Farmers urged to report state cotton acreage and conditions
Walter Clark, president of the Mississippi Division of the Southern Cotton Association, appeals to farmers to submit accurate reports on cotton acreage, plant timing, fertilizer use, and crop condition. Reports must be sent to M A Fisher in Jackson by the 25th, to be compiled for a New Orleans meeting on the 30th and shared with county organizations by June 1.
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Walter Clark
Missisippi
8S. C. A
Southern Cotton Association
M.A. Fisher
Jackson
Miss
New Orleans
Ohio Encampment Letter Invites Mississippi Governor to Vicksburg
An Ohio regiment’s colonel invites the Mississippi governor and staff to Vicksburg for an encampment from May 20 to 27, 1905, with the Mississippi governor accepting and inviting Ohio National Guard officers to Jackson on May 22. Gov Vardaman responds cordially, noting the cross border troop movement for annual encampment and rifle practice.
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Adj
Fridge
Ohio
Missisippi
Vicksburg
Mississippi
National Guard
State of
Vardaman
Jackson
Revenue Cutter Cadet Examinations Set in Mississippi
Examinations to select cadets for the Revenue Cutter Service will be held in Greenville Vicksburg and Meridian on May 17 18 and 19. Pay ranges from 1400 to 2000 annually. Applicants face academic tests in arithmetic algebra geography geometry history physics trigonometry information English literature and a medical physicals by Marine Hospital Service surgeons.
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Revenue Cutter Service
Greenville
Vicksburg
Meridian
John Sharp Williams
Williams
Mississippi
the Marine Hospital Service
Woman’s Auxiliary Guild
Mississippi Diocese Episcopal Church
Jackson
Theo. DuBose Bratton
Case Continued in Federal Court For Franklin County Citizens
The white copper cases were continued to the next term of the federal court. About five hundred Franklin County citizens, who have been in town all week, returned home. Judge Niles lectured the defendants and offered advice to help settle their troubles. He thinks politics heavily influenced the indictments and urged them to bury the hatchet and make peace. The charges relate to crimes from two or three years ago, including intimidation and driving negroes from homestead entries.
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Federal
Franklin County
Niles
Adictment
Long Beach To Build Two Story School House Planned
The Long Beach area will receive a large school house to accommodate children. The King's Daughters have taken on the project and plan a two story building. They are soliciting subscriptions and have already secured cash and pledges on the first day of fundraising.
Texee Children Die After Tongue-Tied Meal Near Lake Cormorant
Six children of Dick Smith, tenants on Dr. Connors place, played in the woods and cooked treens they gathered. Six fell ill. two died within six hours, a third the next night. Dr. Connor suspected poke root. The remaining three recovered.
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Dean
Lake Cormorant
Dick Smith
Dr. Connor
Missing Mississippi teen Eldridge Hart last seen at home
Eldridge Hart, 15, son of a Hattiesburg newspaper man, has been missing for one month. Described as large for his age, blonde with blue eyes, slightly curling hair, prominent nose, and a slight stoop. He is familiar with saw mills and bottling works. Any information to W N Hurt 805 James Street Hattiesburg Miss.
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Eldridge Hart
Misissippi
Hattiesburg
W. N. Hurt
James Street
Miss
Oyster Canneries Close In Biloxi After Successful Season
Biloxi oyster canneries shut down for the season after a highly successful year. About 2500 workers were employed across five factories. Bohemian laborers from Baltimore will return home Tuesday. C B Elerbee and other turpentine operators seek Bohemians for summer rosin dipping, having engaged several families for the work.
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Biloxi
Baltimore
C. B. Elerbee
Charity Hospital Movement Drafted for Jackson
The Board of Trade moves to back a charity hospital for Jackson. The State Medical Association, meeting in Jackson last month, passed a strong resolution urging a hospital here. A memorial will be presented to the legislature in January requesting establishment of such a hospital.
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Board of Trade
Jackson
State Medical Association
Seeks Site For Shops In Hattiesburg Rail Yard
Mississippi Central Railroad Company through Superintendent M H McCabe seeks city council approval to close three streets near the passenger depot to build new shops costing about $100 000. Construction would begin soon after approval.
