Levee Board approves aggregate $200000 for work this year
Major Dabney of the Yazoo Levee Board announces authorization to spend an aggregate $200,000 on levee work for the Upper Yazoo district. Most funds will enlarge and raise existing standard levees with bids to be advertised after the June 10 meeting at Clarkdale.
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Yazoo
Ya- 200
T. G. Dabney
Yazoo Levee
Clarksdale
Yahoo
Star Landing
Moons
Robbery and Arson at Alliance Merchant Store
Robbery and arson hit Jeff Grayan's Alliance Mississippi store. lines cut before the break in, delaying a countrywide search. Store and goods total loss with no insurance. This marks a second such blaze in the vicinity in a week.
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Jeff Grayan
Alliance, Miss
Cut a Fine Belt Trial at Laurel Involving Major Mill Belt
A case before Mayor McCallum in Laurel draws attention as a young man faces trial for cutting a belt at Eastman Gardner and Company mill. The belt, nearly ruined, valued at 900 dollars, with 40 cents worth of whisky led to a 40 dollar fine plus costs for a separate liquor theft conviction in Hattiesburg Police Court.
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Laurel
McCallum
Eastman, Gardiner and Company Mill
Hattiesburg
Hattiesburg Fails to Send Elks Delegate to State Meeting
Hattiesburg did not send a representative to the state Elks meeting in Vicksburg, where the convention closed on the 17th. Exalted Ruler Batson will attend the national gathering convening in Baltimore on July 18.
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Elks
Missippi
Jng
Vicksburg
Batson
Baltiia
Gulfport Boom Draws Attention as Port Expands
Gulfport rides a local boom with 21 feet of water and port tonnage rivaling the sum of all other ports between New Orleans and Mobile. A mile and a half gulf pier offers loading facilities built on an earthen embankment amid revetment work and creosoted lumber.
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Gulfport
New Orleans
Motile
Mobile
Gulf
Vicksburg Poised To Host Mississippi Chess Meet
Vicksburg likely to land the Mississippi Chess Association annual meeting with Secretary Griffith to hear invited members’ suggestions. The siting decision awaits input and the gathering is planned for July 21 or 28.
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Vicksburg
Mississippi Chess Association
Griffith
Alcorn College to Represent at World’s Fair
The Alcorn College at Rodney begins preparing an industrial exhibit for the World’s Fair in St. Louis. The display will feature wagons buggies shoes steel drills and other items produced in the college shops.
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Alcorn College
Rodney
St. Louis
Laurel Real Estate Sees Busy Transfer, New Brick Buildings Planned
Laurel real estate sees several large transfers in the past week amid a building boom. Plans include a brick hotel and multiple brick structures, with more developments expected in the coming weeks.
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Laurel
Prof Brough Honored At Arkansas University
Prof C H Brough of Clinton who held the Chair of Modern Languages at Mississippi College has been elected to the Chair of Economic and Sociology at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville Arkansas.
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C. H. Brough
Clinton
Mississipp College
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville
Ark
Farmers Institute Sought at Scranton by Local Clerk
F H Lewis, clerk of court at Scranton, has started efforts to establish a farmers institute there. No concrete arrangements yet, but nothing visible preventing the founding.
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F. H. Lewis
Scranton
Farmers’ Institute
Ramsey Arrest Makes Headlines In Laurel
Dan Ramsey, a notorious criminal, was arrested in Laurel after a yearold jewelry theft spree in the city. A store clerk recognized him, aiding his capture.
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Dan Ramsey
Laurel
Ramsey
Meridian Trust and Banking Company Organized at Meridian
The Meridian Trust and Banking Company has been organized at Meridian with a charter applied for. Authorized stock stands at $250,000 and $100,000 paid up capital. The company is formed by local capitalists.
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Meridian Trust and Banking Company
Meridian
Sweet Liberty Woman Pardoned After 27 Years In Prison
Mrs Emima Wimple, once 18 at Sing Sing, freed after 27 years for poisoning her husband. Pardoned by Governor Odell following 15 months in Matteawan asylum. She left the asylum dazed at Newburg station, her lover also condemned for life and died in prison years ago.
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New York
Emima Wimple
Odell
Matteawan Hospital
Newburg
Female Bluebeard Trial Opens in East Prussia
The case of Frau Przy godda, dubbed the Female Bluebeard, opens at Allenstic East Prussia. Her fifth husband, Przy godda, a hotel keeper, accused her of arsenic poisoning in his coffee. Authorities exhumed the other deceased husbands and found arsenic in all of them.
