State eyes joint buoy project with Louisiana
Proposals from Louisiana to share costs of placing buoys along the boundary between oyster grounds prompt a Mississippi review. Attorney General Williams notes legislative funding is required, while Governor Vardaman will explore potential options to overcome legal hurdles. The 36 mile line would have buoys about a mile apart, aiding both states’ fishermen, with no firm funding or commitment yet.
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Louisiana
Wil
John Dymond, Jr
Louisiana Oyster Commission
Dymond
Mississippi
Torney
Williams
Dym
Wuld
Oyster Commission
Parchman
New Corporations Form in Mississippi Amid 1906 Law Changes
Charters returned by the attorney general for Hutton in Oktibbeha County and Meridian amendment to authorize a five member water board. Calhoun City and Vicksburg entities listed with capital stocks of 25000 and 50000 to acquire real estate. Newton Masonic Temple and related incorporators named with 50000 stock. Also notes bodies of Capt and Mrs Geo Quiver recovered after storm at Pascagoula and Grand Beach.
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Hutton
Oktibbeha County
Newton Masonic Temple Association
Newton
Newton County
J. T. McRaven
E. E. Rowe
T. A. Baucum
W. I. Munn
Geo. Quiver
Pascagoula
Miss
Grand Beach
Oversight Shortens Neshoba County School Term
An error by the Neshoba County Board of Supervisors at Philadelphia left no provision for the extra levy required to extend the school term. Superintendent Hitt and board members believed action had been taken, but as a result county schools will operate on only a four month term this session.
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Neshoba County Board of Supervisors
Philadelphia
Hitt
Mississippi passes library funding for public schools
The recent Mississippi legislature enacted school library provisions. When a school builds a $10 savings for a library, the County Superintendent issues a $10 certificate from the common school fund, up to $100 per district. No second donation while other applications await aid. County library commissions, plus two first grade teachers named by the Superintendent, will select books and manage the libraries.
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Mississippi Solons
Senate
Sanecor L. J. Farley
Wiscriet
Committee On Education
State Feachers’ Association
Hospital Fundraiser in Gulfport Kings Daughters Plan
The Gulfport Circle of the King's Daughters forms committees to raise hospital funds. Two members from each church will select a nonmember lady, enlisting Jewish ladies too. Mrs Dinsmore leads. Oct 24 features a Japanese tea at Mrs Clarke's pavilion with the Great Southern Orchestra. Admission tickets at the door, pillowslips or sheets offered, gentlemen pay 2 cents. Plans include open meeting Oct 10 with Miss Sophie Wright and ongoing work until a hospital is built and equipped for the coast.
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Gulfport
King‘s Daughters
King’s Daughters
Dinsmore
Gagt Clarke
Clarke
Great Southern Orchestra
Perjury connected to Yerger murder mistrial case
Jurors in Junius Yerger murder trial face scrutiny after allegations of jury tampering and a suspected perjury by a juror who may have learned of the victim’s pistol purchase. District Attorney Greaves plans to bind the juror to appear before the next Grand Jury, with potential review of other jurors amid concerns of justice miscarried.
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Junius Yerger
Gallo
Asult
Greaves
State Board Rules Italians Attend White Schools
The state board of education ruled Italian children are entitled to attend native white schools and that the board has no authority to establish separate schools for this class of citizenship. The decision prompted a petition from the Shelby public schools trustees in Bolivar County.
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State Board of Education
Shelby
Bolivar County
Changes in Roosevelt Cabinet Face Opposition
Washington notes report several cabinet reshuffles under consideration by President Roosevelt. Key figures are said to weigh new roles as others resist changes amid political maneuvering and policy debates.
