William J Bryan Speaks as Mississippi Crowd Demonstrates
Eight thousand Mississippians turnout for William Jennings Bryan in Jackson. John Sharp Williams, party leader in Congress, was excluded from the program but greeted with loud calls to the platform. Williams finally spoke, drawing the day’s strongest ovation beside Bryan.
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Mississippi
Democratic Party
John Sharp Williams
Williams
Congress
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Williams
Antiquarian feast recalls ancient foods in Brussels tale
Amaziah Dukes of New York cites a remarkable 1871 Brussels supper hosted by antiquary Goebel. He describes apples from Pompeii jars, wheat from pyramids, butter from an old Scottish well, and wine from Corinth vaults, shared by six guests with generous portions.
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Amaziah Dukes
New York
Israel
Red Sea
Elizabeth
England
Columbus
Genoa
Goebel
Brussels
Pompeii
Scotland
Corinth
Prosperity and industrial expansion across the south
The era of prosperity spreads through the south as industrial presses and city papers announce new factories foundries iron works and lumber mills. Mississippi’s favorable conditions attract capital though profits and fair private gain must justify public benefits. Local public spirit and welcoming attitude fuel progress while capital seeks direct returns.
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South
Mississippi
Jackson Welcomes New Medical Firm Partnership
The Clarion-Ledger reports Dr. J. P. Berry joins with Dr. Noel Catchings Womack to form a strong Jackson medical partnership. Berry brings fourteen years of steady service and high moral standards while Womack, a graduate of Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, adds progressive skill and notable surgical work from Reading’s railroad hospital.
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Jackson
Noel Catchings Womack
Vicksburg
Medical Brotherhood
City
Berry
Womack
Mississippi
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Reading
Clarion-Ledger
Miner in Spokane Demands Hundred Dollar Breakfast
A North miner who sold a claim and drank with money to burn visited a Spokane restaurant. With one waiter busy serving champagne to a party, the man demanded $100 worth of ham and eggs, sniping at the waiter as he sought instant service. The scene showed an incendiary mood and a bold bluff.
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Spokane
New Orleans
Noted minister leaves in sorrowful farewell
A reader recalls a country minister who bade his congregation goodbye in a dramatic manner blaming nonpayment and lack of love. The piece then shifts to a string of curiosities from an English Mathematician on counting a billion, deaf mutes in the U.S., Paris Grand Opera, and other assorted odds and ends. An advertisement-like testimonial praises a patent remedy for indigestion.
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Adam
United States
St. Louis
Grand Opera
Paris
Egypt
B. C
Henry VIII
London
St. Petersburg
Home Circle on Marriage and Household Manners
A long Home Circle column extols early instruction for boys and girls in orderliness, praises marriage as a worthwhile institution, warns against alcohol’s harm to families, and lauds women’s superior virtues. It cites Ingersoll’s praise of a wife’s central home role and emphasizes domestic harmony through example.
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Cravenette Rain Coats
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