Penitentiary Appraisement Report Increases State Values
Mississippi State reports show a major rise in property values across state holdings led by Sunflower farm improvements. Total real and personal property valued at 712,877.99, up from 561,893.69, with Sunflower Realty and other estates detailed and a 150,984.30 year‑over‑year increase.
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Messia
W. W. Simonton
J .J. Holcomb
Board of Control
Sunflower — Realty
Belmont—Realty
Rankin
Oakley
Jackson
Simmier
Watson Place
Darden Place
Cutter Place
Oakley Walls
Sunflower Place
Belmont Place
Oakley Place
Mississippi Central Railroad Company
Mississippi Central
Silver Creek
Hattieshe
Vicksburg
Port Arthur Fall Attributed To Japanese Fire
General Stoessel blames the fall of Port Arthur on Japanese heavy artillery as the cause of surrender. Elsewhere reports note wide ammunition stocks but heavy losses in 1904 winter quarters and allied concerns over horse shortages and alligator skin trade growth in France.
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Tegrear
Maryland
Missouri
Tocianm
Port Arthur
Stoessel
Argentina
Europe
America
France
Loubet
European Oddities From A Far Flung News Reel
A Paris burglar’s arrest yields a watercolor portrait of the robbed house. Liverpool bans the coffin sale practice at homes of deaths. London court notes burglars test watches by throwing them. a Liege workshop advertises a turner’s gear and dog driven carts. a German named Drew faces a seven son pledge to the army. the Kaiser praises him in a letter. London rules allow self styled “retired gentleman” after a vegetable dealer borrowed 60 cents. Burgess Hill vicar adds 1.25 to wedding fees for confetti cleanup. a thousand geese in Hungary become iced and grounded after a cold layer traps them midflight.
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Paris
Liverpool
London
Liege
Drew
Burgess Hill
England
Nagy-Beeskerek
Hungary
Oracular Observations on Time and Thought
A series of aphorisms on minutes and hours, luck and effort, self conversation, reform, appetite, and weather. The speaker notes that diligence earns luck, trouble should be met halfway, and small gains today beat waiting for tomorrow. Witty reflections expose human folly in self praise and control over one’s mind.
Food complaints amid hot springs visitors at Hot Springs
In Hot Springs Ark visitors raise numerous complaints about conditions and food under heavy medicine. A young man recounts nine years of stomach and bowel trouble two unsuccessful operations and a threat of appendicitis as part of the discussion on local health and treatment.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Soldier Deserts Camp For Love In Philadelphia
Martin Roherback, a Continental soldier, sneaks from Valley Forge to Philadelphia to visit Beccy Sharp, a Quaker girl who disapproves of war. He carries a turkey prize for Washington’s birthday, strikes a bargain with two British sentries, and avoids the guard house by revealing his mission to the general.
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Martin Roherback
Philadelphia
Martin
Beccy Sharp
Lord Howe
Beccy
Washington
Schuylkill
Valley Forge
Marin
Betcy
Dee
Robert
New York Foot
Offcer
Rosterhouse
Ian
Cheok
Kosterbousa
Hot Fit to Be Seen. Bugelvi-See Lore, flutter, thi mtr
A fragmented item notes court actions and a Philadelphia man facing justice. The text references lawyers, trials, and a public interest in outcomes, with unclear names and dates due to OCR errors. It hints at a dramatic scene involving a judge and defendants awaiting verdicts in a high profile case.
Luncheon tale and lynching talk in English American club
A comic yet disturbing anecdote at a London luncheon depicts Americans bragging about lynching. An American raconteur claims a waiter was hanged after a spilled plate during a dinner, while another guest admits he was downstairs killing a chef for mustard in blancmange.
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England
Indy
Speaker's Predicament and a Dutch Auto Cry
A Brooklyn Eagle excerpt recalls a Washington letter incident where a speaker’s suspender breaks as he greets a caller, prompting a humorous request for spare galluses. The tale contrasts a halted interview with a quick, comic house quorum cue and ends with a Dutch police language joke about stopping cars.
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New York
Washington
Cannon
York
Armen
Ee Guyel
Holland
Snell- Eneaste
Brooklyn Eagle
Backache Cured by Dodd's Kidney Pills says Mrs Ambrose
An article extols Dodd's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for backache and related symptoms. Mrs. H Ambrose of this place reports dramatic relief after one box, with further praise from Mrs. Lee and other local accounts. The piece ties the remedy to general kidney and rheumatism concerns and mentions Bright's Disease and nephritis in passing.
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Dodd
W. H. Ambrose
Toyer
Mage
Sa Wong
Amer
Det
Ely
Bright
Salter Seed Co. Promises High Yields and Fodder Potentials
Fragments advertise Salter's Superior Fodder Corn and oats with claims of high yields per acre and fodder quality. Readers are urged to bend the notice and send 10 cents to John A. Salter Seed Co. for samples and prices.
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John A. Salter Seed Co
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YaNa Tobacco
RAYAL
Ind T. RA Rice
Health of American Women at New York Assembly
A New York doctor told about 500 attending that healthy African women were nearly extinct, urging Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for ill health in women. The appeal cites menstrual, nervous, and uterine complaints and invites women to seek Mrs Pinkham's guidance.
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New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Neely
T. C. Willadsen
Manning, Te
Lydia B. Pinkham
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