Mississippi Senate Rejects Hobbs Insurance Bill
The Hobbs life insurance bill requiring 75 percent of legal reserves invested in Mississippi companies was defeated in the Senate. The session also saw reports on University of Mississippi at Oxford with mixed reactions, a milder criticism of university authorities, and passage of funds for school support and a Confederate women monument planned for the state capitol grounds.
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Zacknon
Senate
Cerumitius
House
Oxford
Senat
Good Roads Movement Pushes State Highway Aid
The article discusses Walker Dit creating a Highway Department and establishing state aid for road and bridge work. It mentions a fund and appropriation to implement the act, with counties invited to join. Gov Brower Deal and Dumb Investigation figures are referenced amid debate over the old capitol building and related bills.
Senate Has Busy Day Passes Many Bills
Senate action moves quickly Thursday as numerous bills clear. Includes penitentiary appropriation and tax provisions, along with authority for sinking funds and court jurisdiction over corporate matters.
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Senate
Munichine
State legislature approves convict farm plan
The House adopted the Semphill resolution detailing a state convict farm project. It envisions using purchased land to house and employ convicts after full development of the program, aiming to regulate immigration and utilize convict labor.
Increase Number Senators Adopted by House
A reform measure by Senator Minor of Maxubes county was adopted by the house. It uses a number calculator to raise the senatorial count to 48 and assigns the seats to Mississippi regions. The action is reported as the house pronouncing Mittineippi as the affected state.
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Old Capitol
Burkitt
Feulture
Benater Minor
Maxubes County
Fnem
Bank Regulation: Supervision of State Bank Institutions
Regulated content discusses oversight roles for state banks and the reach of supervision across various bank types. The note highlights the regulatory framework and aims to ensure sound operations and compliance within the banking system.
Outside Landownership Bill Aims to Restrict Land Ownership
The Mississippi legislature moved a bill prohibiting outside corporations from owning land for agricultural use. The measure substitutes for a similar rejected house bill and includes amendments setting an effective date of January 1, 1915. The bill faced heated debate in the senate with potential return to the house if amendments are not accepted.
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Larkson
Senate
House
Money Bills Signed and Approved by Governor
Governor Brewer signed eight per cent as the legal interest rate in Mississippi and exempted money loaned at six per cent from taxation. The measures, hailed by the armorers union, do not alter current credits or outstanding loans and take effect on January 1, with bankers preparing for necessary financial adjustments.
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Brewer
Mississippi
Wither House
McUmbers
Armors' Union
Caniry 1
West
Employers' Liability Bill Proposes Equal Court Rights
The McLanin bill to abolish fellow servant doctrine to give employers equal rights in court is debated. An amendment by Senator McLakin would void written contracts altering the act. The measure targets railroads, allows application by individuals or households, and treats employer liability for servant acts as strict.
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Mclanrin
Mile Soda
Senator McLafkin
Iegisla
Mississippi Pension Row Shows Racial Politics in Legislature
A Mississippi House bill to remove Black pensioners who served Confederate soldiers stirred fierce debate. Compromise moved to reduce black pensions to 20 while a separate county prosecuting attorney bill vanished, causing alarm among Farmers' Union members over legislative accountability and union influence.
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Missisippi
House
Senate
Labor Agents Are Checked in Mississippi Legislation
A bill h 8 438 to tax labor and employment agents at 500 each, limiting immigrant and labor hire beyond state lines, passed committee 11 by 10. Salary for county clerks rejected. sheriff department bill amended. Meridian approved 5000 annually for Matty Hes son hospital with Lauderdale support. House okayed stricter liquor giveaways bill amid title offense in madam Fulong. Senate has passed the measure.
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Mississippi
Stonius
Wis
Alabama
Chancery Cleka
Judiciary Committee
Tom
Sheriffs’ Department
Separate Hearings Granted in Major Supreme Court Case
In Jackson the opening session of the supreme court for the term saw many lawyers and the Cumberland Telephone Company vs J F Williamson et al case drawing focus. The decision, sustaining the principle from Bythett vs Railroad Company, allows each litigant to have a separate hearing and limits chancery to avoid multiple suits, potentially guiding similar actions in other counties.
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I. A. P. Campbell
Bythebitt Vs. Railroad Company
Chancery Court
Cumberland ‘Telephone Company
Rural Telephone Company
Foremerly
Sardis
Cumberland Company
Ssavio
Ode
Cimberland Company
Supreme Court
Meloan
Chancery
Convicts Claim Abuse at Wayne County Farm
County inmates report mistreatment by guards on the Wayne county farm. They allege guards chained overnight, sleeping in a tent with dynamite boxes and caps, and using dynamite as an improvised pillow. A fire started. inmates freed themselves as help arrived and dynamite was removed.
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Wayursvora
Wayne
Local Citizens Press For Juvenile Delinquent School Plan
A delegation including Dr J J Shipman of Lapruie and Raubi Mus Rasini of Temple Heth Tarael traveled to Jackson to urge the state legislature to reconsider its failure to pass a bill establishing and funding a state Industrial and training school for juvenile delinquents. The effort won wide support in Meridian.
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J. J. Shipman
Lapruie
Convent Methodist Church
Raubi Mus Rasini
Temple
Heth Tarael
Jackson
Stao
Ehvich
Meridian
Rice Growers to Control Prices Controversy
Nateliez Dr A C Wilkins of Beaumont Texas nodulary manager of the Southern Rice Growers association addresses a large group of Mississippi river rice growers. The chamber of commerce seeks pledges to align the crops with the association’s plan for the next two years to control sales through its existing system, similar to last year.
