Insurance dept clears Equitable filings in Mississippi
Mississippi State Happenings reports the insurance department renewed authority for Equitable Life Assurance and other firms after negligence caused filing delays. It notes Mon row Evening News editor Dawkins sold to J W Smith, Dawkins to practice law, and Gov Vardaman receiving a convicts transport note from the Alabama and Vicksburg line pledging free transport for Meridian relief. Also covered are a tobacco ban at Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute, and Lafayette city ordinance putting barber shops under Sunday law with a $25 penalty.
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Insurance Department
Equitable Life Assurance Company
United States
MacGivney
Insurance Commissioner
Equitable
W. C. C. Dawkins
Monroe Evening News
J. W. Smith
Smith
Dawkins
Monroe
Méridian
Alabama & Vicksburg Railway Company
Meridian
E. L. Stephens
Southwestern Louisiana Industrial Institute
Lafayette
Mississippi Cadets Named For Annapolis And West Point
Mississippi congressmen plan cadet selections for Annapolis and West Point with competitive exams in weeks. A Crystal Springs test set for March 10 will be led by Prof. H. P. Todd for a Georgia age 16 to 20 applicant. A railroad charter for Fernwood and Gulfport to run Tylertown to Gulfport is filed by I. C. Enochs G. C. Ligon Dr A. C. Enochs F. B. Enochs and J. H. Scott. Senate approves 10000 for an Old Ladies Home with only Mr Boyd voting no.
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Mississippi
Congress
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Military Academy
West Point
Congres
F. A. McLain
Seventh
Crystal Springs
Annapolis Academy
H. P. Todd
Gulfport
Fernwood and
Gulfport Railroad Company
I.C. Enochs
Jackson, Miss
G. C. Ligon
Brookhaven
A. C. Enochs
Pearlhaven
F. B. Enochs
Fernwood
J. H. Scott
Tylertown
Senate
Boyd
Woman Denies Kissing Man in Divorce Trial
New York March 11 Mrs Elvira Liebe testifying in Newark during her husband’s divorce suit denies ever being kissed by a man or kissing a man in her life. The remark opens testimony before Vice Chancellor Emery as the case proceeds.
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New York
Bond
Elvira Liebe
Emery
Newark
Fireman Killed in Train Collision Near Vernon Parish
Fireman Wardell was instantly killed and engineers Watson and Smith were seriously hurt after Kansas City Southern passenger train No. 4 collided head on with a freight at Bon Ami near the Casadeu Vernon parish line. All passengers escaped. The freight had been moved to a siding for the passenger to pass. The switch was set to force the crash. Both engines and the baggage car of the passenger were demolished. Responsibility not yet fixed.
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Kit
Wardell
Watson and
Smith
Kansas City Southern
Bon Ami
Cassadeu-Vernor Parish
First Oil Loaded at Plaquemine by Toledo Steamer
The steamship Toledo under Captain Ockleman arrived from Philadelphia at Plaquemine to load fuel oil at the Evangeline Oil Company yard. The vessel’s capacity exceeds 20 000 barrels and this marks the first oil loading by a steamer at Plaquemine, with more ships expected.
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Toledo
Ockleman
Philadelphia
Evangeline Oil Company
Plaquemine
Wisconsin to Fund Twenty Monuments for Vicksburg Park
The national park commission at Vicksburg receives word that Wisconsin will soon send a commission to select sites for twenty monuments and markers in the Vicksburg Park. An appropriation of thirty thousand dollars has been allocated for the project.
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National Park Commission
Vicksburg
State of
Wisconsin
Vicksburg Park
County Jail Contract Awarded for Warren County
The F B Hull Construction Company of Jackson received the $34,550 contract to build Warren County's new jail in Vicksburg. Construction is scheduled to take six months.
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F. B. Hull Construction Company
Jackson
Warren County
Vicksburg
Self-inflicted death rocks Louisiana Odd Fellows leader
Edward T. Ducker grand secretary of the Odd Fellows of Louisiana shot himself last night in front of his aging parents while visiting them. The motive appeared linked to money from subordinate lodges, totaling over 3000 dollars, which he was to hand over to the Grand Lodge treasurer.
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New Orleans
Edward T. Ducker
The
Odd Fellows of Louisiana
Ducker
Grand Lodge
Stay at Home Farmer Sets Indiana Record
William Bennett of Madison Township Indiana is 84 and has lived in the county 72 years in the same log cabin. He has left the area only once for 10 days to visit his brother in Illinois, never leaving Madison Township more than about 50 times in his lifetime.
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Frankfort
Ind
William Bennett
Madison Township
Illinois
Birmingham officers linked to Jolo fight injuries
Birmingham lieutenant Gordon Johnston son of Gen. Robert D. Johnston, recently named federal land commissioner in Montgomery, is reported wounded in the Jolo Moros engagement. Captain Tyree Rivers, also noted as wounded in Philippine clashes, is a Pulaski Tennessee native.
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Birmingham
Ala
Gordon Johnston
Jolo
Robert D. Johnston
Federal Land Office
Montgomery
Tyree Rivers
Associated Press
Philippines
Tennessee
Pulaski
Mississippi lawmakers hear school chapter emphasis in special session
The Mississippi Legislature hears the Education Committee chair Eddins press Chapter 199 on schools, noting public investment, enrollment, and teacher salaries. Details show 423,731 students aged 5 to 21, with 199,293 white and 224,438 black. 114,781 white and 121,183 black in attendance. white teachers total 5,774 and black 3,559. A Gulfport visit is arranged with a special train.
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Eddins
Educational Committee
Mississippi
Delta
Gulfport
J. T. Jones
Gulf & Ship Island Railroad
Committee of
Meridian
Pawnbroker testifies in divorce suit cites drunken marriage
Adolph Eberhardt a Cleveland pawnbroker testifies in a divorce suit from a former actress and concert hall performer. He says he was drunk the week he met and married her to spite a former sweetheart. His present wife forced him to do the family washing and threatened his life.
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Cleveland
Olio
Adolph Eberhardt
Ginger
Wreck of Baltimore & Ohio Flyer Kills Many
A wreck near Godsend Ohio on March 11 left seventeen dead and dozens injured when a west bound B&O flyer collided with a freight. Fire followed the crash, hindering rescue as crews battled flames and a long list of casualties grew. In France, 1219 dead in coal mine disaster. 25,000 gather as rescue and improvised heroism unfold.
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Broomdale
Ohio
Godsend
Fostoria
Paris
France
Shook Dice for a Bride in Omaha Rivalry Ends
In Omaha on March 11 Miss Lulu Baker watched as Jules Althaus and Dick Mitchell played a dice game to decide who would win her hand. Mitchell hit four sixes first. Althaus declined the shake, lost, and vowed not to pursue the courtship.
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Omaha
Neb
Lulu Baker
Merchants
Jules Althaus
Dick Mitchell
Council Bluffs
Miss Baker
Mitchell
Althaus
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