Mississippi campaign eases as issues thin and fields clear
Jackson Mississippi October 20 reports a quiet gubernatorial campaign with reduced public interest. Voters question early campaigning and a single debated issue on dividing school funds remains threadbare. New candidates emerge, crowding years-long speculations into a tighter field. Franklin county pardons dominate local petitions as several convicts face new terms. In Belen doctors describe a rare jaw surgery on a seven year old boy to prevent further bone decay and save teeth.
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Jackson
Miss
Franklin County
Banner County
Franklin
Horace Brown
Alex Weathersby
Anderson Selaris
Longino
Weathersby
Meadville
Benson
Luther Prather
Tom Pritonara
Thomas and
Stennis
Henry Young
Tarpon Fishing At Biloxi Gains Gulf Coast Fame
Biloxi Mississippi has become the hub of gulf coast tarpon fishing attracting sportsmen from across the United States and Europe. The city plans wider promotion to draw tarpon enthusiasts seeking the sport famed as the greatest of all games.
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Biloxi
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Gulf Coast
Texas
United States
Europe
Two Mississippi Killings Noted After Dark
Jackson report records two unnoted Mississippi killings last week. In Pike County near the Bogue Chitto river Jim Pope, an Black man, was killed by Charles Simmons after a whiskey often craps dispute. Pope was disemboweled with a knife. Yazoo County authorities probe the death of a young white man in the Phoen neighborhood tied to whiskey and craps. no suspect has been apprehended.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Pike County
Chitto River
Jim Pope
Inegro
Charles Simmons
Pope
Yazoo County
Night clerk steals ten thousand at New Amsterdam Hotel
Developments reveal Horatio Sickles, a night clerk at the New Amsterdam Hotel in New York, disappeared after taking ten thousand dollars rather than the promised one thousand. Most funds belonged to hotel guests and were kept in the office for safekeeping.
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New York
Horatio Sickles
New Amsterdam
Skessing
Mississippi Bankers appoint Yazoo City man to ABA meeting
A Capt J J White president of the Mississippi Bankers Association has named R L Bennett of Yazoo City to represent the state at the American Bankers Association meeting in New Orleans on November 11. Bennett accepts. Several Mississippi bankers will attend the session and expect talks on banking topics.
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Mississippi Banker’s Association
R. L. Bennett
American Banker’s Association
New Orleans
Bennett
Jefferson Memorial association organized in Philadelphia
The board of governors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States was formed at Independence Hall marking the 117th Yorktown surrender anniversary. The group, organized in Washington on April 13 and incorporated July 4, aims to erect a federal memorial to Thomas Jefferson.
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Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the
United States
Independence Hall
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Memorial Association
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
District of Columbia
Ita
Millionaire William Cut ting Injured In Auto Crash
New York October 20 William R Cut ting the famed New York magnate was hurled from his automobile while en route to his summer residence at Texedo and sustained severe injuries Washington October 20 The Navy Board of construction reached a critical point with naval leaders disputing cruiser construction and the issue may be referred to Secretary Moody.
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Wm. R. Cutting
Texedo
Washington
Board of Construction
Navy Department
Naval
Moody
Isabella May Go Back to Madrid Is Isabella May Go Back to Madrid
Paris reports the former Queen Isabella II may return to Madrid to spend her declining years. If invited, she would join a gay court she once ruled, though she prefers Paris. The aging monarch is renowned for generosity and once toured among her people despite a drained treasury.
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Teba
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Avenue Kleber
Don Francisco
Havre
Trouville
Dieppe
Honfleur
Married in a buggy in Jackson Tenn Gretna Green tale
In Jackson Tennessee on Main street Ed gar Spragins married Lena Smith, a youthful couple from near Humboldt, seated in a buggy. After the ceremony the groom paid $5 to the magistrate and drove away pleased, the union described as a Gretna Green affair.
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Jackson, Tenn
Edgar Spragins
Lena Smith
Humboldt
Main Street
Mitchell Preparing His Speech at the Convention
Mitchell in Wilkesbarre is busy drafting his address for Monday’s convention and may speak before doors close, with the event possibly held in secret. Sir Thomas Lipton expresses gratification at the Americas Cup challenge and praises the New York Yacht Club for its prompt, cordial response amid the new relations.
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Mitchell
Wilkesbarre
London
Thomas Lipton
New York Yacht Club
Clarkson's activity in Southern politics stirs Roosevelts foes
Washington reports James S. Clarkson, New York port surveyor, shaping Southern politics as Roosevelt opposition to white Republicans surfaces. NC negro Republicans see Clarkson as defender against Lilly White movement while white voters face confusion over Clarkson Roosevelt ties and Pritchard role.
