The Leader Ephemera and Political Notes
The Leader features a mixed page of satire and news notes from the era. It includes political updates on Roosevelt and Longino, local Mississippi remarks on governors and campaigns, the Jackson W C T U convention, a missing funds incident at Cumberland Telephone Co., and candidate announcements for Attorney General with references to Marion County and prohibition leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Brame
Jackson
Brame
Mississippi
West Point
Sirarnt
Bis
Rengn
Prohibition Executive
Municipal reform zeal praised by press in New Orleans
The Picayune lauds a New Orleans drive by Protestant ministers and laymen to enforce law and curb vice. It notes District Attorney Jerome’s bold actions against municipal criminals in New York, contrasting with others and praising agitation as valuable, while acknowledging widespread corruption in large cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Picayune
Parkhurst
Potter
New York
Jerome
Supreme Court of
State of New York
Folke
Minneapolis
Union
Longino Seeks U S Senate Seat From Mississippi
Simp son County News notes the candidacy of A H Longino for the United States Senate to fill the seat of L J Money. The piece lauds Longino as a model governor and a man of high public virtue, with deep local support and a long public record in Simpson County and across Mississippi. A second item reports Judge Knochs receiving a quirky letter from Jo Brown declining jury duty to attend to butchering and painting chores in Williamsburg, with humorous references to a past jury service and a cow-related incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary H. Lonino
Simpson County
United States Senate
Lon. J. D. Money
Manheba
Clinton
Grange
Mt. Zion
Lawrence
Simpson
Mississippi
A. H. Longino
Simpson County News
John R. Knochs
Williamsburg
William Bur
Jo Brown
Sen
Joh
Williamburg
Confederate souvenir spoon marketed in New Orleans
The New Orleans papers praise a Confederate souvenir spoon sold in the city by Miss Lucile Banks, daughter of Capt. R. W. Banks, for reunion veterans. The spoon features a musket handle, a Confederate flag, and a photo of Jefferson Davis’ home Beauvoir, with inscriptions including United Confederate Veterans and Confederate Home Beauvoir Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Lucile Banks
R. W. Banks
Mississippi
United ‘Compates
Jefferson Davis
Beauvoir
Conrate
Clarion Banks
Clarion
Senator Noel Defines Conservatism In Mississippi Race Speech
In Jackson on April 1 Senator E F Noel, candidate for Governor, urged no radical change to Mississippi’s Constitution and laws. He praised post-1890 reforms, noted growth in property values, rail mileage, banks, and factories, and argued the white majority controls schools and suffrage. He contrasted primary elections with past legislative actions, defended the 1890 constitution, and criticized opposing candidates Fox and Vardaman for past votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Noel
Fox
Vardaman
Cruz
Passing of the Saloon Prohibition Debate Echoes
A Tennessee legislative clash stresses that the liquor trade faces a grim future as prohibition gains sweep the country. A Nashville Daily News card warns of intertwined fate for distilleries breweries and saloons and urges swift thwarting of prohibition efforts amid rising bans and political attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville Daily News
Ohio mob law in lynching case ignites statewide debate
The 1897 Urbana lynching case prompted a Champaign county payout to Mitchells heirs after court rulings upholding the anti mob statute. The law holds the county liable for mob violence and aims to deter lynchings by taxation, affecting state and local authorities and shaping future statutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Mitchell
Court House
Urbana
Albion W. Tourgee
Champaign County
District Court
State Supreme Court
Uye
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Consumption and Scott's Emulsion Featured in Ad and News
An ad touts Scott's Emulsion as a cure for consumption especially if caught early, urging prompt use and noting availability from Scott & Browne in New York. The article also reports J. T. Watts resigning from a railroad post to become pastor at First Baptist Aber deen, and Joseph Norris accused of kidnapping a 14 year old in Natchez with claim by L. A. Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
J. T. Watts
Illinois Central System
Jackson Territory
First Baptist Church
Aberdeen
Clarion Ledger
Joseph Norris
Natchez
L. A. Armstrong
Henry Marx
Vicksburg
Hill City
Tom Green
Planters
Greenwood
Phil Coleman
Green
Wiley Graham
Phoenix
Memphis
Andrew Davis
Bank of Collins
Mississippi News Column Highlights State Happenings
A compact Mississippi roundup notes Gulfport building boom and a new Leonia postmaster. It records Col J B Ross found dead in Jackson, a radish shipment from Hattiesburg, Bond issuance for Port Gibson school site, and a 47 pound Yazoo county wolf. Also mentions Fort Adams incorporation, school events, cemetery vandals, and local crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulfport
Leonia
Miss
Col
J. B. Ross
Jackson
Hattiesburg
Port Gibson
Chamberlain - Shint Academy
Centenary
A. & M. College
George Young
Carroll County
C. Atkinson Company
Summit
Yazoo City
Yazoo Sentinel
W. I. Campbell
Moorhead
Bobbie Foster
West Point
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leader
T. Hobbs
New York Sun
Pres
Roosevelt
Tom L. Johnson
Clevelland
Mark Hanna
Longino
Quitman
Clarke County
Fulton
State Univeristy
Southwestern Presbyterian University
Clarksdale, Tenn
Ethel Galloway
Chas.b. Galloway
Vanderbilt University
Lexington
Senator Money
Columbus
Pps W.C. T. U
Jackson’s
Charles Rietti
Cumberland Telephone Co
Ife
Senator Hoar
South
Hoar
Senator McLaurin
Winona
Marion County
Democratic Executive Committee
Marion
M. A. H. Longino
Soter Mon
MR. Noel
Critz
Major Vardaman
Lycentine
Gen. George
Newton Record
Gov. Longino
Mr. Fox
Washington
McLaurin
Brandon News
Scott & Browne
You
Pearl Street
Soc
I Ae
J. BH. Sasser
W. H. Penn
RE General
Sir Sztono Steers
Oouule Commercial College
Soulé Colley
Kodol
Price Druc Co.’Ss
D. C. Boadciee
Brookhaven
Yazoo County
Magnolia
The
Columbus Commercial
Charles Addicks
Scranton
Fort Adams
Wilkinson County
Yazoo
Chicago
Morris
Hattiesbore
Mulvihill
James Bell
Raymond
J. Ricks
Oxford
E. J. Burnett
D. McDonald
Utica
Bonney
Summit Sentinel
State Medical Association
Greenville
Louisiana
San Antonio
Texas
Herman Wilson
Rankin
Leake
Hinds
Madison County
Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company
Commercial Bank of
J. W. McGrath
Louis Conn
Ft, Becker
Cashier
L. Jh, Baggett, Asst. Cashier
J. V. Weavers
Lyman Zwirn
Chas, Henck
Boa
Easteriu
HL. Cassedy
M.D. McGrath
JW. Mellrath
Louis Cohn
F. PB. Beek
George Bowsky
Daye Cohn
East Union Lumber & Mfg. Co
Brookhaven, Miss
C.e.grafton Drug CO
S— Foundry & Machine Shop
JOS. Connelly & Sow
Prive Ding CO
Mhooehaven, Ties
James F. Ballard
St. Louis
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