Mrs. Augustus Evans Wilson Dies in Mobile
Obituary note reports acclaimed Southern novelist Mrs. Augustus Evans Wilson died Sunday at her Mobile home. The Brandon News lists editor W. S. May and describes ongoing regional gatherings with bankers in Columbus, hardware dealers in Jackson, and Knights of Pythias at the Grand Lodge in Meridian.
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Augustus Evans Wilson
South
Mobile
Columbus
Jackson
Knights of Pythias
Meridian
Roosevelt Fails to Stop Charging Rhino Bull in Bold Shot
Col Roosevelt killed a charging rhinoceros at about 30 paces during a hunt near the former president. The bull animal charged as it fought, with blood in its eye noted in the account.
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Col. Roosevelt
Entomology Chair Leaves Texas for Cornell at High Salary
Prof Glenn W Herrick state entomologist resigns to chair Entomology at Cornell University with a large salary. He was then attached to the Mississippi Experimental Station at Starkville, and the Texas state would have benefited from keeping him.
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Glenn W. Herrick
Texas
Cornell University
Herick
Tne
Mississippi
Starkville
Newman trial opens at Meadville this week
The Newman case against A. M. Newman and four sons is charged with killing young Pritchard at Meadville recently. A feud is feared but Franklin county nears Breathit county or Tangispahoe parish in tension.
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Newman
Meadville
A. M. Newman
Pritchard
Franklin County
Breathit County
Tangispahoe Parish
Fremont quotes open pathway to Southern hearts
Captain John Fremont of the battleship Mississippi stated that the navy has no sectional prejudice and patriotism knows no boundaries, suggesting broad acceptance beyond regional divides in response to Jeff Davis's picture on the silver service. The remark connected naval loyalty to national unity.
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John Fremont
John C. Fremont
Misissippi
Jeff Davis
Cocaine trade condemned and calls for harsher laws
A 1920s style editorial argues cocaine sales should be a penitentiary crime with prescription exceptions. It links drug trafficking to rape and crime, cites a black druggist in Jackson, and urges severe penalties to curb addiction and violence.
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Cirquito Court
Jackson
Redmond
Bishop Galloway Dead At Seventieth Year
The noted M E Church South bishop Charles Betts Galloway died of pneumonia after sickness following a bishops meeting in Nashville. He was honored as a gifted preacher, famed orator, and statesman. His interment will be in Jackson this afternoon with visiting attorneys and other officials noted in attendance.
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M. E. Church South
Nastville
Charles Betts Galloway
America
Commonwealth
Jackson
J. B. Harris
R. P. Willing
A. R. Davis
Plain
C. R. Stingily
Real estate transfers list multiple parcels and sums
J L Smith and wife to W Perry Smith 40 acres section 33 township 4 range 1 East 280 E N Ross to M H Searcy 4 34 acres section 25 SeneeaD 4 range 5 East 60 06 Pollock and Co to J H South certain lots in Florence 3100 Nelson Webb and wife and Amos Webb to Mary Alice and P Taylor 30 acres section 10 township 4 range 2 East 275 W H Waldrop to Clear Creek Baptist church 2 acres in section 22 township 3 North range 5 East 15 H W Kennedy to Clear Creek Baptist church certain lot consideration esteem S S Rhodes and wife to J B White Lot in Pelahatchie 175 00 S S Rhodes to S C Tanner Lots
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J. L. Smith
W. Perry ‘Smith
E. N. Ross
M. H. ‘Searcy
Pollock and “Co
J. H. South
Florence
Nelson Webb
Amos Webb
Mary
Alice
P. Taylor
W. H. Waldrop
Clear Creek Baptist Church
H. W. Kennedy
S. S. Rhodes
J. 8
S. Rhodes
S. C.tanner
Land transfers and quit claims across townships and ranges
A series of property transfers lists buyers and sellers including Scott Donnell, May H. Smith, E. N. Ross, I. T. Myers, G. R. and C. Iy, Carrie and J. R. Denson, J. D. Jerkins, J. L. Case Thrusting Machine Co., W. T. Sandifer, Covington, Dr. J. T. Myers, S. Rhodes, and B. Bell. Amounts range from 1.00 to 900.00 dollars for parcels in sections and townships across multiple ranges and areas including Pelahatchie and Dry Creek roads.
