Burglars Busy Here Last Night Target Laurel Stores
Burglars struck Laurel area over Saturday and Sunday stealing more than 400 dollars in goods and cash. Lefkowitz Weinberger store on Central Avenue reported three coats three suits two pairs of pants and a tuxedo valued at 260 dollars taken after back door entry. Ticket agent at New Orleans and Northeastern depot reported over 150 dollars in cash stolen from the money drawer. Police view burglary wave as tied to well organized gang. multiple drug stores and a grocery report losses in recent weeks. Local officials probing license and developments expected soon.
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Laurel
Lefkowitz & Weinberger
Central Avenue
Ost
New Orleans & Northeastern
Wallace Drug Company
A. H. Scruggs
Sane
Johnson Drug Store
Mississippi Drug Company
Weather Forecast for Mississippi Shifts to Fair Skies
Washington feb 26 forecast says Mississippi will see fair conditions tonight and Tuesday with mild temperatures. Strong winds not expected. sunny intervals and dry weather anticipated across the region for the period.
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Washington
Mississippi
Weather Damps Mississippi Trucking District Prospects
Heavy rains across the Crystal Springs trucking district in Mississippi hinder field work and vegetable planting. English peas remain unplanted, tomato plants in cold frames have been damaged, and cabbage yields suffer. Farmers debate planting late due to ongoing bad weather and uncertain trucking prospects.
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Jackson
Fel
Crystal Springs
Mississippi
Liezie Parker Marries Floyd Herrington at Quiet Ellisville Home
Liezie Parker and Floyd Werrington wed at the residence of her father Mr Multrered Parker with Rev. Mr Witherspoon officiating. The ceremony drew only family and a few intimate friends, and the couple will establish housekeeping in a cottage bought by the groom.
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Parker-Herrington
Ellisville
Multrered Parker
Liezie Parker
Floyd Werrington
Witherspoon
Turbride
Mr. Herrington
Mr John Hand Ill With Pneumonia At Wayne County Farm
Word reached Ellisville yesterday that Mr. John Hand senior partner of Rane Bros lies in critical condition at his Wayne County farm with pneumonia after recent farm work. His illness alarms locals who rely on his leadership for town prosperity and the firm’s trade stability.
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John Hand
Ellisville
Rane ‘Bros
Tits Farm
Wayne County
Missing Word Found in Saturday Argus Puzzle
Master Kumus Gilmore of 518 Central Avenue first solved the missing word in Saturday's Argus. The omission was the word the in the jamb of the ad of B Parker.
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Kumus Gilmore
Central Avenue
Argus
B. Parker
Wanted two furnished rooms for light housekeeping
Wanted two furnished rooms for light housekeeping at a reasonable rate. Address J. 1. 3. care Argus, 3.
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Care Argus
House Adopts Resolution for Adjournment March 9
Jackson Feb 26 The senate resolution adopted just before adjournment Saturday afternoon set March 9 as the adjournment date for the House to concur The House has worked long hours through sessions amid heavy bills and routine business A committee may prune the calendar to focus on essential measures and let others die in committee pigeonholes Many legislators are farmers and must return to work, making a full session unlikely through April 1
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Jackson
Senate
Raang
Cone
Sanato
Bloody tragedy at Hattiesburg ends in double death
Mathesburg Feb 26 two men die after a street duel. Officers tried to arrest J W Rourke a drunken railroad man when he drew a pistol. E R Youngblood from New Orleans died from a gut wound. Police shot Rourke who died soon after.
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Mathesburg
J W. Rourke
E.R. Younghbart
New Orleans
Campany
Reversed and Dismissed in Laurel Oil Case
A Jackson telegram reports the Laurel 00 & Per tilizer Company against I. G. turn was reversed and dismissed. Pack ant Montgomery defend oil mill. Edward Hines, linked to a Lorimer senatorial purchase, sues for 160000 in damages naming Clarence 8. Funk as defendant.
