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Newspaper
Brandon News
Location
Brandon, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1908
Page
6
A Mississippi surge of union activity reports cotton nearly gathered as the Cotton Association and the Farmers Union announce progress, noting favorable weather and labor stability. They also claim most best grades are held by farmers with lower grades sold only when needed.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad sues Merchants’ Produce Co of Vicksburg over a disputed freight bill after an agent quoted a low rate for apples. Also, Bayou Chitto High School faces a court challenge to a 7 to 9 pm study rule. Other items note legal tweaks to blind tiger cases, a homicide in Sumter County, a Farm Union convention date set for Jan 11, 1909, and updates on Frank Gardner’s injuries, Dr. Hinnington’s broken arm, a leg fracture for Conductor Hart, and Vardaman and Blakeslee election roles.
National Chairman Mack releases a statement predicting a Bryan landslide with at least 301 electoral votes. He cites strong support in the West and East and lists states likely carried including New York New Jersey Connecticut Idaho Montana Colorado Nebraska Nevada Indiana Ohio Delaware Kansas South Dakota and the solid South for a total of 361 votes.
The Literary Digest straw poll in New York shows 356,710 votes cast with Debs and Watson among others. Taft led with 19,824 votes, Bryan 14,412, and Chafin tallied 949, outpacing the combined totals of Debs, Watson, Hisgen and Gillehaus by 224.
Jackson Mississippi reports Bill Sorsby, sought for the murder of Post Office Inspector Fitzgerald in Clinton a month ago, crushed near Rosedale. Sorsby's brother found at Rosedale. he and their uncle escaped and are said to be heading toward Jackson to surrender.
Washington orders national bank examiners to convene directors on entry, demanding answers to twenty five questions. The inquiries probe directors relation to executive conduct, knowledge of bank papers, and supervision of bank details under the banking law.
Before a crowd of 250,000, George Robertson won the fourth Vanderbilt cup race driving a Locomotives of American 120 horsepower car, setting a new American speed record for road racing and securing a victory for America. Herbert Lytle finished second in a 50 horsepower Italian Isotta, with Owings third. The race was halted as spectators overflowed the course, preventing official completion of the 258.06 mile event.
The Red公布 official 1907 Russia executions by military district courts total 627 sentences. Among them 543 were hanged or shot for murder or robbery with violence, 62 for mutiny or other offenses, 51 for crimes against the state, and four for desertion. The remaining balance is not specified.
Grand jury returns a true bill charging W H Mitchell with assault with criminal intent against Miss Lucile Linton of a prominent local family. The case stems from an alleged abduction attempt last month. Shortly after, Mitchell himself was seriously wounded in a later attempted assassination.
Bomb No 23 exploded Saturday in Chicago after policemen on patrol went home. It damaged a one story building on Fourteenth Street near Michigan Avenue, used as a saloon run by Bernard Marcus. Firemen sleeping nearby were thrown from beds as the blast wrecked the interior.
A twelve year old, James Buchanan, accidentally shot Stella Nail, sixteen, at La Garde after they joked about a Gadsden circus trip. The girl’s head was blown off and brains scattered in the room. In Tampa, the Mallory Line steamer Colorado remains aground off Gadapen Point. efforts to refloat fail, cargo damage estimated at ten thousand dollars.
San Francisco reports a $37,500 treasury shortage prompting an investigation. Officials reveal an additional $30,000 missing. James A. Tomally, longtime city office bookkeeper, is detained as criminal proceedings loom.
After a cabinet meeting President Roosevelt ordered all members of the official family to begin campaign speeches next week in states leaning to Taft. Secretary Root will speak in New York and Ohio, Cortelyou in New York City, Wright in Baltimore, Metcalf in West Virginia, and Begaparte in New York City. Other cabinet members Wilson, Strauss, and Garfield are already on tours.
Governor Patterson faces threats from night riders as troops guarding the governor are increased. A detachment doubles guard lines under Col. Tatum near Samburg Tenn. After passing a Walnut Log store, the governor was jeered and warned he would not live to run for office again.
Denver Colorado early reports reveal a merger of all lines under the Denver and Rio Grande system. A mortgage of 1540 million secures a new bond issue of 80060 million to refund existing debt, support Western Pacific railroad construction from Salt Lake to the Pacific coast, and fund expansion of lines.
In Brimfield Boyle county Kentucky six and nine year old Charlie Hale and Mil lard Hale were seriously wounded when a railroad torpedo exploded after they brought it home to use as a target. They were playing along the tracks and their first throw set off the blast. doctors say they are not expected to live.
Endorsed remedy for women through the Change of Life. Personal letter from Mrs Hymn of Columbus Ohio cites relief from nervousness headaches and other symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Claim of curing thousands of female ailments and inviting letters for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An assortment of brief items notes a Red Cross pile treatment and a free book on piles, a long Indian river with record telegraph wire span, Vapudine for indigestion with trial and regular bottle prices, Washington lacking a charter, and a cotton bagging price cut by Textile Mills Corporation. The notices mention Odenheimer Bagging and minimum order quantities for Wesson Mississippi.
A mother laments “kidnapping of boys by older women” as a 20 year old son marries an 85 year old woman and later seeks divorce for alienation. The piece contrasts social rules in New York and notes shifting ideas of “a gentleman” amid fashion and table manners, citing a New York Globe discussion.
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