Mississippi Governor Vardaman a coming man says Nashville paper
Emerson Hough’s review in the Chicago Review portrays Governor Vardaman of Mississippi as ruggedly honest and similar in character to Theodore Roosevelt. An interview countering rumored deals for a senate seat shows Vardaman pledging to serve full term and seek the senate only from the people, not through trades or tricks.
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Emerson Hough
Chicago Review
Roosevelt
Hough
New Orleans
Vardaman
Senator Money
Mississippi
United States Senate
Fardaman
Chatsnooga Times
The Leader Editorial and Poem on Doom and Repentance
The Leader editor B T Hobbs prints a subscription notice then presents a moral poem warning of eternal doom. It questions sin, divine patience, and the boundary between mercy and wrath, urging readers to repent before judgment.
Equitable Life Scandal Deepens as Morton Chooses Chief Role
The Equitable Life Insurance Association of New York faces renewed turmoil as former officers resign under public pressure. Amid calls for reform, the board may empower a new chairman. Paul Morton, Roosevelts discredited ex-Secretary of the Navy, is touted to lead. Morton is linked to Santa Fe rebates while in railroad service. Public trust erodes as resignations mount and policyholders grow wary.
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Equitable Life Insurance Association of New York
Pres. Alexander
Hyde
Torbell
Paul Morton
Roosevelt
Secretary of the Navy
Equitable
Morton
Santa Fe Railroad
Poeta
Publc
Bea
Ieee
Gambling in Cotton Futures Causes Sudden Market Swings
A misread government cotton report sent prices up and down on the New Orleans Cotton Exchange causing a $15,000 loss for one speculator in minutes. The piece notes the casino like risk of cotton futures trading and cites business leaders debating its legitimacy and social impact.
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New Orleans
Magnolia Growth Threatens Property Price Disputes
Magnolia residents on cursores of upscale homes face possible tax rises as the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Supervisors may raise assessments this fall to fund Magnolia’s expansion. The city of Jackson also reached a compromise with the street railway company to spend 250,000 dollars on expansions, with the company covering its share after ten years.
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City of
Jackson
Bna
Thetreet Railway Company
Mississippi Rejects Carnegie Library Offer Amid Pride in Independence
Mississippi leaders led by Governor Vardaman rejected Andrew Carnegie's $25,000 library gift to the State University. Trustees voted to decline, saying the state can fund library needs itself and to avoid implying reverence for wealth from alleged tainted sources. The governor framed the stand as defense of dignity and self-respect against wealth and corporate influence.
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Rae
Tri
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Carnegie
Vardamen
Mississippi
Mr. Carnegie
Jis
Vardaman
Steel King
Andrews
Brown University
Andrew Carnegie
Rockefeller
State University
Jackson News
Missia
Steel Ag Nt
Death of Sam D Harper. Jackson, Mies., man of 49
Sam D Harper, a Jackson resident for four years and bookkeeper for McGee & Garter, died at North Congress Street after weeks of illness. He was 49, son of Major George W Harper, editor of the Raymond Gazette. Four children survive. Funeral arrangements were made in Raymond.
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Jackeson, Mies
Sam D. Verper
Jackson
McGee & Garter
Mapleborate Courier
Tus Tome de North
Congress Street
George W. Harper
Raymond Gasitte
Mivsalppi
Raymond
Ient
Parby
Reaeee Walke
Whitteher
Keeton Af We
Don’t Plant June Cotton Warns Southern Gardener
EDT. WEST, organizer, argues against June cotton planting due to looming surplus. He cites estimates of 14.48 to 16 percent reductions and warns heavy June planting could raise acreage dangerously, risking a massive overhang and depressed prices. He urges restraint to keep acreage within an 18.48 percent reduction and notes past price trends and market dynamics.
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Sonthorm Cotton Association
Daniel Sully
Durin
New Orleans
West
Louisiana and Great Northern Railroad charter approved
A Mississippi based railroad company named the Louisiana and Great Northern Railroad has met legal requirements and paid 200 for recording its charter. The venture lists founders and broad capital ambitious enough to reach from New Orleans to Memphis via the Peach River valley, signaling plans for rapid construction and expansion.
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Louisiana and Great Northern Railroad Company
Mississippi
Secretary of State
New Orleans
Memphis
Vie
Chas. Goodyear
N. G. Pearnall
J. C. Epochs
M. B. Cloetead
K. Mullings
Aps
Durksun
Nervous relief promised by Dr Miles Nervine
Otto Kolb of Evansville Indiana praises Dr Miles Nervine after his wife recovers from severe nervousness following a typhoid illness. The ad claims the product nourishes and strengthens nerves, with a guarantee to benefit from the first bottle or a refund, courtesy of Miles Medical Co.
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Miles
Rontless
Miles’ Nervine
Otto Kolb
Cherry
Evansville
Ind
Miles Medical Co
Elkhart
Charter of Incorporation of Rogue Chitto Bank
The charter recalls the Rogue Chitto Bank of Mississippi with a general banking and savings business aim. It authorizes capital stock from 10 000 to 60 000 dollars, notes bonds and loans, a three or more member board of directors, and by laws to govern officers and bank operations in compliance with Mississippi law.
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B. C
Mississippi
United St
Commissioner Sale at Brookhaven Court House Door
Albert Evans et al vs Decree by Commissioner to execute sale of lands in Brookhaven City. The sale dated July 3 1905 at eleven to one oclock AM PM. Property includes seven acres and eighteen acres in addition Conway’s City of Brookhaven with appurtenances and hereditaments. W M McNair, Commissioner.
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Albert Evans
Decell
Tancok
Nein
K. W. McNair
Brookhaven
Sal County
Conway
Brooklaven
Dal Hereditaments
Oreo Hs Murs
Ry W. McNatie
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Ow Delta
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Masonic Temple
Underwriters Agency
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Brookhaven, Miss
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Allison Wells
Wear Way's Bluff
Miss
Hutchinson State
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Murphy,Latimer& Co
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Steeho
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St. Louis
Lousiana
Great Northern
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Bogue Chitto, Mississippi
Foley
Price Drtic CO
J. C. Boadmee
W.H. Penn
General Sebne
Roberts
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Tom Malfair
Ventist
Lamaair Murtaian
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T. Y. Nelson
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Henry Flowers
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X. Gratton Drog Co
Paonea
J. N. Yawn
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R. D. Lanier, Atrornzy
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Anp Rea Estate Act
Cassedy Building
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Cassedy Bilan
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Ranideuce Hone
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Hannah
Ananthe
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Ounties
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Walls Strest
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