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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Nov 07, 1903

Page

3

Funeral Services for Emima Booth Tucker in New York

Funeral rites for Emima Booth Tucker Salvation Army consul in America were held at Carnegie Hall with Col. B J Higgins officiating. Commander Booth-Tucker and seven children attended as a military style service reflected on her life of service and sacrifice.

New York Emima Booth- Tucker Salvation Army America Caraegis Hall Catafalque Col. B. J. Higgins Booth-Tucker Col. Higgins Enaign Dammes Chicago Gen Booth Carnegie Hall Aimes

Feud Flares in Breathitt County Killing Sparks Pursuit

Reports out of Oqwingsville Kentucky say a feud escalates after John Garrett was shot and killed by Jim Pinkerston near Wilhurst ten miles from Jackson. Tensions between families have persisted and soldiers from Jackson pursue suspects.

Oqwingsville Navy Breathitt County John Garrett Jim Pinkerston Morgan County Wilhurst Jackson

Dole Supreme Court Nominee to Hawaii District Court

The president named Sanford B. Dole to be United States district judge for Hawaii to succeed the late Judge Morris M. Estee. George R. Carter was named secretary of Hawaii and will become governor, succeeding Gov. Dele. Coal strikes report from Ziegler state new mine depth and vein quality. Ed Larkin surrenders in a murder case at Selina. A duck hunter drowns in Louisiana on the Mississippi River. Texas farmer Charles Whitworth killed by lightning amid a family trip. one boy stunned at the scene.

Washington, Navy Sanford B. Dole United States Hawaii Morris M. Estee George R. Carter Gov. Dele Zegler Carbondale Ziegler Lioter Interests Chicago Texas Bastrop Tex Charles Whitworth Washington Geo. R. Carter Gov. Dole

Tornado Rips Through Hydro Oklahoma Killing Two

A tornado formed north of Hydro in Caddo county at 9 30 Friday night and killed Frank Brown 14 and Mary Brown 8. The Beachell and Brown families were among the injured and others harmed as four miles of devastation followed. Property loss is estimated at 50 000. Hydro sits about 37 miles northwest of Anadarko off the railroad.

Kansas City Star Oklahoma City Hydro Caddo County Frank Brown Mary Brown Mantell Beachell Bertha Beachell Wm. Beachell Wm. Brown Melham Anadarko

Dowie Confesses Paternity Amid Family Turmoil

Chicago reports from Essex Iowa that John Murray Dowie adamantly claims John Alexander Dowie is his son. He asserts the two were born in lawful wedlock and denounces rumors denying paternity as myth.

Chicago The Chronicle Essex John Murray Dowie Joan Alexander Dowie John Alexander Dowie Princess Street Edinburgh Scotland Judge Dowie

Milling Plant Damaged by Fire in St Louis

Fire at the Crispo Purity Mills Co. four story plant on Broad way and Poplar streets caused two alarms and rapid response by multiple engines. Salvage corps arrived first and the fire was brought under control with losses not expected to exceed 15000 dollars. The Tawyer printing machine works also sustained slight damage.

St. Louis Crispo Purity Mills Co Broadway Poplar Breakfast Foods Ana Tawyer Printing Machine Works

Hawaiian Appointments Shuffle Territorial Leadership

The president named Sanford B. Dole United States district judge for Hawaii succeeding Judge Estee. George R. Carter, Hawaii secretary, was promoted to governor succeeding Dole. The changes reflect a major rearrangement of the island territory’s top officials.

Murder Charge Tells of Knobnoster Killing

Warrensburg Missouri November 1 John Brendal of Knobnoster died Friday from injuries suffered in an assault the previous Saturday evening. William Roberts, Thomas Roberts, Logan Roberts, Finis Hana and Billy Lemly are jailed here charged with his murder. The accused are from prominent local families near Knobnoster.

Warrensburg John Brendal Knobnoster William Roberts Thomas Roberts Logan Roberts Finis Hana Billy Lemly

Death by Own Action of Wilber P Guenther

Wilber Perry Guenther aged 54 a Washington newspaper correspondent and proofreader committed death by own action by inhaling illuminating gas. He was despondent over ill health and a native of Champaign county Illinois.

Philadelphia Wilber Perry Guenther Washington Guenther Champaign County

American and English Colleges in the Era of Expanded Access

The article compares American and English higher education as they broaden access and modernize. It highlights the Carnegie Institute's $10 million endowment for original research, the American model of state universities, and calls for open doors in curricula to bring liberal learning to all, linking education to universal suffrage and public welfare.

England America Carnegie Institute of Research Washington United States

Need of Religion in the Schools

Dr Francis J Barnes argues that the state’s prosperity rests on morality taught in schools. He insists parents have right to educate according to conscience and that religion must permeate education as a moral law rooted in relation to the Creator to mold citizens.

Francis J. Barnes Commonwealth

Future of the independent spinster will be just what it has

Dr. Ellen Miles argues that independent women will remain single unless the right man appears. She contends marriage is the natural aim of a well balanced woman and that independence does not preclude wedlock, urging that love and destiny guide pairings.

Divorce as Threat to the State and Family Welfare

A speaker laments rising divorces as a blot on civilization arguing matrimony sustains the state. He warns divorce erodes virtue, endangers family prosperity, and must be halted to preserve social order and national fate.

Novel depthometer touted as superior instrument

An Irish invention the depthometer promises to surpass existing tools for measuring liquid depths in open tanks and pressurized vessels. The device uses a gauge glass to show depth, a compressor lever to adjust the air chamber, and line tubes fixed to the tank to transfer the reading to the gauge reservoir for accurate measurement.

Ireland

Depthometer gauge explains air balance in tank system

The article describes a depthometer using an air chamber and gauge glass. It explains the flow of air and liquid through coupling points, and how the liquid column equals tank depth when the air balance is reached. It also includes unrelated humorous clippings about rats and playful quips.

Nomenclature Issues in Medical Terms and Cavern Rats

A discussion on precise disease naming notes that terms like membranous sore throat and typhoid are misused. It explains how accurate terminology prevents errors and exposure to infections. The piece also describes the cavern rat of Kentucky with bluish color, white neck and feet, enormous blind eyes, and highly sensitive whiskers aiding navigation in darkness.

Mammoth Cave Kentucky

Reading Invitation Sparks Factory Sweatshop Tale

In a Baltimore era sketch a literary editor and critic debate an invitation at Bingsleys. The piece visits a knitting factory tour where workers knit sweaters and a well fed office man smokes a cigar, exposing sweatshop notions with biting satire.

Bingsley's Baltimore News Baltimore American

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