Monticello Burglaries Linked by Same Bandits
Over the last year and a half three Monticello burglaries appear connected. Burglars blew Mrs. Garrett's safe, then robbed Mrs. Cannon, then attacked Monticello Mercantile Co. with a drilled safe, explosion, and partial loot. Tools came from the local blacksmith, a horse and tack vanished, and a trail leads toward Brookhaven.
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Monticello
Garrett
Mary Cannon
Monticello Mercantile Co
Monticello Mercantile
Black ‘Smith
Brookhaven
Mississippi House defuses witch burning matter amid calls for reform
Rep Carothers of Yazoo County moves a resolution condemning historic witch burnings and mob violence, praising Governor for timely action on the 27th, with reference to similar measure by Mr Weus Orsznas. Dr P H Saunders visits Brookhaven schools to review exams and request papers for university records.
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Carothers
Yazoo County
Reas
New England
France
Balkan
Russia
House of Representatives
Mississippi
Weus Orsznas
House
Legislature Overload With Private Bills Sparks Reform Call
A Mississippi legislative critique argues private and local bills waste state time and money. It urges general laws to empower county boards, reducing special acts for charges like smallpox care, glanders control, and guard services. The Brookhaven Oil Co promotes its fertilizer, signaling local business confidence amid political debate.
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Boards of Supervisors
Chancery Courts
How Old Are Mary and Ann in the Chronicle
A jumble of age puzzles and local notices. The text asks how old Mary and Ann are in a prolonged word problem and reports on a fire at Hearnegard post office, with the postmaster Jesse Carruth losing nearly everything as the building, attached to his house, collapsed. Additional items mention a Lauderdale circuit court term for the Parris murder case in Meridian and Garnish of Gulport Mississippi’s growing harbor with real estate deals and deaths.
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Mary
Ann
St. Louis Chronicle
University of Illinois
Ann Hiese
Hearnegard
Jesse Carruth
Judge Hall
Meridian
Lauderdale
Megro Parris
Mail Glork Stockton
McCalip, McSmith, and Stewart in Brookhaven Notices
Local notices list Brookhaven residents John D McCalip Edwin and Stewart Edwin McCalip along with J W Given and McGrath entries for Thursday March 24 and Friday March 25. Names appear in a fragmented OCR summary of event or appointment notices.
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Brookhaven
John D
Stewart Edwin McCalip
Edwin. McCalip
MccSmith
J. W. Given
Debated remark links prosperity to Lincoln tale
In a House debate Democratic leader John Sharp Williams likened the opposing party’s claim of prosperity to an old Lincoln fable. The garbled text references a woodpecker and a tree story, signaling a metaphorical rebuke of party responsibility for economic success.
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House
John Sharp Williams
Alon
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Monticello Mercantile Company
Newton Record
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Commissioner of Agriculture
van Watts
Committee On Judiciary
P. H. Saunders
State University
Pont
T. P. Scott
Mites
LouIs Cohn & Bros
Hamilton & Brown” Shoes
James & Graham
the Leader
Brookhaven Progressive Oil Co
Lin Oaln Coanty
Bas
Rosai
Alabama
Abe
Gewtilts
Cratos
Gulport
T. P. Gary
Ota
God
Hanley
Beckutt
Thair
Thay
McGrath
Emma Marie Grief
Milline
Messrs
S. P. Oliver
Mr. Everett
D. Chandler
Peetsville
FP. W. McRee
John McGrath & Sons
S & Oliver
Brookhaven Sigam
Kaukdry
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