Court Sensation in Winston County Circuit Court Adjourning
Judge Robert Cochran halts Winston county circuit after two acquittals and three hung juries. He fumes at the misfires, warns the court wastes public funds, and says he will not force juries to convict or threaten the county with endless expense. The ill stenographer and torn results spark a confrontation over enforced law and county prospects.
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Robert Cochran
Winston County
Louisville
Dudge
Pity Turns On Saving Boys in City Programs
Fragmentary text describes struggles in Dallas and Brooklyn with funding and support for boys programs. Mentions Lineker, penalties, and costs to run underfunded gardens and city initiatives. details are obscured by garbled OCR but imply financial barriers to youth services.
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Lineker
Dallas
Texsa
Thaen
Franklin County Court Hangs Guilty Assault Suspect
The Franklin County Circuit Court at Meadville finished in one day. A negro pleaded guilty to attempted assault on a white woman and received the maximum ten years in the penitentiary, sent to Jackson. Sheriff Newman safely delivered him. citizens praised the lawful process and The Leader urges harsher penalties for attempted assaults.
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Franklin County
Meadville
Wilkinson
Jackson
Franklin
Newman
Soldiers Doing Quarantine Duty on the Coast
Jackson Miss July 20 The report that Governor Vardaman has called out State troops to stop Louisiana refugees entering Mississippi is false The Governor has detailed Adjutant General Fridge and several officers and privates of the Mississippi National Guard to supervise quarantine on the gulf area including train service Fridge is in charge of the quarantine though these men are acting as quarantine guards not as soldiers
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Jackson
Miss
Vardamac Hss
Louisiana
Mississippi
Fridge
Mississippi National Guard
Gulf
Yellow fever situation shows limited spread outside New Orleans
The update notes one Italian case in Lamberton Mississippi recovering, with a few scattered cases in Louisiana and Alabama traced to New Orleans. In New Orleans, 6 deaths and 42 new cases reported in 24 hours, bringing totals to 68 deaths and 346 cases, with 53 infected foci. Authorities pursue an active eradication campaign funded by the U.S. Government.
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Mississippi
Lamberton
New Orleans
Bunkie
Shreveport
Montgomery
Ala
Board of Health
United States
Fragmented OCR Note Describing Distant Door Meeting
A garbled OCR snippet mentions a tall man at the door, meals made from meat, and a cat described by a reader. The text is highly corrupted with unclear names and events, offering no clear people, places, organizations, or dates to anchor a concrete summary.
Rail links set to boost Brookhaven Monticello Silver Creek
The Mississippi Central and Goodyear projects promise northern routes from Slidell to Monticello, with bridges at Pearl River sites Smith's Ferry or Silver Creek. Brookhaven and Monticello gain connections to Jackson and New Orleans, and Goodyear plans tie to Gulf Coast lines, expanding rail competition and freight access.
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Slidell
Moticello
Goodyear Road
Brookhaven
Monticello
Ilinoia
Mississippi Central
Silver Creek
Columbia
Golf & Ship Island Railroad
Smith’s Ferry
Pearl River
Goodyear Peore
Missiles Central
Goodyears
Jackson
Gulf & Ship Island
Illinois Cental
Illinois Central
Fernwood
Goodyear
Mississippi Central Railroad
Illinois’ Central
New Orleans
Mississippi Seacoast
Miesings Central
City Council adopts sweeping sanitary ordinance in Brookhaven
The Brookhaven city council met in regular session and approved an urgent sanitary plan to curb yellow fever spread. A new ordinance bans privy vaults over watercourses, mandates reporting of fever cases, and empowers the Board of Health to establish detention camps. The mayor and board also discussed leasing city water plant and electric streetcar service, with a special session convened to handle health and quarantine measures influencing immediate enforcement.
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Alderton
New Orleans
Brookhaven
Ward
City Board of Health
H. R. Fine
Pearl River Railroad
Fine
Mississippi County Supervisors Set For Personal Assessment Roll Equalization
Seventy six Mississippi counties plan regular sessions next Monday led by board actions to equalize July filed personal assessment rolls. Protests and revisions are expected, yet total state assessments likely rise from 300 to 20 million dollars. State revenue from posses per capita values may amount to 50 thousand to 130 thousand dollars. Mrs Ids Tampa, widow of a Confederate General, was hurt in New York when struck by an automobile, breaking her right arm as she fell from a hotel.
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Mississippi
Y M C A Clears Debt and Secures New Quarters
At a board meeting the Y M C A reports the overdue debt fully paid by Capt J N Cooke and a life lease on Hartman building apartments on Front Street. Plans aim for spacious, attractive spaces for operations and gratitude expressed to Mr F H Hartman. Also notes weak farmer turnout at a Union appreciation meeting and calls for broader participation.
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J. N. Cooke
Y. M. Coa
Hartman
Front Street
Area
F. H. Hartman
Y.M.C. A
Joey
Buinels
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