The Leader An Old Time Newspaper Card Genial and Newsy
The item presents a dense collage of 1903 era notes: poems by Amulet Andrews, mentions of the St. Louis Exposition opening April 30 1903, assorted regional news from New Orleans and Mississippi, incidents of crime and politics, and calls for charitable giving to orphans via the Woodmen of the World. It also reports on a railroad wreck in Michigan, a large charter tally, and updates from state education and governance, all in a compact newspaper card style.
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Mississippi
Hecrotary of State Power
H. F. Simrall
Sovereign Escort
Woodmen of
Simrall
Joseph C. Root
T. P. Barr
Jackson
Miss
Christ
Woodmen
Dixie Press
West Point
Jones
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad
Gulfport
Buffalo
Congress
Law Supreme Grant Dicken Convicted of Rape and to Die
Grant Dicken, a colored man from Pickens, was convicted of raping Mrs. Rosamond in Holmes County, Mississippi. The jury sentenced him to hang on December 28, with the case praised for protecting Mississippi women. The Advertiser lauds Judge Stevens and District Attorney Hill and notes the absence of mercy recommendations.
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Lexington
Grant Dicken
Pickens
Dave Hobbs
Crawford Reid
Holmes County
Mississippi
Messrs
Noel & Popper
Stevens
Grant
Hill
C. C. Pahlen
J. T. Nevels
W. H. Toone
W. R. Howell
W. BR. Carson
W. H. Douglass
J. C. Byrd
J. D. Kyzor
J. M. Herring
J. A. Williamson
J.S. Wilkins
Jonas Long
Dicken
Eugene Rosamond
Ivy
Upshaw
Rosamond
Racially charged remarks and public notices in a Mississippi paper
The fragmentary content critiques a race era verdict and endorses state law over lynch justice in the Grant Dickon case. It includes a medical endorsement for Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and notes the demise of The Progressive Era newspaper, citing David Holt and the white Republican movement in Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
David Holt
Mississippi
Mississippi News Chronicle Highlights Many Local Events
Sam Jones scheduled to appear in Port Gibson on the 12th. Elks fair in Vicksburg failed financially. Jackson cotton receipts doubled from last year. Tulane beat Mississippi 25 to 11 on the 28th. Hazlehurst lacks a first class restaurant. King’s Daughters push for a State reform school. Edward P. Elliott appeared at Lumberton. Jackson beat Meridian 5 to 0 on Thanksgiving.
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Sam Jones
Port Gibson
Vicksburg
Jackson
Good Roads
Tulane
Mississippi
Hazlehurst
King's Daughters
Edward P. Elliott
Lam
Berton
Meridian
Sidney Davis
C. ©. Coffey
Fayette
Hlf. Tillman
Charlie Sullivan
Gallman
J. L. Low
Frank A. McLain
Washington
Congress
Presbyterian Church of
Yazoo City
Thos. J. Tatum
Laurel
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B. T. Hobbs
Amulet Andrews
St. Louis Exposition
New Orleans
Maine
The
Times Democrat
William Hugh Young
San Antonio
Texas
Shiloh
Avlanta
Rector
Natchez
Wey
Stuart R. Young
Louisville
Georgia Emma Hooks
Memphis
W. C. Price
Clarion-Ledger
Seneca
Mich
George W. Youmans
Board of Public Works of
Kansas City
Frank E. Youmans
Detroit
Fea
Yazoo Herald
Whitfield Io
Bis
Blata
Lotg¢ino
Young Power
George
Col
John L. Power
Masissippi
Hbigher Foom
Greenville
Teddy
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
King’s Daughters
Washington Artillery Hall
the Law Supreme
Rest
State
Grant Dickon
Metenpy
M. D
Chicago
Grafton Drag Co
Cardus
M. A. Yount
M. A. Yount, Retie Hastige
Fom
He Taytiee
Terie
Tom McNair
Ofvice
New Larsen
C. L. Ripley
Fey
Brookhaven
J. H Brown
T. ¥. Nelson
Miss. Hittlee
Martin Dag Co
A. Bare W. AL. Prizell
Barber & Frizell, Physicians and Surgeons
Martin Drag Co
Trooktaven
Wen Pe
Alita Krookineven
E. F. Brennan
Johnstons
Michigan Drug Company
Trice & Watson
Illinois Central B
Louis
Cincinnati
Cairo
ST. Louis
Butta
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Richamond St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas
Ci Hot Springs
Ark
Denver
Canton
Minalesippi Valley
Dubuque
Sioux Falls
Sioux
Ines
Pas Cinelnatic
Syiey’s
Brice & Drugkists
Tony Adress
Price Soc
E. C. Dewitt &Co
Chicago Co
Grafton
Kol Falke
Inswaction
Everett & Price, Attorneys-At-Law
Ie Sacra
C. G. Lyell
Cassindy Bullding
J. K. Yawn
Doque Chitto
Lincoln
A.M. McMillan
Dons & Hees, McMillan & Hyde
Attorneys At Law
Ookhavem
MSS
Ramples
Ikecuato
Sam Lightfoot
Mississippi News
Edgar
Wilson
Biloxi
Jackson's Union Depot
N. F. Scales
Lowndes County
Vanderbilt University
Lamar Rifles
Oxford
Chamberlain-Hunt Academy
Louis Bauer
Ilene Dubroca
Port Allen
Marie Taylor
Bob” Taylor
Tennessee
Vardeman
Greenwood
Hamasa
Mystic Shrine
Gus Bush
Ernest Dismukes
Artesia
Brooksville
Dismukes
Synod of Mississippi
Synodi Eal College
Mississippi Presbytery
Synod
Conerly
Magnolia
Vaughn
Tiiais Central
Crystal Springs
Byram
Capital
McColgan’s
McConb
R. H. Dwyer
O. B. Quin
Dwyer
Lea
Columbia Club
Stennis Thompson
Martaion
Alabama
C. B. Perkins
Front Street
Guns For Everybody
D. T. Bryant
Ruchters
E. Grafton Drug Co., Incorporated
West Dlood
Safitseen
James F Ballard
St. Lom
Watson
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