HAPPENINGS IN MISSISSIPPI PEARL RIVER COUNTY GETS JUST REVENUES
A long Mississippi article lists diverse local items: Abducted wife case from Senatobia to Memphis, a child burned to death, Magnolia mayoral race winner A Lamkin, grand jury leak allegations against Judge Wilkinson in Natchez, and Mississipp i Presbytery adjournment at Hazlehurst with next spring in Natchez. The Masonic Widows and Orphans Home opens in Meridian, Signal Corps unit mustered at Vicksburg, Rhode Island monument dedication at Vicksburg National Military Park on November 11, and a Mississippi Live Stock Association meeting program in Jackson. Acting Governor Lambremont denies a requisition for Pool, city tax levy cut in Meridian, whisky ban for jurors in Meridian court, and a guilty plea after a challenged verdict in a criminal assault case. After boll weevil protests, plans for demonstration farms in Warren County emerge. A 1908 act created Pearl River County by transferring Hancock County territory, causing tax assessment confusion with Western Union. The article also notes Baptist conventions, and Beauvoir Soldiers Home new superintendent K. Mosby taking charge, with well wishes to outgoing supervisor Mr. Price.
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A. Lamkin
Magnolia
Wilkinson
Natchez
Grand Jury
Presbytery of
Mississippi
Hazlehurst
Masonic Widows and Orphans’ Home of
Meridian
Signal Corps Company
Mississippi National Guard
Vicksburg
Rhode Island Monument
Vicksburg National Military Park
Mississippi Live Stock Association
Jackson
Navy
Lambremont
Thee
Pool
Bogalusa
Buckley
Meri@isn
Dan Flynn
In@an
Hancock County
Pearl River County
Western Union Telegraph Company
Hancock coun @y
Pearl River
Nicholson
Arriere
Maxwell
Railroad Commission
Western Union
Guilty verdict in Natchez court case shocks town
In Natchez circuit court Santo Mitchell was found guilty of offering indignities to a young Italian girl after appealing from a police court where he faced a l0 fine and six months. The case drew strong attention as details of the alleged assault surfaced amid ongoing local legal actions.
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Natchez A Sary
Santo Mitchell
Child burns to death near Seminary after play with fire
A five year old child of Joe Davises, one mile west of Seminary, burned to death Friday while parents were away. The child played with fire, setting straw afire and clothing. Several small children were inside, but Cicero Watts reportedly saved the others.
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Joe Davises
Seminary
Cicero Watts
Missing Man Found Near town in De mented Condition
About three months ago J. J. Simmons formerly of Ty-lertown but a year at Bogalusa Louisiana left home. He was found wandering along the public road east of the place in a de mented condition unable to tell where he had been for the past three months or recognize relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Simmons
Tylertown
Bogalusa
Bryan Urges Light On Darkness In Denver Speech
Denver crowd greets Wm. J. Bryan as he denounces Republican secrecy on campaign financing and pensioned trusts. He calls for daylight on senator elections tariff policy and labor aid, urging openness and fed confidence amid the 1900s era political contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Wm. J. Bryan
Bryan
Democratic Committee
Republican Party
Whole County Ablaze as Fires Reach Multiple Counties
Alpena Michigan reports from the northwest forest fire zone show Presque Isle and Sheboygan counties in flames with Alpena county aflame in all directions. Fatalities are feared as cremations are reported including Henry Camps and his family in Metz township. destroyed villages include Bolton South Rogers and Metz.
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Alpena
Mich
Presque Isle
Sheboygan
Metz
Henry Camps
Eis
Bolton
South Rogers
Anarchists Raid Union Hall in Lynn Strike Ballot Scene
While the Shoe Laster workers ballot on ending a two week strike, a group of Italian operatives described as anarchists raided the union hall. They smashed the ballot box and scattered ballots from the window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Cotton Fire Destroys Car Near Eatonton Ga
A Central of Georgia Railway car carrying forty bales of cotton caught fire at a station seven miles from here Saturday. An engine was summoned and the car and its contents were hauled to Eatonton for a fire company to extinguish the blaze. A crowd witnessed the depot arrival. the car and contents were nearly total losses.
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Eatonton
Central of Georgia Railway
Judge Howes Shoots Self in Newark Park
Judge David B. Howes of the first criminal court killed himself in Branch Brook Park before 100 witnesses after facing sharp political criticism over his divorce. He died in City Hospital about two hours later. Once said to be an Episcopal clergyman, he had been active in Democratic politics.