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Frau Przygodda
Allenstic
East Prussia
Przygodda
Rail rate fight and state bank supervisor delegates
Meridian board of trade seeks 3 12 cents rate on grain over Alabama and Vicksburg line. Petition asks for railroad cost and earnings details to judge rate fairness. Governor names delegates to the State bank supervisors meeting in Buffalo. Other items note a convict’s return to prison, hotel plans, and a county open-saloons petition amid Jackson crime crackdown.
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Buffalo
N.Y
R.W. Millsaps
Jackson
W. Q. Cole
T. B. Franklin
Columbus
D. Reinach
Rosedale
J. T. Thomas
Grenada
H. C. Fort
Holy Springs
A. F. Gardner
Greenwood
B. W. Griffith
Vicksburg
A. C. Jones
A. G. Campbell
Natchez
Marks
Meridian
Edward Me
Morries
KE. J. Ezall
Okolona
John Bersheimer
Port Gibson
G. A. Wilson
Lexington
W. W. Scales
Starkville
Lewis Cohn
Brookhaven
A. F. Thomason
Hattiesburg
P. G. Gardiner
Laurel
S. L. Dodd
Kosciusko
Joan Clark
Tupelo
J. WK. Ames
Macon
Will Weiner
Canton
L. M. Dantzler
Moss Point
Board of Supervisors of
Hinds County
Late News of Mississippi A Sullivan is Shot at Bunkerbill Crossing
Bob Sullivan of the Sullivan family is shot and killed by Gus Adams a section foreman at Bunkerbill Crossing on the Gulf and Ship Island railroad four miles west of Taylorsville After a word between them Sullivan returned to Bunkerhill and was killed before reaching the platform Five shots were fired The incident follows a prior pistol confrontation when Sullivan forced Adams and the crew to leave work Officials say Wild Bill Sullivan is under indictment for killing his brother Wes on last December
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Sullivan
Sullivan Hollow
Gus Adams
Bunkerbill Crossing
Gulf and Ship Island
Taylorsville
Bunkerhill
Adams
Wild Bill” Sullivan
Wesson Sullivan
Allen Hanged in Sumner County After Appeal
A Black man named Jim Allen was hanged Tuesday in Sumner Lal Lahatchie county for a serious case. Convicted in 1902 he faced execution after a failed appeal to the supreme court which stayed the prior sentence. The case was affirmed and a June 25 hanging was set. Allen’s lawyers urged Governor Sorgino to commute the sentence, but the governor declined.
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Allen
Jim Allen
Sumner
Lallahatchie County
Supreme Court
Sorgino
Whitecaps Attack in Amite County Leaves Man Shot
In Amite County a whitecap raid struck the home of John Hiram. A bullet hit him in the arm but he escaped serious harm. The house bore seventy five bullet holes and Winchester shells littered the ground. Nearby a second home was visited but only fences were torn down.
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Amite County
John Hiram
Hydrophobia Death Reported Near Waterford
A death from hydrophobia occurred near Waterford in Marshall county. Jones Brooks, a planter, and twelve others were bitten by a dog forty days from last Sunday. They sought treatment from Hen Milam's mudstone, but Milam says Brooks was not treated in time. Brooks fell ill Monday and developed convulsions and other violent symptoms leading to death.
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Waterford
Marshall County
Jones Brooks
Hen Milam
Brooks
Milam
County fair planned in Claiborne county this year
Promoters announce plans for a county fair in Claiborne county with hopes of attracting large crowds from neighboring counties. They expect to raise the funds without difficulty and showcase exhibits suitable for transfer to the St Louis exposition as the county’s Mississippi display contribution.
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Claiborne
Claiborne County
Mississippi
Elks of Aberdeen Building Promises Fine New Home
The Elks of Aberdeen are constructing a new lodge home expected to be one of the finest structures in the state. The contractor is pushing the work and aims for early completion.
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Elks
Aberdeen
The
Elks of
Union
Prisoners Escape Boldly From Monroy County Jail
In broad daylight two inmates fled Monroy county jail by breaking through a wall. The break occurred recently and allowed the pair to reach freedom.
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Monroy County
Another Hotel at Jackson Corner of Capitol and Congress
Jackson prepares for a new $100,000 hotel at Capitol and Congress streets. The addition, with the nearby Edwards, will give the city two of the best hotels in the South.
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Jackson
Capitol and
Congress Streets
Edwards
South
State Candidates Pay Two Dollars for Ballot Place
The Democratic executive committee of Coahoma county set a $2 fee for state district and county candidates to have their names on the official ballot for the coming primary. Beat candidates were assessed 31 each. Payments due by July 22 to avoid omission from the ticket.
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Democratic Executive Committee
Coahoma County
World News in Brief from Global Dispatches
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West African Mail
British Cotton Growing Association
British Empire
Lancashire
America
West Africa
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