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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1903
Page
7
Major James K. Vardaman, Democratic nominee for governor, says he will not issue any policy statement before inauguration though he has discussed views in the campaign. The piece notes Mississippi politics, West Pascagoula construction of deck barges, and logistics involving creosoted timber for river improvements.
Winds and drought drive a woods fire behind several properties near Bay St. Louis destroying a rear cottage and fences. Two artesian wells on the Dart property helped contain the blaze as nearby homes faced danger. Also reported are a $5000 county lawsuit over extra courthouse excavation at Gulfport, consolidation of Scranton and Pascagoula into the City of Pascagoula, a Laurel Board of Trade forming with $50 dues, rapid Creosote Works rebuilding at West Pascagoula, and a Nebraska boy injured after being shoved from a southbound freight near Vicksburg.
William Strickland was convicted in Justice Williams' court for selling whisky and beer without a license. He received a $400 fine plus costs and thirty days on the rock pile. The incident occurred at a blind tiger near the stock yards in eastern Meridian amid talk of a cow nuisance ordinance and personal defense of property.
The Anti-Dyspepsia Club in Jersey City aims to promote eating substantial food. Members must report their physical condition in writing every three months.
At a New York meeting the Steel Plate Association of major manufacturers discussed the price swindle and it is understood the group will maintain the existing price list.
Three district tremors were felt early Saturday in Missouri and Nevada Mo with movement from the east. No damage reported. In Chicago pockets of a robber killed near Aurora after a car hold up a bottle of white vitriol and a revolver matching the car barn murder were found. vitriol bought at a Chicago drug store.
A brief state capital note outlines a school matter with unspecified details read from an OCR fragment. The readable portion mentions a school and related governance but lacks clear actions or outcomes. The item reads like a short community update from the state capital desk.
The State University unveils a new medical department amid optimism. Fifteen students attend day one, with plans for a hospital pending legislative support. Dr. Bullett from Virginia leads the department. Polls and personal assessment rolls show growth in multiple counties as Mississippi prepares for the World’s Fair exhibits.
Rev J B Stratton D D longtime pastor emeritus of the Presbyterian church at Na chez dies Sunday morning at 87 after sudden illness. He served fifty years in the Na chez pulpit retiring in 1892 and performed the marriage of Wm Dunbar and Emma Harper the last official act. Born Bridgeton New Jersey December 24 1815 he graduated Princeton College in 1833. His father founded a prominent New Jersey mercantile house and his maternal grandfather fought in the Revolution and later held public office.
A West Jackson resort shooting leaves John McLaurin seriously wounded after an intoxicated Charles Tapley fired through his lung. Tapley and a woman were jailed. a mayor's court hearing is set for tomorrow. Also, Midland rice mill workers strike for $2 daily, suspending rough rice processing. Eureka mill boosts hours to meet heavy receipts. The Mississippi archives department will collect state historical data from major sources in England, France, Spain, Mexico, and Cuba.
Lampton has prepared a pamphlet on state depositories with a draft bill and will submit it with his biennial report to the Legislature. Estherwood to be a flag station for trains 7 and 8 that run at night. A tugboat owned by Captain Caldwell, with a barge carrying 600 sacks of rough rice, burned near Bayou Lacassine, near Southwestern Plantation, south of Jennings, causing an estimated $3,500 loss with no insurance.
The column surveys distrust in American stocks amid London market chatter and previews events from the Alaska boundary decision to czarist impressions in Darmstadt. It cites labor unrest, political shifts, and European affairs while noting American reactions to banking, industry, and social issues across cities like Chicago, Waco, Paterson, and Columbus.
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