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Newark
N. J
David B. Howes
Criminal Court
Branchbrook Park
Howell
Night riders warn against employ of Negroes in Alabama
Florence residents report night riders posting notices from Colbert's reserve across the area. The notices on road mileposts threaten violence to any man dealing with Black workers after 1908 inside the government fence and urge readers to heed the warning. M B Haley, a leading planter, brought a copy to Florence for verification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence
Ala
Colbert
Dog Saves Woman From Attacker Near Holdenville
Mrs John Wade of near Holdenville Oklahoma was attacked by an unidentified man while returning from the cotton field with her five year old child. A large household dog intervened biting the assailant and enabling her to escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holdenville
Okla
John Wade
Tucker at Hot Springs Army visit follows wire desertion charge
Colonel W. F. Tucker, arrested in Decatur Illinois on a wire desertion charge, arrived in Hot Springs Arkansas from St. Louis and checked into the Army and Navy Hospital for his stay. Hospital officials offered no statement about his condition or the party members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Ark
W. F. Tucker
Decatur
Ill
St. Louis
Army and Navy Hospital
Tucker
Spectacular suicide follows sensational Chicago case
Arnold Leutgert, brother of Adolph Leutgert, the Chicago sausage maker once convicted of murdering his wife, killed himself at Elgin Illinois. While visiting an amusement park he fired three shots into the air to draw a crowd before shooting himself in the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Arnold Leutgert
Adolph L. Leutgert
Elgin
Ill
Leutgert
Paper strike threat looms if spread toward papers
New York reports the independent paper mills faced walkouts as men were ordered to strike by J. T. Carey, president of the Papermakers' Union. Publishers warn a general strike could spark a famine and damage election interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Independent Paper Mills
J. T. Carey
Papermakers’ Union
Nights Riders Burn Gin in Alabama
News from New Hope, Scottsboro reports Butler & Co. gin set ablaze by night riders after claims the gin would not operate at current cotton price. This marks the first of three reported Alabama gin burnings by night riders.
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Alabama
Scottsboro
Ala
Butler & Co
New Hope
State’ Department
Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Cliff Company
Carey
Greenville
D. C
Fred Ruby
Carnival
Hoglish
British fleet arrives near Rhodes and Balkan talks loom
A compiled brief notes global events including a British fleet off Rhodes, Morse and Curtis trial in New York, and Balkan conference plans. Other items cover riots in Jaffa, suffragist actions in London and Washington, and notable arrests, openings, and scientific advances.
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Rhodes
New York
Charles W. Moxse
Alexandria
Jaffa
Palestine
Confederate Veterans of Louisiana
Monroe
Charcot
Rio de Janeiro
Angel Ugarte
Washington
Honduras
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Proclaimed Effective
Advertising claims highlight Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as highly successful for women's ailments with testimonials from letters to the Pinkham Laboratory in Ye a, noting purported health restorations and avoidance of surgical operations. The text extols ingredients as wholesome and harmless and urges seeking relief from female-specific distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
TE Ay
Lydia
Lydia Kham
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Memphis
Baptist Sunday School Convention
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Mosby
Thin K. Mosby
Beauvoir Soldiers
Board of
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Sorsby
L.B. Moseley
William B. Sorsby
United States
South America
Will Sorsby
Clinton
Charles Fitzgerald
Frederick N. Thomas
Miss
M. P. Moore
Amite
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Columbia Truckers’ Association
Crystal Springs
Summit
Illinois Central Railroad
Grant
Hernando
W. J. Jackson
Prentiss Fair
Prentiss County
Gulfport
State Penitentiary
Jm. F. Simpson
Whole County
Union Hall
Snur
Night Riders
Dog Saved Woman
Government Hospital
University of St. Petersburg
Antoine Muzzarelli
Oceanic
la Provence
Paris
Democratic National Committee
White House
Langtry
Presbyterian Hospital
Department of the Lakes
Anna Shaw
National American Woman's Suffrage Association
Buffalo
Korea
Japan
Yokohamaa Harbor
Bulgaria
Austria
C. W. Morse
A. H. Curtis
Iberville Parish
International Road Congress
M. Tresaguet
France
Iftikhan-ul-Atebba
Persia
London
Powers
Balkan
Oklahoma
Nicholas Tschaikovsky
St. Petersburg
Matrese
REA CO
Minneapolis
Minn
Eae
Emperor William
F. B. Meyer
Sthma
Catarra
D. Langell
All d S Gerlach Medicine CO
Wooster
South
Sade & Kor
H. Dudley Coleman
Perdido St
New Orleans
ALL Good
Vowta DO Bostom USA
Soeakar
Porsato
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