Meridian and State News Roundup Causes and updates
The issue reports medical licensure exams with named recipients across Mississippi towns including Aberdeen Port Gibson Leake and many others. Meridian valuation up over half a million with realty personal and railroad gains. Two bids for Water Works bonds and plans to establish reliable cotton seed agencies discussed in Yazoo City. Accidents spike with a Negro youth mangled by a mill belt and a farmer injured in a cotton gin. Local officials announce schedule tweaks and candidate elections, plus streetcar service begins Pascagoula to Moss Point and a deadly electric wire incident in Birmingham 괜찮다.
Postoffice Changes in Gulf Port
Postmaster R. Braselton announces a Post Office move from Fourteenth Street to the Gulf and Ship Island Rail Road office building. The relocation is expected within the next month.
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R. Braselton
Gulfport
Postoffice Department
Fourteenth Street
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Scutter
Capitol Street
Fred Condit Arrested for Passing Worthless Checks
Fred Condit a 55 year old New York real estate broker is jailed on charges of passing checks drawn on a New Jersey Trust Company. The Adams Express Company notes the counterfeit funds totaling a few hundred dollars. Condit's brother serves as cashier at the issuing bank. Condit has long been known in real estate circles.
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New York
Adams Express Company
Fred Condit
New
Wealth of detail marks Mississippi biographical register
Three fourths of Mississippi legislators have provided biographical data for the State Register to be prepared by the Archives and History Department. The commission appointed new Historical Commission members, plans for hotel and hospital expansions progress, and regional church and death notices are reported among various local developments.
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Jackson
Miss
Rowland
State
Department of Archives and History
Congressional Directory
Stephen D. Lee
Charles B. Galloway
Edward Mayes
F. L. Riley
J. M. White
Historical Commission
Judge Hayes
Mississippi
Leopold at Vienna visit with Emperor Joseph
King Leopold arrives at Vienna on a brief visit to Emperor Francis Joseph. The two rulers are met at the railroad station and drive together to the Hofburg Palace.
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Leopold
Vienna
Francis Joseph
Hofburg
Late News of Mississippi Seeks State Geologic Survey
R H Henry World's Fair Commissioner returned from Washington with Chancellor Fulton to seek a thorough geological survey of Mississippi by the United States Government. He met the Geological Department Director, who gave cautious interest but no promise. Senators and Congressmen may push the measure. the Legislature memorialized Congress years ago, but nothing was done.
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R. H. Henry
Washington
Fulton
State University
United States
Henry
Geological Department
Congress
Gulfport As Shipping Point Rapid Port Growth Praises
Gulfport emerges as a leading Southern shipping point with sharp gains in harbor taxinage and lumber shipments. In 1902 thirty one sea going vessels entered, and in the first nine months of this year seventy three ships visited the port, signaling rapid growth and regional prominence.
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Gulfport
Two Men Killed in Pistol Duel at Brookhaven
A bloody street affray in Brookhaven left two men dead after a confrontation at a lunch counter. Night Watchman Forsythe tried to arrest Richard Russell, who drew a pistol and fired. Forsythe returned fire. Forsythe was mortally wounded, Russell killed. Pinckney later wounded Elias Gill in the back amid jealousy over a woman. Gill was hospitalized. Pinckney was arrested and jailed awaiting Gill's outcome.
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Brookhaven
R. Forsythe
Richard Russel
Forsythe
Russell
Summitt
Georg Pinckney
Elias Gill
Pincway
Gill
Pinckney
Death of Judge Alcorn in Jackson
Judge Robert J. Alcorn, longtime Jackson resident, died Monday night at his Hamilton avenue home after a lengthy illness. The death brings sadness to the community, noting he had been unable to leave his room for months.
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Birmingham
Ala
B. R. Meeks
Avenue I
Twentythird Street
Meeks
Judge Alcorn
Robert J. Alcorn
Jackson
Hamilton Avenue
Brief World News Roundup Highlights Global Tensions
A condensed dispatch summarizes skirmishes over Korea with Japan and Russia, political moves in Britain Ireland and Maryland, a U.S. diplomatic push for treaties in Abyssinia, and domestic incidents from Alabama drownings to New York prophets. It notes oil stocks in Texas and rail strikes while reporting on a cross section of crime, industry, and public policy across nations.
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Aberdeen
Miss. Decatur
Anderson
Port Gibson
Richard Maury Leake
Collierville
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Marietta
Joseph Marion Clark
Epley
L. Roy L. Hooper
Edinburg
James D. Boyce
Buhalia
John Marion Wright
Elma
John Woodson Gillespie
Sherman
Samuel Lice Nabers
Evergreen
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Meridian
Finance Committee
S. A. Kean
Chicago
Seasongood & Mayor
Cincinnati
Esite
Hubert J. Webber
Weed Bureau
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Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College
Yazoo City
Webber
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Lemuel Johnson
J. T. White & Co
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Moss Point
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