Mississippi News Roundup on Crime and Public Life
A Mississippi page reports a string of local items including a child killed in a grain accident, a tree fall fatality, and a lightning death of a man and horse. It covers hotel owner charges, association meetings in Gulfport and Columbus, university appointments, and a state immigration convention. Also noted are river commission hearings, strike status on the Gulf and Ship Island line, and a supreme court reversal affecting near beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Travelers’ Association
Columbus
B. C. Fant
Meridian
University of Mississippi
W. B. Murrah
Jackson
Vanderbilt University
State
W. C. Flood
Green
Quitman
Port Gibson
Evan Barber, Jr
Biloxi
Congress
John F. Jenkins
C. B. Brownell
Jeff Truly
Natchez
Mississippi River Commission
St. Louis
Omar Bend
Harrison County
Supreme Court
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Mr Hines Plans to Establish White Colonies in Mississippi
Mr Edward Hines owner of land valued at about half a million dollars outlines a plan to settle cutover pine lands in South Mississippi with thrifty white farmers. The project modeled after a Wisconsin colonization effort seeks over five million dollars in investment and aims to attract thousands of farmers to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aeuwaa
Ull Lureeurquets
South Mis
Sissippi
Wisconsin
Mississippi
Mississippi Land Development Association Formed
The Mississippi Land Development Association with P. H. Saunders of Laurel as president was organized in Jackson after the immigration convention, raising 5000 dollars to fund work and inviting capital while pledging fair treatment. Congress was urged to curb the current alien influx of ignorant, thriftless and undesirable people. A two year old boy from Butler Alabama died in Meridian after inhaling a grain of corn that lodged in his windpipe during an operation attempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi Land Development Association
P. H. Saunders
Laurel
Jackson
Congress
R. E. Moody
Butler
Ala
Meridian
Bigamy charges filed by Mrs Dalton in Biloxi
Mrs Sarah Dalton of Point Cadet filed an affidavit in Biloxi charging her husband Harry Dalton now in Mobile with bigamy. She alleges he wed Louisa Smith in Mobile on March 17 after leaving home last spring for Moss Point. She asserts the second marriage predates his current residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Dalton
Point Cadet
Biloxi
Harry Dalton
Mobile
Louisa Smith
Moss Point
Notable Mississippi Local News Roundup
Ernest Daughdrill eight killed near Sontag by a falling tree after a likely self retreat attempt. Three youths Elliott Echols and Cook charged with post office break in Elliott bound over to federal grand jury. Jackson Methodist church switches pastors with Rev Carpenter leaving for Tulsa and Dr Smith replacing him. Dr Cr Parker of Forest passed bad checks in Vicksburg. bank denies knowledge of Parker. Fire in Gulfport traps eight year old as mother in hospital. boy rescued by Mr Winters. Roy Watson escapes Jones county jail via furnace access. N H Boswell acquitted of assault charge. Jackson police close near beer dens. Maggie Rodriguez, 15, linked to Bragg case, runs away then returns aboard L N train at Pascagoula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Elliott
Will Echols
E. Cook
Elliott
Oxford
Federal
Bragg
Maggie Rodriguez
Dr. E. R. Bragg
Biloxi
Louisville and Nashville
Pascagoula
Back Bay
Spirit of the Fourth of July immortalized in verse
Minna Irving recalls the Spirit that stands on mountains and marches across the United States. It hoists Old Glory, ignites rockets, and carries the meaning of Liberty in flaming letters. It remembers Lexington and the Continentals, unaging through time as a universal American banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Lexington
America
Minna Irving
Leslie’s
Treacherous Hearts in the Revolutionary Veranda
A 1776 New Jersey scene shows Gilchrist Stanhope and Faith Vere Underworde amid class feud and war talk. He pledges loyalty yet fears exile as conflict rages, while she awaits his sign. The tale shifts to a Fourth of July picnic with satirical mocks of patriotism and casual revelry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Cornwallis
England
Darling
Gil
Quiet Patriotic Day Firework Alternatives
The Brooklyn Eagle piece urges parents to skip loud fireworks for children and opt for safer, decorative options. It recommends electrical fireworks and flower pots, suggests using suburban settings after supper, and emphasizes avoiding gunpowder dangers to prevent eye injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diana
Brooklyn Eagle
Faith Forever On A Blood Stained Battlefield
A dying soldier on a distant battlefield murmurs Faith, darling, true forever as a young woman deciphers a hidden inscription. The message, carved beneath a name, ties their vow across war and separation, asserting lifelong loyalty even as fate parts them.
Fresh Light on the Revolution From French Officer Papers
A Europe discovery of sketches and papers kept by a French army officer during the American Revolution reveals journals and portraits, including a Nellie Custis silhouette and a Hamilton drawing of Martha Washington. Roaming notes describe Rochambeau’s orders, army organization, and the five-division return from Virginia to Boston, with vivid details of towns, fords, and bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
von Closen
Bavaria
Munich
Ludwig
Baron von Closen
Count Rochambeau
Nellie Custis
Alexander Hamilton
Martha Washington
Roosevelt
van Closen
Journal!t
Library of Congress
Rhode Island
United States of America
Virginia
Boston
Galvin
Lafayette
Wayne
Cornwallis
Philadelphia
Livingston
Clarkson
William Bingham
Actieu
Lord Cornwallis
Washington
Rochambeau
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mississippi Hotel Keepers’ Association
Gulfport
E. R. Bragg
D. C. Hull
The
Mississippi, A. and M. College
Starkville
Millsaps College
Charles L. Wolfe
Callie Ford
Union
Miss
Chapmian
Pelahatchie
Cc. H. Alexander
C. H. Alexander
United States
Gloster
Percy
Lauderdale Springs
Marietta
Lee County
Laurel Railway
Ludlow
Scott County
Louisville
Winston County Court
Mississippi Railroad Commission
the Brotherhood of St. Andrew
Alabama
Louisiana
Bratton
Sessums
M. F. Patton
D. ©. McInnis
Simpson County
J. H. Benton
Majestic
McHenry
Lake
Mr. Hines
Edward Hines
Naerle
Hove
Eherde
Adagrk
Luther Cunnigen
Magnolia
Ernest Daughdrill
Sontag
First Methodist Church
J. E. Carpenter
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Dr. Smith
Cr. S. Parker
Forest, Miss
Vicksburg
Bank of Forest
Wachenheim
Dr. Parker
Charles Campbell
Mr. Campbell
King’s Daughter’s Hospital
Mr. Winters
Roy Watson
Jones County
N. H Boswell
Gulf and Ship Island
Massachusetts
Father
Natal
John
Susie
Etic
Elsie Duncan Vale
Lippincott’s
Trenton
Faith
Gilchrist Stanhope
Aanens S
Tooters
William J. Lampton
Mary H
Independence Hall
Iyi
New York
Sons OF the Revolution
Henry Martin
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