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Newspaper

Brookhaven Leader

Location

Brookhaven, Mississippi, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1903

Page

2

Miscellany of 1902 headlines mix politics and travel

A long column surveys diverse topics from law and public policy to economics and transport. It notes a Chicago man avoiding suicide by shore recall, banana price hikes tied to Jamaica hurricane, pros and cons of statehood for Oklahoma, and rising farm yields in Texas. It discusses silk from American cocoons, Canadian stance on exiled religious orders, and broad immigration trends. It critiques pressuring disarmament, predicts rail mergers, and reports on chewing gum therapy for the insane, with global life expectancy data and canal economics.

Death of veteran river editor Hall in Louisville

Obituary notes Col Thomas O Hall 63 a Confederate veteran long in charge of the Louisville Post river column died suddenly in Louisville Ky from heart failure. Reported as one of the souths best known river editors and a veteran steamboat man.

Hiver Main Thos Hall South Louisville Col Louisville Post San Antonio Tex

Mississippi State Ed Plan Pushes Longer School Terms

Mississippi state officials report broad support for extending school terms via higher taxes. Whitfield circulated a county by county appeal citing voter approval, teacher attraction, and continued farm workload balance, noting many counties already enacted longer terms and that the move spans the South.

Whitfield Boards of Supervisors South Mississippi

Noted Mississippi convict Brooks Storey surrenders after sick wife claim

Brooks Storey, the ex express robber who escaped the Rankin county farm, returns to Jackson, saying his wife was ill in Kosciusko and he went to apologize to the State. Gov. Longino, after his surrender, ordered a return to prison and a reprimand for the guards. The prison board judged Storey had caused undue notoriety with multiple escapes and deemed his departure inevitable when provoked.

Brooks Story Express Mississippi Story Rankin Harlehurét Miss Jackson Mids Brooks Longino Kosciusko Storey Prison Board of Control David Puckett Rankin Farm Puckett

Future Delivery of Georgia Cotton Tops Advance Sales

Georgia farmers increasingly sell cotton for future delivery with October and November shipments at around twelve cents per pound. Mill buyers from across the country converge in Savannah, with many quotes near 12.38 cents. At this rate, a farmer clears about 25 dollars per bale, and Georgia's crop value may reach about 75 million dollars this season, up from 50 million last year. Labor is ample and harvest speeds are brisk.

Georgia Savannah

Shipping Cattle to Africa Sparks Transcontinental Trade

Washington dispatch reports a new cattle import flow from Texas to South Africa, with 4 000 head already shipped and 8 300 more on the way. The Atlantic line Crawley discharged 1 500 breeding stock at Delagoa, amid low mortality, and cattle move via Machadodorp to Pretoria and other depots for distribution, signaling a concerted effort to improve South African herds.

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Crum Saved Him Shows Political Swindle Case

Thomasville Georgia September 7 8 P Mitchell a Black man arrested on charges of swindling Black residents by soliciting funds to back Senator Hanna's pension for ex slaves was released after delivering a speech denouncing Dr Crum Charleston collector Mitchell denied the claim and told Judge Culpepper he faced persecution He claimed he opposed Roosevelt and produced a copy of his speech denouncing Roosevelt prompting the judge to dismiss the case stating a Black man denouncing Roosevelt cannot be very...

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WAR INDICATED. Turkish orders signal possible war near Salonica

Orders received at Salonica from the Turkish government indicate serious war fears. Sixteen battalions of Hussars and reserves, plus artillery and cavalry reserves, are mobilized in Satonica Uskub and Monastir areas. The third army corps commander is to watch the Servian frontier for possible revolutionary crossing.

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