Capt Walter Barker Killed on Special Rates Route
Washington reports from Nagasaki Japan the death of Capt Walter B Barker US Army in a railroad accident while on official business. A Mississippi native and former Confederate veteran, he held posts at Indian Agencies and a Cuba Congression appointment. The notice lists travel dates and special excursion fares for trips to Hot Springs Eureka Springs and Eldorado Springs with round trip pricing and sale dates, inviting further information.
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Walter Barker
Queen & Crescent
Japan
Washington
Nagasaki
Walter, B. Barker
West
Cleveland
Cuba
Louisiana
Arkansas
Texas
Territories
Hot Springs
Ark
Eureka ‘Springs
Eldorado Springs
Hotings
Clarion Ledger editors acknowledge duty claims
The Clarion Ledger notes officers of a named group reacted to an editorial they recently printed. The piece suggests some officers may dislike being told of failures to perform duty, reflecting tension between editorial stance and official response.
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Clarion-Ledger
Jackigan
Clarinn-Ledger
SIMILO NEWS CAMP MEETING NOTES AND LOCAL CHANGES
Dry dusty scene with sickness rumors and a bold yellow fever stance. Young people attended camp meeting Sunday studying church growth as seven new members joined Pleasant Grove protracted meeting led by Rev G S Jenkins with Rev Price assisting. Frank Donn takes job with Faast Forest Lumber Co in Gloster Mississippi and a church eas meeting is planned at Gem Grove. Everyone urged to attend and support church events.
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Frank Donn
Faast& Forest Lumber Company
Gloster
Miss
Pleasant Grove
G. 5
Jenkins
Price
Eas
Gem Grove
A Bonin
Dingoer
The Poss Christian Sourchlight Outaged at Newton
A fragmented New Orleans edition item notes a man attempting to jump aboard a moving train near Newton. The garbled wording suggests a temporary service disruption and a writerly description of the event with sparse context.
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New Orleans
Death of Bishop Hargrove in Nashville at 76
Bishop R K Hargrove of the Methodist Episcopal South dies at his Nashville home after a year of feeble health and a serious illness since Friday. He served since 1882 as a bishop and held leading roles including Vanderbilt University board president until two months ago. Born 1829 in Pickens county Alabama, he once led Centenary Institute and the Female College at Franklin, and represented the church in Cape May and federation committees. His long career spanned education, missions, and church governance.
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Hargrove
Nashville
Tenn
R. K. Hargrove
Methodist, Episcopal Church
South
Robert Kennon Hargrove
Centenary Institute
Summerville
Kentucky
Female College
Franklin
Southern Church
Church
Cape May
College of Bishops
T the Foreign Mission
Erd
Epworth League
M. E. Church
Pickens County
Ala
University of Alabama
Emory College
Georgia
Harriett C. Scott
Ruth E. Scarritt
Harrowe
Univeristy
Alabama
Vanderbilt
Improvements Going On in McComb City Aug 9
The yellow fever scare has had no effect on residents as the city remains in first class sanitary condition. Improvements progress with the Illinois Central Railroad missing coal data and new $10,000 two story brick store and office building underway. Work on Methodist and Baptist brick churches advances rapidly. New structures and town developments are under construction amid ongoing civic projects.
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McComb City
Ilinois Central Railroad
Steve Lewis
Brookhaven Graded School Opens Soon with Book Details
Patrons are informed the next Brookhaven Graded School session starts Monday September 4 with prompt attendance urged. If fever or contagious disease arises action will be taken. Country pupils seeking board should contact the principal. New and cheaper textbooks will be available with exchanges allowed by law. Local depository is Rev R J Boone's Book Store.
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Brookhaven
New Orleans
Lincoln County
Rev. R
Miss Belle Kearney Returns to Mississippi Home
Miss Belle Kearney, renowned Mississippian, arrives in Jackson from Vancouver after sailing from Japan in July. She plans to publish a book based on her travels and studies of natives and customs. The account notes a curious remark about a so called "beatty doctor" as a homely woman.
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Belle Kearney
Mississippi
Jackson
Madison County
Miss Kearney
Vancouver
Japan
Clarion Ledger
Swift quotes faith over wealth in a sermon reflection
Dean Swift remarks that the Lord values people over money, noting how wealth is granted to those He deems worthy and suggesting divine priorities shape fortunes rather than human measure.
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Dean Swift
Fragmentary prose on mood shifts and self harm hints
A garbled passage notes mood shifts and a mention of death by self inflicted action via shooting. The text reflects a disrupted style and unclear details, with fragmented phrases about tone and self harm.
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Nberal
Tomer
C. E. Grafton Drug CO
Huyler
Brookhaven, Mississippi
Similo News
Newton
Walter Beasley
Hazlehurst
M. Beasley
Beasey
Ies
Pike County
Ramsey Wharton
State Capitol
The
Examiner
Aberdeen Examiner
Beatty
Eamb
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