State Teachers Opening Contests And Addresses At Opera House
Hattiesburg won first in spelling and Meridian second with Laurel third in the state contest. Governors and educators Dr Mitchell and Supt Powers spoke at the State Teachers’ meeting in Meridian. medals awarded, many visitors filled the Opera House as sessions closed by noon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opera House
Mitchell
University of South Carolina, Columbia
M. Powers
Mississippi
Powers
Meridian
Hattiesburg
State Teachers’ Association
Laurel
War Harris
Natchez
Bruce Clay
Clarence Gibson
Mabel Mixon
D. C. Hull
A. and M. College
H. T. Todd
Miss
E. L. Bailey
Great Southern Hotel
Jefferson Davis Religion Reveals Devout Christian Side
The article sketches Jefferson Davis as a devout Christian influenced by his Baptist and Episcopal ties. It notes his parents Baptist faith, schooling at St Thomas College, varied religious affiliations, and his habit of conducting family prayers at Beauvoir. Davis’s later life is described as calm, wise, and spiritually deepened despite earlier intolerance.
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Walter L. Fleming
Robert E. Lee
Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
South
Baptist Church
The
Baptist
Methodist
Samuel Davis
Davis
St. Thomas College
Springfield
Father Wilson
Virginia
Our Holy Church
Natchez
Episcopal Church
Sarah Knox Taylor
Varina Howell
Methodist Episcopal South
Joseph
Southern Methodist Church
Society
Ete Davies
Beauvoir
Bishop Keener
Mr. Davis
The Baby Swallows a Screw Warning on Infant Exploration
A fragment notes an eighteen month old baby choking on a screw after crawling on the floor. The piece uses a humorous tone to urge parents to keep floors clean and to prevent infants from attempting to swallow small objects. It portrays infant curiosity as boundless and potentially deadly, urging caution.
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Kid
Sunday 12 Years Ago the Dewey Manila Victory Remembered
On May 1 1898 a fleet under Commodore Dewey sailed into Manila harbor and destroyed Spanish ships. The piece recalls Dewey tallied a world turning moment and Tennessee troops who served in the Philippines and at Santiago are praised for their conduct.
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Dewey
Manila
Spain
Orient
Sam Juan Hill
Atlantic
Schley
Santiago
East
Philippines
Tennessee
The Empire at Home and Abroad After the Spanish War
A reflective meditation traces the 1898 Manila victory to today, praising Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood, McKinley and Taft, then speculates on American imperial reach, industrial growth, and the evolving world order. It laments overconfidence and the shifting self perils of ambition amid a sprawling republic.
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Philippine Islands
Dewey
Washington
Manila
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
Col
Leonard Wood
San Antonio
Travic
Bowie
David Crockett
Roosevelt
New York
Napoleon
Taft
Philippines
Cuba
United States
America
Republic
China
Pacific
Panama Canal
Russia
Japan
Atlantic
Canada
Mexico
What We Are Not and the World of Opinion
A reflective essay on human knowledge and self belief. The narrator contrasts growing life experience with shrinking certainty and describes a conceited person overrating his talents and influence. The passage ends with fragments on schools and imagined power.
High Tribunal backs Mississippi in anti trust case victory
The U S Supreme Court affirmed Mississippi’s ruling that the Retail Lumber Dealers Association acted as a trust. Mississippi officials hailed the decision, noting early settlements and penalties paid by several firms, while remaining litigation continues in Holmes County court.
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Mississippi
J. B. Stirling
Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Supreme Court
Washington
United States
State Supreme Court
Stirling
Holmes County
Lumber Dealers’ Association
Clarion Ledger
Real Estate Transfers Listed In Local Records
Real estate transfers include R P Wormack and wife to Green Bay Lumber Co for lands in section map area 2 35 with 7500 dollars stated. Mrs E M Babb to H A Busick 50 acres in section 1 5 3 valued at 25000. W H Watkins to trustee deed to framing Mitchell 160 acres in section 50 55. H V Watkins to A F Hawkins 1680 acres in sections 5 and 26 with wife’s implied interest in the same area valued at 329 dollars.
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R. P. Wormack
Green Bay Lumber Co
E. M. Babb
H. A. Busick
W. H. Watkins
Fram
Registration Notice for Ran kin County Voter Registration
R. F. Brown, Registrar, lists locations and dates for voter registration across Ran kin County. People not yet registered should attend at Shiloh, Antioch, Clear Creek, Cato, Dobson, Dry Creek, Star, King, Whites, Cleary, Plain, Florence, Pearson, Holbrook, Lang-oir, Fannin, Pisgah on specified May days to register.
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Rankin County
Pelahatchie
Shiloh
Antioch
Clear Creek
Cato
Dobson
Dry Creek
Star
King
Cleary
Plain
Florence
Pearson
Holbrook
Fannin
Pisgah
R. F. Brown
Notice of Trustees Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
I A P Miller as substituted trustee will sell on May 7 1910 at the Brandon courthouse between 10 am and 2 pm the southeast quarter of the southwest quarter and other described parcels in section 1 township 3 range 3 east Rankin County to satisfy the unpaid indebtedness of W P Stevens to Mrs C S Harris. Title conveyed will be only as vested in me as trustee.
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South East
South West Quarter
South West
South East Quarter
North West
North East
Rankin County
Mississippi
Trustee's Notice of Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
Substituted Trustee W Calvin Wells Jr announces sale of the undivided one half interest in the west half of the northeast quarter, north half of the southeast quarter, and east half of the southwest quarter in section 12 township 6 range 2 east, in Brandon Rankin county Mississippi, to satisfy a debt of 595.13 owed by E. E. Baldwin to Mellon Brothers. Sale set for May 21 1910 at legal hours in front of the Rankin county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Baldwin
Mellon Brothers
Chancery Clerk
Rankin County
Mississippi
Branden
Court House
Brandon
State of
W. Calvin Wells
Notice of Trustee's Sale in Rankin County Mississippi
Trustees of the Mississippi Bank & Trust Company under a 1909 deed of trust will publicly sell at the Brandon courthouse in Rankin County during legal hours on June 6 1910 the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 14 township etc to satisfy indebtedness to Lamar Life Insurance Company. The sale is for cost to the highest bidder and the deed is recorded in Chancery Clerk’s office Book 1 page 419.
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Mississippi Bank & Trust Company
Walter Weathrsby
Lamar Life Insurance Company
Chancery
Rankin County
Mississippi
Court House
Brandon
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STATE
van Harris
Ruth Clay
Tixe
Dr. Mitchell
Supt. Powers
High Schol
Elks’ Hall
Elk’s Hall
Department of Science
G. H. Alford
United States Department of Agriculture
Association
Jeff. Davis
Ing
I. A. P. Miller
W. P. Stevens
C. S. Harris
T. H. Stevens
T. H . Stevens
Rgzo
Lard
Towit
Svea
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