Local notes and court updates in State Ledger and Signal Copper
The issue compiles community items from Wilkerson and surrounding counties, including court notes, political commentary, and agricultural meetings. It reportsMarcus references to Griffin, Ball, and Stokesdale, plus General Lee’s farmer’s advice at an all-day gathering led by the A & M College. It covers Penitentiary matters, local education reform under Superintendent Preston, and general political sentiment in Kentucky and Mississippi.
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Board of Control of the Penitentiary
Pontotoc
J.C. Kyle
David Johnson
State Ledger
Oir
Mississippi
A & M. College
Geo
Lee
Gen
Preston
Julie
Iin
Crypt
Signal Coplahun
End to Bone Scraping Promised in 19th Century Advertisement
A fragmented old newspaper snippet touts a bone scraping cure and a prize promotion by January 1st 1887. It mentions a $60 prize, subscriber incentives, and a club offer for those already paying. Other items advertise medicines, tonics, and groceries with familiar 19th century patent remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nist
TRS
France
Bach
Big Democratic gains reshape the House and South states
The article reports sweeping Democratic wins across Mississippi Louisiana and South Carolina with Morgan Catchings and Lynch securing seats as Democrats push toward a solid bloc in the Fiftieth Congress. It notes Roosevelt losing ground and Hewitt winning by a large margin amid a broader shift.
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Mississippi
Congress
Morgan
Catchings
Lynch
Stockdale
Adams
Louisiana
South
South Caralina
North Caralina
South Atlantic
Virginia
Rio Grande
New York City
Mr. Hewitt
Roosevelt
Henry George
State Gleanings From Clinton and Delta News
Local notes report the Episcopal church at Clinton to be renutatered, Amite county facing Texas ponies, and multiple obituaries and business closings. Reports of river work at Yazoo Delta, court and church news, and social events in Natchez and Jackson, including marriages, politics, and a planters’ stance on cotton seed and oil monopolies.
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Amite County
L. Marke
Weinatuin
Vicksturg
John Kennedy
Cat Islet
A. Neilson
Amite Cvanty
Creek
The
River Commission
Phieatier Thesapd
Yazoo Mississippi Delta
Rew
Hateh Iy
Clinton
R. M. Rice
Bentonia
J. Reynolds
W. Satcher
L. H. Cory
Natchez
A. V Easterling
Ellisville
J. A. DuBose
Grand Ooteau
Bumber
Capital Commercial College
Jackson
New Mississippian
Delta
American Cotton Oil Company
Hill
Anish
Get
Chancery Cour
Lawrence County
Monticello
Misa
Harriet M. Cameron
William Caiperun
Vote Count and Oddities in Warren County Meeting
The official tally last Thursday shows a near one sided vote with a scattering ballot at the Old Court House for Harkstale and no opposition to the prevailing majority at Warren's. A local testimonial letter from Maxey's, dated January 1588, claims cure from a severe form by a patent remedy, noting public endorsement from several signatories.
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Old Court House
Harkstale
Ly Erie
Warren's
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