World’s Fair progress and varied international notes
The Leader notes rapid World’s Fair progress at St Louis and praises Morgan’s mortgage policy. It cites Diaz’s accommodation stance, Cuba statehood language, army canteens, and a Mexican president’s disposition. Also mentions an Australian-based American astronomer discovering ten double stars and proposes showcasing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diaz
Mexico
Kratz
Newlands
Cuba
Australia
Francis
Gregg, Lebaudy
Santos Dumont
Mississippi State News A and M Engineering School
Mississippi A and M College Starkville reports the engineering school as a major state instrument advancing youth skills for industrial roles. It details departments, dual-year study plans, and a staff list, plus related notes on cotton planting experiments in Cuba, National Guard rifles, labor issues, rural delivery routes, and regional agricultural prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eering
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Starkville
School of Engineering
B. M. Walker
J. W. Box
Albert Barnes
C. BE. Ard
N. Logan
Charles Hancock
R. ©. Carpenter
T. M. Spinks
J. IE. McKell
W. W. Freeman
IL. E. Pigford
United States
McLaurin
Bristow
Jackson
Lucknow
Rankin County
Mississippi
Pinsy Woods Bell
Piney Woods
Pearl River County
Mississippi Political Campaigns and Local Developments
Active legislative races and pay for two houses dominate headlines as Mississippi eyes speaker roles and key offices including State librarian and Supreme Court clerk. Truck farmers plan new canneries, cotton picking advances push prices, and Brandon seeks depot relocation to spur growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Hense
Supreme Court
Beware of Cheap Alum Baking Powders in Home Practice
Housekeepers are urged to avoid new baking powder brands pushed by grocers and peddlers claiming lower prices and equal quality. Alum powders, while cheap, harm health, and phosphate blends often contain alum. One powder maker claims a bone-derived process, but households should reject testers and mixers at doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moanufacturer
Whitfield report shows big rise in rural school days
The Mississippi State Superintendent Whitfield reports a sharp rise in rural school days from 90.2 to 110, with average term length up from 163.3 to 166 days. White teacher salaries jump to 33.85, while colored teachers rise only 30 cents. Enrollment gaps persist with white enrollment up over 8,000 and black up less than 1,000. rural districts see increased receipts and spending, and separate districts show substantial growth in receipts and disbursements. Other notes cover Rhodes Scholarships procedures and state economic data projections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitfield
Whitfeld
Con Counties
Serene Medal
Peperat Alye
Wait
Murdered by a Negro Prominent Young Planter Killed in Tunica County
A prominent young planter was found murdered in Tunica County. The investigation follows reports of a violent confrontation and a fatal shooting. Authorities are pursuing leads, with notes of possible involvement by local associates and tensions in the community surrounding the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tunica County
Armed men hunt fugitive after Banke murder in Tunica county
In Mississippi a large posse from Tunica and Desoto counties pursues George Jenkins, a suspected Negro killer who shot and killed Herbert Clifton at Banke station near the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railway. Jenkins, described as 36 or 7, tall with a scar, fled toward the hills. lynching is anticipated if caught. Clifton, a sub-agent on the Banks plantation, died thirty minutes after the shooting.
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Tunica
DeSoto
George Jeckind
Ruth- Jésaly
Herbert Cutrom
Banite
Yazoo & Misalseippt
Memphis
Tuntes
Wunide
Desoto County
Jenkins
Hanks
Robinsonville
Clifton
Banka
Tu‘nica
Cilfton
Banke
Begro Jenkine
Hillis
Tunica County
Banks Station
George Jenkins
Herbert Clifton
Arkabutla
Tate County
Banks Plantation
John Clifton
Senatoble
Renking
Jenking
Hernando
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B. T. Hobbs
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wieltore
St. Louis
B. M. Young
United States Army
Ohio Supreme Court
New York Court of Appeals At
Albany
Kentucky
Jacob Finken- Dinder
Jacob
Kansas
Missouri
England
Italy
Great Britain
Elijah III
Zion
Zion City
Steel Trust
Marroquin
Colombia
Pacific
Russia
The
Novoe Vremya
Palmerston
Central America
Turkey
Alfairn
Columbia
Cartos Hird
Mississippi State News
W. Y. Watson
Port Gibson
Watson
John C. Calhoun
Adjutant-General
National Guard
Henry Hae
Yazoo City
Anabor
Tting
Chicago
Sweden
Hazlehurat
Hazlehurst
Karmers
Bible In High School
Meridian Public Schools
Beauvoir
Stone
Beauvoir Home
Cole
Cecil Rhodes
University of Mississippi
Oxford University
Fulton
Mobile
Hinds
Yazoo
I. B. Neal
J. P. Thompson
D. Graves
Millespa College
Methodist
Vicksburg Board of Trade
Texas
Rowland
Department of Archives and History
Department
Delta
Collins
Brandon
Alabama and Vicksburg
Natchez
B’nai Israel
D. W. Meek
Gunnison
Cit Starshal HE. M. Allen
Jen
Meek
Railroad Commissioners
Farmer
Franklin, Tenn
Jackson College
Winona
Winona Cotton Exchange
Rhodes
American Union
University of Oxford
Oxford
State of
University of
Power
South
Andnetries
Ineidentals
Warratatheee
Abe
Ead Petts
DBRS
Aecibies Sievohiekte
City Levy
County
Citlotawan Tunel
Tultfon
Bonda
Charter Records
Ant Sikog
Ewne
Coastomid County
Coahoma
Liverpool & London & Globe
Phoenix of Hartford
Insurance Company of North America
North British & Mercantile
R. O. Edwards
Department At
Washington
J. R. Jones
Issaquena
Dalta
J. W. Pearsons
Stanford Battery
Grenada
Pearsons
Steath
Mosby Bros
Lauderdale
Losa
Belen
A. Fowler
New Bank
Riverside Bank
Marks
Lfe
Harbert Clifton
Purault
Bob
Morgan
Lem Cooke
Eugene Murrell
Miss
Hon. R. B
Lem D. Cooke
Fred
Cooke
W. D. Phillips
Phillips
Fred Cooke
Morgan Saya
Spencer Hotel
Hobson
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Navy
Representative Wiley
Alabama
Congress
Milan
Gotton
Ile
Ala
Tennessee
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