Masonic Relic in an Indian Mound
Magnolia Miss Oct 27 A Masonic relic found in Pike County mound shows a carving with square and compass and heart pierced by an arrow. The stone, tied to early French and Indian ties, may be a talisman placed by a French Mason living among Indians. The origin and placement remain uncertain.
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Magnolia
Miss
Pike County
America
Alexander Hughes
Osaka
Brittian B. Purser
Osyka
Fraternity of Eminent Degree
Mississippi
Timber land boom expands to central eastern Mississippi
In Hattiesburg Mississippi October 27 timber lands in the southern section have sold to speculators and lumber firms. Agents now target central and eastern counties offering high prices for yellow pine and hardwood tracts. A Kentucky capitalist closed a deal for ten thousand acres in Leake County as agents push in Neshoba Winston Kemper and Scott. Hardwood land commands 50 to 25 per acre with hope for a railroad opening the region to trade and commerce.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Kentucky
Leake County
Neshoba
Winston
Kemper
Scott
Tennessee and Alabama Railroad Reaches Florence
New York capitalists secured rights of way and terminal facilities in Florence Alabama for the Tennessee and Alabama railroad. The line will run through Lauderdale County Alabama and Wayne County Tennessee with Florence as southern terminus and Clifton Tennessee as northern terminus. The route crosses timbered, mineral land and will traverse a neon timber, oak and poplar ending.
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Tennessee and Alabama Railroad
Florence
Ala
New York
Lauderdale County
Als
Wayne County
Tenn
Clifton
Merry War on Constitutional Amendments In November
The Delta region shows strong opposition to two constitutional amendments on the November ballot, with distrust of the amendment on inserting amendments after the next session and suspicion of the railroad aid and biennial legislature proposals. A segment opposes general tinkering and favors preserving current law. Mississippi rail road activity rises with multiple lines advancing toward Hattiesburg Mendenhall Columbia and Kosciusko while moonshine prosecutions fall due to scarce corn and aggressive federal enforcement.
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Jackson,ore
Delta
Navy bureau seeks over thirteen million in next year's arms plan
Washington report states Admiral O'Neill of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance requests more than thirteen million dollars for the coming year, with ten million earmarked for arms and armament for new ships. In New York, John Tirrel testified in the Molineux trial about finding Molineux characteristics in the disputed writings.
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Washington
O’neil
Naval Bureau of Ordnance
New York
John Tirrel
Milwaukee
Miners vote to press strike at Parkside Ore Works
Mahoney ity October twenty seventh reports about one thousand miners voting to continue the strike at Parkside Ore Works after the company refused fifteen union men.
Canvassers Suppressed in Magnolia Mississippi
Magnolia Mississippi Opt 27 Steps taken to suppress agents and canvassers from Northern stores who undercut local merchants by taking orders for nearly everything. Two Memphis supply agents halted near Pike county farm provisions. Sheriff Leggett collected $50 transient vendor license per county, auditor confirms $50 per agent, total $75 per county, signaling fewer canvassers statewide. Aud itor urges sheriffs to enforce payment. merchants back action to restore competition.
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Magnolia
Miss
Mississippi
Memphis
Pike County
Leggett
Aditor Cole
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Broad Criminal Docket
Jackson dispatch notes the Mississippi Supreme Court will devote spring to the criminal docket with many cases submitted on briefs and some likely to be decided next Monday. The court will handle murder appeals with oral arguments by Attorney General McClurg and Assistant Williams, while most crimes are unremarkable and reversals hinge on serious trial errors.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court of Mississippi
McClurg
Williams
Governor Longino Refuses Requisition For Whiskey Boat Prisoners
Jackson, Miss October 24 Governor Longino declined to grant the requisition of Arkansas for whiskey boat prisoners held in Jackson's jail. He cites Mississippi courts as having jurisdiction. Prisoners will first answer charges by Coahoma County authorities.
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Jackson, Miss
Longino
Arkansas
Jackson
Mississippi
Coahoma County
Autumn Meeting at Aqueduct Opens with High Purses
The Queena County Jockey Club opened its Autumn meeting at Aqueduct, running twelve racing days. Purses have nearly doubled since 1901, signaling a potentially record year at the New York track. King Edward and the Prince of Wales reviewed four thousand guardsmen from South Africa in London. Mitchell arrived Washington to join the strike commission and refused to discuss plans.
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New York
Queena County Jockey Club
Aqueduct
London
Edward
Prince of Wales, Duke of Connaught
Lord Roberts
South Africa
Washington
Mitchell
Brilliant Street Pageant in London Opens Coronation Week
London witnessed a brilliant public procession through Buckingham Palace to Guildhall, with Princess Beatrice and the Prince and Princess of Wales among the royal party. Soldiers, sailors, and thousands cheered as decorations, crowds, and marching bands marked a modern royal pageant amid illness. The king and queen attended a formal banquet, and officials announced their plan to attend the St Paul’s thanksgiving service the next day.
