Mississippi Legislature Debates Eight Hour Day and Judicial Reform
Mississippi Senate and House debates unfold on constitutional amendment for elective judiciary, eight hour workday, and university funding. Measures include a commission to study free public schools, opposition to co education at the University, and a liquor traffic plan taxing express services at 1000 dollars. Other items cover Jones County, Beauvoir Soldier’s Home funding, and Yazoo Mississippi Delta Station creation.
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Legislative Assembly of
Mississippi
House
Bynum
McGee
Jackson
Murray F. Smith
Hightower
Natchez
Mardi Gras
Coleman
Leflore
State University
Agricultural & Mechanical College
Morrison
Franklin of
Lowndes
Committee On Rules
Senate Journal
Finance Committee
Delta
Beauvoir
Jones County
Vardaman
Jones
Hilburn
House Committee On
Fe. O. d
Yazoo and
Mississippi Delta
Washington County
W. W. Stone
Mississippi towns seek home farming and oil mill growth
The piece urges Mississippi to recruit farmers to cultivate cut over pine lands, build cold storage, and invest in home industries. It highlights a proposed legislature created information department, a Georgia plan for ice plants, new railroad extensions by Y and M V through the Delta, Greenwood oil bore efforts, and Houston Chickasaw oil mill plans, stressing local self sufficiency and limits on out of state capital. It cites Labor and capital shifts, and notes insurance reforms and regional economic expansion.
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South
Mississippi
Magnolia
Delta
Sardis
Carrier
Philipp
Greenwood
Woodstock
Beaumont
Texas
Houston
Chickasaw County
Little Rock
Old Boy in Texas Says Long Life Ends
Jack Smith of Bell County Texas dies at his home near Sparta on February 25. He was a noted character whose acquaintances claim he lived to about 127 years, making him possibly the oldest man in Texas and perhaps the United States.
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A. J. Stanley, Lincoln, Neb
Jack Smith
Bell County
Dallas
Tex
Sparta
Smith
Texas
United States
No Fever in Cubs Health Report
The Health Department announced no yellow fever cases exist in Cuba. Vessel bills of health noted two to three undischarged cases within a fortnight after sailing, which were later discharged. The single February first-week case was also discharged.
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Havana
Health Department
Cuba
Chinese restaurant keeper shot in Quincy murder scene
Charles Joe, keeper of a Quincy Chinese restaurant, was shot three times and killed by Ong Hong, a recent arrival from St. Louis. Ong Hong was arrested after the shooting. Baysee Joe is alleged to have paid his physician for poisonous drugs to remove him.
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Quincy, Ill
Charles Joe
Ong Hong
St. Louis
Baysee Joe
Binger Manufacturing Plans New York Building Rise
The Singer Manufacturing Company filed plans with Building Superintendent Murphy for a new structure in New York that will surpass current skyscrapers by 200 to 300 feet and rise about 40 feet above nearby streets.
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Binger Manufacturing Company
New York
Singer Manufacturing Company
Murphy
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