Forty-Eighth Day at Mississippi Legislature Rounds Up Bills
The session reports passage of bills on taxes and exemptions, state appropriations, and governance. Key actions include approving a $800,000 general appropriation, electing a board of equalization in larger municipalities, licensing and tax measures, and continuing the elective judiciary issue amid debate. The record notes bills for Alcorn A. and M. College and the state’s educational and penal measures, with various senate and house actions and committee reports. Transportation and labor topics appear, with references to penalties for telegraph firms and a child labor bill substitute under consideration.
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HOUSE
Judiciary Committee
Lamar County
Committee On
Vicksburg
Confederate Hospital
Mr. Nabors
Black Bayou
Washington
Senate
City of
Jackson
Capitol
Executive Mansion
Mahon
Quin
Bird
Broyles
Mississippi
Spain
Doherty
A. & M. College
University of Mississippi
Anderson
McDonald
Supreme Court of the United States
Messrs. G. L. Jones
Rencher
Yewell
McLaurin
Alcorn A. & M. College and Industrial Institute & College
Speaker Street
Messrs
Seawright
McGehee
McMillian
Potter
Judiciary
H. B
Stone & Sivley
Pong
Tate County
Darden
McMillan and
Cunningham
Bridges
Dees
Belleview
Deat and Dumb
Committee On Levees
Yazoo City Plans Mid Summer Fair and Exhibition
Yazoo City will host a Fourth of July Mid Summer Fair and Exhibition with a rich premiums list, aiming to boost summer displays and spur prize-winning exhibits at the fall meet. Manager Wollerstein leads the initiative, hoping it proves successful and inspires other towns to follow.
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Yazoo City
Jackson
Wollerstein
Balzac Quote on Equality and Power
A Balzac aphorism argues that equality may be acceptable in idea but cannot be transformed into fact by human power. The concise reflection questions social ideals versus real-world outcomes.
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Balzac
Loss of life of school children near two hundred
In Cleveland Ohio a defective furnace caused a devastating fire at North Collinwood School in Collinwood injuring 160 to 170 children. Fire escapes were inadequate and a crowded upper floor prevented escape. many children perished before reaching safety amid conflicting claims about locked doors and janitor remarks.
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Cleveland
Ohio
North Collinwood
Collinwood
Nuno
Fritz Herter
Digging Fast in Panama May End Canal By 1912
Panama reports show February excavations totaling 55 054 yards from Culebra cut in eight hours using 48 steam shovels on a hot day. The record surpasses all prior totals since American operation began and hints at possible canal opening before 1912. Lieut Col George W Goethals, chief engineer, praised during his Washington visit.
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Panama
George W. Goethals
Panama Canal
Washington
Culebra
Gypsies Incorporate to End Nomadic Life
Clayton attorney T S Burnett filed for pro forma incorporation of the National Gypsy Association of America in St. Louis County Circuit Court. Purposes include promoting harmony and settled residence among gypsies, encouraging naturalization, and bearing civic duties as U S citizens. St Louis would be the national capital of the nationalized gypsies.
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Clayton
T. S. Burnett
Clayton Hhas
St. Louis
National Gypsy Association of America
United States
Electric Street Car Service Opens in Shanghai
The first section of Shanghai's electric street car service has been inaugurated with strong public patronage. Native opposition centered on fears of electric power and disruption to jinriksha business, but the venture proceeds amid interest in modern transit.
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China
Shanhai
Shanghai
Social Democrats Nabbed in Riga Conference Raid
In Livonia police arrested forty one leading social democrats during a secret conference held in a basements of a Riga area primary school. Archives of the party were confiscated.
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Social Democrats
Riga
Livonia
Oklahoma Republicans choose district delegates for Taft
The First Oklahoma Congressional District delegates Charles Seely of Guthrie and Vernon Whiting of Enid were elected by Republicans in Perry Oklahoma and instructed to vote for Taft at the national convention.
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Perry
Okla
Oklahoma
Charles Seely
Guthrie
Vernon Whiting
Enid
Taft
Unselfish Life Cites Happiness Over Unhappiness
All inward unhappiness can be traced to selfishness, claim advocates who argue unselfish behavior brings lasting contentment and inner peace across communities and personal conduct.
Care of Cows and Dairy Practices Across Farms
A collage of advice from farming journals covers dairy care in cold weather, codling moth control with wire cages, optimal feeding to maximize egg production, and DIY poultry housing for winter eggs. Tips include building a compact, sunlit hen house, proper nesting and roosting provisions, and guidance on churn design and butter production with minimal mechanical input.
Take Care of Seed Corn and Seed Drying Tips
W C Mason of Pawlet Vermont advises seed corn should be dried in a dry warm room such as a dairy stable until midwinter before moving to a protected dry location. Exposing seed to storms adds no benefit. Fully grown corn in a milky stage will germinate well if kept dry and warm as described.
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W. C. Mason
Pawlet
Mason
Beef rings and manure use in farm systems
A reader describes beef rings where sixteen to twenty members share a carcass, each supplying a steer under two years old, with a hired butcher and a reckoned value per animal and portion. The piece also notes a farmer’s nitrogen and nutrient yields from a well fed cow and discusses manure leaching, fresh versus leached manure effects on yields, and a project to build a $50 hen house during vacation.
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L. C
Indiana Farmer
Prof
E. B. Voorhees
Lost reputation to lose in Salvation Army shelter tale
A midnight stroll on Oxford Street in Manchester leads to a man being offered two pence for a bed at a Salvation Army shelter in Shepstow Street. The encounter echoes Gen Booth stories of disgrace and a drunken woman who fears losing her reputation upon entering the shelter. The piece also notes the completion of the Nile river bridge from Cairo to Hodah Island, measuring 1740 feet in length and 66 feet in width.
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Oxford Street
Manchester
England
Salvation Army
Shepstow Street
Gen. Booth
Sunday Magazine
the Nile
Cairo
Hodah
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Mr. McDowell
Tao
Department of Banking
S. B
Alcorn A. & M. College
Gloster
Centreville
Progess
Farmers’ Home Journal
Oregon
Plymouth Rock
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