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Newspaper
Brookhaven Leader
Location
Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1903
Page
2
The piece surveys honesty, integrity, and leadership as echoed in Daniel Dowie and figures like Chamberlain. It notes Canada’s tariff preferences and a Texas cotton crop, the American Bible Society’s vast output, and political machinations around gubernatorial ambitions. It mentions New Orleans shipping growth and Erie Canal expansion as regional logic links.
The 1903 proclamation urges national thanksgiving with President Roosevelt praising the desk workers as essential to the war effort and civic life. It notes world events, stock fears, and confirms the date November 26 as a day of general thanksgiving for peace and prosperity.
Joliet Illinois November 2 President Charles N Bacon and Cashier Andrew H Butler of the defunct Lockport bank were arrested on warrants for embezzlement. They allegedly accepted deposits while knowing the bank insolvent. Bond posted. Hearing set for tomorrow. Tennessee raftman Dan Keeney presumed drowned after body found in the Tennessee river near Paducah Kentucky. He was a raft man from Danville Tennessee with a raft of logs valued at 1400 dollars. His papers identified him. Son shoots father in Bandana Kentucky after confrontation over discipline. Courthouse contract awarded in Harrisburg Illinois Saline County for building a new courthouse to Robert King and J B Ford at 27000 dollars. Philadelphia editor Wilber Guenther commits suicide by gas inhalation after health decline. Biggers Bank of Arkansas chartered at Little Rock with Reynolds as president, Higgers VP, Biggers secretary-treasurer. Continental Bank of Chicago files 60000 dollar bankruptcy claim against Acme Harvester in Peoria Illinois. Rentoul’s Piest National Bank also files a claim for 6000 dollars. Cardinal Gibbons and Rev William Fipicher survive a scare when a streetcar crashes into a wagon in Baltimore Maryland.
A vast New Orleans gathering of Mississippi and Ohio valley leaders, governors, senators, and railroad officials endorsed federal control of levee systems, urged immediate and larger appropriations, and formed a united front with the Ohio and Mississippi valley groups to push river and levee improvements to Washington.
Mississippi archives and history officials outline accepted gifts for the Historical Museum and Library. The list covers Mississippi history books manuscripts maps newspapers relics, plus museum items from pioneers and war eras.
Calvin Morgan a 19 year old negro youth was found dead in a woods near Poplarville Pearl River County after going hunting. The coroner jury ruled death by unknown party. Also reported Iowa commission to mark Vicksburg siege position returns home after visiting battlefield and plans a monument costing about 100 000 pounds with thirty memorials.
A fragment from a period paper records a casual social scene with far reaching claims about illness cures and patient experiences. It mentions bets about a book title and notes praise for a father, then shifts to a discussion of Mrs Jones and a debate over truth and rightness, ending with a product plug for Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
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