Endurance and local notices in a Mississippi weekly
A fragment from The Leader features moral reflections on endurance and pain, local editor notes on levee safety amid floods, and social observations. It mentions Mrs Florence Maybrick’s 1904 release, Mississippi College Philomathean anniversary, and jury duty commentary by Clarion Ledger. It also describes ancient eight dollar Continental bills displayed by Depot-master Scott of the city.
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James Randolph Hobbs
Mississippi College
Philomathean Society
Stobbs
America
Philos
Poe
Scott
Mississippi
Continental Congress
Lars
Lers
United Colonies
Walker
H. J Bition
Con- Philadelphia
James Son
Timely Words By Judge Truly On Race Question Risks
Judge Jef Truly delivers a forceful address to the Pike county grand jury on the race and labor questions in Mississippi. He argues public office attracts agitators, urges restraint of white capers, and calls for equal justice under white leadership while noting disfranchisement of black citizens since 1890 and the need to improve conditions and labor relations without inflaming race tensions.
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Judge Truly
Jef Truly
Pike County
Mississippi
Seecker
South
Jis
Education as remedy for crime and ignorance in Mississippi
A Mississippi speaker argues that educating Black citizens reduces crime and improves governance. He insists it is in taxpayers' interest to fund schools, not jails, and pleads for even handed justice as white citizens acknowledge the value of an educated populace.
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Cport
Mississippi
State Meeting of Teachers in Vicksburg April 30
News from Jackson confirms Vicksburg will host the State Teachers Association three days starting April 30. T. P. Scott reports strong attendance expected, with railroads offering reduced fares. A large program includes discussions and an afternoon river excursion for participants.
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Vicksburg
Teachers’ Association
T. P. Scott
Illinois Central Railroad
Jackson
Cor
Times-Democrat
Political rallying set for Hazlehurst on court week
Hazlehurst prepares for a large political gathering on the second Tuesday in April with Senator McLaurin delivering a short talk to the boys and Senator Money slated to offer his first campaign speech. Four gubernatorial candidates, Whitfield, and other state officers will attend, with Governor Longino invited.
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McLaurin
Senator Money
Whitfield
Longino
Copiah
Hazlehurst
Greenville
Washington
Issaquena
Sharkey County
Mobile
Jackson
Kansas City R.A
Laurel
Jones County
Decatur
Newton County
Lumberton
Deestrick Skule
Methodist Church
Newman Lumber Co
Hattiesburg
Winona
Allen
National Guard
Congress
Texas Heard From Special Edition of The Leader
Brookhaven Mississippi edition edited by B I Hobbs and Lena Hobbs highlights prominent locals industries and homes with an illustrated feature including Paul Hobbs at work. Final Copiah county cotton crop report shows about thirty thousand bales, five thousand down from 1901, with local merchants holding 13 388 bales and estimates of four to five hundred more.
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Leader
Brookhaven
Miss
B. I. Hobbs
Lena Menger Hobbs
San Antonio
Ight
Copiah County
Washington
Hazlehurst
One Hundred People and a Political Callout
From a hundred readers several answers emerge on how to cure scold. A large audience would likely nominate Scott's Emulsion as the remedy. The Blue Mountain Standard endorses Novi for Governor in a local political banner.
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Scott
Novi
War Drolaned From Prohibition War Councils
A Mississippi newspaper report warns of a Louisville whisky interests plan to form a national prohibition league with unlimited funds. It denounces liquor money, praises temperance allies, and urges churches and state to unite against the liquor trade through laws and education. Mrs. H.R. Garner signs as State Press Gov. W. C. T. U.
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Louisville
Galt House
Contier Journal
the Journal
Mississippi
Atlanta
America
Liquor League
H.R. Garner
Weak Plants and Children Echo in 1900s Ads and Suffrage Notes
An old clipping links child growth to nourishment via Scott's Emulsion, urging free samples and listing New York chemists. It also mentions the Tate Woman's Suffrage Association meeting in New Orleans, praising Mrs. H. H. Butt as Mississippi suffragist leader and noting attire and demeanor as reflections of gender roles.
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Scott
Tate Woman’s Suffrage Association
New Orleans
Times-Democrat and Picayune
H. H. Butt
Isippi
Suffraigsts
Mississippi News Column Chronicle Highlights Statewide Events
The Mississippi column notes floods receding in Lowndes and buffalo gnats spreading across sections, with Lauderdale opening a new $40,000 jail and Yazoo leading delinquent polls at 7,000. It mentions a Grenada County mule sale, a fatal shooting into a passing train, a Mexican missionary visiting Mississippi, a dental exam board meeting in Jackson on May 26, and local political races including Longino for the Senate and Miller not running for lieutenant governor.
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Lowndes County
Gulfport Daily News
Lauderdale
Yazoo County
Yazoo
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Wade
Wv. H. Sasser
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General Bebsi
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Second Streets
Oule F Commercial College
New Orlea
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Chicago
CLS Gharton Drug CO
Rookhaven Drug CO
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J. C. Boadmee
Fanmees
Holly Springs
Senate
Wm. B. Lockwood
Coiah
A & M. College
D. M. Miller
Nazlehurst
Will Prewett
P. H. Shearer
S. C
Chas. E. Wright
RE. P. Mulvihill
Morris
Canton
Marion Lawrence
International Sunday School Association
Mary Foster Bryner
Ellisville
J. Frank Merritt
Isei
the Commercial Bank of
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Louis Coin
F. BF. Becker
L. HW. Baggett
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Reavers
Hyman Zwirn
Henesk
Enstieilsey
Mourathy Melrath
Louis Colt
Hecker
Rye Barsky
Dave Colin
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
East Union Lumber & Mfg. Co
Brookhaven, Miss
C.e.grafton Drug Co
James P. Hallard
St. Louis, Mo
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Prive Drug CO
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