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Roosevelt
Interstate Commission to rule on Hepburn Bill race seating
The Interstate Commerce Commission likely will construe the Hepburn Railroad Rate Law as it affects separate coach laws in the South. A Chattanooga negro's letter alleges illegal racial segregation in interstate transport. no formal complaint has yet been filed. The question will reach the commission, with implications for parlor, sleeping, and dining cars and equal service.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Hepburn Railroad
Chattanooga
Congress
South
Gulf
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Commerce and Labor
New York
Liverpool
New Orleans
Spanish War Veterans elect leaders for 1900s era posts
The Spanish War Veterans of the United States elected Captain Hamilton Ward of Buffalo New York as commander in chief and Henry Wash of Michigan as vice commander in chief. Father W W H Treany was named chaplain in chief and OC Parker of Georgia chief signal officer. Charles F Stroud of Ohio was chosen as mustering officer.
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Hamilton Ward
Buffalo
N. Y
Henry Wash
Michigan
Www. H.treany
Report Finds Western Coal Lands Already Railroads’ Grip
Interstate Commerce Commissioner Prouty concludes that the presidents plan to withdraw coal lands comes too late as railroads already control vast unentered coal lands in Wyoming Colorado and Utah. The Union Pacific and affiliated firms are central to a web of land fraud and schemes to secure and hold public coal lands, with political influence aiding continued access. Eight Geodetical Survey parties are now surveying unentered coal lands in the Far West.
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Interstate Commerce
Prouty
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Union Pacific Railroad
Santa Fe
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company
Denver and Rio Grande
Clark
Senate
D. C. Clark
Union Pacific Coal Company
Tillman-Gillespie
Interstate Commerce Commission
Union Pacific
Superior Coal Company
Interior Department
Far West
Russian Wheat Report Sees Rapid Growth in Russia
The Department of Agriculture report on Russian wheat reduction notes growing serenge and production potential, with favorable natural conditions and economic factors backing further expansion at the expense of rye and other crops. It cautions that yields are very low, perhaps the world's lowest when peasant failure is counted, and famines and grain-market disturbances have accompanied crop failures. Causes are traced to land ownership systems and antiquated farming methods driven by poverty and ignorance.
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Russia
Department of Agriculture
South-Land
United States
Grea Britain
Germany
Pennsylvania
Europe
Union
Convention of text year to open June 18 at Jamestown Exposition
The executive committee of the International Police Chiefs Association decided the annual convention will begin June 18 at the Jamestown Exposition. The gathering aims to discuss current policing strategies and share best practices among member chiefs and delegates.
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Rernational Police
Roosevelt plans civil service rule for revenue educators
Seaton and Carter of Montana state that President Roosevelt will likely place internal revenue educators under Civil Service rules, a move seen as strengthening government staffing. They further contend annexing Cuba will be necessary for the United States.
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Roosevelt
Internal Revenue
Civil Service
Seaton
Carter
Montana
United States
Cuba
Model Mississippi Farm Seen Near Lexington
A Mississippi reader recounts a visit to W B Lundy’s Lexington farm. The owner shows a seven room cottage, a rich orchard, a large barn, stock including Prince Albert Jr and several jacks, and 40 acres of corn plus 10 acres of pecans. He farms hogs, hay, and peas, using riding cultivators and intense labor by a single man with mules. The piece praises Lundy’s energy, notes his lack of union membership, and extols southern enterprise and future wealth from agriculture and industry.
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the Times
Sam Stigler
W. B. Lundy
Lexington
Texas
Prince Albert, Jr
Cortez
Vandyke
Lundy
Appointment made to fill Western District marshal post
A. C. Lea of Shreveport was appointed by Judge Boarman as United States marshal for the Western District of Louisiana to succeed B. F. ONeal until a presidential appointment could be made.
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A. C. Lea
Shreveport
Boarman United 5
Louisiana
B. F. O'Neal
Ex President Cleveland Comments on Hearst Nomination
Former President Cleveland discussed the political climate saying Hearst’s New York nomination denounces density to the Democratic party and signals tensions within the party over the leadership and direction of the campaign.
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Cleveland
Hearst
New ‘York
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Washington News
Holmes County
Hattiesburg
Congresstiam Rangdell
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Minneapolis
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