Judge Boothe's Charge on Mob Violence in Tate County
Circuit court in Senatobia Tate County hears Judge J B Boothe denounce mob violence after Sheriff Poag was mortally wounded by a jail mob while trying to protect Whitt. He warns that if lawlessness continues, Mississippi will face feuds and deaths. Eleven men jailed for Poag's murder. two at large.
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Senatobie
Tate County
J. M. Poag
Whitt
J. B. Boothe
Poag
Breathitt County
Miss
Mississippi
Abedt
Truth Well Told on Cotton Acreage and Farming Policy
The piece argues against drastic cotton reductions, citing lateness of season and rains as partial causes. It notes Providence cut land, possibly saving farmers from overplanting, urges 5 years of 50 cent cotton and independent credit reform, and calls for home food production to free the region from external financial pressure.
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Providence
Crystal Springs
South
The Nations Foul Day and Peonage Debate
A lengthy editorial notes Judge Alton B. Parker’s critique of Reconstruction era politics and southern suffering. It contrasts northern and southern perspectives, praising southern resilience. It also discusses a federal judge’s grand jury charge on peonage, warning about contracts between laborers and planters and potential arrests under peonage statutes.
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Arkansas
Grand Jury
The Wild Oat Whistle and Curious Anecdotes
A fragmentary column recalls a strange whistle that disrupted a colored revival, with animals, temperance figures, and preachers reacting to its eerie cadence. It blends tall tales, a joke about Pat and a cemetery inscription, ending with a note by N. B. Spearman.
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Rachel
In Memoriam George L Miller of Ran kin county
Obituary tribute to George L Miller born in Ran kin county at Pleasant Grove. He died April 24 1905 just before fifty, leaving a loving wife and son A P Miller. Described as diligent generous and devout, he aided others despite hardships and his family mourns his early death as a public loss to the county and state.
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George L. Miller
Rankin County
Pleasant Grove
A. P. Miller
Gerge Miller
Old
Mississippi
Miller
Christ
God Exists Beyond Printing and Thought, Says Wiggin s Journal
The Wiggin s Journal asserts God preceded human writing and thinking. It argues the Infinite Thinker engaged with the universe since its creation, and will remain a focus beyond the end of time. The piece dismisses agnostics who claim God’s presence began with human concepts.
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God
Wiggins Journal
Beautiful Tribute to Women Amid Endless Light
Poetic tribute describes women as constant forces and guiding light, elevating them as a peak above clouds and a window where light endures, expressing timeless reverence and admiration. The fragment evokes enduring strength and radiant influence attributed to women.
Enduring Love Defies Cold and Cruelty, Poet Robert G Ingersol
A fragmentary quotation extols woman’s love as invincible and universal, rising to exalted heights and sinking to depths, transcending coldness and cruelty. It calls love the perfume of the heart, subduing the earth and guiding art, music, and life beyond death.
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Robert G.’ Ingerso
Bravado on the town dog nuisance and banished hogs
The Brandon Tupelo Journal laments a nuisance dog described as mangy and meddlesome. It argues the animal harms neighbors as it roams yards barking at passersby, asserting the hog banished from the city is less troublesome.
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Tupelo Journal
How old is Ann and a curious railroad problem
A reader asks about Ann’s age amid a long, distracted railroading riddle. The puzzle describes a train one mile long starting at Grady with the engine leaving first and the conductor boarding the caboose, then walking forward as the engine arrives at Oxley four miles away. It asks how far the conductor rides and how far he walks, presented in a Decoration Day era clipping style.
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West Virginia
Grady
Oxley
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