon received one year White two years in Atlanta federal prison Mrs Kilgannon paid a $5000 fine. Also reported a gasolin explosion near Waco Texas killed seven year old Allen Pierce and instantly killed two year old Francis Pierce. The farmer father was injured and the household had been left to the children.
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New York
George C. White
Wm. Kilgannon
E. Kilgannon
United States
White
Kilgannon
Fifth Avenue
Atlanta, Ga
Father
Waco
Tex
Allen Pierce
South Bosque
Francis Pierce
Pierce
Pearls of Thought Pithy Sayings from an Era
A clipped aphorism collection notes that attractive people draw attention and debts rise with abundance. It suggests many friends can ruin finances and that steadfast honesty may backfire. The fragment references Serentor & Som.
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Temple of
Serentor
Som
Audacious assault shocks Pine Bluff victim in Little Rock
Miss Ray Burkhalter a 20 year old Pine Bluff student was assaulted in a Little Rock business district office by a 39 year old white man. She was bound gagged and left injured and bleeding, later freed herself and sought medical care. Police search intensifies with talk of lynching if captured.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ray Burkhalter
Pine Bluff
Elias Burkhalter
Mistrial Declared In Calhoun Bribery Case
San Francisco jurors split ten to two on acquittal and conviction, ending the bribery trial of Patrick Calhoun of United Railroads after five months and a week. Judge Lawler ordered dismissal as both sides agreed, with no comment from the defense or prosecution.
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San Francisco
Cal
Patrick Calhoun
United Railroads
Lawler
Messina relief graft cited as Italian aid misused
A Rome cable reports reconstruction graft in Messina and earthquake districts. Officials allegedly divert foreign aid funds with little improvement on the ground. The Italian government is viewed as passive while distress grows.
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New York
Rome
Messina
Vessels Meet in Fog Off Dungeness Collision
In dense fog near Dungeness the Wilson Line steamer Sappho collided with the British protected cruiser Sappho. The liner sustained little damage and continued its voyage while the cruiser suffered serious damage and was beached.
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Dover
Wilson Line
Sappho
Dungeness
Jumps Track, Jumps Back A Serious Railway Incident
A Baltimore and Ohio express train No. 4 running from St. Louis to New York derailed one mile west of Grafton, jumped the track and slid 100 yards before rejoining the rails. Traveling at about 35 miles per hour, the train carried many passengers who were shaken but unharmed.
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State Way
Cumberland
Baltimore and Ohio
St. Louis
New York
Grafton
Carried Away in Freight Car Shocks Kansas Girl
Mabel Warren a thirteen year old girl fell asleep in a box car in Kansas City freight yards. The car rolled to Denver where yardmen heard faint cries and found her starving. She was cared for by police and returned to her Kansas City grandmother.
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Denver
Mabel Warren
Kansas City
Paris Race Track Riot Halts Grand Steeplechase
A riot disrupted the Grand Steeplechase of Paris at Anteuil, injuring several and sparking numerous arrests. Forty militant Stable Boys' Union members, aided by revolutionary leaders, armed with revolvers, ambushed horse vans from Maison Lafitte, cut traces, and forced horses back to the stables, including several American entries.
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Parris
Paris
Anteuil
Palaud
Stable Boys’ Union
Maison Lafitte
Harriman Illness Rumors Denied by Union Pacific
Reports that E H Harriman was critically ill in Vienna were denied by his associates at the Union Pacific office. Despite the denial, rumors contributed to a sharp bear raid and a decline in Harriman stock as trading closed.
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New York
E. Harriman
Vienna
Union Pacific
Death Pact Ends Lives of Two Illinois Girls
In Springfield Illinois Misses Catherine Bender and Jose Cole both aged eighteen died after drinking carbolic acid rather than be taken home by officers. The two had prepared the poison in two wine glasses and fled from their room to the boarding house porch before dying within minutes.
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Illinois
Springfield
Patrick Calhoun
San Francisco
Charles Lanitr
New York
E. H. Harriman
Paris
Anderson, S
Michigan City
Ind
Springfeld
Ill
Frederick de Martens
University of St. Petersburg
Valk
Russia
Auteuil
Parish
Stable Royal Union
Sioux Chief Plenty Horses Killed by Locomotive in Boston
Chief Plenty Horses head of the Sioux, traveling with Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Show, was run down and killed in Back Bay railroad yards. A famous war chief who took part in the Custer massacre, he was seventy five. One of his last acts was giving Rev. Father Thomas I. Gasson the Indian name of High Bird.
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Chief Plenty
Boston
Mass
Miller Brothers
Back Bay
Custer
Thomas I. Gasson
S. J
High Bird
James Sharp gets twenty five years for murder in Kansas City
James Sharp known as Adam God was sentenced to twenty five years in the Kansas City Penitentiary for murder. The item notes a string of violent incidents and trials across the country, including mistrial in San Francisco and various accidents and riots.
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James Sharp
Adam God
Kansas City
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Smith
Bank of
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Oktibbeha County
Sturgis Bank
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Company
Jackson
Gulfport
Gulf
Mexican Gulf
Great Pier
T. K. Boggam
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Lockride Byrne
Mad Dog
Fred Beacham
Wesson Fell
W. F. West
Hinds County
Jas. Maniere
Hancock County
Frank L. Mellon
C. P. Papdell
Bolton, Miss
Annie Morrison
Clem Stuart
Thaw
Florida
Calhoun
Stable Boys” Union
Harriman
A. W. Falls
R. Ripley
Spartanburg
D. C
Anniston
Ala
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