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Jackson
Laurel 00 & Pertilizer Company
I. OG
At| Forneys
Packant Montgomery
Edward Hines
Lorimer
Union League Club of
Chicago
Uial
Clarence 8
Funk
Cure for Whooping Cough Receives Mayor Behrman Note
Dr O Reillys yearly report shows twenty fatalities from whooping cough in Knoxville. G L Leahy, recorder treasurer, sends a letter to Mayor Behrman with a 100 year claim for a cure recipe. The receipt advocates a syrup made from unions sugar water oil stock candy whiskey and dosage of one tablespoon as needed. Behrman forwards to Dr O Kelly for health board review.
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Wlot. O'Reilly
Aealty Wich
PD. G. Leahy
Knoxville
Tenn
Behrman
New Orleans
Ife
Leahy
Dr. O'Kelly
Board of Health
Professor Hardy Elected President of Baylor College
Le J. J. Mardy president of Agricultural and Mechanical College reports an unanimous vote electing Prof Hardy to the presidency of Baylor College. The Baylor trustees seek his acceptance amid a push for a $300,000 additional endowment as part of a campus campaign.
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Prof. Hardy
Baylor University
Starkville
Miss
le J. J. Mardy
The
Agricultural and Mechanical College
Thillas
Texas
Vial
Baylor College
Mississippi River
Withi
Luncdiing
Beever
Hardy
County
Alan
Bad Black Arrests Liquor Ring In Blisville
Last Saturday night Guy Marshall Devall captured Rich Johnson during a raid on a notorious blind tiger liquor operation in Blisville. Marshal Hendricks aided, finding additional liquor and a marked coin, with Johnson jailed in Jones County awaiting bonds.
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Guy Marshall Devall
Rich Johnson
Bliisville
Ford
Turn
Marshal Hendricks
Cain
Jolson
Jones County
Devall
Hendricks
House Adopts Burkitt Resolution Over Contingent Fund
Jackson Feb 26 The lower house after a bitter debate adopted the joint contingent fund committee report sharply criticizing Governor Noel's expenditures. Not all Vardaman supporters voted for the resolution. The senate later passed a bill to preserve the old capitol building but struck the appropriation.
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Jackson
Ditter
Noel
Vardaman
Senate
Police Court Monday Matinee Cleared In Low Budget Docket
Judge Goode presided in Montgomery Thorley Lewis style cases ranging from gaming to trespassing and drunkenness. Names include Tom Killinger Ollie Hudson Columbus Parker Annie Lee Jones and Eugene Flogers. Fines noted from 1 to 50 dollars with several guilty verdicts and costs.
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Goode Montgomery Thorley Lewis
Tom Killinger
Will Thompson
Ollie Hudson
Columbus Parker
Roger Lynch
Alex Lee
Annie Lee Jones
Grace Davis
the *Wisher
Dargey Druunkenness
Eugene Flogers
Ed Jackson
Will Jackson
Jonas Henry
Os Burk Henry
Femma Perkins
John Solomon
Lin
Poe
Anna Harris
John Marsh
Chicago
Souls Courageous and More at Bijou Theatre Tonight
The Bijou Theatre presents Souls Courageous a drama and How the Girls Got Even a comedy. John Marsh pleads guilty to drunkenness with flood costs of five dollars. Also shown is The Secret of the Underground Passage. Readers advised to check local listings.
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John Marsh
Teachers Paid After Long Delay in Jones County
Eleven thousand dollars were disbursed at Ellisville as teachers finally received county funds for the first four months of the term. Superintendent Stringer issued warrants totaling about eleven thousand dollars, adjusting payments to roughly eighty percent of contracted salaries. Teachers warned more hardship looms if payments aren’t steadier next year, while officials blamed inadequate law provisions.
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Jones County
Ellisville
Jones
Stringer
Waldrup
Walters
Shringer
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Laurel Light and Railway Company
House
Hattiesburg
Burkitt
Bijou
Pwarpaprr Ramhive
W. A. Hyman
Lumberton
Southern
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