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London
Edward
St. James Park
Buckinhgam Palace
Household Cavalry
Beatrice
Duke
Duchess of Argyll
Duke of Connaught
Victoria
Prince
Princess Christian
Duchess of Albany
Duke of Cambridge
Prince and Princess of Wales
Princess Charles of Denmark
Buckingham Palace
Guildhall
Mall
Marlboroughyard
Pall Mall
Trafalgar Square
the Strand
Temple Bar
Fleetreet
St. Paul's Churchyard
Cheapside
King Street
Metropolitan Police
Bach
Foot Guards
Dimsdale
Gresham Street
Great Hall
Southwark
Whitehall Street
the Stock Exchange
Rale Britannia
St. Paul’s
Buffalo’s Maax Wiley to challenge Canadian champ Kennedy
Montreal sports desk reports a wrestling match tonight at a local club between Maax Wiley of Buffalo and Canadian light weight champion Tom Kennedy. Both grapplers have trained hard since the bout was arranged and appear in good condition for an engaging contest.
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Montreal
Que
Severs
Maax Wiley
Buffalo
Tom Kennedy
Wrestlies
Roosevelt and the Souths Negro Politics Split
Washington reports rumors about President Roosevelt’s stance toward Southern Republicans. Some say he favored a white-only party in the South while others note his Alabama and Southern federal appointments as proof of withheld recognition of the “Silly White” movement. Observers speculate Booker Washington influenced many Southern appointments, challenging claims of anti Negro South exclusion.
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Washington
South
Pritchard
Clarkson
Whitehouse
Roosevelt
Alabama
Booker Washington
Appalachian National Park association formed in Asheville
The Appalachian National Park association was formally organized in Asheville with the local board of trade hosting. Over fifteen cities from Tennessee Georgia and the Carolinas attended as delegates. The group aims to press Congress to fund up to 10 million acres of mountain timber lands across North Carolina eastern Tennessee and Georgia for a national forest reserve.
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Asheville
N. C
Appalachian National Park Association
Board of Trade
Tennessee
Georgia
Carolinas
Congress
Appalachian Range
North Carolina
New Branch Railroad to Connect Mendenhall and Columbia
Jackson Mississippi report says a contract will be let about January for a fifty mile Gulf and Ship Island road branch from Mendenhall to Columbia. Line readiness expected by summer with Mendenhall as northern terminus. preliminary survey to finish early next month. Gulf and Ship Island also eyeing other branches and plans to announce in the new year. Also note Rt Rev William Vaughan bishop of Plymouth and uncle of Cardinal Vaughan died this morning in London.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City
Hattiesburg
Fifty Mile
Gulf and Ship Island
Mendenhall
Columbia
J.J. White
MoComb City
Liberty
Natchez and Gulfport
Ship Island
London
William Vaughan
Plymouth
Cardinal T Vaughan
Washington approves via duct crossing at Viokabarg park
Secretary Root today approved construction of a via duct on the battlefield of Vrokabarg over Stont's bayou as part of the military park project at Viokabarg. It is described as one of the largest crossings on the park line with Captain Rigby praising the prompt approval by the Park Commission.
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Washington
Cpt. M
Root
Vrokabarg
Stont’s Bayou
Viokabarg
Rigby
State revenue agent files back tax claims in Copiah county
Jackson Miss October 25 State Revenue Agent Wirt Adams has filed back tax claims on about two million dollars in property value chiefly against Hazlehurst and Crystal Springs residents. The board of supervisors will consider them in November. It is expected about half will be valid upon further investigation and the rest will clarify records and urge cancellation of unpaid deeds of trust after payment. Solvent credit claims will be filed with several other boards of supervisors by the first Monday in October. The deputies push the work energetically and aim to finish thorough field work within eight months.
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Jackson
Miss
Wirt Adams
Copiah County
Hazlehurst
Crystal Springs
Board of Supervisors
State Revenue Agent
Mississippi Supreme Court to Hear Heaviest Criminal Docket
Jackson Mississippi October 25 The Supreme Court faces the heaviest criminal docket in history with weeks of arguments and briefs to be delivered by the Attorney General and defense counsel in felony cases. Oral arguments will come only if demanded by the defense as the state seeks a swift disposition. The court reversed only three death sentences previously, signaling a busy hangman season ahead.
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Jackson
Miss
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Supreme Court
Roosevelt Works On His 2d Message To Congress
President Roosevelt concentrates on his second message to Congress with a focus on tariff reform. He plans a permanent tariff commission to study conditions, advise Congress, and reduce long hearings while ensuring balanced consideration. He also reiterates trust views, national defense, canal, and coal strike topics. In Mississippi, a memorial for Irwin Russell is revived by Prof Swearingen with funds targeted to place the stone at the new state capitol, estimated at 1500 dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
House
Jackson
Miss
Irwin Russell
George Swearingen
State House
Capitol
Pennsylvania in Crisis as Wamaker Blames Graft Ring
Philadelphia report notes John Wanamaker criticizing a "Gray gang" and corporate influence. He calls Pennsylvania a failed state with a corrupted judiciary and courts, claiming juries are fixed and powerless. He urges President Roosevelt to enforce laws against corporations to restore justice.
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Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
Pennsylvania
Qray Gang
Roosevelt
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