Political Fuss Over Governors Record and Endorsements
The article critiques a Hinds County resolution supporting Governor Lowry and his administration, accusing it of endorsing taxes, debt, penitentiary abuses, vetoes, and corruption. It contrasts supporters with Republicans and asks if such endorsement aligns with the state’s glory. It then references the Pascagoula Democrat Star on drunkenness in Scranton and a Mississippi College president’s losses in Jackson.
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Laverr
Hooker
George and
Walthill
Tate Hinds
Tim O
Lowry
Indie
Aezar
Great Farmers Organization
Lowry Island
East Mississippi Insane Asylum
Amex
Trovernor
Hinds County
Grover Cleveland
New York
Allen G. Thurman
Ohio
Sae
E. Barkedale
Mississippi
Ely
Tupelo
Presidential aspirations and political volleys in Mississippi
A column surveys Belva Lockwood’s presidential consideration amid women’s rights groups, notes Capt. Hardy’s speech, and mentions gatekeeping by state political figures. It previews national party nominations, current congressmen, and local election dynamics, including Lincoln county rulings and newspaper bets on candidates.
Civil Service Reform in Mississippi and Clerk Clifton
A Mississippi editorial argues Clerk of the Supreme Court Oliver Clifton, a Democrat, retains his post amid Civil Service Reform shifts. It notes his past party loyalty, a Republican vote in Jackson, and testimony connected to Chandler's Senate committee, speculating on motives and the broader political realignment affecting Mississippi politics.
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Minsiawippi
Oliver Clifton Hells
Supreme Court of
Clifen
Jackson
Clifton
Metiill
Denoruey
Chandler
Senate
McGill
Sargeant
Mississippi
Chicago
Clifton Sr
Verely
Supreme Court
Democrata
Cleveland
George William Cnurtis
Prohibition Does Prohibit Advocates Argue Versus Bar Rooms
The editor recalls Jackson's past public scenes with heavy drinking and argues modern Prohibition is less of a problem now. He recounts a day of large crowds at public events without bar rooms and decries the opposing view as flawed. The piece also criticizes Bro. Abbey and political currents in Copiah County.
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Jackson
Firemn
Jack
W Riter
Bro. Abbey
Crystal Springs
Copiah County
Peyton
Miller
J. L. Rumsey
Board of Supervisors
Hazlehurst Court House
Meridian
Toote
Warrior Coalfields
Bonham
Yaxco City
Emanuel Hornthal
Wicks
Southrons
Richard Buckalew
Columbia
T. 8. Ford
Democratic delegates call constitutional reform in Mississippi
The May convention actions condemn the state constitution as anti democratic, demand a Pardoning Board, curb legislative control of public institutions, oppose the lease system of the penitentiary, and seek a constitutional convention. They condemn the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad land grants and oppose Governor Allen’s alliance tactics, urging reform and reprisals.
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Louisiana
Gulf and Ship Island
Pias
Democratic Party
Ion
J.L. Ramsey
I Diomocratic Party
Pion
Alliance
Same Old Story of Brutality at the Penitentiary
The Board of Control investigated the penitentiary and ordered the discharge of several guards on the Southern Division of the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad for cruelty to convicts. Reports from Col. Doss and lessees show discharges, escapes, and recaptures, with the May 1888 figures cited from the Clarion Ledger.
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Board of Control
Gulf and Ship Island
Col. Doss
A C Intendent
Pril
Mu Clarion Ledger
Gulf and Ship Island Railroad Co
Hardy
Gulf Ship Island Railroad Company
State Ledger
Commencement Week at Lea mure College Ceremony Schedule
Readings and events span Sunday to Wednesday at Lea mure College with sermons by Rev A A Lomaz Hazlehurst Miss on Sunday. Commencement activities begin Monday with a meeting and graduating exercises in the Baptist church. Mollie Slartaog delivers Salutatory and Jennie McNulty speaks on The Philosophy of Quacks. Ida Aronson delivers the Valedictory. A grand concert is set for Tuesday and a lawn social on Wednesday at 8 p m featuring a Calli play.
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Leamure College
Baptist Church
A. A. Lomaz
Hazlehurst
Miss
Mollie E. Slartaog
Jennie B. McNulty
Ida Aronson
College, Ly Calliplay
Death and memorials in Mississippi politics and press
A lengthy obituary note honors John H. Martin of the New Minisippian and Farnery Alliance, praising his temperance reform work and sudden death on a street, while resolutions express sympathy and commend his stance against penitentiary frauds. The piece also surveys Gen E C Walthall’s likened cavalier image, Mississippi politics, and various local notices, ads, and editorials from the New Mississippian and Tupelo Journal.
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Wuenras
John H. Martin
New Minisippian
Farnery Alliance
Temperance
Reform
Roesteo
Ant
Pacntes
Roderick Gambrell
W. E. Verriss
Cras. Martin
RP. Aspernoon
J. R Warre
A. M
Onpriesworth
Port Gibson seeks a bank amid broad Mississippi notes
A garbled Mississippi page reports Port Gibson's banking push, Gulfport hotel news, drought and crop boosts, a wild bear shot, electric lighting at Greenville, and military company growth in Tyran, with artesian wells, court terms, and local figures ranging from editors to postmasters in a broad 19th century allusion.
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Port Gibson
Thornton
Gulfport
Greenville
Tyran
Jones County
Genou
Lexington Advertiser
Holmes County
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Chandlers Senate Committee
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Vazae Belita Review
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Ellisville New South
Grass Growers’ Convention
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Fulton Reporter
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Oxford
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Natchez
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Grenada Gazette
R. T. Payne
Lee McLaurin
Brandon
Laundh McLaurin
W. B. Hines
Martinsville
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Bishop Keener
W. L. Linfield
Bertie Sneed
Will M. Noah
Kosciusko
Franklin County
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Young Wentworth
Kavanaugh College
A J. T. Nicholson
A. A. Lomax
R. A. Cooper
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Charley Schnorrenberg
South EN
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Warren Hoskins
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Felix May
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