Bargain Dress Goods and Silks in Wide Selection
Auction of Black Cashmeres and dress goods with prices from 8 cents to over $5 per yard. Includes Black Lace Buntings, Henrietta Cloth, Cashmere, Silk Lustré Mobair, Nainsook, Lawns, Pique, and Indian Linens. Exquisite French Nainsooks and Paris Lawns offered, with numerous whites and delicates, all described as full assortment and discount pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ACK Coods
Laener Berrie Wea
Atul
Nottingham
Botoe Baresunmada
Diehman
Kinbroiderier
Prohibitionist J A Betton recounts Rogue Chitto school woes
A Mississippi periodical prints a long reflective piece by J A Betton describing his experiences in Rogue Chitto near Brookhaven. He discusses local politics, a shuttered school, personal struggles with alcohol, and his decision to become a Prohibitionist, urging fair judgment and community improvement. He also references state exhibits and civic efforts related to Mississippi at New Orleans and broader labor and reform themes, tying personal confession to public conscience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weason
Misc
Chitto
Mole Hills
Brookhaven
Summit
Wesson-Money Mills
Plano
Pelatial
Rogue Chitin
J. A. Betton
New Orleans
Misstesippi
Mississippi
Worhl
Exposition Bureau
Kinesell
James K. English
Asibie
State Horticultural Society
H. E. McKay
Madison Station
W. Spilman
Bureau
Lawrence C. Johnson
Holly Springs
U. S
Lamar
Yinerarhant
Issippi
Sone
Tiare
Commonwealth
Acs
Cleveland
Clevelant
Woking-Men
Capitol
New York
Grover Cleveland
Albany Argus
Mississippi rail line plan to reach Memphis trades off trade routes
The Illinois Central orders a north south feeder from Memphis to Lexington Mississippi, to bypass the Mississippi and Tennessee line now owned by Wilson road. Capt. Jacob G. Mann leads surveys, with building bids expected within sixty days. The move aims to capture cotton trade from valley counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi and Tennessee
Illinois Central
Memphis
Clark
Illinois Central Road
Lilla
Teno
Lexington
Mina
DeSoto
Tate
Paneli
Tallahatchie
Grenada
Carroll
Holmes
Jac. G. Mann
Aberdeen
Society Event At Utica Mansion Ends In Calaboose
Last Saturday a social gathering at Abe Hall near Utica drew a multiracial crowd with dancing and a grand melee. Draymen and fiddlers drank heavily. two participants were seriously cut, three badly bruised, and about thirteen jailed. Expenses exceeded a hundred dollars with fines and legal fees totaling about fifty five dollars. County Commissioner Sarah O. Jowell is described as handsome, with Miss Blanche noted in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Hall
Utica
Draymen
Rao
Ifty
Costa
Aelrion Vamientate County
Prominent Mississippi Items From The State Press
The State Fair posters promise a huge event. News notes include Meridian’s 103 licensed drawn, a Puntine ton saw mill fire, Kemper county brick clay discovery, telegraph link plans for Martin and Port Gibson, and Wilkinson county stock show in Woolville October 28 29. Also: marriages in Jackson Canton and Woodville murders, rail accidents, a Quinn Queen and Crescent machine fire Meridian, and various court and legal updates.
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Kirksey
Mississippi
Starkville
W.N. Nash
Grenada
Puntineton
Kemper County
Martin
Port Gibson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lehman's
Amburg
Hamburg
Rhone
M. Lehman
Dryaden Street
New Orteans
Jas. B. Knapp
Fred. J. Knapp
Tte
F. H. Knapp
Marcus Mt
M. Hildebrandt
Ng Bryndre M
City Hotel
Orleans
Mumford & Watsoy, Beard
Bogue Chitto
Gov. Lowry
State Female College
St Columbus
Columbus
Legisla
State Ledger
A. & M. College
A & M. College
Maine
Ubat
Blaine
Indianapolis Sentinel
Mobile Register
Edward J. Gay
Congress
Louisiana
Notton
Lees
Sarah O. Jowell
Boston
Miss Blanche
Gleanings
PROM
the State Press
Meridian
Trckson
Silewalke
Trandin Ie
Liberty
Jefferean County
Amite
Troy
Live Stock Association
Wilkinson County
Woolfville
Senry Florin
Katie Muller
Juckson
Father Oberfeldt
W. Cunningham
Amite Court
Henry Ehrman
Vicksburg
Sarah Gross
Canton
Showers
Bay St. Louis
Ilinois Central Railroad
Aberdeen Division
Davikson
Aberdéen
Isaac Johnson
Bella Booker
Madison County
J. Mc Martin
Port Gibson News
Jackson
Meridian Fair
Woodville
Eliza Thompson
Queen and Crescent Roads
P. W. Peeples
McKay
Grenada County
Alice Heath
Yazoo River
State
Istinat. Ab ‘Grace Church
J. Bb. Harris
E Q
Miss
Wiley P. Harris
Salli McWillie
William McWillie
MecWillie
Tillman Tucker
Friends
Levan
James E Maleeee
J.M. Byntt
Hindleborg
Etleville
Ahab de
W. M. Brame
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