Memory of a Departed Brother and The Leader News
A poem by Cona Tynes Dwight laments a late brother with hopeful lines of reunion in the afterlife. The Leader announces plans for an illustrated industrial edition, led by H L Lyons and E H Lyons, praising their press background and a Yazoo Sentinel endorsement. An Associated Press note reports Lyons Commander Co. building lumber mills in the Deep South.
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Cona Tynes Dwight
Bourne
Leader
Messrs
H. L
E. H. Lyons
Yazoo Sentinel
Messrs. H. L
the Sentinel
Sentinel
Lyons
Brookhaven
Lincoln County
Associated Press
Chicago
Lyons Comander Co
Louisiana
New Orleans
Harve’ Ie
Teceno
Revival of whitecapping terror spreads through Mississippi counties
A warning article describes a rising whitecapping movement in Amite Franklin and Lincoln counties aimed at driving Black residents from land owned by merchants. Notices threaten violence if tenants stay, with shootings reported and many leaving. The piece cites past outbreaks, the law to suppress whitecapping, and a government land dispute involving a mulatto man in Warren county.
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Amite County
Amite
Franklin
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Riner Robinson
Sitisons
Mississippi
Riner
Charly Ray
Franklin Co
M. P
Brookhaven
Leader
State of
U. S
Sam
United States
Jackson
Warren County
Taking Out the Case Against the Mosquito
A New Orleans gathering of the American Sanitary Association debated yellow fever origins with Dr. John Ross of the U S Navy arguing that the mosquito stegomya fasciata is the sole transmission method. The Army Yellow Fever Commission led by Reed and Carroll supported the mosquito theory, noting Havana’s decline after anti mosquito efforts and the experiments proving transmission by contaminated mosquitoes.
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New Orleans
American Sanitary Association
John Ross
United States Navy
Havana
Chartle
John Guiteras
United States Army
Walter Reed
Ross
Pothier
Reed
Carroll
Charess J. Finley
Ronald Ross
Ssi
Marchiafafava
Celli
H. R. Carter
Army
Cuba
Finlay
Guiteras
Gorgas
Best Material Demanded for Office in Mississippi
Mississippi readers favor selecting reliable, successful people for state county and legislative posts. They argue public agents must transact private affairs well, and blur 'method over mouth' in evaluating legislative timber. Notes include a Clay county statistic about African American voting and a Texas physician death from a pin pricked pimple.
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Mississippi
Hoang & Man
Picayune
Empire Lumber & Manufacturing Reorganized in Jackson
The Empire Planing Mill Company becomes Empire Lumber & Manufacturing Company with J B Nalty as President and J Ehrman as Vice President. Capital stock rises to 25000, officers named Alex Hamilton as Secretary, Rk Griffith as Treasurer. New ownership vows broader production and wholesale business. ties to Jackson lumber trade noted. Vicksburg celebrates Yazoo Canal impact on harbor.
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J. B. Nalty
Jackson
Empire Planing Mill Company
Empire Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Remen
J. Ehrman
Griffith
Alex Hamilton
East Union Lumber & Mfg Co
Brookhaven
South
Jackson Lumber Co
Empire Mill
Enochs
Clarion Ledger
Mr. Nalty
Jackson Company
Scientific feeding for children promoted as bone and brain food
An advertisement asserts proper feeding boosts child growth and strength. Scott's Emulsion is described as a mixed food with cod liver oil, lime and soda to build flesh, blood, muscle, bone and brains, marketed as the standard scientific food for delicate children.
Mississippi News Highlights From Collins and Jackson
A burst of Mississippi items details Collins Commercial printing 1500 copies, a Jackson street carnival at Smiths Park, and a Greenville hotel adding thirty rooms. Reports cover a Wesson cot ton seed oil mill accident injuring Columbus Randall, county road contracts, pending Hawker Armistead indictment, Crystal Springs banana claims, new railroad Biloxi Waynesboro Catawba Valley, rummage sale for pipe organ fund, and Dr Charles Hillman Brough lecture at Terry on Americanization.
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Collins
Jackson
Smith’s Park
Greenville
Columbus Randall
Wesson
Coton
Holmes County
Hawker Armistead
Hinds County Grand Jury
Crystal Springs
Biloxi
Waynesboro & Catawba Valley
Pipe
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O.ma
Official Journal
City of
West Cherokee St
Capitol
Ieee
Galnat
Eee Peake
Byeulng News
F. A. Cruz
Clay County
Texas
A Jackson Lumber CO
Vicksburg
Yazoo Canal
Ayer
Addy J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell
Tom McNair
Covice
New Lansen
Ffica
Miss
C. L. Ripley
W. H. Frizell, Jr
Paysicran
SurGzon
T. Y. Nelson
Qmee
Martin Dru Co
G. G. Lyell
Attorney At Law
Brookhaven, Miss
J. N. Yawn
Attforyer
W. Jie All Thrae Pracsien Tira
Courts of
Ane
R. D. Lanier, Attrorney
Brookhaven, ,Miss
Etnone Ad Fornia
Millsaps Uildine
A. M. McMillan
Attorn
Chrisman & Brennan
Artoryeys Ar Law, Real Estate & Investment Agent
EL B
Harris
Artorxxny-ar-Law
Espouts County
Scott
Mississippi News
Charles Hillman Brough
Terry
L. G. Nesbet
Aberdeen
J. R. Yellowly
Ridgeland
Glass Station
Summit
J. R. Lacey
Linfonia
Yazoo County
Albert S. Davison
L. B. Davison
Dixie
Wheeler House
Jessie East
Hammond
R. W. Jones
State University
Y. B. Boyd
Cole
David Pridgen
Covintgon County
W. P. Price
Jackson Second Baptist Church
Patti
Rosebud McGowan
Byram
John Stockton
Miss McGowan
Methodist Church
Lis
A. F. Watkins
Natchez
The
Scott& Bowne Chemists
Pearl St
N. Y
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Central R. R. Co
Minneapolis
ST. Paul
Rockford
Freeport
Dubuque
Waterloo
Albert Lea
Trinois Central
Trivoli
Iowa
Central
Hlinuls Central
Connect
A. H. Hanson
Passeoper
Apeat
Soulé College
Sommere
Cherokee Restaurant & Bakery
Adolph Lenz
J. C. Boadgiee
Omar
Om. Vz
Majestic Steel
Cooking
Thos. Ratcliff
James Adams
Hobbs
Jesse Day
A. Minard
B. C. Day
Frank Roberts
Charles Warnock
Chester Magee
M. R. Leary
C. N. Mulligan
G. M. Blake
Allens
B. Perkins
the Commercial Bank of
Will
JW. McGrath
Louis Cohn
F. F. Becker
Cusnier
H. Baggett
Asst
Cashier
J. J. Meavers
Hyman Zein
Phas. Henk
Bo IL
Kasseeda Mi
Cassedy
Mr. Metinaen
W. Rh. Lous Colin
F. Fi Becker
George Rinnai
Daye Cona
Brookhavens
JOS. Connelly & Son
Depot
James F. Ballard
St. Louis
C Pany
Pearl River Lumber Co
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