Vicksburg Dispatch Letters on 1896 Political Battle
A March 3, 1896 letter from R. P. Bian urges readers to back the Democratic Chicago platform and free coinage of silver, accusing Republicans of centralization, trusts, imperialism, and taxation. It contrasts Hamiltonian and Jeffersonian ideals and calls Populists to a Lincoln county Realists meeting on March 20 at the courthouse.
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Vicksburg
Chicago
William J. Bryan
William McKinley
Republican Party
R. P. Bian
Notles
Lincoln
Court House
We Cannot Be Undersold on Clothing in Brookhaven
A garbled regional notice repeats M Greenwood in Brookhaven Miss and presents a chaotic excerpt from a longer piece. The fragment references an old Irish tale about harming a sick husband and a sequence of social instructions, plus farm and county news items about Jones county convict farm earnings, land improvements, and local political sentiment on United States Senator votes with McLaurin unfavored. Congress adjourned Saturday after spending over a billion dollars.
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M. Greenwood
Brookhaven, Miss
Ould
Jammie
Jett
Lazarus
Jones County
Jones
Southern Farm Gazette
United States
L. M. Leonard
Senate
McLanarin
Allen
McLaurin
Mississippi
John
Mob Law and the Jury Right in Yazoo County Speech
In a forceful address to the Grand Jury, a speaker warns Yazoo County against mob rule and defends trial by jury as the cornerstone of English liberty. He contrasts civilized due process with mobs ready to usurp life and law, urging citizens to preserve lawful authority and reject vigilantism.
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Grand Jury
Nile
Yazoo
Indus
State Penitentiary
Pope
Mississippi News Briefs Bridge many names and events
Farm work lags across the state and floods threaten little this season. Tragic deaths include Thomas Servier Jr. at Canton from a horse fall and Cinnis McLeod killed by a train near Gulfport. Fires devastate a residence in Baton Chytallan. Election news features B. McDade as tax collector at Meridian and Harrison county gains praise for officials. Contested politics surface with John Sharpe Williams as a possible U.S. senator candidate and W. N. Hawkins succeeding W. A. Parker as editor at the Weason Mirror. A mob terror warning dominates civic discourse with calls for law and order, court duty, and protection of citizens. Mississippi leaders at Natchez and Jackson push for education, health, and harbor funding while lawmakers address cyclone relief, taxes, and state succession.
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Holly Springs
Delta
Thos. Servier, Jr
Canton
Cinnis McLeod
Gulfport
B. McDade
Meridian
Peter Brown
Purvis
Madison County
Winona
G. J. D. Funches
Crystal Springs
Oliver Clifton
Illinois Central
Sardis
Miss
Winona Times
John Sharpe Williams
U.S
W. H. Hollingsworth
Utica
Imogene Ferguson
Pike
Geo
W. Burtis
I. C. Railroad
W. N
Hawkins
W. A. Parker
Weason Mirror
Albany
Mississippi
Ios H
Pontotos
Mississipp
Yazoo County
Yazoo
Thosts
Promethus
Reece
Selling Tie and Shirts in New Roads Display
A promotional notice announces sale of 81,000 shirts at 50c each and ties, described as new roads. The slogan references a thinning display after a prior larger quantity, inviting passersby to observe as they pass by.
Laces and Embroidery Store Announces New Stock
We are at work checking and marking our large stock of embroideries and laces and expect everything ready by early next week. Ladies are invited to call and view the goods and see handsome spring robes priced from 8 to 15 dollars, featuring the newest Easter dress styles.
Sewing Machines Sale Offers Cash Price Range
Readable note announces sewing machines sale with cash price between 1475 and 1500 and a promise of broad selection and favorable timing as spring arrives. The ad emphasizes low costs and quick payoff to start sales momentum.
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Sude
Your Poor Pants Your Poor Pants Have served you long
A humorous pitch laments worn winter pants and urges readers to call at McGrath's for a big assortment and easy sizes with pants priced at 2 dollars 82.50 3.50 marking affordable options for all.
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McGrath's
Arkansas House Defeats Restrictive Negro School Funding
The Aberdeen Examiner lauds Arkansas representatives for voting 63 to 15 against capping funds for black schools at local tax contributions. It urges Mississippi to adopt direct election of U.S. Senators via a state primary, contrasts with northern journals, and critiques imperial uses of freedom while noting erratic reports and medical cures and a damaged passage about corn crops in Mississippi.
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Aberdeen Examiner
Arkansas House of Representatives
Mississippi
Arkansas
U. S
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