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Scott Donnell
May H. Smith
E. N
Ross
I. T. Myers
E.N. Ross
G. R
C. Iy
Carrie
J. R.denson
J.D. Jerkins
Case Thrusting Machine Co
W. T. Sandifer
Dry Creek
May's Mill
Rhodes
B Bell
Pelahatchie
Town Council approves Owen & McGilvra plant site in 1909
April proceedings show the council granting Owen and McGilvra permission to build a wood and iron plant at the corner of Government and College streets with safeguards. An East wall setback of 10 feet is required, a clear 10 feet space maintained, and a sidewalk platform allowed on the east side without storage or roofing over it. The balance and payments for March General Fund are listed as $1144.59 and $201.17 for certificate 377, totaling $395.95.
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Owen & McGilvra
Government and
College Streets
Owen & McGilvray
Government and College
College Street
Owen
Express
Brandon Miss Town Council Meeting May 4 1909 Highlights
May 4 1909 Brandon Mississippi council proceedings show approval of last meeting minutes and list various payments to T T Cottrell Tar Cottrell A M Shields and George Hobson for labor nails tools crayons and janitorial work. An ordinance to ban ball playing on streets was adopted and marshal T Cottrell tasked to advertise delinquent 1909 land taxes. April treasurer report details balances and school fund certificates.
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T. T. Cottrell
Taide Cottrell
Cottrell
T. T. “Cottrell
Brandon Mer. ‘Co
Tucker & Murray
A. M. Shields
Town of
Brandon
Miss
T. Cottrell
Marshall
Treasurer's May Report and Warrants Totals
The records show balance due to the school fund of 105.01 and totals including warrants 178 and 179 for 340.00 and warrants 166 for 3.50, summing to 560.88. May 1st balance due to school fund approved.
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Bal Due
Bal Down Due School Fund
Morality and home life ideals in a turning era
The excerpt argues that integrity falters from false home standards and sensational literature. It warns parents to ban trashy reading, promote wholesome materials, and value middle class girls who embody practical virtues, family duty, and motherhood.
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Pieter Ir
Jane
Home as the heart’s safe harbor and rest
The passage extols home as the sole place where hearts are certain of each other and free from guarded reserve. It describes home as where tenderness flows unimpeded, where one can shed social masks, and where a man’s heart turns fondly when traveling, making home the chief rest for nurturing noble bonds.
Heartless fiend who harms reputation speaks vile slander
A columnist decries those who ruin others reputations with malice and slander. They warn that such actions destroy trust and virtue, and invoke divine justice for those who attack neighbors’ good names.
Rascal's Baedeker Reveals Personal Warning Too Well Known
A man accused on suspicion of a fraudulent life carried a map of England with towns marked T W K for Too Well Known. Detectives tracing his deception across towns uncovered the initials as a personal warning, revealing the ruse behind the clues.
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Baedeker
England
Volcanic Bogoslofs Islands Describe Sinking Rock
In the Bering Sea the Bogoslofs three volcanic islands lie near Unalaska. Castle Rock dates to 1796, Fire Island to 1883, and Perry Island rose around the 1906 San Francisco earthquake site. A Science letter notes Perry Island has since sunk.
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Bering Sea
Beringsea
Unalaska
Castle Rock
Fire Island
Perry Island
San Francisco
Science
Plea for Open Fireplace Sparks Health Debate
A physician argues for open fireplaces over furnaces. He says open fires provide ventilation and curb colds by driving out germs, praising their beauty but stressing sanitary benefits.
Talking Languages and Distance in Sea Travel
A discussion on multilingual waiters in the old country and their skill across German French Italian and English. It also explains nautical versus land miles noting a knot equals 6,080 feet and a land mile is 5,280 feet.
