Public duty and the independent press upheld
A Mississippi newspaper urges steadfast service to the public, resisting threats of pecuniary retaliation. It cites the Jackson Evening News and The Leader, praises the press for integrity, and condemns weak leadership while urging readers to seek education and moral partnerships. It notes comments on Longino and Bryan, and details a Terry K. of P. lodge installation with officers, music, and a banquet.
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Institute
Jackson Evening News
Terry K
P.lodge
Terry
W. W. Newsom
C. C
D. F. Simpson
V. C
A. M. Banney
J. K. Parker
Knights of Psit
K. of P
Mississippi State Band
H. M. Quinn
Jackson
Miss
B. M. Keely
The Devil's Workshop and Idle Rich Moral Lesson
A reflective passage argues that perfidy and marital unfaithfulness among the affluent stem from idleness and lack of compulsory occupation. It suggests pleasures and entertainments exhaust, leaving craving for new sensations money cannot buy, echoing Leslie's Weekly’s warning about idle riches.
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Leslie’s
President Helps an Old Lady on Virginia Trip
A circulating tale claims the President, upon alighting from a train in Virginia, assisted an elderly woman trying to board. He offered an executive handshake, she rebuked him, and a resident bystander later recounted the scene as a humorous incident from the visit.
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Virginia
Washington
Marriage Licenses Issued During the Pat Week
White Louis Max Lavin and Rosa Isaacs. Dr R Goinh and Margaret E Sims. Jno W Wallace and Anna Nay. Colored Theodore Edmonds and Sarat Rodgers. Edward Muns on and Gertrude Alien. Seaborn Lape and Fannie Balam. Jobo B Stinson and Lola Catner. Lawrence DeMtyers and Frank Robertson. Therela no vice so volem byt.
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Louis Max Lavin
Rosa Isaacs
R. Goinh
Margaret E. Sims
Jno
Goodyear Plans and Regional News From Mississippi
The Jackson Evening News reports on Goodyear syndicate plans for a New Orleans and Great Northern route from Slidell to Monticello, with decision timing and route options uncertain. Also covered are a fatal freight car accident at Utica, court postponements due to farm work, the Slade murder trial, local obituaries, weather and farming notes, and community events in Edgar and Biloxi.
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Goodyear
Goodyear Syndicate
New Orleans & Great’ Northern
Monticello
C. W. Goodyear
New York
Mississippi
Slidell
Goodyears
Jackson Evening News
County borrows for deficit and road contracts
The Board of Supervisors met to borrow 35000 at the August session to cover treasury deficit until tax time and to let by contract all public roads on the west side of Mindé Central. Five bids were advertised to be opened then, with quarterly report to follow in the next issue.
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Board of Supervisors
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J.M. Wood
Lic
Columbia Riggs
Libby
Red Cross
California
Soaps
Swift
Fairbank
Scenupp
Arm and Hammer Soda
Rio
J. M. Wood
Vicksburg Evening Post
Longino
Magnolia Gazette
Post
Bryan
K. of 'P. Lodge
the Devil's Workshop
Utica
Clinton
D. M. Miller
Hinds
J. B. Slade
Wm. Miller
Chatawa
Minnie Luckett Maynor
Charles Nor
W. E. Wood
Jefferson County
R S. Cogdell
Cogdell
Biloxi
New World
F. M. Keen
Methodist Church
May
Ippit
Arkansas
Carter
Greenwood
Pine Bloft
Ark
Mipa
Effie Jordan
Gulfport Pier
Dallahabe Paenty
Edgar
Pleasant Hill
J. A. Scarborough
Joel Finch
Wesson
Silas Garner
Lula
Lincoln County
3. W. Summers
Greer
Frank Greer
Jesse Barnett
T. i. Suromers
Providence
Ticty
Boutwell
Reeves
the Board of Supervisors
Ludy
Pasate
Lake Chautauqua
Crystal Springs
Guy
Bob Taylor
Ph Bingham
Henry Clark
Chicago
W. C. Frost
H. J. Ahrens
C. Frank Vreeland
Richard Wilkinson
Illinois Central
Mississippi Valley
Hume
Lud
John Russell
Hiume
Lord John Russell
James Carne
St. Colamts
Inor
Eas
McGrath
Yours Truly
John McGrath & Sons
Brookhaven, Miss
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