Want Better Freight Rates in Columbus and More Immigrants
Columbus seeks lower freight rates as J G Weatle argues before the Interstate Commerce Commission to boost regional advantages. Immigrant farmers from Delta Publicity and Improvement Association contact 150 Portuguese families to settle nearby farms. Meridian plans $100,000 in upgrades to the Light and Railway System. Hattiodburg hosts F M Mill and Pred Scocra forming a company to build the Little Giant Tromp Puller plant nearby.
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Columbus
Lumber Agen Thenaptus
J. G. Weatle
An Amarily
The
Business League
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Clarkadale i
Delta Publicity and Improvement Association
Elie
Meridian
Genral
A. B. Pater Wraon
New York
Meridian Light and Railway System
Hattiodburg—F. M. Mill
Snd Pred Scocra
Staudivi
Mich
Hienity
Farms Company Deed In Yazoo County Raises Interest
A deed of trust filed in Yazoo County chancery involves 4,928 delta acres in Yazoo and Holmes counties as part of first mortgage bonds of the Silver Creek Company. Gov. Karl Brower is noted as significantly involved and state-wide interest grows as options on land were earlier secured for 20 per acre, with bonds set at 8700,000. Clure L. Phinkett of Adams, Massachusetts named trustee, payable at Braylock National Bank, six percent interest.
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Yazoo City
Yazoo County
Karl Brower
Silver Creek Company
Washington
Yagoo
Thin
Maswachietta
Phinkett
Adams
Berkshire County
Mars
Hraylock National Bank
Farmers urged to organize for tick eradication in Mississippi
Columbus reports J A Kleen federal animal industry official urges live stock associations in Lowndes county to aid tick control. He notes dipping vats aid eradication and urges planning to boost Mississippi cattle industry by improving herds and increasing value through registered bloodlines.
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Columbus
Lowndes County
J. A. Klean
Bureau of Animal Industry
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Anvil Industry
Man
K. J. Thornton
Lowndes
Mississipi
Missisi
Farm Work Progress Lags in North Mississippi
Jackson R. B. Williams, US Department of Agriculture agent, reports that little farm work has been done in the northern part of the state. Not more than five percent of tilled acreage has been broken, though soil is expected to be in first class condition when spring opens after a hard winter.
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Jackson
Willian
Columbus
United States Department of Agriculture
Barewu
Phent Industry
W. Willia
Grenada
Department
Mishissippi
Willia
Mansion Reception Society Scene at Governor’s Residence
A grand winter social event at the executive mansion in Jackson attracted many lawmakers from both houses. The night featured lavish color schemes, crimson parnations, and notable attendance, though a sizable minority did not report to the governor.
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Jackson
Lawsuit Filed for $30,000 Auto Crash Injuries
Mrs P W Foster Mrs J F Britt Marie Cawgh and Mrs RK Gough sue Loo Luis for 30000 in personal injury damages from a car collision that crushed a vehicle carrying Wins Gough and her three daughters. The suit references an auto owned by Mr Huta with two occupants and a high liability policy.
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Meridian
P. W. Foster
J. F. Britt
Marie Cawgh
RK. Gough
Loo Luis
Auma
Gough
Huta
Bore
Ditanar
Waridand
Revised Version Senator Rants on Poorly Reported Speech
Senator ankhead discusses a poorly reported eloquent speech. He recalls Hiram Karwig's account of Daniel Webster dying and uttering a famed line. Ske Beach observer dismisses the report as yawn worthy, suggesting the true speaker was General Webster.
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Ankhead
Hiram Karwig
Daniel Webster
Webster
Hiram Euring
Ske Beach
New
Little Helen and the drink question overheard
A fragment from Lippincott's Magazine shows a child listening as mamma and a visitor discuss a past drinking habit. Helen asks what he used to do, prompting a frown and a concealed reaction from the guest.
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Helen
Lippingott
War critique by Dickens in Chicago interview
The Inte A. Tennyson Dickens condemned the Tripoli war in a Chicago interview. He stated slavery is abolished but argued that governing methods effectively steal a people’s country and force heavy taxes, making citizens work harder than slaves to pay them.
Cure for Hand Skin Trouble Reported by Philadelphia Woman
Mrs Mary E Breig of 2622 Brown Street Philadelphia describes painful hand skin cracking bleeding and itching that worsened despite medical opinions She used Cuticura Soap and Ointment and claims complete healing before finishing the first cake of ointment She praises the products and notes no recurrence Free samples offered by mail from Cut cura Dept L Boston
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Mary E. Breig
Brown Street
Philadelphia
Humorous Quotes and Quips in a 19th Century Miscellany
A fractured newspaper snippet blends jokes about dogs and Shakespeare with Milton and Burton aphorisms. It cites Garfield and Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claims alongside generic remarks on knowledge and virtue, forming a curious, era-typical jumble of adage, pun, and product boast.
Doctors Failed to Help Then Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
In Covington Missouri Mrs Jenny Green testifies the product Lydia B Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is the best medicine on earth after doctors failed to help. This reader endorsement highlights the remedy's perceived efficacy and personal relief.
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Lydia B. Pinkham
Mro
Jennis
How Mrs. Cline Avoided Operation in Brownaville
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound gave Mrs. Cline relief from hemorrhages and weakness, avoiding a planned operation for a serious female trouble. She credits the remedy for rebuilding her system and restoring health after doctors advised surgery.
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Brownaville
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
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