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Washington
James 8
Clarkson
Port of
New York
Roosevelt
South
North Carolina
Pritchard
North
Americanists Congress Opens in New York at Museum
The thirteenth annual International Congress of Americanists began at the American Museum of Natural History under Morris K. Jesup. First U S meeting, historically led by French founders, aims to unite students of early American history to discuss ethnological and archaeological topics related to native Western races and early contact with the Old World.
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New York
International Congress of Americanists
American Museum of Natural History
Morris K. Jesup
Ariona
United States
Old World
Mexico
Duke de Loubat
Americas
New World
America
Miners Convene in Wilkesbarre Over Arbitration Vote
Seven hundred delegates at Nesbett theater begin the Wilkesbarre convention to decide on accepting Roosevelt arbitration and resuming work. President John Mitchell presides, W B Wilson serves as secretary, and Mitchell’s stance favors arbitration. A vote may come tomorrow as unions waver. Representative Williams of Mississippi visits Washington agencies.
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Nesbett Theater
John Mitchell
W. B. Wilson
Mitchell
Roosevelt
New York Platform Warned on Coal Mine Policy
The New York Times criticizes the Democratic platform for endorsing national ownership and operation of anthracite coal mines while noting the paper’s prior warnings about such policy. A contrasting remark about poker spots versus polka dots underscores the editorial tone.
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New York
Times
New York Times
The Commissions Pay and The Arbitration Effort
Washington reports President Harding aims to finish coal miner operator peace talks by advancing the arbitration commission. He seeks assurance of worker votes to resume, but notes opposition and a possible clash between union and non union men. Treasury authority to pay expenses remains unsettled while Congress may reimburse later.
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Longino Sets Him Free
Willie Evans, the youngest U S convict, was pardoned by Governor Longino last night in Jackson Mississippi. He had served about a year of a three year term for robbery connected to a $300 store theft story near Moas Point. He saved $9.45 from prison tips and plans to open a bank account at home.
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Willie Evans
United States
Longino
Willie
Jackson County
Neville
Moas Point
Jackson
Taxpayers Vote in Scranton City Election
Scranton Mississippi October 18 voters including prominent women participated in a special election on the sale of public works marking a first time tax payers regardless of sex or color could vote on tax disposition. Clarksddale Mississippi October 18 board named wardens to enforce fish and game laws to protect wildlife and warn non residents. New York New York October 18 Harold Shafter Howard cousin of General Shafter admitted to Bellevue insane pavilion with unclear fate and wealthy Oakland parents.
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Board of Supervisors
F. L. Smith
G. Johnson
Green Cammack
New York
Harold Shafter Howard
Bellevue
Shafter
United States Army
Santiago
Howard
Oakland
California
Miners in Need Appeal for Chicago Churches
Miners’ relief committee of one hundred sent circulars and posters to Chicago churches seeking special donations for miners tomorrow. They say the strike’s loss brings no relief for the destitute. Hall Caine arrived in New York aboard the Lucania to witness the American production of his play The Eternal City.
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Chicago
Miners’ Relief Committee
New York
Hall Caine
Lucania
Happenings of Interest Over Land and Sea
Jingoism in England targets Germany. European crops to set record. Reichstag tariff debate stirs crowds. Aceful to England for Derby and major races. Ziegler to sponsor north pole expedition. Oil price advances in Texas. Beef trust injunctions granted in NY and IL. Pepper retires from turf due to ill health. Two negros confess to murder of a white woman in Hampstead, Texas. Defender order placed with Herreshoffs. Redmond and Dillon reach Boston as United Irish League delegates. Ida Craddock commits suicide in Chicago. Pensacola Pilots seek receiver appointment. Coal strike commission seen as move toward arbitration. Barr to command new defender. Wilkes-Barre reports union accepts settlement by commission. Manila WCTU organizer notes ill-will from canteen victory. Lt. Cunningham ordered to assist Manila dock plans. New Orleans borrows funds to care for insane. Duke of Connaught to open Nile dam in Egypt. Capt. Smith charged with corruption. Immigration concerns rise over Russian influx. French unions may strike for eight-hour day. Premier Combes defends law on associations. Secretary Shaw reports bond interest for 1925. Kentucky Railroad Commission files complaint on L&N and Southern consolidation. Jim Buchanan convicted and hanged in three hours. Liberal and Conservative dissidents back educational bill. Beef trust to form incorporation with high capitalization. Chinese imperial edict authorizes $8 million loan. 1506 home-seekers depart Illinois for Texas.
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John Redmond
John Dillon
Boston
United Irish League
Ida Craddock
Church of the Yoga
Chicago
Pensacola Pilots’ Association
Washington
Charles Barr
Columbia
Wilkesbarre
Manila
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