Muscle Shoals Surveyed by U S Engineers for Nitrate Plant
Sheffield reports the War Department ordered a survey of streams in the Muscle Shoals area to evaluate possible sites for a 20 million dollar nitrate plant. Local confidence favors Muscle Shoals, with officials noting the site's merits and expecting a thorough investigation to determine final location and potential multiple plant options.
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Sheffield
War Department
Washington
Muscle Shoals
Seaboard
Mississippi Exposition Contest Encourages Student Entries
Exposition officials offer a season ticket prize to one pupil per supervisor district for the best short composition on the Exposition and its benefits to Mississippi. Rules are distributed by teachers. county superintendents may provide details. Construction progresses rapidly with steel in place, trusses up, roofs underway, and landscaping shaping the park as daily crowds visit the site.
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Free Schools of
Mississippi
Gulfport
Supervisors
Coliseum
Bilbo rules out extra session on dry law in Mississippi
Gov Theo G Bilbo states no extraordinary session will be called to pass bone dry legislation. He says the legislature already supports prohibiting alcohol and urges placing liquor regulations in the constitution to settle the issue permanently, with a bill to pass at the next session and Mississippi to be made absolutely dry.
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Gulfport
Miss
Theo G Bilbo
Mississippi
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Mississippi
Geveral
Theo, G
Bilbo
County road protest over funding and punishment plan
A farmer from the county criticizes underfunded road maintenance claiming 20 to 40 dollars per mile is insufficient and refuses to fund private roadwork. He jokes that roads force people off them and suggests harsh measures like jail or steel cross bars to keep residents off county roads.
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Nortth
Geo
L. McMasters
Did You Spend The Day With Kindness Or Regret
A reflective verse urges readers to consider the day’s use. It asks if anyone was happier for passing your way and if a kind word was spoken. It ends by imagining God’s judgment at sleep, questioning the day’s true worth.
Mississippi Farm Thrift Notes And Cattle Shipments
A Panola county effort prepares a substantial cattle shipment around March 1 under guidance of T W Carpenter and I W Carpenter with J Tanner and county agents aiding. The March 28 Angus cooperative sale in Jackson offers 64 steers averaging 960 pounds, shipped to St Louis at a record price. A&M College livestock experts and county agents oversee feeding. The piece also promotes thrift as a Bible doctrine and urges industrial education for clergy.
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Panola County
Mississippi
T W Carpenter
Mississippi A and M College
J . Tanner
Jackson
State
Angus Breeders Association
Bor
St Louis
J J Kings
Swan Lake
A E Terry
Tallahatchie County
I W Carpenter
Mississippi A& M College
Confederate Monument Dedication At Shiloh Park Invites Wilson
The Corinth Business Men's Club invites President Woodrow Wilson to attend the unveiling ceremony of the $50,000 Confederate monument at Shiloh National Park on Thursday May 17 and to deliver an address during the event. Free city mail delivery will be established at Water Valley May 1.
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Business Mens’ Club of Purpose
Corinth
Woodrow Wilson
Shiloh National Park
Free City
Water Valley
Definition of home in a London prize contest
The writer shares prize submissions for best definition of home from a London paper. Answers describe home as a golden setting with mother as the jewel, a protected harbor from adversity, a sheltering arbor from dazzling prosperity, a blossom with heaven as its fruit, and a rightful personal estate kept without disquiet.
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London
Boulevard Collision of Pride and Fate
A terse social vignette depicts a rejected romance on the boulevard. One partner asserts independence while the other laments the turning away. The exchange hints at class constraints with a line about earning twenty five a week as a practical wall between lovers.
Secret of Cheerfulness for the Busy Homemaker
A cheerful, busy mother shares a daily secret to time and calm. She avoids fretting and scolding, embraces practical routines, and reserves a half hour to herself each day. If tired, she uses a hot towel wrap to relax weary muscles, return refreshed, and continue with the day.
No Royal Road to Success Toil and Endurance
A motivational exhortation urging a young man to work, learn a trade, and avoid loafing. It emphasizes that success requires effort, initiative, and perseverance, warning that lazy behavior leads to failure and social disdain. The text encourages taking even small actions as starters and stresses self-help with mutual aid.
Respect Your Work and Moral Duty in Honest Labor
A moral reflection extols respect for any honest work done well as a matter of principle. It contrasts a clean floor with wasted effort on vanity projects and urges that intelligence and fidelity show in all tasks. A mother admonishes her son Bobby to return marbles won fairly, condemning playing for keeps and entitlement.
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Bobby
Willie Smith
Willie
Armor Plant Board Heads South for Site Hearings
The Navy armor plate plant board leaves Washington tonight to inspect sites for a 311 million dollar factory. It will hear delegations from Bristol Virginia. Johnson City and Kingsport Tennessee. Knoxville. Middlesboro Kentucky. Anniston Alabama. Tuscaloosa Alabama. Gadsden Alabama. and Rome Georgia, with hearings across February and return planned for March 1.
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Washington
Navy Armor Plate Plant Board
South l
Bristol
Big Stone Gap
Johnson City
Kingsport
Tenn
Knoxville
Middlesboro
Chattanooga
Birmingham
Anniston
Ala
Tuscalous
Gadsden
Heb
Rome
Atlanta
Joka Route 3: Local News And Social Notes
Absent writer requests room for a few items this week as health trends show grippe affecting many. Miss Jennie Sanders and Miss Evin Sanders socialized. Mr and Mrs J W Woodall hosted. Mr Looney Smith visited. a marriage occurred last Sunday between Mrs Alma Brown and Alton Maxwell. Looney Smith joins the army. large Sunday crowd with Irvin Henley and with Mr and Mrs Roler. John Lewis is very ill and hopes for recovery. Myrtie Sanders returned from Memphis. Sallie Sanders visited Belle Woodall. C A Woodall left for Dayton, Ohio for a railroad shop position. a young couple from Iuka visited Miss Bennett.
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Tne Grippe
Jennie Sanders
Evin Sanders
J W Woodall
Belle Woodall
Looney Smith
Alma Brown
Alton Maxwell
Irving Henley
Roler
John Lewis
Myrtie Sanders
Memphis
Tenn
Sallie Sanders
C A Woodall
Dayton
Ohio
Iuka
Miss Bennett
Oldest Sequoia Celebrates 3150th Birthday
The Sequoia aged three thousand one hundred fifty years is described as witnessing Greece, Troy, Pharaoh, and Red Sea legends. It has thrived through history while people admire it, with visitors noting its majesty and foliage as fortunes rise.
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Sequoia
Troy
Red Sea
San Posi Bulletin
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Isaac
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Jesus
Noxubee County
First National Bank
Tri-State
Lafayette County
Union County
Durham
New Albany
Prentiss County
LS Rogers & Sons
West
Des Moines
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Board of Supervisors of
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