Siberia Records Extreme Cold At Verkhovnensk
Siberia records the world coldest temperatures with 90.4 degrees below zero observed in January 1888 at Verkhovnensk. The average January temperature there runs about 64 degrees below zero. The town sits 330 feet above sea level and experiences calm, clear winter months.
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Siberia
Verkhovnensk
Snub Noses and Their Nose Types in Social Tales
The passage classifies noses as snubs and snubs with playful, vivacious folk. It notes that such vivacity can harm others’ feelings when a witty remark is shared. Turn-ups are linked to a merry disposition and social zest.
A Cottage of Some Class Emerges As Summer Home Name
A small artistically arranged family summer cottage is dubbed A Cottage of Some Class. A mission wood plate above the leaded glass door proclaims the title to visitors, signaling slang becoming a bungalow name trend.
Mississippi State News In Picayune Daily Report
The New Orleans Picayune provides extensive Mississippi State news with political and general coverage plus a robust Commercial and Financial Report. Subscriptions run three months for 3 dollars, and a twice weekly edition costs 1 dollar per year.
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Mississippi
New Orleans Picayune
Picayune
South
One of Fashion's Follies in London Shop
A lady displayed an odd looking bag in a fashionable London shop. The expensive leather bag appeared too large for a hand bag and had a curious cut opening toward the top. The salesman explained ladies use it for carrying their little dogs.
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London
Confidence in youth echoes in a humble boast
A speaker reflects on childhood vanity, recalling that as a baby some people believed he was handsome. He consoles himself with this memory, suggesting a light, self aware tone about appearance and perception from infancy. The remark frames a personal, humorous reflection on self image.
Talk and Thought Parrot Quote as Proof of Empty Thought
A short aphorism notes that much talk can mask little thinking, using the parrot as a symbol. It implies redundancy of chatter when genuine reflection is absent, leaving the impression of words without substance.
London Post Office Parcels Do Not Cheer All Times
The New York Press notes that parcels sent from England by sportsmen or travelers can disappoint recipients amid holiday mail rush. It cites delays and clutter as garbage wagons and workers battle the backlog before parcels reach remote friends on Great Britain.
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London
England
Litttle Island
Great Britain
New York Press
Scale of Homicidal Values
A satirical scale equates social power to a chain of figures: one railroad president equals two magnates, equals six theater managers, equals 300 theatergoers, equals 400 railway passengers, equals 600 employees, equals 2,000 miners, equals 5,000,000 sweatshop workers.
Notice to local union secretaries in Rankin County
To all secretaries of local union of T. E. and A. in Rankin county. Members who have not sent dues please do so at once to county secretary W. E. Moore in Pelahatchie No. 2. Dallas Watts, President.
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T. E
Rankin County
W.E. Moore
Pelahatchie
Dallas Watts
One Gause of Laughter Opens Folly’s Humor Column
The Philosopher of Folly notes that man is the only animal that laughs and often does so to avoid angering the author of the tale. This snappy remark frames a lighthearted column on social wit and human behavior.
Bread color and flavor linked, bleaching should be illegal
The London Lancet argues against bleaching flour citing its harm to bread quality. It states whitening flour erases its natural color and flavor and urges prohibition of this tampering with the staff of life.
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Life
Mada Ilegal
London
Lancet
Beautify Birmingham by small city beauty effort
A community appeal urges every householder to join the city beautiful movement. Minimal effort and tiny personal expense could transform the city’s appearance, with widespread benefits shared by all residents.
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Birmingham
Has Passion for Languages in Saxony Peasant Theil
Friedrich Theil a peasant from Randa jfo Saxony pursues broad language study in leisure time. At 6 years old he studies Greek Latin Hebrew Sanskrit Arabic Gaelic and begins English. He exchanges letters with prominent philologists of the era.
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Friedrich Theil
Randa Jfo
Saxony
Theil
Intemperance in Cause and Effect
The passage discusses drink habit as both cause and effect of miseries and notes temperance advocates face the task of addressing underlying evils that lead people to drink. It emphasizes a cycle where social ills drive drinking and drinking worsens those ills.
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Wil Pemain
Jack Lon
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