Happenings Since The Leader's Last Issue
A late 19th or early 20th century Mississippi period piece reports a patchwork of local events. Fires destroy homes near Lake Como. Jackson tele street railway work begins amid skepticism. Notable trials, arrests, and political races surface from Vicksburg to Natchez, with clergy and civic leaders active and a statewide push for bonds and infrastructure.
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Wheeler Hotel
Botabuchiejae
Notariams
Brooks
Larke
D. Stem
Rankin County
Aggatte
Fillet Lle Bones
We Growers
Mra Lewis
Capt
Joseph Lewis
Wesson
Vicksburg
Upn Congress
Brandi
Calvert
Wrest Point
W.c Jones
Jackson
Hons
W. V. Sullivan
W. A. Hoane
Congress
Lizle Doerre
Seigens
Hinds County
Elect Tele
Peruna La Grippe Remedy and Old Mississippi Notes
A column mixes an advertisement for Peruna claiming it cures la grippe with tributes to Judge H. F. Simrall of Mississippi. It recalls historical figures, remarks on legislative critics, and notes Okolona and Brookhaven water issues, a new Confederate pension law, Yazoo City temperance views, and ex-Congressman Spencer’s further candidacy.
Road Law Amended Governs Road Labor Obligations
The legislature updated the road law to require owners of horses mules oxen wagons and plows not liable to work on the road and those liable to road labor to furnish such animals and implements on overseer requisition for up to ten days per year. Owners may supply the animals or devices or the overseer will assign road hands to receive care and return them to designated road hands.
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Old Beck
Jackson
Losses of the South From Cotton Overproduction
A lengthy analysis shows 1895-96 cotton harvest at 7,260,033 bales with an average price of 6.05 cents per pound, delivering $221,308,406 in value, versus last year’s 6,998,192 bales at 7.53 cents and $242,939,350, revealing a $54,304,046 total loss due to overproduction. The piece links broader farm policy, market prices, and political notes on Sam Jones and Chancellor Hill, plus a court case about school tax limits in Bowne Chitto and related political rhetoric.
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Bureau of Statistics
Washington
Fvo
South
Lincoln Chancery Court
W. L. Lewis
Bowne Chitto
Mayar
Bogne Chitto
Loveo
Hogue Chitto
Board of Mayors and Aldermen
Dane
Chancery Court
Thos, Brady
Conn
Supreme Court
Brookhaven
Theology and Politics Well Mixed in Public Debate
The piece argues ministers should engage in politics rather than avoid public life. It warns that church leaders who ignore national affairs risk losing liberties won for the righteous. It notes Sam Jones's roast by Hon. J. K. Vardaman of the Commonwealth after a Greenwood lecture.
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Sam Jones
Georgia
Sam
J. K. Vardaman
the Commonwealth
Greenwood
Miles
Scott's Emulsion Standard Probed for Substitution Risk
A reader warns against substituting the standard Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil with Hippophase salts and lime and soda. The message stresses the product’s untold benefits and cautions that substitutions are not permitted, urging consumers to insist on the genuine standard formulation.
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