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Mississippi Central Railroad Company
M. H. McCabe
Hattiesburg
Mississippi College and Millsaps win oratorical honors
Edgar Godbold representing Mississippi College and Marcus Summers Pittman of Millsaps College secured first and second honors in the Mississippi inter collegiate oratorical contest at Brookhaven. The event featured an elaborate educational and athletic program.
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Edgar Godbold
Mississippi College
Marcus Summers Pittman
Millsaps College
Mississippi
Brookhaven
State National Guard encampment fund approved
About $19,000 is available from Government funds for the State National Guard encampment this year near Gulfport, starting mid July. It is the largest amount the state has ever received from the government for military purposes.
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State National Guard
Gulfport
Osyka Drug Company expands capital in town growth
In Osyka Mississippi the budding business district reports rapid trade with new ventures. The Osyka Drug Company gains paid capital of 5000 dollars, with allowance to rise to 10000 dollars. A shoe contract from the Penitentiary Board of Control is awarded to Bloomfield and Fried of Starkville for four months at 250 dollars per pair, backing 1200 to 1500 pairs. This marks the first Mississippi firm awarded the contract.
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Osyka
Miss
Osyka Drug Company
Penitentiary Board of Control
Bloomfield & Fried
Starkville
Mississippi
Five business houses burn in Moorehead blaze
A Moorehead fire destroyed the general merchandise stores of Wolf Golds Joseph Smith L Zigal Stephenson Drug Company and R E Doak Grocery and Mest Market. All buildings were total losses except L Zigal whose half stock was saved by owner.
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Moorehead
Wolf Golds
Joseph Smith
L. Zigal
Stephenson Drug Company
R. E. Doak Grocery
Mest Market
Double Joyner brothers accused in trainyard murder
Percy Shaw was killed aboard a train at Dundee Mississippi in an incident attributed to brothers C. V. Joyner and Charles Joyner. The case centers on the two suspects alleged to have shot Shaw during the voyage.
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C. V. Joyner
Charles Joyner
Percy Shaw
Dundee
Miss
Bishop Galloway Says He Will Remain In Jackson
The report that Bishop Galloway would move to Nashville after election as President of the Vanderbiltniversity Board was denied. He stated he has no intention of changing residence and will remain a citizen of Jackson, Mississippi for the balance of his life.
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Galloway
Nashville
Tenn
Board of Trustees of
Vanderbiltniversity
Jackson
Mississippi
Rowland secures Spanish records and fort site finds
Director Dunbar Rowland returned from Natchez with the loan of the 41-volume Spanish records from 1781 to 1798, a key archive for Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama history. He also explored Old Concord, located Fort Maurepas on the Gulf coast near Ocean Springs, and aimed to preserve cannon remains in the state archives.
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Dunbar Rowland
Department of Archives and History
Natchez
Mississippi
Rowland
Louisiana
Alabama
Old Concord
Gulf Coast
Fort Maurepas
Biloxi
Ocean Springs
Old Biloxi
Greenville awards paving contract to Rudolph 8 Bloome Co
At a Greenville city council meeting the sidewalk paving contract was awarded to Rudolph 8 Bloome & Co of Chicago for 129 10 cents. Ten bids were submitted. the difference between the winner and the next lowest bid was 5 cents. The contract exceeds $100 000 and covers granolithic sidewalks on all city streets.
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Greenville
Rudolph 8. Bloome & Co
Chicago
Til
Ne 5-Se
State Board to Issue Medical Licenses for Mississippi
The state board of health finished reviewing 187 medical license applications in Mississippi and is revising the results. The list of successful applicants will be released Monday or Tuesday when commissions to new physicians are mailed. Several board members have returned home this afternoon.
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State Board of Health
Mississippi
Cyclone devastates Mount Pleasant Texas area
A severe cyclone near Mount Pleasant Texas kills one and injures several, with the tornado path half a mile wide clearing three miles of residences, barns and fences. Numerous residents are seriously hurt or fatally injured. Local physicians are busy treating the wounded as citizens supply clothing and food.
