McLAIN Nominated for Democratic Congress Seat in Seventh District
A Mississippi newspaper notes the Democratic nomination for Congress in the Seventh District for Hon. F. L. A. McLain of Attala County. The page also reports commencement week at Clinton, a methodist conference in Dallas, water and light plant issues in Crystal Springs, two legal hangings, and various local political and social items including postmaster appointments and counterfeit activity near Jackson. The piece weaves political notices with local societal happenings and a brief marriage announcement for Miss Nancy Gilmore Rice and Mr. William Harrison Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Gilmore Rice
Clinton
William Harrison Anderson
Nashville
Tenn
Adelia Hall
Hillman College
Ufe
Anderson
Tennessee
Wittelage
Ceeme
Chris
H. Jackson
Brookhaven Lumber & Manufacturing Company
Hattiesburg
J. G Spencer
Port Gibson
Frank McLain
MBE
Church
South
Dallas
Texas
Education and Money Making Forging Future Fortunes
Long discussion argues college value tied to success and wealth. It traces prewar fortunes to bold bets, resource control, and scientific training. Notes Rockefellers and mines built modern wealth, warns talent plus education now drives power in business and law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Gree- Joy
Greeley
United States
Congress
Rockefellers
Clark
Montana
Pierrepont Morgan
Whisky Trust
Sugar Trust
Steel Trust
Republic
Thurston
Cornell University
BD Parker
Supreme Court
Department of Life
Horace Greeley
Picayune
Alliance Sub-treasury plan discussed by Security Warehouse firm
Jackson Miss May 24 1902 The governor received a Philadelphia paper detailing the Security Warehouse and Compress Company plans. The firm aims to operate like a subtreasury scheme, leasing cotton warehouses and grain elevators to store products and offer loans. Rich investors including Perry Belmont James Eckles and George Bolt are named. The Mississippi charter was filed with 250 000 capital, with no local agencies yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Philadelphia
Farmers' Alliance
Perry Belmont
New York
James Eckles
Chicago
George É. Bolt
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel Company
Mississippi
Secretary of State
South
The
Picayune
Picayune Bureau
Mrs Davis calls Miles vulgarian boor plebe in forged letter
Mrs Jefferson Davis denounces an autograph letter attacking Gen Miles as a forgery. She recalls brutal jailer Miles at the time of her husband’s imprisonment, denouncing him as vulgar and boor while recounting war era insults and the controversy over the letter offered at sale in New York on May 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jefferson Davis
Adam Budeau
Nelson A. Miles
Gen. Miles
Davis
Miles
Varina
Gen. Grant
Grant
Hortress Monroe
Bar* Jean
Geo. Badeau
President Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Republic
How To Gain Flesh Promises Fast Body Improvement
An old health note claims a daily ounce of Scott’s Emulsion can trigger digestion and absorption, converting a pound of weight gain from small amounts. It argues that even the frail can improve health by increasing flesh through regular intake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Classic Patent Medicine Sells in All Weather
A concise sales pitch notes the product usefulness in any season, with pricing 0K and $1.00 at all druggists. Scott and Bowne chemists of New York are credited as the brand or seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott & Bowne
New York
Mississippi News Chronology of Happenings and Events
A Mississippi snapshot lists college commencements, waterworks completion at Sardis, and Mormons active in the state. It notes Tomato shipments from McComb, a fatality by lightning at Chapel Hill, and a Magee dynamite explosion. Marriages near Durant and McComb, a life sentence for Oliver Lamar, and a poison murder case at Louisville are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Daughters
Biloxi
Crystal Springs
Magee
Minnie West Lockhart
George Stigler Beall, Jr
Durant
Oliver Lamar
Will Sanders
Foster
Louisville
C. M. Shaw
Gloster
Mormons
Bay St. Louis
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Lexington
H. D. Glass
Julia Eugenia Freeland
McComb
C. H. Otken
John Willis
Aberdeen
Hugh Miller Thompson
Episcopal Church
Mississippi
Winona
Ervin Stackhouse
Dry Grove
John P. Bennett
Rankin County
Yazoo City
Nancy Gilmore Rice
Clinton
Wm. H. Anderson
Nashville, Tenn
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B. T. Hobbs
FL A. McLain
Atte Coubly
Ani
Forbe
Heney Escuared Thiyner
Hollimore News
T. J. Wharton
Aabkeen
Methodist General Conference
William Keneady
Wharspoint
Perry Beckweth
Columbus
Young Bennett
J. B. Everett
Southern Baptist Convention
Asheville
North Carolina
Northern
Hagle
Savannah
Georgia
Messrs. McAlpin & Levy
L. A. Varnadoe
Foley & Co
Varnadoe
Pierson
Alabama and Vicksburg
Brandon
Cook
J. A. Scarborough
Circuit Court
Greaves
Brookhaven Bar
A. C. McNair
Thos, Brady
P. Z. Jones
J. N. Yano
Bogue Chitto
Scarborough
Cincinnati
Middle West
J. W. Day
Lea's Corner
Martinique
Meteor
Fannie T-Ricks
King’s Daughters’ Hospital
Yazno City
Alliance
iShe
St. Louis
Emperor Menelik
Abyssinia
the Theaive
Egypt
Oscar
Sweden
Ra'ay
Harmens
Swith Berek
Oli
Andeus
Scot
Inosentral
New Orleans
Memphis
Senanarl
Louis
Buffalo
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Richmond
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Omaha
Kansas City
Hot Springs
Ark
Denver
Solid East Vestibule Daily Crain
Dublove
Sioux Falls
Minte
the Times
P Roberts
Brookhaven Miss
J. E. Sasser
Lee House Market
Brookhaven
Ouuule Commercial A
Sould College
GEO
Soule & Sons
W. H. Penn
Srosetono Steeers
Sam Lightfoot
Mississippt News
Sapa
Eupora
Will Smithwick
Joe Thunderberg
Smithwick
Onie Britt
T. B. Trotter
Sardis
Newton
Tihs
Julia Kennon Jayne
Bragdon
Gore
R. K. Jayne
Anselm
Houston
William
Canton
Mat
Lieut. Joseph
U. S. Navy
Wm. Walker
Claiborne
Y. & M.V. Railroad
J. W. Barber
W. H. Benton
Kraus
Vicksburg
Will Mathis
Lafayette County
Panama
Pbuck
Newa
W. P. Hubert
Wasonic Temple
OLD
J. W. McGrath
Louis Conn
Reok EM
Casier Feed V
Uhok Eis
Asnt. Castilon
Brookhaven, Miss
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Hyman Zwien Chas, Heuck Ke, HW
Easterling Hi
Cassedy M.D. McGrath
PTL TS
MY A TH
Louts
Cohn
Beck EM Uy
Bowsery
Dave Cohn
Larne
James F. Ballard
Price Oruc CO
Grookhaven
Tinley
Hamiton
Ours, R. H. Hamilton
Brookhav Foundry & Machine Shop
Jos. Connelly & Son
Y Mill
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