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Mt. Pleasant
Mount Pleasant
Texas
Here
Gerald
Adkins
Hefner
Will
Harris
Sam
Justiss
W. H
Jules
J. R
McDowell
A. T
Suggs
T. J
Talb
Luther
Fatality in Wichita Falls storm hits Thornbury area
Terrific rain and cyclonic wind swept northeast of here causing great damage in Thornbury, 16 miles north near Red River. Max Waller's house was destroyed, Mrs. Waller and three children badly injured, Mrs. Ed Foster seriously hurt, several houses and granaries wrecked.
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Wichita Falls
Here
Thornbury
Redriver
Max Waller
Oyama Cautious on Sakhalin and Frontline Guard Critique
In Novoe Vremya analysis by military expert Vronsky, Oyama’s hesitation to advance and Japan’s failure to dispatch an expedition to Sakhalin are blamed on Ro مسئ restvensky’s squadron in Chinese waters. The paper criticizes Russia’s imperial guard for not going to the front, arguing it should marshal the nation’s best to fight.
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Oyama
St. Petersburg
M. Vronsky
Novoe Vremya
Sakhalin
Rojestvensky
Novoe
Imperial Guard
Russia
Rumor of Imperial Baby Bath Attempt in Tsarskoe Selo
A Paris dispatch to the Petit Journal reports society abuzz over a mysterious drama at Tsarkoe-Selo. It alleges a nurse tried to place the infant heir in a bath of boiling water but the empress intervened. All household servants have been dismissed.
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Paris
Petit Journal
St. Petersburg
Tsarkoe-Seloe
Front Dispatch Reports Indecisive Clash Near Chimi nobe
Field operations from the front dated May 11 detail a series of small engagements seven miles southwest of Chiminobe with an indecisive result. At the same time detachments seven miles from Ufanga clashed as Japanese forces advanced to the Russian positions but were repulsed.
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St. Petershburg
Linevitch
al Pass
Chiminobe
Ufanga
The Cotton Situation Prompts Southern Watch
John Sharp Williams reports to Mississippi cotton growers on eastern speculation about a government report. He notes operators expect stock declines if acreage is not reduced, and warn of long South downturns. He stresses sharing these facts to aid the Southern Cotton Association’s work.
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John Sharp Williams
Yazoo City
Southern Cotton Association
Mississippi
Rockfeller Plans Systematic Philanthropy
Philanthropist John D. Rockefeller states he will follow up his recent donation of 100000 dollars to the Congregational missionary fund with further contributions. He aims to devise a plan to give on a regular basis and expand the impact of church and philanthropic work while noting strong respect for clergy. He questions whether large numbers of clergymen share Dr. Gladden’s sentiments.
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New York
John D. Rockfeller
Congregational Missionary Fund
Alexander and Hyde under Equitable probe in New York
State Superintendent Hendricks questions James W. Alexander in the Equitable Life inquiry. Attorneys say the Equitable president joined James Hazen Hyde in Hyde syndicate profits from Equitable securities. Papers reportedly show both men were equally responsible, with Alexander admitting equal participation.
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New York
James W. Alexander
Hendricks
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
James Hazen Hyde
Hyde
Equitable Securities
Insurance
Alexander
Hyde Syndicate
Carnegie’s Farewell to Tron and Steel Institute
London hosts the annual meeting led by Andrew Carnegie for the last time with U S delegates including T C Purdy and G Revay. Carnegie thanks attendees as he introduces his successor R A Hadfield and pledges 25000 dollars to the research fund as a parting gift.
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London
Tron and Steel Institute
Andrew Carnegie
United States
T. C. Purdy
Dr. G. Revay
New York
J. D. Miles
Philadelphia
H. J. White
Pittsburg
Carnegie
R. A. Hadfield
Riots in Zhittomib and surrounding towns kill sixteen
The Novosti reports private information placing sixteen dead in Zhittomib, ten in Trojanoff, and one in Soungari during the recent riots. About 100 people are said to be wounded with bodies reported as brutally mutilated and many unrecognizable.
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St. Petersburg
Novosti
Zhittomib
Trojanoff
Soungari
Williamson suspended for undignified remarks about Roosevelt
Memphis Tennessee transfer clerk William Williamson in the railway mail service was suspended by Chief Clerk Owens after colleagues reported he used undignified language about President Roosevelt. The incident occurred in the presence of other employees who witnessed the epithets.
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Memphis
Tenn
William B. Williamson
Railway Mail Service
Owens
Roosevelt
Williamson
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